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113 games compiled by Gottschalk.
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75 games compiled by zort.
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Thomas Hardy's grim irony in Tess of the D'Urbervilles was hovering :

"Justice was done, and the President of the Immortals (in Aeschylean phrase) had ended his sport with Tess. And the d'Urberville knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing. The two speechless gazers bent themselves down to the earth, as if in prayer, and remained there a long time, absolutely motionless: the flag continued to wave silently. As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on.

The Lark And Her Young Ones With The Owner Of A Field

"Depend on yourself alone,"
Has to a common proverb grown.
It's thus confirmed in Aesop's way:
The larks to build their nests are seen
Among the wheat-crops young and green;
That is to say,
What time all things, dame Nature heeding,
Betake themselves to love and breeding –
The monstrous whales and sharks,
Beneath the briny flood,
The tigers in the wood,
And in the fields, the larks.
One she, however, of these last,
Found more than half the spring-time past
Without the taste of spring-time pleasures;
When firmly she set up her will
That she would be a mother still,
And resolutely took her measures; –
First, got herself by Hymen matched;
Then built her nest, laid, sat, and hatched.
All went as well as such things could.
The wheat-crop ripening before the brood
Were strong enough to take their flight,
Aware how perilous their plight,
The lark went out to search for food,
And told her young to listen well,
And keep a constant sentinel.
"The owner of this field," said she,
"Will come, I know, his grain to see.
Hear all he says; we little birds
Must shape our conduct by his words."
No sooner was the lark away,
Than came the owner with his son.
"This wheat is ripe," said he: "now run
And give our friends a call
To bring their sickles all,
And help us, great and small,
Tomorrow, at the break of day."
The lark, returning, found no harm,
Except her nest in wild alarm.
Says one, "We heard the owner say,
Go, give our friends a call
To help, tomorrow, break of day."
Replied the lark, "If that is all,
We need not be in any fear,
But only keep an open ear.
As gay as larks, now eat your victuals. – "
They ate and slept – the great and littles.
The dawn arrives, but not the friends;
The lark soars up, the owner wends
His usual round to view his land.
"This grain," says he, "ought not to stand.
Our friends do wrong; and so does he
Who trusts that friends will friendly be.
My son, go call our kith and kin
To help us get our harvest in."
This second order made
The little larks still more afraid.
"He sent for kindred, mother, by his son;
The work will now, indeed, be done."
"No, darlings; go to sleep;
Our lowly nest we'll keep."
With reason said; for kindred there came none.
Thus, tired of expectation vain,
Once more the owner viewed his grain.
"My son," said he, "we're surely fools
To wait for other people's tools;
As if one might, for love or pelf,
Have friends more faithful than himself!
Engrave this lesson deep, my son.
And know you now what must be done?
We must ourselves our sickles bring,
And, while the larks their matins sing,
Begin the work; and, on this plan,
Get in our harvest as we can."
This plan the lark no sooner knew,
Than, "Now's the time," she said, "my chicks;"
And, taking little time to fix,
Away they flew;
All fluttering, soaring, often grounding,
Decamped without a trumpet sounding.

for reference...

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky in "The Art of Chess Combination" wrote :

Some players believe that a combination is a spontaneous creation, that the possibility of a sacrifice springs up in the mind like a flash of genius, as surprising to the player as to his opponent. The truth is that combinations due to pure chance are not merely fantastic. There are combinations based on the opponent's errors; and most "traps" may be classed among these. There is even the type of player, the coffee-house expert, who speculates on the ignorance and inexperience of his adversaries. But this is detestable and inglorious style of play, based on others; weaknesses, no one one's own strength. True combination is quite another matter. The crown of a fine player's logical chess, it must be prepared, and not left to chance.

Fred Wilson explains in "303 Tricky Chess Tactics" :

A combination is a tactical maneuver in which you sacrifice material to obtain an advantage, or at least to improve your position. So, strategy then, is your general plan, while tactics are your specific means of carrying it out.

In "The Game of Chess" by Siegbert Tarrasch we are told :

Tactics are the most important element of the Middle Game. We must above all "see" what is more or less hidden. We must exploit opportunities for combinations wherever they are offered. Here there is only an illusory guard, there our opponent has a man quite unguarded, or a double attack, etc., is possible. Over and over again there occur the tactical maneuvers ... and these opportunities must frequently be created by a sacrifice. Mistakes by our opponent must be recognized as such, and also those that we ourselves are about to make.

Irving Chernev quoted Emanuel Lasker in "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played":

In the beginning of the game ignore the search for combinations, abstain from violent moves, aim for small advantages, accumulate them, and only after having attained these ends search for the combination - and then with all the power of will and intellect, because then the combination must exist, however deeply hidden.

Al Horowitz gave his own uniquely expressed thoughts on combinations in "Chess for Beginners":

The word "combination" can be taken to have two meanings. We think of a combination as being a series of moves, at least one of which is a sacrifice, to reach a certain goal. The word "combination" also conveys that the pieces are acting in concert, each participating piece contributing some necessary element to the plan. The "sacrifice" is the surprise "gimmick" which.... gives away some material in astonishing fashion in order to gain something of even greater value later on. The astonishment we feel lends a very pleasant quality to the process; but the success of the scheme gives us a lordly feeling of successful achievement. Of course, when a clever scheme is upset by an even more ingenious rejoinder, our delight is often met with chagrin.

"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost." ― Viktor Korchnoi

"Faulty execution of a winning combination has lost many a game on the very brink of victory. In such cases, a player sees the winning idea, plays the winning sacrifice, and then inverts the order of their follow-up moves or misses the really clinching point of their combination." ― Fred Reinfeld

"Chess not only teaches us to analyze the present situation, but it also enables us to think about the possibilities and consequences. This is the art of forward-thinking." ― Shivanshu K. Srivastava

"Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It's about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn't won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that's when you've lost." ― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

"On the chessboard lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite." ― Emanuel Lasker

"Fighting was chess, anticipating the move of one's opponent and countering it before one got hit." ― Holly Black, The Wicked King

"Excelling at chess has long been considered a symbol of more general intelligence. That is an incorrect assumption in my view, as pleasant as it might be." ― Garry Kasparov

"The most helpful thing I learnt from chess is to make good decisions on incomplete data in a limited amount of time." ― Magnus Carlsen

"I am not the piece, I am not of the piece, I am not in the piece. I am the move" ― Niranjan Navalgund

"Gameplay is all our life. Either we guard, attack or develop pieces." ― Vineet Raj Kapoor, UNCHESS: Untie Your Shoes and Walk on the Chessboard of Life

"Remember that in chess, it's only the square you land on that matters." ― Bill Robertie, Beginning Chess Play

"The pieces are connected to each other and the King and they are in this dynamic rhythm amongst themselves and with the opponent's pieces, wherein lies their purpose. Each move is an attempt to change that balance and to establish a new, more favorable balance and that is why in chess (and in life) we are most vulnerable when we are most aggressive—the aggressive move essentially causes us to lose balance." ― Roumen Bezergianov, Character Education with Chess

"To free your game, take off some of your adversary's men, if possible for nothing." ― Captain Bertin, The Noble Game of Chess (1735)

"Chess enjoys a not wholly undeserved reputation for psychic derangement. It is an endeavor associated, when not with frank madness, with oddness and isolation. I remember a psychiatrist friend visiting me at a chess club in downtown Boston once. He walked in, sat down, looked around and said, ‘Jeez, I could run a group here." ― Charles Krauthammer, The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors

"There is profound meaning in the game of chess. The board itself is life and death, painted as such in black and white. The pieces are those that make a life fundamentally healthy. The pawns are attributes we gather with nourishment and significance. The knight is our ability to be mobile and travel in whatever form it takes. The rook or castle is a place we can call home and protect ourselves from the elements. The bishop is that of our community and our belonging. The king is our mortal body; without it, we can no longer play the game. The queen is the spirit of the body - what drives our imagination, urges, a life force. A captured queen removes energy from the game, and the player may become complacent. A crowning reminder of the game is that the spirit can be possessed again through our attributes." ― Lorin Morgan-Richards

"I thought you wanted me to teach you how to play (chess).

Each possible move represents a different game - a different universe in which you make a better move.

By the second move there are 72,084 possible games.

By the 3rd - 9 million. By the 4th….

There are more possible games of chess than there are atoms in the universe. No one could possibly predict them all, even you. Which means that first move can be terrifying. It's the furthest point from the end of the game.

There's a virtually infinite sea of possibilities between you and the other side but it also means that if you make a mistake, there's a nearly infinite amount of ways to fix it so you should simply relax and play." ― Person of Interest s04e11

"At the beginning of a game, there are no variations. There is only one way to set up a board. There are nine million variations after the first six moves. And after eight moves there are two hundred and eighty-eight billion different positions. And those possibilities keep growing. ... In chess, as in life, possibility is the basis of everything. Every hope, every dream, every regret, every moment of living. (p.195)" ― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

"Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially to chess, where it is often found that the profoundest moves do not much startle the imagination." ― Emanuel Lasker, Common Sense in Chess

"In life, as in chess, learning must be constant - both new things and fresh ways of learning them. The process will invariably involve a certain degree of unlearning, and possessing the readiness to that is utterly important. If your way of doing things isn't working, clinging to your conclusions is only going to hold you back. You have to get to the root of a snag in order to make a breakthrough, because it's possible that what you thought you knew isn't actually the way it is. Unlearning is perhaps the hardest thing to do, but it is a necessity if growth and success are your goals." ― Vishwanathan Anand

The US nickname Uncle Sam was derived from Uncle Sam Wilson, a meat inspector in Troy, New York.

"Life is like a game where pawns can become queens, but not everyone knows how to play. Some people stay pawn their whole lives because they never learned to make the right moves." ― Alice Feeney, Rock Paper Scissors

"I always plan for longterm, life to me is a never ending chess match" ― James D. Wilson

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to." ― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

"She had heard of the genetic code that could shape an eye or hand from passing proteins. Deoxyribonucleic acid. It contained the entire set of instructions for constructing a respiratory system and a digestive one, as well as the grip of an infant's hand. Chess was like that. The geometry of a position could be read and reread and not exhausted of possibility. You saw deeply into the layer of it, but there was another layer beyond that, and another, and another." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"If one reads attentively, Wittgenstein writes as much in one of the rare pas- sages in which he makes use (in English) of the term "to constitute" with respect to the rules of chess: What idea do we have of the king of chess, and what is its relation to the rules of chess? . . . Do these rules follow from the idea? No, the rules are not something contained in the idea and got by analyzing it. They constitute it. . . . The rules constitute the "freedom" of the pieces. (Wittgenstein 5, p. 86) Rules are not separable into something like an idea or a concept of the king (the king is the piece that is moved according to this or that rule): they are immanent to the movements of the king; they express the autoconstitution process of their game. In the autoconstitution of a form of life what is in question is its freedom." ― Giorgio Agamben, The Omnibus Homo Sacer

"What I wanted to tell you about Philidor was that Diderot wrote him a letter. You know Diderot?" "The French Revolution?"
"Yeah. Philidor was doing blindfold exhibitions and burning out his brain, or whatever it was they thought you did in the eighteenth century. Diderot wrote him: 'It is foolish to run the risk of going mad for vanity's sake.' I think of that sometimes when I'm analyzing my ass over a chessboard." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"I prefer to make my annotations 'hot on the heels', as it were, when the fortunes of battle, the worries, hopes and disappointments are still sufficiently fresh in my mind. Much as I would like to, I cannot say this about these few games which will be given below. In fact, if the annotator should begin to use phrases of the type: 'in reply to...I had worked out the following variation...', the reader will rightly say 'Grandmaster, you are showing off', since the 'oldest' of these games is now more than 25 years old, and even the 'newest' more than 20. Therefore, I would ask you not to regard the following 'stylised' annotations too severely. " ― Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

"In general, the side with less space tries to exchange pieces to release some of the pressure that the opponent's pieces exert on him." ― IM Asaf Givon

* 99 Luft Balloons: Game Collection: 99 Schönheitspreise (Steinkohl)

* Colorado Gambit: https://chessmood.com/blog/complete...

* 200 Modern Brilliancies: Game Collection: 0

* 2000#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2000

* Informant 22: Game Collection: Chess Informant 22

* 2002#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2002

* Short History: https://chessmart.com/pages/history...

* Informant 21: Game Collection: Chess Informant 21

* 2001#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2001

* Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t...

* Informant 23: Game Collection: Chess Informant 23

* 2003#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2003

* Three of the Greatest: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-m...

* 2004#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2004

* 2005#: Game Collection: Checkmate 2005

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

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

* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* French According to... Game Collection: The French According to ...

* Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French

* Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam

* French Defense start-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdW...

* French Defense surprise for the KIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgx...

* French Defense dark-square strategy vs KIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDS...

* French Defense speed run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHv...

* Fort Knox variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPT...

* Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense

* Orthoschnapp Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWW...

* Traps against the French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFW...

"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.

* First one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyo...

* I'm only one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E1nl...

* I'm the one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRS...

* One minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3N...

* Round 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i2...

* 2...f5?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3a...

* Animal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8u...

* The Brown Bomber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPe...

* Looked harmless: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H-C2...

* Golden: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/avSA...

* Bird swoop: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2leD...

* Ponziani Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9gKN...

* Vienna Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jD53...

* Advantage of the 2 Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dG...

* BC Dumb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2I...

* So she did this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGq...

* Kiddie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKS...

* 3 Kiddie Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jP...

* KID killer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Xaf...

* 3 Wise men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws0...

* What about trams? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SzMQ...

* Circulations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTw...

* Come Jesus Come:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IcMT...

* Crazy Rook trick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kLM3...

* Double Rook Lift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNQ...

* Jaw Dropper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0o...

* C-K in 3 EZ steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtP...

* Never say 3 things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3i...

* 3 months to live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPm...

* 3 Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7n...

* 3 for Black vs 1.e4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXM...

* 4 mantras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4w...

* Knightly MG: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XRP3...

* 4 seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kt...

* 5 Owls of NA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdE...

* Five in '25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1...

* Let 'em have it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wi...

* Furious Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd...

* Dominate the LS in 5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iro...

* Do the Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3k...

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

* 5 middlegame minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLA...

* 5 embarrassments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdM...

* Endgame tactics in 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA9...

* 5 occurrences AD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJ...

* Yes, they do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mi...

* Get better in 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mc...

* Tigran's Top 5 Exch Sacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-...

* 6 Essential Structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zu...

* Freedom is not Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89P...

* Deflection on f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S1em...

* Punish Common Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsD...

* H2P the Delay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9a...

* Pink Elephants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVK...

* Scary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh6...

* 7 Deadliest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scz...

* 7 realities: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/20AY...

* 7 truths: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4LfX...

* 7 Endings to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrL...

* 8 Q tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amz...

* 8 min time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih2...

* 9 ways to defeat: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aaHZ...

* A10 Warthog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMI...

* Top 10 Dog Coms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlV...

* 10 Recent discoveries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePj...

* 10 min of Ukranian Hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l_...

* 10 Common Traps in the Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzu...

* Facts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQi...

* Fraction equation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMK...

* RP knows 'em well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZw...

* GPA short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_...

* FM GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Y...

* Model GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glm...

* Win w/the GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ae...

* Anti-GPA trap #645: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyN...

* Annoying line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_L...

* GPA refuted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqr...

* Extinguish the GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6P...

* Agadmator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoE...

* Quick either way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0...

* Special Pete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCi...

* Fuzzy Wuzzy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scU...

* The Government forbid Church attendance during COVID-19, so we did this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krU...

* Of course, JT set our example back in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmH...

* BGs sort of ran together: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JCQO...

* Before that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgv...

* C-K stabs f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MFoo...

* How to be brave: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cQI3...

* Get Discipline: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l3EI...

* Going out in style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMf...

* Greats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU...

* The Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAA...

* lIke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5W...

* Joel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4L...

* Now the day bleeds... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4wVC...

* Own key squares: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-...

* Promise: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u-sY...

* Prophylaxis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qj...

* 12 smells Verminters hate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Eh...

* Don't poke your eye out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkD...

* Week 13 of '67: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPJ...

* RR on King Tut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k59...

* RPO invention: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FOb...

* Ridicule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEH...

* F14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2d...

* 15 Home Depot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlB...

* A lot of shoveling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO...

* Senator asks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKO...

* September: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UFmU...

* 20 Fox facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu3...

* French b3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxV...

* C00 French Defense: Horwitz Attack, Papa-Ticulat Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS...

* Unique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY...

* Wooden stick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JUQD...

* Won't ever forget: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5...

* Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Variation (B12) Beauty | Reykjavik Open 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtU...

* 50-year-old tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0...

* Owls attack! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-...

* Common Gambits Video: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo...

* Glass-like Gambit for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAI...

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

* Great Attacks: Game Collection: great attack games

‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'

* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki)

* Opening Ideas/Novelties: Game Collection: Great opening ideas

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

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

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

* First one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yyo...

* I'm only one: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/E1nl...

* I'm the one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRS...

* One minute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3N...

* Round 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i2...

* 2...f5?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3a...

* Animal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8u...

* The Brown Bomber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPe...

* Looked harmless: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H-C2...

* Golden: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/avSA...

* Bird swoop: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2leD...

* Ponziani Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9gKN...

* Vienna Sacrifice: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jD53...

* Advantage of the 2 Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dG...

* BC Dumb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2I...

* So she did this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGq...

* Kiddie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKS...

* 3 Kiddie Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jP...

* KID killer: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3Xaf...

* 3 Wise men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws0...

* What about trams? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SzMQ...

* Circulations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTw...

* Come Jesus Come:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IcMT...

* Crazy Rook trick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kLM3...

* Double Rook Lift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNQ...

* Jaw Dropper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0o...

* C-K in 3 EZ steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtP...

* Never say 3 things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3i...

* 3 months to live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPm...

* 3 Viral: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7n...

* 3 for Black vs 1.e4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXM...

* 4 mantras: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4w...

* Knightly MG: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XRP3...

* 4 seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kt...

* 5 Owls of NA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdE...

* Five in '25: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp1...

* Let 'em have it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wi...

* Furious Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd...

* Dominate the LS in 5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iro...

* Do the Hustle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3k...

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

* 5 middlegame minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLA...

* 5 embarrassments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdM...

* Endgame tactics in 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA9...

* 5 occurrences AD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eJ...

* Yes, they do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mi...

* Get better in 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mc...

* Tigran's Top 5 Exch Sacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc-...

* 6 Essential Structures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zu...

* Freedom is not Free: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89P...

* Deflection on f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S1em...

* Punish Common Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsD...

* H2P the Delay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9a...

* Pink Elephants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVK...

* Scary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh6...

* 7 Deadliest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Scz...

* 7 realities: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/20AY...

* 7 truths: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4LfX...

* 7 Endings to know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrL...

* 8 Q tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amz...

* 8 min time lapse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih2...

* 9 ways to defeat: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aaHZ...

* A10 Warthog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMI...

* Top 10 Dog Coms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlV...

* 10 Recent discoveries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePj...

* 10 min of Ukranian Hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l_...

* 10 Common Traps in the Sicilian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzu...

* Facts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQi...

* Fraction equation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMK...

* RP knows 'em well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZw...

* GPA short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q_...

* FM GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Y...

* Model GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glm...

* Win w/the GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ae...

* Anti-GPA trap #645: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyN...

* Annoying line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_L...

* GPA refuted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqr...

* Extinguish the GPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6P...

* Agadmator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoE...

* Quick either way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z0...

* Special Pete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCi...

* Fuzzy Wuzzy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scU...

* The Government forbid Church attendance during COVID-19, so we did this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krU...

* Of course, JT set our example back in the day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmH...

* BGs sort of ran together: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JCQO...

* Before that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgv...

* C-K stabs f7: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MFoo...

* How to be brave: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cQI3...

* Get Discipline: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l3EI...

* Going out in style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMf...

* Greats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDU...

* The Lesson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAA...

* lIke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5W...

* Joel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4L...

* Now the day bleeds... https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4wVC...

* Own key squares: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-...

* Promise: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u-sY...

* Prophylaxis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qj...

* 12 smells Verminters hate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Eh...

* Don't poke your eye out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkD...

* Week 13 of '67: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPJ...

* RR on King Tut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k59...

* RPO invention: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9FOb...

* Ridicule: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEH...

* F14: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2d...

* 15 Home Depot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlB...

* A lot of shoveling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoO...

* Senator asks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKO...

* September: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UFmU...

* 20 Fox facts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu3...

* French b3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxV...

* C00 French Defense: Horwitz Attack, Papa-Ticulat Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k1...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTS...

* Unique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWY...

* Wooden stick: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JUQD...

* Won't ever forget: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5...

* Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Variation (B12) Beauty | Reykjavik Open 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtU...

* 50-year-old tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0...

* Owls attack! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-...

* 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine

* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Petrov's Defense, Cochrane Gambit: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* The "Caribbean Tal": Philip Corbin

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/

* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z...

* Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

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

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

* The World Championship 2018:
Carlsen - Caruana World Championship Match (2018)

* Great Endings: Game Collection: great endings

* Z Vol 105: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 105

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

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

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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.

* 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...

<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.

* What is my opponent aiming at? How many times? Always COUNT Attackers vs Defenders (exclude defenders that can be eliminated/removed, such as a strong pin, undermining the defender by capturing it first, or advancing pawn poke displacement taking flight from the fight to save itself). Can the defender be removed? Can a new attacker pile on? Of course, an undefended piece is a good target if the attacker plies a worthwhile double attack when only one of the targets can be saved per turn. A mere single threat (just one target) to the undefended piece merely gives it a choice of how to protect itself, including moving to a better square with its own threat. Double attacks are double the trouble, if not more. The relative values of the units must always be considered when threats to capture exist; if a lowly pawn defends, the opposing queen won't likely initiate the capture sequence because she's so valuable. Furthermore, an "equal" exchange of like pieces (same relative value) is not necessarily an even trade, as one of the pieces was likely more valuable to its army in a positional sense than the other. This falls under the art of exchange. Always know what happens AFTER an exchange sequence has occurred that rearranges/empties the board! The last piece to capture in an exchange sequence is NOT necessarily the last word on the matter, as the opponent may now respond to a square that was previously unprofitable before the trading.

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNF...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BER...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VN...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npN...

Chess is a game of choices. Take a minute or two and quickly consider all the forcing moves: checks and cut-offs, captures, threats/aims (tactics, pile on a current target, gain of tempo), pawn promotions. If the forcing moves are not profitable, then correct your problem spot, or seek to develop/mobilize: blockade weak pawns, infiltrate weak squares, seize open lines and form batteries and/or crossfires, etc. Consider each of the pieces and move possibilities to improve their production or to do a necessary job/prevention, especially outnumbering on a square or line, advancing/permanent penetration, and watch those tricky knights changing colors! Where can they go next? Would that present a problem for me? Remember, king safety and piece activity are paramount. Pawn moves are slow and weakening; use them sparingly w/a clear purpose -- never randomly for no particular reason. Don't leave your king exposed to check. Don't leave your minor pieces (knights and bishops) sleeping on the back row. The center pawns and minor pieces do the early fighting. Do aim at your own units for their protection. Don't automatically play the first or second move that you see -- consider the best option for each of the pieces and then compare/contrast, starting with the opponent's army first, and then your own army. What will my opponent do next if I allow it? If I do this, will my piece get pinned or forked? The best plan of choice might have more than one purpose and usually generates ideas of two or three future moves as a follow up/strongest continuation. One thing leads to another, and another. This is a lot to think about, and there's plenty of strategical concepts not listed (analyze forcing moves/tactics to checkmate or gain material before general strategy to correct or improve one's position), so one must develop the habit of looking for candidate moves at a glance. Otherwise, s/he falls into time trouble on the clock spending too much time looking at all the options. Pace yourself! If it is a casual game without a clock, taking too much time to make your next move will eventually cause your opponent not to bother playing you again.

"It's a great huge game of chess that's being played—all over the world—if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is! How I wish I was one of them! I wouldn't mind being a Pawn, if only I might join—though of course I should like to be a Queen, best." — Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898)

"Tis action moves the world....in the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it." ― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"They say that chess was born in bloodshed." ― Paolo Maurensig, La variante di Lüneburg

"No battle can be won in the study, and theory without practice is dead." ― Alexander Suvarov

"The day the soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership." ― Colin Powell

"The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country" ― George S. Patton Jr.

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

"World-class chess players, in addition to being considered awesomely smart, are generally assumed to have superhuman memories, and with good reason. Champions routinely put on exhibitions in which they play lesser opponents while blindfolded; they hold the entire chessboard in their heads. Some of these exhibitions strike the rest of us as simply beyond belief. The Czech master Richard Reti once played twenty nine blindfolded games simultaneously. (Afterward he left his briefcase at the exhibition site and commented on what a poor memory he had.)" ― Geoff Colvin, Talent is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

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

"I believe that, not only in chess, but in life in general, people place too much stock in ratings – they pay attention to which TV shows have the highest ratings, how many friends they have on Facebook, and it's funny. The best shows often have low ratings and it is impossible to have thousands of real friends." ― Boris Gelfand

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

"Chess, it's the struggle against error." ― Johannes Zukertort

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

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." ― Vladimir Kramnik

"When you don't know what to do, wait for your opponent to get an idea — it's sure to be wrong!" ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded." ― Samuel Reshevsky, Art of Positional Play

"You need to realise something if you are ever to succeed at chess,' she said, as if Nora had nothing bigger to think about. ‘And the thing you need to realise is this: the game is never over until it is over. It isn't over if there is a single pawn still on the board. If one side is down to a pawn and a king, and the other side has every player, there is still a game. And even if you were a pawn – maybe we all are – then you should remember that a pawn is the most magical piece of all. It might look small and ordinary but it isn't. Because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.' Mrs. Elm"
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

"In chess a combination is a forced sequence of moves that begins with a sacrifice." ― Howcast video

"The game gives us a satisfaction that life denies us. And for the chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'." ― Emanuel Lasker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0H...
- https://thechessworld.com/articles/... - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show... - https://www.chess.com/article/view/... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzg...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boR...

"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

"Tactics is knowing what to do when there's something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there's nothing what to do." ― Savielly Tartakower

"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen." ― Sally Simpson

"The pin is mightier than the sword" ― Fred Reinfeld

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

"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates." ― George Orwell, 1984

MasterCard was originally called MasterCharge.

"I remember, back in college, how many possibilities life seemed to hold. Variations. I knew, of course, that I'd only live one of my fantasy lives, but for a few years there, I had them all, all the branches, all the variations. One day I could dream of being a novelist, one day I would be a journalist covering Washington, the next - oh, I don't know, a politician, a teacher, whatever. My dream lives. Full of dream wealth and dream women. All the things I was going to do, all the places I was going to live. They were mutually exclusive, of course, but since I didn't have any of them, in a sense I had them all. Like when you sit down at a chessboard to begin a game, and you don't know what the opening will be. Maybe it will be a Sicilian, or a French, or a Ruy Lopez. They all coexist, all the variations, until you start making the moves. You always dream of winning, no matter what line you choose, but the variations are still … different." … "Once the game begins, the possibilities narrow and narrow and narrow, the other variations fade, and you're left with what you've got - a position half of your own making, and half chance, as embodied by that stranger across the board. Maybe you've got a good game, or maybe you're in trouble, but in any case there's just that one position to work from. The might-have-beens are gone." (Unsound Variations)"
― George R.R. Martin, Dreamsongs, Volume II

"Life is an exchange; you'd think a chess player would know that." ― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it's futile to continue playing (conceptualizing)." ― Bill Gaede

"A great chessplayer is not a great man, for he leaves the world as he found it." ― William Hazlitt, Table-Talk, Essays on Men and Manners

"To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born, is to remain always a child." ― Cicero

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

"There is no moral outcome of a chess match or a poker game as long as skill and stealth rather than cheating have been used." ― Francis P. Karam, The Truth Engine: Cross-Examination Outside the Box

Due to earth's gravity, it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 49,000 feet (15,000 metres).

"Papi taught me every piece
has its own space.

Papi taught me every piece
moves in its own way.

Papi taught me every piece
has its own purpose.

The squares do not overlap.
& neither do the pieces.

The only time two pieces
stand in the same square

is the second before one
is being taken & replaced."
― Elizabeth Acevedo, Clap When You Land

"The final aim of all of us playing on the board of life is to somehow break out of this board and be free" ― Vineet Raj Kapoor, UNCHESS: Untie Your Shoes and Walk on the Chessboard of Life

Diamonds are the hardest natural substance.
Diamonds are not the hardest substance of all-time, but it is the strongest substance naturally found on Earth.

Chessgames.com will be unavailable Friday, February 17, 2023 from 11AM through 11:30AM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance. We apologize for this inconvenience.

The only letter that doesn't appear on the periodic table is J. Out of 118 chemical elements, only this letter feels left out.

A piece of cake: https://blindpigandtheacorn.com/che...

Doinysius1: I had basil on the pub's potage du jour yesterday. Soup herb!

* Riddle-free-zool: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." ― Vladimir Kramnik

"If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out." ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

A Song of Heroes
by Anonymous

Our country calls for heroes,
And who is a hero now
With no fear in his eyes,
With no shade of disguise,
With a purpose upon his brow?
The wide world calls for heroes,
And who will a hero be.
With a love for the whole
And a clear, steady soul
And a spirit brave and free?
High heaven calls for heroes,
And who is a hero there,
With a will for the best,
And a mind for the test,
And a heart that knows to dare?
But never mind the heroes,
Nor herald the hero's worth:
For our land we will die
And for God on high,
And for all the groaning earth!

"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.

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

WISE OLD OWL
A wise old owl lived in an oak.
The more he saw the less he spoke.
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

KGA (000) 1-0 Morphy is short-handed 2 pieces but wins in 17!
Morphy vs T Knight, 1856 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

Stunning odds game by a teenage genious in a mere 13 moves!!!
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849 
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Lasker Defense (000) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy by PM
Morphy vs T Bryan, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0

Variants - N odds / Bishop Opening Urusov Gambit (000) 1-0 Pins
Rubinstein vs NN, 1902 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

Black cannot mirror White in the Russian Game
O Bernstein vs NN, 1931 
(000) Chess variants, 14 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense 3.c3 f5 (C41) 0-1 Boden's Mate by Boden!
R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense (C41) 0-1 Dbl Rook sacs, Dbl Minors sacs!!!
J Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

The famous Legall's mate, but it's been altered
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0

Game 59 The Modern Chess Instructor: Part I by Wilhelm Steinitz
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Philidor Def: Exchange streak of captures (C41) 1-0 B traps N
J Soo Hoo vs B Bekhtur, 2004 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def/Ruy Lopez Steinitz (C41) 1-0 Exchanges open lines
F Birkisdottir vs B Steinthorsson, 2016 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 Pedestal/Gueridon Mate
Polo vs Pasqualini, 1923 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

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

KGD.Steiner Gambit (C31) 1-0 Mated while having 2 queens aboard
Sanders vs NN, 1910 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Van Geet (Dunst): Reversed Nimzowitsch (A00) 1-0 Legall's Mate
O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Discovery forces Black N or B
A Kochyev vs I Ivanov, 1976 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 9 moves, 1-0

KIA vs FR (A08) 1-0 Outnumbered 2 attackers, 1 defender = N sac
Bronstein vs Uhlmann, 1971 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 58: Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Chernev
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Sicilian/French (A04) 1-0 From pickle to absolute pin
Fischer vs R Rodriguez, 1967 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

A horrible storm is brewing over the residence of the black K
Fischer vs Ivkov, 1966 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

KIA vs. copycat KID 1-0 White takes the center & penetrates 1st
Fischer vs R E Fauber, 1957 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Fischer wins his most famous KIA game against the French
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Fischer ignores the threatened 29 ... Rf8xNf3, plays 29 h5xg6!!
Fischer vs U Geller, 1968 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

KIA vs C-K Breyer Variation (B10) 1-0 So logical, blitz no less
Fischer vs A Feuerstein, 1971 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Maroczy Var (B02) 0-1 Beware same side B&N
J Lastovicka vs F Vykydal, 1971 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 0-1

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

King's Indian Attack e4 vs e5 (A07) 1-0 Raking bishops
L Evans vs R Filguth, 1978
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 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

Polish Defense (A40) 1-0 Greek gift
J Tarjan vs Hodgson, 1983 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Semi-Averbakh. Pterodactyl Var (A40) 1-0Royal fork+
Robatsch vs S Garcia Martinez, 1974 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Q Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 Bone in the throat
Kramnik vs Svidler, 2004 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A04) 0-1 Anastasia's Mate
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Kside Fianchetto (A48) 0-1 P fork trick, remove gu
H High vs Keene, 1964 
(A48) King's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1

Not an Unpin - Know this pattern: Bxf7+, Ng5+, Qf3+ mini 1-0
L Monosson vs M Fauque, 1935 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense (A00) 1-0 5 mover: Bxf7+ followed by Ng5+
Lusgin vs A L Ioffe, 1968 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 5 moves, 1-0

Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense (B00) 1-0 Fool's Mate in 3
W T Mayfield vs W R Trinks, 1959 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0

Invitation to Sicilian Alapin; e4Pawn looks free for the taking
G Welling vs T Veugen, 1979 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 4 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense: Matovinsky Gambit (B00) 1-0 Famous Miniature !
Greco vs NN, 1623 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense/Dbl Fio vs 6 Pawns Attk (B00) 1-0 h-file Spearhead
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense (B00) 1-0 Two consecutive humdinger N sacrifices
E Bhend vs E Schneiders, 1985 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

St. George Defense 3.c4 bxc4 (B00) 1-0 Q forks f7 & LPDO Bishop
Mackowiak vs Kusiak, 1980 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 5 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def. Scandi. Exchange (B00) 1-0 Remove Guard BxNc6+
P Belmondo vs G Gilardi, 1989 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Declined/Cntr Cntr 4...Qa5 (B00) 1-0 Dovetail#
Lagno vs O Kulicov, 2003
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def. Two Knights Def. (B00) 1-0 Vienna Trap
S Solovjov vs M Kuerschner, 2003 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: Declined (B00) 1-0 Q trap in a crowd
Amberger vs Sprecher, 1924 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Kennedy. Linksspringer (B00) 1-0 Invitation 2C
C Saulson vs H Phillips, 1907 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian Advance 3.e5 (B00) 1-0 Bold Q sac
Smagin vs D Sahovic, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 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

Carr Defense (B00) 0-1 Rook robs the back rank defender
S Bibby vs M Basman, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 20 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 5.Be2 not Main Lines (B01) 1-0 Nc7+ Royal fam
C Ramirez vs C Hernandez, 2005 
(B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qd8 Ilundain (B01) 1-0Unpin, Bb5+, Nf7# KNOW THIS
J Mieses vs J Ohquist, 1895 
(B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Modern (B01) 1-0 Extended Legall's Mate for K walk
J Perrier vs F Wellmuth, 1917  
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr (B01) 0-1 White castles into mate!
R Gimmel vs M Stock, 1990 
(B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Var (B02) 0-1 Pile on the pin
G Gibbs vs L Schmid, 1968 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def. Scandinavian 2.Nc3 (B02) 0-1 Like Shirazi-Peters
M Schriemer vs P Borman, 2004 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 5 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def., Scandi Var. Geschev Gambit (B02) 0-1 Legall's #
NN vs G Geshev, 1935 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def., Scandinavian/French (B02) 0-1Rook interference!
Maroczy vs Lasker, 1924 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 17: The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
H Borochow vs Fine, 1932 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense (B02) 1-0 Pawn # prevented by g6 instead of h6
A Powers vs A Dake, 1937 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. 2 P Attk. Lasker Var (B02) 0-1 Becomes 2 N Attk
Z Radojevic vs Bagirov, 1973 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 13 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit (B02) 1-0 Bone in the throat
F Gobl vs Jonas, 1926 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Two Pawns Attk transitions to Exchange if 5…exd6
Jainy Gomes vs G Soppe, 2001 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 48 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def. Steiner Var (B02) 1-0Windmill/Morphy's Mate ahead
A A Barbosa de Oliveira / M Kiss vs Reti / L Vianna, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Normal (B03) 0-1Failed pin gives away 2 pawns
T Pirttimaki vs V Chekhov, 1983 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack (B03) 1-0 Simuls
D Roberts vs A Baburin, 1994 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Four Pawns Attack (B03) 0-1 Fredthebear was there
J Vetemaa vs Shabalov, 1986 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Nunn's Chess Openings prefers 9. dxc5 ♘6d7 10. e6 fxe6 11.
W Adams vs NN, 1950 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Four Ps Attk. Main Line (B03) 0-1 Q sac declined
Kupreichik vs Alburt, 1974 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Four Pawns Attack (B03) 1-0 Immortal Rook Sacrif
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Exchange Var (B03) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Gipslis vs Larsen, 1967 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 43 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def. Four Pawns Attack. Main L (B03) 0-1 Q sac, K walk
E Maahs vs W Pajeken, 2001 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

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

Alekhine Def: Modern. Larsen-Haakert (B04) 1-0Pin game clincher
B Al-Hajiri vs M Hamal, 2014 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 86 The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games
Short vs Timman, 1991 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Alekhine Gambit (B05) 1-0 R&Q sacs, back rank #
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 36 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Modern. Alburt Var (B04) 1-0 Adjacent Ns on 6th
Kasparov vs S Palatnik, 1978 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern Main Line (B05) 1-0 Decoy K, then Nxf7+
R Luer vs K Rattmann, 1922 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 11 moves, 1-0

Mongredien Defense, Dbl Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 Stockfish; 15.?
Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 Q forks 2 units
Vasiukov vs Razuvaev, 1972 
(B06) Robatsch, 8 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Two Knights (B06) 1-0Smashing finish to smothered#
J Kristiansen vs B Jacobsen, 1976 
(B06) Robatsch, 18 moves, 1-0

Modern Def. Two Knights (B06) 0-1Bxf3 sac allows Be5 support #
Dorfman vs Romanishin, 1977 
(B06) Robatsch, 13 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: King Pawn Fianchetto (B06) · 0-1
W F Shaw vs Suttles, 1971
(B06) Robatsch, 14 moves, 0-1

Modern Def. 2Knts. Suttles Var (B06) 1-0 Exchange, not defend
Geller vs O Jakobsen, 1972 
(B06) Robatsch, 15 moves, 1-0

Modern Def. Two Knights. Suttles Var Tal Gambit (B06) 1-0 Tal!
Tal vs G Tringov, 1964 
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 1-0

Modern Def (B06) 1-0 Fire on board, by Judit; Neither K castles
J Polgar vs Shirov, 1995 
(B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack (B06) 1-0 Very helpful Rook!
A Bisguier vs Larsen, 1965 
(B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0

Czech Defense: General (B06) 1-0 Surprise, yet so obvious!
J Arnason vs J Pribyl, 1987 
(B07) Pirc, 15 moves, 1-0

Amazing example of how to get, keep and use the initiative
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999 
(B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 1-0 20.?
I Platonov vs Savon, 1968 
(B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Harris vs S Weeramantry, 1972 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 23 moves, 0-1

Robatsch vs F J Perez, 1963 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 19 moves, 1-0

F La Rota vs J Sarwer, 1988 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 7 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Karpov, 1987 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0

Wurm vs Auer, 1937 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

Sax vs E Hermansson, 2005 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Short vs L E Johannessen, 2006 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Tal Var (B12) 1-0 8 straight P moves
T Gelashvili vs A Nauryzgaliev, 2006 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Tartakower vs NN, 1932 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

C Damant vs NN, 1932 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs Spielmann, 1935 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0

R Borngaesser vs H Lodes, 1988 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 14 moves, 1-0

Chulkov vs Gavemann, 1947 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

Schuster vs C Carls, 1914 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 0-1

I Ali vs B Westin, 1987 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 11 moves, 1-0

C Gurnhill vs W H Banks, 1962 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 6 moves, 1-0

B Perenyi vs L Eperjesi, 1974 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 14 moves, 1-0

Carlsen vs T Bae, 2006 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 53 moves, 1-0

Nunn vs K Georgiev, 1988 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 42 moves, 1-0

V Kolesnikov vs P Piatnitsky, 1994 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 11 moves, 1-0

K Shirazi vs J Peters, 1984 
(B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1

G Nagy vs J Balogh, 1932 
(B20) Sicilian, 11 moves, 0-1

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

Deming vs Cornell, 1980 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 6 moves, 1-0

Kolenbet vs B Schipkov, 1987 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1

Petterson vs E Larsson, 1963 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 0-1

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

S Polgar vs Sirko, 1977 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 28 moves, 1-0

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

G Bastrikov vs Shamkovich, 1958 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 10 moves, 1-0

I De Los Santos vs S Polgar, 1990 
(B27) Sicilian, 11 moves, 0-1

G Marco vs Maroczy, 1905 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 13 moves, 1-0

R Michell vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 40 moves, 0-1

Keres vs W Winter, 1935 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0

D Tyomkin vs M Hidalgo Rios, 2002 
(B30) Sicilian, 15 moves, 1-0

Tal vs J Bellon Lopez, 1970 
(B30) Sicilian, 14 moves, 1-0

Short vs M Fuller, 1977 
(B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs Geller, 1955 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs B Gurgenidze, 1960 
(B32) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs G West, 1977 
(B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

H Pollmaecher vs A Saalbach, 1861 
(B40) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Suetin, 1969 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0

K Lie vs I Gundersen, 2006 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 25 moves, 1-0

Short vs K Arakhamia-Grant, 2008 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 26 moves, 0-1

M Tseitlin vs I Taimanov, 1981 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 9 moves, 1-0

Zukertort vs C De Vere, 1872 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

A Karklins vs A Sandrin, 1990 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 15 moves, 1-0

P Michel vs J T Iliesco, 1943 
(B50) Sicilian, 5 moves, 1-0

Morozevich vs Karjakin, 2006 
(B50) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

H Buckle vs NN, 1840 
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

M de Bolster vs NN, 1970 
(B53) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Classical Magnus Smith Trap (B56) 1-0 Bxf7+ Deflection
Schestakov vs Gusseinow, 1967 
(B56) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0

Aevski vs Tal, 1952 
(B56) Sicilian, 20 moves, 0-1

Fischer vs NN, 1959 
(B56) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Modern Var (B56) 1-0 Common trap in the Sicilian
Szabo vs B Sooky, 1946 
(B56) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0

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

V Borsony vs A Laustsen, 1956 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 7 moves, 1-0

[game 1243220 deleted]

A Rodriguez Vila vs A Hoffman, 1993 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 19 moves, 0-1

M Guid vs M Cebalo, 2004 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 28 moves, 0-1

M Zialor vs R Valdes, 2006 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 24 moves, 0-1

Taimanov vs Panov, 1944 
(B83) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

S Megaranto vs P Konguvel, 2005 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0

G Kieninger vs P Mross, 1941 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 14 moves, 1-0

T Ernst vs C Gruvaeus, 2000 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 13 moves, 1-0

Waserski vs Godes, 1975 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0

Timman vs Polugaevsky, 1973 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 15 moves, 1-0

N Pegoraro vs P Trotto, 2004 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 16 moves, 1-0

Tal vs G Tringov, 1958 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0

Y Rusakov vs B Kalinkin, 1963 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Polugayevsky Var (B96) 1-0 FTB study advice
Keene vs J N Sugden, 1961  
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 15 moves, 1-0

Tal vs NN, 1973 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 24 moves, 1-0

Shirov vs Bareev, 1994 
(C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

V Csiszar vs J Frank, 2005 
(C00) French Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

J McConnell vs Steinitz, 1886  
(C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

J Horvath vs S Polgar, 1981 
(C00) French Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Published in Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie 1910, p. 30
Alekhine vs Gutkevich, 1910 
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0

S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978 
(C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 0-1

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0

E Kengis vs R Djurhuus, 1991 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 0-1

S Hamann vs Uhlmann, 1963 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 0-1

L Meyer vs S Polgar, 1981 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 0-1

Steinitz vs Bird, 1866 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

H Lohmann vs R Teschner, 1950 
(C10) French, 10 moves, 0-1

Game 24 in My System by Aron Nimzowitsch
Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916  
(C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0

D Nielsen vs R McShane, 2001 
(C11) French, 12 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs NN, 1915 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0

Blackburne vs A Muller, 1894  
(C13) French, 17 moves, 1-0

Velimirovic vs H Ree, 1994 
(C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0

L Rellstab vs Huber, 1925 
(C13) French, 13 moves, 1-0

B Hedlund vs I Lindqvist, 1981 
(C13) French, 15 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931 
(C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0

Y Rusakov vs B Verlinsky, 1947 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1

J Amillano vs A Loeffler, 1972 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 1-0

Adow vs Borissow, 1889 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1

Portuguese Opening: General (C20) 0-1 White grabs Ps before 0-0
G Vescovi vs I Sokolov, 1995 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 0-1 Q sac, Dbl B attack
Stevenson vs A Marriott, 1868 
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 0-1

Bird vs Lasker, 1892 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

W N Potter vs Matthews, 1868 
(C21) Center Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Bernhold vs Kreut-Zahler, 1941 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Barnett vs Eastwood, 1949 
(C21) Center Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Falkbeer vs Zytogorski, 1855
(C21) Center Game, 14 moves, 1-0

H Lindehn vs L Maczuski, 1863 
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0

H Reinle vs Niendler, 1921 
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0

D A Albin vs Horinek, 1922 
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 1-0

C Gibbs vs C Davie, 1916 
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0

NN vs L Svenonius, 1913 
(C21) Center Game, 13 moves, 0-1

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

NN vs P Leonhardt, 1903 
(C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1

Bronstein vs NN, 1950 
(C22) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Kutjanin vs Jakobjuk, 1940 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953 
(C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0

I A Horowitz vs NN, 1939 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0

L Prokes vs O Zander, 1925 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0

Blackburne vs H Stelling, 1886 
(C25) Vienna, 17 moves, 1-0

Steinitz vs NN, 1860 
(C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0

NN vs Greco, 1620 
(C26) Vienna, 9 moves, 0-1

Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921 
(C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0

J C Benjamin vs G Carter, 1982 
(C27) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0

J Mieses vs NN, 1900 
(C27) Vienna Game, 11 moves, 1-0

J Taylor vs NN, 1862 
(C27) Vienna Game, 13 moves, 1-0

B's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 1-0 Sac B, N & Q!!
P Richardson vs E Delmar, 1871 
(C27) Vienna Game, 15 moves, 1-0

Spielmann vs Reti, 1928 
(C28) Vienna Game, 14 moves, 0-1

Vienna G. Steinitz G. Fraser-Minckwitz Def (C25) 0-1 Decoy
Steinitz vs J Minckwitz, 1870 
(C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 0-1

A J Mackenzie vs F Hollins, 1893 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 13 moves, 0-1

Samsonov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1929 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1

Old, Old K's Gambit (C30) 1-0 Bxf7+ Unpin, QxQ decoy, N+ fork
Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

J Polgar vs Luis Antonio Garcia, 1988 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 1-0

Lasker vs NN, 1903 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0

O Rigaud vs J Cooper, 1974 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 5 moves, 0-1

E Nebermann vs Silbermann, 1902 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 14 moves, 1-0

Chigorin vs O Bernstein, 1903 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

I Maclellan vs D Thompson, 1984 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1

G Janny vs L Steiner, 1922 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0

Bartuschat vs K A Hirsch, 1935
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 0-1

L Prokes vs K Krofta, 1909 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 14 moves, 1-0

S Wood vs Griffith, 1901 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1

J Chamouillet vs NN, 1849 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

NN vs Greco, 1625 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1

B Raphael vs H Montgomery, 1856 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0

N Tchinenoff vs R Maillard, 1925 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 4 moves, 0-1

Blackburne vs NN, 1899 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Anderssen vs E Schallopp, 1864 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0

A K Ettlinger vs Janowski, 1898 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

KGD. Falkbeer CG. Blackburne Attk (C31) 0-1 Light-square Bs str
NN vs Beis, 1940 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1

NN vs D Gedult, 1981 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1

NN vs Teichmann, 1890 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1

NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

Maroczy vs Charousek, 1896 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1

Tolush vs Alatortsev, 1948 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs V Vaisman, 1976 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

B R vs A Wagner, 1902 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 5 moves, 0-1

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0

W Tullidge vs R Hodgson, 1893 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 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

W Kornfeld vs Zukertort, 1865 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 0-1

KGA. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 0-1 Boden's Mate Around the Corner
A Lokasto vs K Marcinkowski, 1971 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 0-1

W Rudolf vs NN, 1912 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Ludwig vs Weiss, 1946 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 0-1

D Rigby vs J Moylan, 1976 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

W Schill vs U Spiegel, 1978 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0

B Wall vs H S Hsieh, 1988 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0

Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

Bronstein vs M20, 1963 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Averbakh, 1955 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0

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

KGA. Schallop Def (C34) 0-1 Dbl N sac opens lines for Greco's #
P McEvan vs G Kito, 1967 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

R Teschner vs NN, 1951 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 10 moves, 1-0

B H Wood vs G Stokes, 1964 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 12 moves, 1-0

M Sheratte vs L Dutcher, 1975 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 11 moves, 0-1

Iverhov vs Ilianako, 1957 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 8 moves, 0-1

B Wall vs M Wick, 1971 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 11 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Steinitz vs Lang, 1860 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0

Cochrane vs NN, 1842 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0

W W Young vs Marshall, 1913 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0

Itze vs H Reinle, 1925 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 0-1

KGA. Wild Muzio Gambit (C37) 0-1 Q trap for 2 pieces
B Dykes vs M Blount, 1981
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 0-1

J Taylor vs NN, 1874 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0

Bird vs NN, 1869 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0

E Zimmer vs H Mueller, 1918 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0

KGA MacDonnell Gambit (C37)1-0 Sac Minors, Discovered+, QxQ etc
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0

KGA. Traditional Variation (C38) 1-0 N & Dbl B sacs
F Lazard vs NN, 1903 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0

KGA. Philidor Gambit Schultz Var (C38) 0-1 Hook Mate w/Q
Mephisto vs G McLennan, 1878 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

Schwartz vs Samsonov, 1908 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0

KGA Allgaier Gambit (C39) 1-0 Black didn't move minors
W Lewis vs NN, 1820 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

P-K4 La Bourdonnais Gambit (C40) 1-0 B decoy sac, N+ fork
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

La Bourdonnais Gambit 2...Qf6 (C40) 1-0 P grab becomes Support#
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 8 moves, 1-0

P-K4 Damiano Defense (C40) 1-0 push the h-pawn
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

P-K4 Damiano Def (C40) 1-0 Q sac, P mate Fredthebear watched
P Damiano vs NN, 1512 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 13 moves, 1-0

Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Countergambit (C40) 0-1 Dbl R sacs
NN vs E Diemer, 1978 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Variation (C40) 1-0Simul tour
Fischer vs R Nickel, 1964 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit Mayet Attack 3.Bc4 Poisoned P(C40) 1-0 Dbl R Sac
P Atars vs H Tomson, 1973 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Elephant Gambit: Wasp Var (C40) 1-0 WILD; Dbl R & Dbl N sacs!!
M Lange vs M C Schmucker, 1848 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

KP Game: Busch-Gass Gambit (C40) 1-0 The Krejcik queen trap
J Krejcik vs Baumgartner, 1914 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 7 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.Bc4 Qe7 (C40) 0-1Smashing Sac attk!
H Ruben vs S Sorensen, 1879 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation (C41) 1-0 4...c6 is correct
M Delgado Crespo vs L Lucena, 2001 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 6 moves, 1-0

The pawn was poisoned; Queen check and fork LPDO
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 6 moves, 1-0

Philidor / Scotch Declined (C41) 1-0 P thrust, R sac, spearhead
Kasparov vs R Abud, 2004 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Comprehensive Chess Course V2, Game 53 Q forks 2 Ps, threatens#
N Karaklajic vs A Fuderer, 1955 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0

Philidor, Hanham. Steiner Variation (C41) 1-0 Casual game
Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

J Blake vs G Hooke, 1891 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Steinitz vs Rainer, 1885 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 7.Bxf7+ keeps Black K in center
H Wang vs Giri, 2013 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Koltanowski vs K Diller, 1960 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0

I Lowens vs Stafford, 1950 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 0-1

Don't trust someone else's theory...you might lose in six moves
A Zapata vs Anand, 1988 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Damiano, Kholmov Gambit (C42) 1-0 More copycat
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attk. Chigorin Var (C42) 1-0Wrong unpin
S Isaksson vs H Broberger, 1976 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

NN vs E Fossan, 1991 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0

Russian, Cochrane Gambit. Bishop check line (C42) 1-0 Namesaked
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1855
(C42) Petrov Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

B Wall vs K Lawless, 1973 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attack (C42) 1-0 Black Q is overworked
Koltanowski vs R McKeag, 1936 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attack (C42) 1-0Logical, crushing drive
J Cervenka vs NN, 2002 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

(C42) 1-0 14 Historical royal family fork often duplicated
P Damiano vs NN, 1497 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attk. Center Attk (C43) 1-0 Complex Reti #
M Bonch-Osmolovsky vs B Baranov, 1953 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 0-1 Q pawn grab gets trapped
Jobava vs Grischuk, 2009 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 16 moves, 0-1

Game 4 in Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti
A Meek vs Morphy, 1855 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Cntrattk (C44) 1-0 Legall's # K run
L Bachmann vs J Kunstmann, 1899 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Moheschunder vs Cochrane, 1855 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1

C H Capon vs J Taylor, 1873 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit (C44) 1-0 "The Last Victory" film
Napoleon Bonaparte vs General Bertrand, 1820 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game 4...Qh4 Modern Defense (C45) 1-0 Reti's Mate
L Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1863 
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0

Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925 
(C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Mephisto vs NN, 1879 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

H Huenerkopf vs Spassky, 1984 
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1

S Slonim vs N Riumin, 1931 
(C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Italian (C46) 0-1 Center P fork trick gets worse
Swain vs Smart, 1990 
(C46) Three Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Three Knights Opening (C46) 1-0 Qh5+ leads to mate by Bishops
W Donisthorpe vs Mundell, 1892 
(C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

P Schoupal vs J Spalek, 2004 
(C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Three Knights Opening (C46) 1-0 11.? Everybody luvs Geoff
G Chandler vs E Gilliand, 1981 
(C46) Three Knights, 13 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Italian (C55) 0-1 Dbl B Attack w/Q
D Hermann vs Charousek, 1896 
(C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Spanish. Rubinstein Variation (C48) 0-1 Swarmed in 14 moves
A Dusek vs Nepustil, 1915 
(C48) Four Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Posch vs Dorrer, 1958 
(C48) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Var (C48) 0-1 Q trap
NN vs J van Mil, 1973 
(C48) Four Knights, 8 moves, 0-1

Italian Game 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 (C50) 0-1 Notes by JHB
NN vs Blackburne, 1871  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1

NN vs Greco, 1620 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Piano, Black Fishin' Pole(C50) 13 moves, 0-1 Q decoy sac
Schwartz vs C Hartlaub, 1918 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 1-0 Skewer +
F Adeyemi vs Z Ahmadov, 2008 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 523: The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
NN vs W Curran, 1876 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Jerome Gambit (C50) 0-1 "Old Kentucky"
NN vs Blackburne, 1884  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51) 0-1 Bf3 Block
Albin vs Blackburne, 1897 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Game 156 in The Fireside Book of Chess by Chernev & Reinfeld
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit (C51) 0-1 Blistering Bishops & Q Battery
Lasker vs F Dickens, 1908 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Compromised Defense Main Line (C52) 1-0 Discovery
Blackburne vs NN, 1875 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

Impressive display by Blackburne in a blindfold game.
Blackburne vs V C Peyer, 1875 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Ignore his threat to make a bigger threat of your own!
Tartakower vs G Nyholm, 1914 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52) 1-0 Q sac, Disc Dbl ++
Steinitz vs E Pilhal, 1860 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Compromised Def (C52) 1-0 What's the finish?
G Neumann vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Pierce Defense (C52) 0-1 Don't blink!
N Marache vs Morphy, 1857 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1

Khan vs NN, 1914 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 1-0

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

Italian, Classical (C53) 0-1 Now don't get fooled! See Greco-NN
Horwitz vs Bledow, 1837 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian, Classical. Center Attk (C53) 1-0 f7 mate threat wins N
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo ...0-0-0? (C53) 1-0
Nunn vs S G Finlayson, 1981 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 1Q vs 2Qs
Kasparov vs Lautier, 1994 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 0-1

Italian, Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0Unusual White Ns
C Bauer vs J M Iruzubieta Villaluenga, 2010 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C55) 1-0 Blindfold simul K walk
Koltanowski vs NN, 1934 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 0-1 Concentrated
Tagansky vs I Glazkov, 1975 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 0-1

2 Ns Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0Open e-file discovery/pin
J Armas vs T Hartung, 1988 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Bxf7+ then Ne6 traps Qd8
W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Var (C55) 1-0 R deflection
Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 0-1Too Wild and Wooly
Reti vs Lasker, 1908 
(C56) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Reshevsky Teaches Chess p.140-142 GM Samuel Reshevsky, US Champ
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859 
(C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

17...Bh3! is number 345 in Reinfelds 1001 combo book
Euwe vs Reti, 1920 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Mate w/a P
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Fritz (C57) 0-1 ANALYSIS
Fischer vs R Burger, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 ...Nxc2+ fails
Alan Balkany vs J Longuski, 1973 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack Knight sac line (C57)1-0
P Leisebein vs Wolfgang Pohl, 1990 
(C57) Two Knights, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2 Knts Def Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1K walk
S Kurkin vs Y Estrin, 1966 
(C57) Two Knights, 25 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: 2Knts Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 Stockfish n
Polerio vs Domenico, 1610 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0

Two Knts Def. Traxler Counterattack B sac line (C57) 0-1 Qmate
Mittenthal vs T Crispin, 1974 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Game 99 in 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def. (C60) 1-0 White owns the dark squares
Anderssen vs B Suhle, 1859 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def (C60) 1-0 Legall's Mate variant
D Benjafield vs C J Wippell, 1938 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def Nge7 (C60) 1-0 Nxe5 sac, Spearhead
Benko vs Sawyer, 1964 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0

G102 in Chess in the USSR 1945-72 Part 1, edited by Colin Leach
Ujtumen vs A Lein, 1965 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

Alekhine vs Hoelscher, 1933 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

C Mayet vs Anderssen, 1851 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 12 moves, 0-1

Adams vs A Easton, 1998 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0

Vasiukov vs S Giterman, 1960 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 8 moves, 1-0

Burn vs N MacLeod, 1889  
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Burn vs Blackburne, 1889  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

A Nimzowitsch vs Ryckhoff, 1910 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Defense. Tarrasch Trap (C66) 1-0Remove the Guard
Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Lutikov Variation (C68) 1-0, 12 moves
I Rabinovich vs L Savitsky, 1934 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 Fishin' w/a Spearhead
M Brohl vs W Glaeser, 1988 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 13 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 Fishin' Pole
Privalov vs V Malaniuk, 1974 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 15 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Caro Var (C70) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO R
B Wall vs J Chance, 1969 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 9 moves, 1-0

The Most Famous "Noah's Ark Trap"
E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1929 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1

Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz (C73) 1-0 Castle nabs Rook
O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Wormald Attack (C77) 0-1 the exchange
I Mosionzhik vs Y Nikolaevsky, 1972 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 14 moves, 0-1

Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Open e-file, uncastled K
Carlsen vs E Blomqvist, 2001 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Trap: Spanish, Open. Classical ML(C83) 1-0Rob the pin
Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1890 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 12 moves, 1-0

French 3.c3? (C00) 1-0 The horse ran off from his K
V Hergert vs G Handke, 1988 
(C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1-0 First cut-off the king
A Nimzowitsch vs G Fluss, 1907 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 19 moves, 1-0

French Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 Critical pin vs Nf6
Spielmann vs R Wahle, 1926 
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 1-0 15.?
Grischuk vs Bareev, 2001 
(C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0

French Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0 B Sac, N Outpost
B Wall vs H Murtaugh, 1971 
(C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0

French Advance Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 0-1 Discovery on Q
B Wall vs A Brown, 1972 
(C02) French, Advance, 9 moves, 1-0

Last move is Discovery and Double Attack with Back Rank threat
M Velcheva vs H Puuska, 2007 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein, Blackburne Def. (C10) 0-1 Check & Defend h7
P Charbonneau vs H A Hussein Al-Ali, 2008 
(C10) French, 13 moves, 0-1

Game 13 in Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev
J Dobias vs J Podgorny, 1952 
(C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0

Anand (Informant #63, game 240) Vaganian resigned after 21.Ne5.
Anand vs Vaganian, 1995 
(C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein 4...Bb4+? (C10) 1-0 Useless vs. Useful Checks
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10)1-0 10 moves. #39, Discovery
B H Wood vs L D H, 1948 
(C10) French, 10 moves, 1-0

Annihilation of Defense. Game #4490 in Laszlo Polgar's brick.
L Engels vs A Tsvetkov, 1936 
(C10) French, 18 moves, 1-0

FR Classical, Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 Notes by AN, others
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0

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

FR Winawer. Fingerslip, Kunin Double Gambit (C15) 1-0 Opera #
R Schwarz vs Labau, 1948 
(C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0

English Opening: The Whale (C20) 0-1 tpstart quotes Mellencamp
M Helin vs D Larsson, 1992 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.a3? (C20) 0-1 White is foolin' about
M Surtees vs G Lane, 2009 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

unusually passive way to win—by never venturing past the 4th rk
F Bethge vs Legal, 1930 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

p.141 of Lasker's Chess Magazine, vol.ii, July 1905.
NN vs Lasker, 1905 
(C21) Center Game, 14 moves, 0-1

Danish Gambit: General (C21) 1-0 R sac on overworked P
Lasker vs G Oskam, 1908 
(C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 1-0Pin, Q sac opens h-file R#
R L'hermet vs Hagemann, 1888 
(C22) Center Game, 14 moves, 1-0

Game 197 of 500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower & du Mont
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Anderssen Defense (C25) 1-0 blindfold
Alekhine vs De Cassio, 1944 
(C25) Vienna, 10 moves, 1-0

KGD/Vienna Gambit (C25) 1-0 Crusher up the middle
Keres vs A Peet, 1932 
(C25) Vienna, 19 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit (C25) 0-1 Q sac, pseudo-Legal's Mate
W A Oudheusden vs L de Vries, 1934 
(C25) Vienna, 11 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Stanley Var. Reversed Spanish (C26) 1-0Kick it in!
H Hallmann vs W Schneider, 1931 
(C26) Vienna, 13 moves, 1-0

Who are you and what have you done with Capablanca!?
Capablanca vs A Kramer, 1914 
(C26) Vienna, 9 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: General (C27) 0-1 Nxc2+ Royal family fork
NN vs B Lasker, 1881 
(C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: General (C30) 1-0 Acceptance, Deflection, Hook#!
Jong vs Jacobson, 1918 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0

KGD. Classical Var (C30) 0-1 Take that! Royal fork!
M Freese vs R Hayes, 1984 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 0-1

KG Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 Fabulous f7 attack uses B pin!
B Rositsan vs A Hervais, 1998 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit (Accepted) 2...Bd6 (C30) 1-0 Ns Discovered+
R Razo vs J Gallardo, 2006 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0

KG Declined. Petrov's Defense (C30)1-0 Bxh7+, you know the rest
M Rohde vs W Martz, 1977 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

KGD. Classical (C30) 0-1 Failed Unpin: Bxf7+ KxB, Ng5+ QxNg5!
T Alfred vs J Randolph, 1979 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 0-1

Falkbeer CG. Blackburne Attack (C31) 1-0 Sneaky tactics
Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1892 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

KG Falkbeer CG. Staunton Line (C31) 0-1 Note by JHB; Fab finish
Allies vs Blackburne, 1893  
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1

KGD: Falkbeer Countergambit. Anderssen Attk (C31) 0-1 Boden's #
F Langley vs B Burt, 1870 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

Falkbeer Countergambit. Nimzowitsch-Marshall CG 3...c6 (C31)0-1
L B Hoyos Millan vs G Garcia, 1986 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 18 moves, 0-1

KGD: Falkbeer Countergambit. Accepted (C31) 1-0 Stockfish
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 10 moves, 1-0

KG, Falkbeer CG Charousek G (C31) Castle & rip open the center
Walbrodt vs Loew, 1900 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

KGD. Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit Accepted (C32) 1-0 No recapt
E E Middleton vs Vidmar, 1905 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 21 moves, 0-1

KG Falkbeer CG. Charousek G Accepted (C32) 0-1 Notes by JHB
E Schallopp vs Blackburne, 1896  
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1

KGA. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 1-0 She ate the c-pawn
Westerinen vs J Franzen, 1988 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted. B's Gambit (C33) 0-1 Q crashes in!
Courel vs J Blake, 1889 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

Comprehensive Chess Course V2, Game 87 Seize open lines to theK
F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA Bishop's Gambit Cozio Var (C33) 1-0 Hard fought game
Ivanchuk vs P Nikolic, 2004 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0

KGA Bonsch-Osmolovsky Var (C34) 1-0Rob the pin that no longer D
Morant vs A de Feuquieres, 1680 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

KGA. Cunningham Def (C35) 1-0 Correspondence pin
G Fawbush vs B Jenison, 1986 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 15 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted. Modern Defense (C36) 1-0K walk, P mate
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

KGA Salvio G, Cochrane G (C37) 1-0 Odd final position
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1843 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

Jul-01-13 whiteshark: MatoJelic has made a short video of this
NN vs Bronstein, 1954 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack. Poisoned Pawn (C40) 0-1 poor corr
L Muller vs Keres, 1934 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1

Mayet Attack Polerio-Svedenborg Variation 4...d5 5.Qh5
M Gemignani vs N Hammar, 1973 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attk. Strautins Gambit (C40) 0-1 Corr cra
Siegers vs O Purins, 1971 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack. Polerio-Svedenborg Var (C40) 0-1!
Cabrol vs D Gedult, 1974 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attk. Strautins Gambit (C40) 0-1 try 5Nc3
Kulesenko vs Matvienko, 1973 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attk. Strautins Gambit (C40) 0-1Stockfish
J K MacDonald vs J A Diani, 1971 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

The Oldest Elephant Gambit: Paulsen Cntrgambit (C40) 0-1 Pin
Hols vs Bucker, 1792 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attk. Strautins Gambit (C40) 0-1Corr Q tr
R Schwibbe vs P Atars, 1971 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 18 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Var (C42) 1-0 R fork
Anand vs Kramnik, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) 1-0 Oops?
J Esser vs J Davidson, 1910 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 0-1Discovered Dbl + wins Q
Frank vs E Schiller, 1970 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 7 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Main Line (C44) 1-0 Corr
A Schnelzer vs V Harjunpaa, 1976
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

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

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Declined (C44) 0-1failed intermezzo
B Sadiku vs C Arduman, 2004
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1

Scotch Qh4 Horwitz Attack Miniature (C45) 0-1 Pins galore!
NN vs Bird, 1888 
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 1-0 Blind swine on the 8th
Y Rovner vs Korchnoi, 1945 
(C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical (C45) 0-1 Black knight is executioner
NN vs Lasker, 1919 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Scotch/3 Knights, Steinitz Def (C46) 1-0Common miniature on 6th
G Minchev vs D Miraschiev, 1986 
(C46) Three Knights, 11 moves, 1-0

Three Knights 3...Bb4 (C46) 1-0 Legall's Mate w/2 Ns & 2 Bs
W Pollock vs J Hall, 1889 
(C46) Three Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

Mary Bain (1904-1972)
Capablanca vs M Bain, 1933 
(C48) Four Knights, 11 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Italian(C50) 0-1Go straight for the throat!
C Lolli vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1755 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 0-1

The diamond in the crown of the 2015 World Junior Champion
M Antipov vs J van Foreest, 2015 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1 Dbl R sacrifice, P mate
A Lasker vs Ed Lasker, 1909 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit Declined (C51) 1-0 Stripped clean as a whistle!
Marshall vs R Short, 1894  
(C51) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0

Impressive old miniature using a decoy sacrifice and pawn mate
Busnardo vs NN, 1590 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical. Greco (C54) 1-0 Shades of Frank Marshall
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian: Classical Greco Gambit Mason Gambit (C53) miniature
Alekhine vs NN, 1911 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical. Greco Gambit Greco Var (C54) 1-0 16.?
J Schoepe vs E Bock, 1987 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 1-0

Italian Classical, Greco Gambit (C54) 1-0Boden's Mate Variation
C J Corte vs J Bolbochan, 1946 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk Accepted (C56) 1-0Q trap
Glukharev vs V I Murakhveri, 1969 
(C56) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Double Gambit Accepted (C56) 1-0 Arabian Mate
E Holt vs T Bingamon, 1947 
(C56) Two Knights, 14 moves, 1-0

Game 8 'The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps' by Gary Lane
Fischer vs T Rouse, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 Dbl N sac
M Hogben vs K McLennan, 1995 
(C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

"The Traxler Variation" (game of the day Mar-01-2017)
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange. Keres Var (C68) 1-0 Upside down Arabian Mate
Alekhine vs B Verlinsky, 1918 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Bronstein Var (C69) 1-0 24.?
J Grefe vs A Karklins, 1973 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal (C69) 1/2-1/2 King of Prussia
A Stripunsky vs J Gustafsson, 2010
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0 Deflection!
Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open Var. M.L. (C80) 1-0 Pin it and pile on to win it
Alekhine vs J Ganzo Mediavilla, 1944 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 11 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Motzko Attack II (C82) 1-0 Lolli's # next
Vidmar vs L Loewy Sr, 1905 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 1-0

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

Alekhine Def. 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 c5 (B02) 0-1 0-0 vs 0-0-0, Exch S
M Morgan vs Yermolinsky, 1990 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Pirc Defense: Byrne Var (B07) 1-0 Member blitz game!
R Taylor vs H Danielsen, 2003 
(B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 1-0Exchange S
S Polgar vs Endrody, 1977 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def. Classical. Quiet System Czech Def (B08) 0-1Not Poison
H Bohm vs A Planinc, 1975 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 19 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. 3.f3 Maroczy Gambit (B12) 1-0 Sac attack!
M Vaghar vs Z Ojagverdiyev, 2008
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line ...e5 (B15) 1-0 K float
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B94) The Black Q pays for snatching b-pawn
Nakamura vs Van Wely, 2010 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 69 in 'The Guinness Book of Chess GMs' by William Hartston
Lasker vs Pirc, 1935 
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Saemisch Attack (B02) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
E Steiner vs Reshevsky, 1937 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 30 moves, 0-1

Soltis in "Confessions of a Grandmaster", p.43
A Soltis vs Browne, 1970 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1 Reti's Mate
Dutch vs J N Sugden, 1964 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 11 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Wing Gambit (B20) 1-0 Skewer wins N for pawn(s)
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: Greco Var (C40) 0-1Discovered+ gets the loose Q
NN vs Greco, 1620 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

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