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1990s Speed Cuts & Turn Crashes ECO C Missed FTB
Compiled by fredthebear
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Better call MacGyver, Tim Allen, or Al Bundy if you must.

"Si vis pacem, para bellum" ― Cicero

"Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

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

"Chess is a matter of vanity." ― Alexander Alekhine

"As a chess player one has to be able to control one's feelings, one has to be as cold as a machine." ― Levon Aronian

"Sometimes it happens that the computer's assessment is very abstract. It's correct, but it's not useful for a practical game. You have to prove the assessment with very strong moves and if you don't find all of these strong moves you may lose very quickly. For a computer this is not a problem, but for humans it is not so easy." ― Vassily Ivanchuk

"A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit." ― John Milton

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

"A sport, a struggle for results and a fight for prizes. I think that the discussion about "chess is science or chess is art" is already inappropriate. The purpose of modern chess is to reach a result." ― Alexander Morozevich

"No one man is superior to the game." ― A. Bartlett Giamatti, in reference to Pete Rose, the all-time MLB hits leader banned for gambling.

"To err is human; to forgive, divine." ― Alexander Pope

"I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." ― Adolf Anderssen

"After white's reply to 1.e4 e5 with 2.f4 the game is in its last throes" ― Howard Staunton

"I have added these principles to the law: get the Knights into action before both Bishops are developed." ― Emanuel Lasker

"With opposite coloured bishops the attacking side has in effect an extra piece in the shape of his bishop." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"Be warned! From Satan's viewpoint you are a pawn in his game of cosmic chess." ― Adrian Rogers

"Pawns not only create the sketch for the whole painting, they are also the soil, the foundation, of any position." ― Anatoly Karpov

"The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him." ― Max Stirner

"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

"A Queen's sacrifice, even when fairly obvious, always rejoices the heart of the chess-lover." ― Savielly Tartakower

"Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes." ― Ajahn Brahm

"As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities." ― Alexander Alekhine

"It would be idle, and presumptuous, to wish to imitate the achievements of a Morphy or an Alekhine; but their methods and their manner of expressing themselves are within the reach of all." ― Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

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

"If the defender is forced to give up the center, then every possible attack follows almost of itself." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public." ― Agnes Repplier

"If you watch it, you should watch it with other players and try to find moves, like it was before. Now on many sites you watch together with the computer and the pleasure is gone." ― Boris Gelfand

"I believe that Chess possesses a magic that is also a help in advanced age. A rheumatic knee is forgotten during a game of chess and other events can seem quite unimportant in comparison with a catastrophe on the chessboard." ― Vlastimil Hort

"It's funny, but many people don't understand why I draw so many games nowadays. They think my style must have changed but this is not the case at all. The answer to this drawing disease is that my favorite squares are e6, f7, g7 and h7 and everyone now knows this. They protect these squares not once but four times!" ― Mikhail Tal

"Having spent alarmingly large chunks of my life studying the white side of the Open Sicilian, I find myself asking, why did I bother?" ― Daniel J. King

"Apart from direct mistakes, there is nothing more ruinous than routine play, the aim of which is mechanical development." ― Alexey Suetin

"Not infrequently ... the theoretical is a synonym of the stereotyped. For the 'theoretical' in chess is nothing more than that which can be found in the textbooks and to which players try to conform because they cannot think up anything better or equal, anything original." ― Mikhail Chigorin

"The choice of opening, whether to aim for quiet or risky play, depends not only on the style of a player, but also on the disposition with which he sits down at the board." ― Efim Geller

"Despite the development of chess theory, there is much that remains secret and unexplored in chess." ― Vasily Smyslov

"No matter how much theory progresses, how radically styles change, chess play is inconceivable without tactics." ― Samuel Reshevsky

"Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous." ― Abdelkader El Djezairi

"Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and diligence." ― Abigail Adams

"When I was preparing for one term's work in the Botvinnik school I had to spend a lot of time on king and pawn endings. So when I came to a tricky position in my own games, I knew the winning method." ― Garry Kasparov

"As a rule, pawn endings have a forced character, and they can be worked out conclusively." ― Mark Dvoretsky

"It is a gross overstatement, but in chess, it can be said I play against my opponent over the board and against myself on the clock." ― Viktor Korchnoi

"The fact that the 7 hours time control allows us to play a great deep game is not of great importance for mass-media." ― Alexei Shirov

"For me, each game is a new challenge, which has to be dealt with rationally and systematically. At that time, every other thought fades into oblivion." ― Viswanathan Anand

"Any fool can know. The point is to understand." ― Albert Einstein

"One bad move nullifies forty good ones."
― Israel Albert Horowitz

"It is a well-known phenomenon that the same amateur who can conduct the middle game quite creditably, is usually perfectly helpless in the end game. One of the principal requisites of good chess is the ability to treat both the middle and end game equally well." ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors." ― Pola Negri

"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly. They are often of a very difficult nature, and sometimes while apparently very simple they are in reality extremely intricate." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

"Capablanca used to talk calmly and moderately about everything. However, when our conversation turned to the problems of the battle for the world championship, in front of me was a quite different person: an enraged lion, although with the fervour typical only of a southerner, with his temperamental patter, which made it hard to follow the torrent of his indignant exclamations and words." ― Alexander Koblencs

"A player is said to have the opposition when he can place his King directly in front of the adverse King, with only one square between them. This is often an important advantage in ending games." ― Howard Staunton

"A player can sometimes afford the luxury of an inaccurate move, or even a definite error, in the opening or middlegame without necessarily obtaining a lost position. In the endgame ... an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance." ― Paul Keres

"Never trust a government that doesn't trust its own citizens with guns." ― Benjamin Franklin

"The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that." ― Boris Spassky

"Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged in to the detriment of other and more serious avocations - should not absorb or engross the thoughts of those who worship at its shrine, but should be kept in the background, and restrained within its proper province. As a mere game, a relaxation from the severe pursuits of life, it is deserving of high commendation." ― Paul Morphy

"Incidentally, when we're faced with a "prove or disprove," we're usually better off trying first to disprove with a counterexample, for two reasons: A disproof is potentially easier (we need just one counterexample); and nitpicking arouses our creative juices. Even if the given assertion is true, our search for a counterexample often leads to a proof, as soon as we see why a counterexample is impossible. Besides, it's healthy to be skeptical." ― Ronald Graham

"Attackers may sometimes regret bad movez, but it's much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by." ― Garry Kasparov

"Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check." ― Aron Nimzowitzch

"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.

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

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

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach preparez for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

French Proverb: "Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire la grimace." ― (There's no substitute for experience.)

* Direct Attacks: Game Collection: Direct attacks

* Alekhine's Defense: Game Collection: Alekhine's Defense

* Ambitious Sicilian Ratings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuX...

* Amsterdam Bar Blitz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCO... Alert: Game Collection: Alekhine Alert by Timothy Taylor

* B12: Game Collection: 0

* B80: Game Collection: B80 (Huebner)

* One in a Billion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKa...

* Chess for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU6...

* Best Lessons: Game Collection: Best Lessons of a Chess Coach

* Bishop's Opening: Game Collection: Bishop's Opening ~ Miniature Checkmates #

* Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adY...

* Learn Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGu...

* Learn ALL the Rules of the Royal Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej_...

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

* Ladder Checkmate with Two Rooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaQ...

* Checkmate with King and Rook vs lone King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf...

* Checkmate with Two Bishops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN7...

* Top 10 Fastest Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctP...

* 10 Most Deadly Opening Traps to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyE...

* 10 Well-Known Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf8...

* Caro-Kann, Short: Game Collection: Caro-Kann Short-Variation

* C-K Beats: Game Collection: Caro Kann't

* C-K Two: Game Collection: Special Coffee Collection A9 (White)

* Classical C-K: Game Collection: CARO-KANN DEFENSE

* Chess Equipment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLA...

* Don't Hang Your Piece! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hz...

* DGT North American Chess Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkh...

* Electronic chessboard isn't necessary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOn...

* Elements of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2C...

* Easy to Learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--D...

* Evans Gambit: Game Collection: Evans Gambit

* Larry Evan's Special: L Evans vs A Bisguier, 1958 https://www.angelfire.com/games3/li...

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

* Four Knights: Game Collection: The Four Knights

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

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

* Fabulous chess brilliancies:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

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

* History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeB...

* History of the Game of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2a...

* KGA Fischer: Game Collection: KG-Fischer Defense

* King's Gambit critique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrW...

* KG similarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fq...

* Malagueña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2...

* Modern Masterpieces: Game Collection: Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces ~ Stohl

* Matovinsky Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)

* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)

* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC

* Pinch of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_...

* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023

* Not so simple: Game Collection: Simple Chess by Michael Stean

* N vs RPs: Game Collection: KNIGHTS *HATE* ROOK PAWNS!

* No such thing as "Best Opening": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agU...

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

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

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

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

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

* Pirc 150: Game Collection: Pirc, 150 Attack

* Pirc Wins: Game Collection: Short Pirc Wins

* The Opposition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y...

* King and Pawn vs King (both kings want to be in front of the pawn to affect it's progress): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvB...

* Three Dog Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l52...

* Son of Three Dog Knight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4N...

* Arabian Checkmate Pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejh...

* Basic Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y-...

* Most Common Opening Mistake (Four Knights, Italian Variation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrp...

* Scotch Game, Four Knights Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zcn...

* Top 4 Scholar's Mates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr4...

* More Scholar's Mates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUN...

* Top 4 Fishing Pole Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11N...

* Top 4 Excellent Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTS...

* Tactics: Game Collection: pins and needles-knives and forks.

* Top 4 Traps in the Center Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8f...

* Top 4 Vienna Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7...

* Top 3 Versions of the Italian Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CP...

* Top 5 Versions of the Italian Game Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-2...

* Top 4 Aggressive 1.e4 e5 Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tm...

* Traps: Game Collection: short-games-traps

* Top 5 Traps after 1.e4 e5 for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YW...

* 5 Chess traps in Giuoco Piano Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny7...

* Italian Game Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xh...

* Garry Kasparov's Checkmate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuP...

* GK's Greatest: Game Collection: Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games (Stohl)

* GK Scheve: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* GK Scotch: Game Collection: Kasparov in the Scotch

* 5 Best Traps for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5t...

* Max Lange Attack instead of the Fried Liver Attack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7...

* Top 5 Traps in the Bishop's Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9l...

* Top 5 King Pawn Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS2...

* Top 5 More Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar9...

* Top 5 Famous Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJU...

* Top 5 Fastest Traps to Know: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veZ...

* Top 5 Underrated Openings Against the Sicilian Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsh...

* Sicilian Closed: Game Collection: Starting Out: Closed Sicilian - Richard Palliser

* Sicilian c3 Sac: Game Collection: Sicilian Sacrifice on c3

* Top 6 Opening Checkmates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRu...

* Top 7 Aggressive Chess Openings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib8...

* Top 8 Versions of the Scotch Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbu...

* Underrated Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8n...

* Scotch Gambit for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYP...

* Scotch Gambit Trap for White: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC-...

* Learn the Scotch Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nr...

* Scotch, Goring Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0F...

* Haxo Gambit vs Nge7?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgm...

* Haxo Gambit hammer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3om...

* Find Mate-in-One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOa...

* 10 Ruy Lopez Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztm... Slay the Spanish: Game Collection: Slay the Spanish

* Spanish, Closed: Game Collection: Closed Spanish, 1988

* RL by Portisch: Game Collection: My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez (Portisch)

* C92-93: Game Collection: C92-93 (Romanishin, Byhovskij)

* Common Mistakes in the Ruy Lopez Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y96...

* You are going to lose a lot of chess games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4...

* Endgame Fundamentals: King & Pawn vs King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLy...

* Types of Opposition of the Kings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3o...

* Minority Attack: Game Collection: Minority Attack

* Notable ‘90s: Game Collection: Notable Chessgames of the 1990's

* Pillsbury's Greek Gift: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNC...

* Punish Opening Errors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkL...

* A Thought Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ...

* A Practical Thought: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ-...

* Quick Smothered Mate in the Budapest Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpe...

* Tips for Knights & More: http://www.chesssets.co.uk/blog/tip...

* Beautiful Knight Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_3...

* Knight's Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab_...

* Knight vs Pawn Endgame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4f...

* Chess Sins: Game Collection: Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Rowson)

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

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

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

* Rajnish Das Tips: https://enthu.com/blog/chess/chess-...

* Removing the Defender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Y...

* Decoy onto the square for ambush there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdI...

* All 54 Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY8...

* Alapin Sicilian for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-...

* Alapin Sicilian Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezy...

* Alapin Sicilian Never Disappoints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzd...

* Chess Rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk1...

* Chess Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a10...

* Crazy Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM_...

* Cultural History of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWN...

* First Chess Game Ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC4...

* Nelson explains his thought process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KN...

* How the Chess Clock Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tgg...

* How to Handle Losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrg...

* His First OTB Chess Tournament: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUi...

* How Not to Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Y...

* A Thought Process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rZ...

* Analysis Made Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y4...

* Attack the Fianchetto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF6...

* Destroy g6, Bg7 Modern Robatsch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_...

* The Modern Defense: Wikipedia article: Modern Defense

* Beginner Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR-...

* Don't Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jO...

* Blunder Less: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYy...

* Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkf...

* Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF7...

* Queen's Fianchetto for White and Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24...

* IM Lawrence Trent (not speaking) advocates 1...b6 against ALL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlW...

* More ...b6 against ALL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKn...

* Naselwaus Gambit vs Owen's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBv...

* Botvinnik System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmi...

* Basics of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8a...

* Brief Caro-Kann Defense Variations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ-...

* Black stops losing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgX...

* Use the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtP...

* Three Caro-Kann Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNp...

* The Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3H...

* Beat the Caro-Kann Quickly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhj...

* Crush the Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXv...

* The Caro-Kann, Advance Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npq...

* Gokerkan vs Niemann 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gw...

* Classical Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1...

* Main Ideas of the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pN...

* Magnus plays the Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDa...

* Karpov's Caro-Kann Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa4...

* ...c6 against all by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCZ...

* ...c6 speedrun by Hansen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDU...

* Instructive Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLp...

* Dangerous Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI_...

* C-K Advance, Botvinnik-Carls Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWb...

* Caro-Kann, Fantasy Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4e...

* Caro-Kann, Korchnoi Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3...

* Complete Caro-Kann: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmZ...

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

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

* Chess Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 1-50

* Faster Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClS...

* Flashcards Fix Your Failures by reminding you of the right way to go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvH...

* Flashcard Converter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B4...

* Flashcard Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isy...

* Free Tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-n...

* French Defense, Rubinstein Variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jR...

* Five Gambits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48W...

* King's Gambit, Queen's Gambit in Style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-w...

* Halloween Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XK...

* Icelandic Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gj...

* Improvement is COMMITTMENT, DEDICATION, DESIRE, and PERSEVERENCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCB...

* Improvement Book Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Up... This book appears to be for advanced players who already know the material listed above.

* Solve Puzzles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz...

* How to Solve (Don't immediately look for your next move -- survey the board instead!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUr...

* Save the Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGz...

* Magnus sees a way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xkq...

* Amazing Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uh...

* Killer Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUL...

* Stafford Gambit Tricks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q2...

* Stafford Gambit lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFb...

* Best Stafford Gambit Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIe...

* Improved Stafford Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_p...

* The Bob Ross of Chess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0...

* The Pride of the Yankees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPy...

* The detailed history of chess: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...

* Oh no, my knight! Trap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oks...

* One Year 0-1700: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYC...

* Find the Best Move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmF...

* Three Most Common: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6x...

* Fundamentals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSv...

* Magnus sends g4 early: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNE...

* Hansen has a go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTG...

* Roswell, GA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE...

* Sidelines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-T...

* 3...a6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFS...

* 3...g6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3S...

* Naroditsky's Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN8...

* New JLo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnG...

* Rapport System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBj...

* Nutty Tips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAF...

* No such thing as Free ELO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMt...

* Rapport Speedrun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGb...

* Run to 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBn...

* Na6 Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhF...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Understanding: Game Collection: Understanding Chess (Nunn)

* Unusual 1e4: Game Collection: Unusual e-pawn openings

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

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

* Mengarini Gambit?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecd...

* MC plays the Mengarini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XH...

* Vienna, Mengarini variation: Game Collection: Mengarini variation

* Sicilian Najdorf Trends: Game Collection: TRENDS Sicilian Najdorf (Gallagher)

* Najdorf English: Game Collection: Najdorf, English Attack

* The Big Clash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcU...

* Najdorf PP: Game Collection: Sicilian Najdorf : Poison Pawn Variation.

* Najdorf PP: Game Collection: Najdorf, Poisoned Pawn

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* POTD 2008: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2008

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

* M Shahade vs S Sloan, 1969 Outstanding finish! http://anusha.com/fleahous.htm

* Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987 Jan-21-09 Phoenix: After the move 25.Qxf7+:
"At this point Vishy looked up at me. There was so much pain in his eyes that I remember this look until today." -GM Gregory Kaidanov, Jan 2009 issue of Chess Life.

Another off-topic post from the irresponsible litterbug.

Bing Cosby is an excellent choice... for the Kibitzer's Café:

The Kibitzer's Café

Something a little more recent and on-topic:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/sai...

https://dotesports.com/chess/news/h...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz5...

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5a...

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

Hope Hans behavior is more self-induced and that he'll grow out of it. The non-stop troll master ignores own reflection to seek negative attention.

* 4 Ways to Win: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq9...

* How to Hook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIS...

* Giants: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzA...

* Man and Dog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIZ...

* Stray Cat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHM...

* Trees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38o...

* Talents: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z4...

* Tic-Tac-Toe is Easy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNF...

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

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

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

* Wing Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODK...

* 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!

Alaska: Kodiak
Established in: 1792

Kodiak is the main city in Kodiak Island and was founded in 1792 by Aleksandr Andreyevich Baranov. It was first called Pavlovsk Gavan, which is Russian for Paul's Harbor, and was the first capital of Russian Alaska. You can still find a large Russian Orthodox church there, as well as plenty of beautiful views.

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

Gambit first appeared in English in a 1656 chess handbook that was said to feature almost a hundred illustrated gambetts. Gambett traces back first to the Spanish word gambito, and before that to the Italian gambetto, from gamba meaning "leg." Gambetto referred to the act of tripping someone, as in wrestling, in order to gain an advantage. In chess, gambit (or gambett, as it was once spelled) originally referred to a chess opening whereby the bishop's pawn is intentionally sacrificed—or tripped—to gain an advantage in position. Gambit is now applied to many other chess openings, but after being pinned down for years, it also finally broke free of chess's hold and is used generally to refer to any "move," whether literal or rhetorical, done to get a leg up, so to speak. ― Merriam-Webster dictionary

* Gambit: Wikipedia article: Gambit

The world's first electric traffic signal is put into place on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland, Ohio, on 5th August in 1914. Also, the first center painted dividing line appeared in 1911, in Michigan; the first "No Left Turn" sign would debut in Buffalo, New York, in 1916; and left-hand drive became standard in American cars in 1908.

Riddle Question: What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

FACTRETRIEVER: Monarch caterpillars breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies.

Riddle Answer: Day, and night

Almost 95% of a car's lifetime is spent parked.

The Two Mules

Two mules were bearing on their backs,
One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.
The latter glorying in his load,
Marched proudly forward on the road;
And, from the jingle of his bell,
It was plain he liked his burden well.
But in a wild-wood glen
A band of robber men
Rushed forth on the twain.
Well with the silver pleased,
They by the bridle seized
The treasure-mule so vain.
Poor mule! in struggling to repel
His ruthless foes, he fell
Stabbed through; and with a bitter sighing,
He cried, "Is this the lot they promised me?
My humble friend from danger free,
While, weltering in my gore, I'm dying?"
"My friend," his fellow-mule replied,
"It is not well to have one's work too high.
If you had been a miller's drudge, as I,
You would not thus have died."

High society

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-2r know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highl3 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you nevey esteemed Leonard Barden there!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

The Chess Poem by Ayaan Chettiar

8 by 8 makes 64
In the game of chess, the king shall rule
Kings and queens, and rooks and knights
Bishops and Pawns, and the use of mind

The Game goes on, the players think
Plans come together, form a link
Attacks, checks and capture
Until, of course, we reach a mate

The Pawns march forward, then the knights
Power the bishops, forward with might
Rooks come together in a line
The Game of Chess is really divine

The Rooks move straight, then take a turn
The Knights on fire, make no return
Criss-Cross, Criss-Cross, go the bishops
The Queen's the leader of the group

The King resides in the castle
While all the pawns fight with power
Heavy blows for every side
Until the crown, it is destroyed

The Brain's the head, The Brain's the King,
The Greatest one will always win,
For in the game of chess, the king shall rule,
8 by 8 makes 64!

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

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

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

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

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

The Hog, the Goat, and the Sheep

A goat, a sheep, and porker fat,
All to the market rode together.
Their own amusement was not that
Which caused their journey there.
Their coachman did not mean to "set them down"
To see the shows and wonders of the town.
The porker cried, in piercing squeals,
As if with butchers at his heels.
The other beasts, of milder mood,
The cause by no means understood.
They saw no harm, and wondered why
At such a rate the hog should cry.
"Hush there, old piggy!" said the man,
"And keep as quiet as you can.
What wrong have you to squeal about,
And raise this devilish, deafening shout?
These stiller persons at your side
Have manners much more dignified.
Pray, have you heard
A single word
Come from that gentleman in wool?
That proves him wise." "That proves him fool!"
The testy hog replied;
"For did he know
To what we go,
He'd cry almost to split his throat;
So would her ladyship the goat.
They only think to lose with ease,
The goat her milk, the sheep his fleece:
They're, maybe, right; but as for me,
This ride is quite another matter.
Of service only on the platter,
My death is quite a certainty.
Adieu, my dear old piggery!"
The porker's logic proved at once
Himself a prophet and a dunce.

Hope ever gives a present ease,
But fear beforehand kills:
The wisest he who least foresees
Inevitable ills.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds.

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

Dreamers
by Siegried Sassoon

Soldiers are citizens of death's grey land,
Drawing no dividend from time's to-morrows.
In the great hour of destiny they stand,
Each with his feuds, and jealousies, and sorrows. Soldiers are sworn to action; they must win
Some flaming, fatal climax with their lives.
Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin
They think of firelit homes, clean beds and wives.

I see them in foul dug-outs, gnawed by rats,
And in the ruined trenches, lashed with rain, Dreaming of things they did with balls and bats, And mocked by hopeless longing to regain
Bank-holidays, and picture shows, and spats,
And going to the office in the train.

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

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

"You need to realize 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 realize 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

"Messy Room" by Shel Silverstein

Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
His underwear is hanging on the lamp.
His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair,
And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp.
His workbook is wedged in the window,
His sweater's been thrown on the floor.
His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV,
And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door. His books are all jammed in the closet,
His vest has been left in the hall.
A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed,
And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall. Whosever room this is should be ashamed!
Donald or Robert or Willie or–
Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear,
I knew it looked familiar!

Riddle: What word is always pronounced wrong?

FACTRETRIEVER: There are no seagulls in Hawaii.

Riddel Answer: Wrong!

A GAME OF CHESS
by T S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out 80 (Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, Unguent, powdered, or liquid— troubled, confused And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air That freshened from the window, these ascended 90 In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.

Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, In which sad light a carved dolphin swam.

Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale 100 Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues, "Jug Jug" to dirty ears.

And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.

Footsteps shuffled on the stair.

Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. 110

"My nerves are bad to-night.
Yes, bad.
Stay with me.

"Speak to me.
Why do you never speak.
Speak.

"What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? "I never know what you are thinking.
Think.
"

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

"What is that noise?"
The wind under the door.

"What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?" Nothing again nothing. 120
"Do "You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember "Nothing?"

I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.

"Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?" But O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag—
It's so elegant
So intelligent 130 "What shall I do now? What shall I do?"
I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
"With my hair down, so.
What shall we do to-morrow?
"What shall we ever do?"
The hot water at ten.

And if it rains, a closed car at four.

And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said—
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, 140 HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.

He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth.
He did, I was there.

You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set, He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.

And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert, He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time, And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said.

Oh is there, she said.
Something o' that, I said.
150
Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look.

HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said.

Others can pick and choose if you can't.

But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling.

You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.

(And her only thirty-one.
) I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face, It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said.

(She's had five already, and nearly died of young George. ) 160
The chemist said it would be alright, but I've never been the same.

You are a proper fool, I said.

Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don't want children? HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon, And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot— HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill.
Goonight Lou.
Goonight May.
Goonight.
170
Ta ta.
Goonight.
Goonight.

Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.

Create protected outposts for your knights.

The Bat and the Two Weasels

A blundering bat once stuck her head
Into a wakeful weasel's bed;
Whereat the mistress of the house,
A deadly foe of rats and mice,
Was making ready in a trice
To eat the stranger as a mouse.
"What! do you dare," she said, "to creep in
The very bed I sometimes sleep in,
Now, after all the provocation
I have suffered from your thievish nation?
Are you not really a mouse,
That gnawing pest of every house,
Your special aim to do the cheese ill?
Ay, that you are, or I'm no weasel."
"I beg your pardon," said the bat;
"My kind is very far from that.
What! I a mouse! Who told you such a lie?
Why, ma'am, I am a bird;
And, if you doubt my word,
Just see the wings with which I fly.
Long live the mice that cleave the sky!"
These reasons had so fair a show,
The weasel let the creature go.

By some strange fancy led,
The same wise blunderhead,
But two or three days later,
Had chosen for her rest
Another weasel's nest,
This last, of birds a special hater.
New peril brought this step absurd;
Without a moment's thought or puzzle,
Dame weasel oped her peaked muzzle
To eat the intruder as a bird.
"Hold! do not wrong me," cried the bat;
"I'm truly no such thing as that.
Your eyesight strange conclusions gathers.
What makes a bird, I pray? Its feathers.
I'm cousin of the mice and rats.
Great Jupiter confound the cats!"
The bat, by such adroit replying,
Twice saved herself from dying.

And many a human stranger
Thus turns his coat in danger;
And sings, as suits, wherever he goes,
"God save the king!" – or "save his foes!'

Q: What do you call a fat pumpkin?
A: A pumpkin!

Q: What do you call a factory that sells OK products? A: A satisfactory!

Q: What do you call a cheese that doesn't belong to you? A: Nacho cheese!

Q: What do you call a sleeping wolf?
A: An unawarewolf!

Q: What do you call a bear that never wants to grow up? A: Peter Panda!

Q: What do you call a Jedi with one arm?
A: Hand Solo!

Q: What do you call a sad cheese?
A: A Blue cheese!

Q: What do you call an argument between two electric companies? A: A power struggle!

KAMIKAZE

Two rows of a faceless infantry
fall into line;
I am their general
for this callous battle.

Overlords awaken;
their mirrored armies in meager shadow
to these giants that have played
the game of winning before.

The front rank advances slowly,
private by private; caressing the
battlefield as if never to return again.
The cavalry cry out into the night,
A horse's metallic neigh that pierces through
to the other side's defenses,
and the surrounding warriors join in for the hunt.

A piece for a piece;
The desperate deal is made
between the masters of their
horrified soldiers.
Do I dare repeat
such insidious acts within my fleet?

The crown shakes with fear,
for the opposing ranks are drawing near.
Towering higher than the castles upon the deck,
I make my way to the monarch in check;
Swords left littered across the field
as the fires of carnage have dwindled low,
but trampling through grief, groans, and woe,
The other side is forced to yield.

'A stitch in time saves nine'

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

Dionysius1: I had basil on the pub's potage du jour yesterday. Soup herb!

Maybe CGs can hire Stephanie Clifford, ghost chaser extraordinaire to catch those responsible for this disappearing act. She puts on quite a show I'm told.

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

"Discontent is the first necessity of progress." — Thomas A. Edison

Simonides Preserved By The Gods

Three sorts there are, as Malherbe says,
Which one can never overpraise –
The gods, the ladies, and the king;
And I, for one, endorse the thing.
The heart, praise tickles and entices;
Of fair one's smile, it often the price is.
See how the gods sometimes repay it.
Simonides – the ancients say it –
Once undertook, in poem lyric,
To write a wrestler's panegyric;
Which, before he had proceeded far in,
He found his subject somewhat barren.
No ancestors of great renown;
His sire of some unnoted town;
Himself as little known to fame,
The wrestler's praise was rather tame.
The poet, having made the most of
Whatever his hero had to boast of,
Digressed, by choice that was not all luck's,
To Castor and his brother Pollux;
Whose bright career was subject ample,
For wrestlers, sure, a good example.
Our poet fattened on their story,
Gave every fight its place and glory,
Till of his panegyric words
These deities had got two-thirds.
All done, the poet's fee
A talent was to be.
But when he comes his bill to settle,
The wrestler, with a spice of mettle,
Pays down a third, and tells the poet,
"The balance they may pay who owe it.
The gods than I are rather debtors
To such a pious man of letters.
But still I shall be greatly pleased
To have your presence at my feast,
Among a knot of guests select,
My kin, and friends I most respect."
More fond of character than coffer,
Simonides accepts the offer.
While at the feast the party sit,
And wine provokes the flow of wit,
It is announced that at the gate
Two men, in haste that cannot wait,
Would see the bard. He leaves the table,
No loss at all to "ts noisy gabble.
The men were Leda's twins, who knew
What to a poet's praise was due,
And, thanking, paid him by foretelling
The downfall of the wrestler's dwelling.
From which ill-fated pile, indeed,
No sooner was the poet freed,
Than, props and pillars failing,
Which held aloft the ceiling
So splendid over them,
It downward loudly crashed,
The plates and flagons dashed,
And men who bore them;
And, what was worse,
Full vengeance for the man of verse,
A timber broke the wrestler's thighs,
And wounded many otherwise.
The gossip Fame, of course, took care
Abroad to publish this affair.
"A miracle!" the public cried, delighted.
No more could god-beloved bard be slighted.
His verse now brought him more than double,
With neither duns, nor care, nor trouble.
Whoever laid claim to noble birth
Must buy his ancestors a slice,
Resolved no nobleman on earth
Should overgo him in the price.
From which these serious lessons flow:
Fail not your praises to bestow
On gods and godlike men. Again,
To sell the product of her pain
Is not degrading to the Muse.
Indeed, her art they do abuse,
Who think her wares to use,
And yet a liberal pay refuse.
Whatever the great confer on her,
They're honoured by it while they honour.
Of old, Olympus and Parnassus
In friendship heaved their sky-crowned masses.

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

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.

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." ― Voltaire

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about." — George Allen

"Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have." ― Richard Carlson

from the simpleton poet:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways.

"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

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

"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ― Elizabeth Green

"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." ― Frederick Douglass

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Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

John 14:6
"<I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.>" ― Jesus Christ

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?

Give a HOOT ― Don't Pollute!

Scotch Game: Relfsson Gambit (C44) 1-0 U don't C this Everyday
Birchbeer vs NN, 1995 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Tarrasch Var (C03) 1-0 Double attack h7 & Ra8
D Sermek vs M Varini, 1999 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 9 moves, 1-0

FR Winawer. Advance, Moscow Var (C17) 0-1 The Rb1 is lost
N V Pedersen vs L Karlsson, 1996 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 9 moves, 0-1

Danish Gambit: Accepted. Schlechter Def (C21) 0-1 Counterpunch!
S Albrecht vs J Bobber, 1990 
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 0-1Black unpin to win
D Hiermann vs K Pinkas, 1992 
(C22) Center Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening (C23) 1-0 White bishops explode into Black!
L Boros vs I Saller, 1995 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1 Pillsbury's Mate!!
I Saric vs I Papadatos, 1994 
(C28) Vienna Game, 15 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. Paulsen Attack (C29) 0-1 bayonetted
J Seoane vs F Braga, 1991 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

Elephant G (C40) 1-0 Discovered double check on the open e-file
A Toth vs C Guerra Costa, 1999 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 9 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 Short Short Tg O' War
Tg Zulkifli vs W Lai, 1992 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Damiano. Kholmov Gambit (C42) 0-1 U10 - pay heed!
Grischuk vs S Guliev, 1993 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Classical 5.Nf5 (C45)0-1 Bxf2+ Deflects K then QxQ
R Banaj vs G Olarasu, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 8 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Spanish. Rubinstein (C48) 0-1 Reverberation
H Spangenberg vs Tkachiev, 1997 
(C48) Four Knights, 12 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Bxf7+ deflects K from defense of QxQd8
I Diaz Fernandez vs J Saenz Martinez, 1996
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Double Gambit Accepted (C56) 1-0 Rob the pin
M Illescas vs D Garcia Ilundain, 1991 
(C56) Two Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

Loose Knight, Exposed King, Q+ & Fork
J Vetemaa vs O Niemi, 1996 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 9 moves, 1-0

Spanish Open. Skipworth Gambit (C80) 1/2- Bxh2+ sac, perpetual
J Hohmeister vs P Wolff, 1993 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

Hippopotamus spotted in Philly (A00) 1-0 Pin
J Curdo vs B Einarsson, 1995 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

KIA/Glek Four Knights (A07) 1-0 drafty g-file
Glek vs P K Wells, 1993 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed. Botvinnik Def II (B25) 1-0 0-0-0, control cntr
Spassky vs A Ostl, 1990 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Closed Sicilian for Insomniacs A07 0-1 31
A Misetane Burjan vs K Albert, 1992 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

KIA vs French Be7, Bb7 (A07) 1-0 Rook demolition of e-file
Yagupov vs A Rustemov, 1995 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Sicilian Bg7 (A07) 1-0 21.? U R A daisy if U do!
K Georgiev vs F Vareille, 1998 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Queen's choice
Bronstein vs B van der Linden, 1996 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Beefeater Var (A40) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 24.?
Alburt vs D E Vigorito, 1993 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Rossolimo Var (B06) 0-1 Which back rank?
I Ivanov vs R Burnett, 1992 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 27 moves, 0-1

Rat Def Double Fianchetto (A41) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy
J Piket vs C Hansen, 1991 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 27 moves, 0-1

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

G26: Chess Duels: My Games w/the World Champions by Y. Seirawan
Seirawan vs Spassky, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Var (B01) 1-0 Pawns jump forward
Anand vs L Galego, 1993 
(B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0

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

Scandinavian Def: Panov Transfer (B01) 1-0 Brilliant f7 attack
S Zagrebelny vs A Ponyi, 1992 
(B01) Scandinavian, 19 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr, Mieses-Kotroc 2..Qxd5 (B01) 1-0 Simple, Be2, Be3, c4
Morozevich vs I Rogers, 1999 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 Classical 7.Ne5 e6 8.g4 Bg6 (B01) 1-0Ignoring threats
Anand vs Lautier, 1997 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr ML 8.Nd5 Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 Rxg7! Open, use line
Shirov vs Salov, 1997 
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0

3...Qd6 Bronstein both 0-0 (B01) 1/2-1/2 Qside tangle
Rozentalis vs Bronstein, 1996
(B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Alekhine Def: 2 Pawn Attk. Lasker Var (B02) 1-0 Eatman explains
V Saulespurens vs S Jaradat, 1996 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Modern. Main Line (B05) 0-1Foolin' about on Qside
J Polgar vs Morozevich, 1999 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 0-1

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

Game 53 in Fire on the Board by Alexey Shirov
A Sokolov vs Shirov, 1994 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1

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

B06 0-1 15
M Bagdasarova vs K Rybenko, 1998 
(B06) Robatsch, 15 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense (B06) 0-1 Retreat and set/pile on the pin
Yagupov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1998 
(B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 0-1

(B06) Pseudo-Austrian Attack 0-1 Wild, complex game
I Sokolov vs T Hillarp Persson, 1997 
(B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 0-1

Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07) 0-1 Weak back rank
G Cechi vs B Medak, 1999
(B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 0-1

Pirc Defense vs Ne2, f3, g4 (B07) 1-0 Stunning Q sacrifice!
Topalov vs M Leskovar, 1992 
(B07) Pirc, 23 moves, 1-0

150A BxBg7 Pirc Def. Classical. Two Knts (B08) 1-0 Pins abound
M Hebden vs S Conquest, 1991
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 38 moves, 1-0

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

John Watson's Volume I of Mastering the Chess Openings, p. 319
A Beliavsky vs Anand, 1991 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 28 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def. Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 0-1 Costly P grab
S Haubrich vs D Gurevich, 1990
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 20 moves, 0-1

The theoretically most important game of the first half of 1988
Sax vs Seirawan, 1988 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Even the last position makes a person stop and think
Bronstein vs S Conquest, 1996 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 19 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def. Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 1-0 Diagonal heat
G Cabrilo vs A Strikovic, 1991 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance (B12) 1-0 minor piece trap
Bologan vs A Campanile, 1994 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

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

Caro-Kann Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Exchange sac for a pin
Short vs V Malisauskas, 1994 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Weak pawn chain
P Ricardi vs D H Campora, 1997
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (B14) 1-0 Nice breakthrough
Topalov vs Speelman, 1995 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 21 moves, 1-0

C-K Exchange. Rubinstein Var 7.Qb3 (B13) 0-1 Fine Black sacs
V Vepkhvishvili vs A Zdechlik, 1991
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1

IQP/Sturua won Best Game Prize at the Olympiad for this game.
Z Sturua vs R Kutirov, 1996 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Tartakower Var (B15) 1-0 R&N sac, crossfire
Khalifman vs Seirawan, 1991 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 23 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Bronstein-Larsen (B16) 1-0 Ks on half-open files
L Vogt vs Bronstein, 1990 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 24 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Karpov. Smyslov (B17) 0-1A lot to admire in this
A Ivanov vs Karpov, 1992 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 20 moves, 0-1

Kasparov loses in 19 moves against Deep Blue.
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 19 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Classical. ML (B18) 1-0 Flashback not the same
J Manley vs B Connell, 1991 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Chameleon (B20) 0-1 Exchange Sac, Boden's Attack
Balashov vs D Saulin, 1994 
(B20) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def (B20) 0-1 Be2 Big Clamp disappears quickly
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs V Akopian, 1993 
(B20) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1

10 yr olds, Sicilian Bowlder Attk (B20) 0-1 Always 1 step ahead
I Andrade vs F Vallejo Pons, 1992 
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicilian McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 B sac breakthrough at base
Hodgson vs H Kingston, 1999 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0

Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen (B21) 1-0 Just like Tal!!
R Malpert vs B Rind, 1992 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 23 moves, 1-0

icilian Barmen Def vs 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Q's retreats lose
Kramnik vs J Piket, 1995 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin/Pseudo French Advance (B22) 0-1 B centralizes
G Szabo vs Aronian, 1994
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian 2c3 Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 Puzzle 18. ?
L Keitlinghaus vs T Fogarasi, 1996 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin 2...d5 3.exd6 Nf6 4.Bb5+ (B22) 1-0 21.?
Smagin vs Sveshnikov, 1995 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 29 moves, 1-0

White's 23. RxNf6! initiaties a pretty Knight fork combination.
S Sale vs B Jankovic, 1999 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Discovery+
Reto Buerge vs Tukmakov, 1997
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Wch U12
M El Adnani vs Aronian, 1994 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 0-1

Bishops supporting back rank penetration are deadly
K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Closed. Chameleon (B23) 1-0 Dovetail #
K Spraggett vs G Pelle, 1997 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Closed Var (B25) 1-0 Arabian # plus Bishop
Spassky vs Beickert, 1991 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian / Delayed Alapin c3 (B30) 1-0 Kside blitz!
Tal vs Dzindzichashvili, 1991 
(B30) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Bind, P lever
Morozevich vs K Arakhamia-Grant, 1994 
(B30) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian (B30) 1-0 Sterling N sac cracks Black
Movsesian vs O Sikorova, 1994 
(B30) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30)1-0 N sac creates pin
Sadvakasov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999 
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 1-0 Q sac, Dbl ++
Sveshnikov vs R Shcherbakov, 1991 
(B30) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Too many Q moves
K Georgiev vs N Andrianov, 1991 
(B30) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Fabulous Promotion Deflection!!
Anand vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1990 
(B32) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

SEMIFINALS: Anand 1.5-0.5 Ivanchuk
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1994 
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk (B33) 1-0 28.?
Kasparov vs Lautier, 1994 
(B33) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0

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

Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan Variation (B33) 0-1 She's En Prise
Yudasin vs Kramnik, 1994 
(B33) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1

Sic Accelerated Dragon. Maroczy Bind Breyer Var (B39) 1-0 Q sac
Leko vs J Piket, 1997 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, French Variation. Westerinen Attack (B40) 1-0 Q trap
Kramnik vs J Polgar, 1994 
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (B40) 1-0 Killer pawn
A Wagner-Michel vs A Fischer, 1994 
(B40) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian 3.b3 Westerinen Attack / Dbl Fio (B40) 1-0 Develop or
Blatny vs J L Watson, 1998 
(B40) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 0-1 All of a sudden...
J Bosch vs G Kacheishvili, 1993 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 19 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Anand sacs 'em to hell
Anand vs I Sokolov, 1992 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Normal (B45) 0-1 Qside charge
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1995 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 28 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Four Knights (B45) 1-0 Corridor mate coming
J Polgar vs J Hajkova-Maskova, 1990 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 6 in Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking by Neil McDonald
Shirov vs J Polgar, 1994 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Four Knights / Lasker-Pelikan (B45) 1-0 Qs Discovery
K Georgiev vs Shirov, 1992 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B47) 1-0 11.?
A Karklins vs A Sandrin, 1990 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 46: My Best Games of Chess by Vishy Anand
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1998 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Classical (B64) 0-1A new tint of blue!
R Ziatdinov vs D Gurevich, 1995 
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Levenfish (B71) 1-0 Slain quickly
J Cervenka vs Z Mladek, 1994 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Classical (B73) 1-0 See blogspot link
V Vepkhvishvili vs J Wiedersich, 1993 
(B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0

Sic Dragon. Yugoslav Attk Early deviations (B75)1-0 Q sac for #
Motylev vs P Jirovsky, 1998 
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

WC 1995: Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack (B77) 0-1 in 25
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Sosonko (B77) 1-0 R sac wins
D Barua vs H Spangenberg, 1996 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack (B78) 0-1 Rook Raid
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995 
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Scheveningen (B80) 1-0 Black was too busy to castle
Movsesian vs U Boensch, 1999 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 23 moves, 1-0

Game 129 in 'Understanding Chess Middlegames' by John Nunn.
Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 1996 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Scheveningen. Keres Attack (B81) 1-0 Entertaining
Kotronias vs K Georgiev, 1994 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Sic Scheveningen. Classical (B83) 0-1 Exchange sac creates pin
P Zarnicki vs Kasparov, 1992 
(B83) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1

Game 24, John Emms Starting Out: Demolition19.Ndxe6!!
Kasparov vs Gelfand, 1993 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 25 moves, 1-0

Sic Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var (B87) 1-0 Nf7 Corner # Extend
E Tate vs D Coleman, 1993 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Velimirovic Attack (B89) 1-0 Nxg7 cracks the dam
Fedorov vs Z Lanka, 1997 
(B89) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Kasparov vs P Ricardi, 1997 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Two solutions
Nunn vs Sadler, 1993  
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

The Immortal Useless Interposition Game
J Waitzkin vs P Jaracz, 1994 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Exchange sac, Discovery+ comin'
Kaidanov vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1994 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B86) 1-0 aim at g7 w/mating force
Plachetka vs G Plank, 1991 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90) 1-0 Greco Mate
J Emms vs A Blees, 1996 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Najdorf. Opocensky. Traditional Line (B92) 0-1
D King vs Browne, 1990 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam (B82) 1-0 Unusual sacs, Q prevails
Anand vs Kasparov, 1991 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B93) 1-0 Killer ++
J Polgar vs Ivanchuk, 1995 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B93) 1-0 K runs for his life!
T Yilmaz vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1991 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B82) 1-0 Notes by Dembo
Y Dembo vs R Palaj, 1994  
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 27 moves, 1-0

The Sorcerer's Apprentice by David Bronstein, Game 46
Bronstein vs Browne, 1990 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf ML (B99) 1-0 Remarkable mating net noose
Navara vs J Helbich, 1998 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 27 moves, 1-0

French, King's Indian Attack (C00) 1-0 Pinned to mating square
Shirov vs Bareev, 1994 
(C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Wing Gambit (C00) 1-0 Q trap on Qside
E Tate vs N Takemoto, 1993 
(C00) French Defense, 19 moves, 1-0

C00 1-0 15
F Cirabisi vs V Cugini, 1992 
(C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

French/Owen's Defense (A40) 1-0 Nxf7, Q sac, Philidor's Legacy
H Namyslo vs R Lau, 1996 
(C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 1-0 Exchange Sac, Pins
J Waitzkin vs A Friedman, 1993 
(C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Exchange Canal Attack (C01) Qs & Ns fight
Turov vs V Karagodin, 1997 
(C01) French, Exchange, 36 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 0-1 R battery
N Miezis vs Bagirov, 1991 
(C01) French, Exchange, 23 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Exchange. Monte Carlo (C01) 1-0 Tactics
Fritz vs G Hertneck, 1998 
(C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0

French Def. Advance. 6.a3 f6 Euwe Var (C02) 0-1 0-0 vs 0-0-0
Adams vs Epishin, 1992 
(C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 0-1

French Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 1-0 Roman Holiday
Dzindzichashvili vs Fritz, 1991 
(C02) French, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0

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

French Defense: Advance 6.a3 c4 Main Line (C02) 1-0 Qside rush
Romanishin vs K Mueller, 1992 
(C02) French, Advance, 31 moves, 1-0

French Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 1-0 Such moxie!
Velimirovic vs B Maksimovic, 1996 
(C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0

French Advance 6.a3. ML (C02) 1-0 Kside P roller, interference
M Boe vs C Yeuillaz, 1991 
(C02) French, Advance, 20 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch. Guimard Def. ML (C04) 0-1Offer Q sac promote
E Ermenkov vs V Kovacevic, 1990 
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 39 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch. Pawn Center Variation (C05) 0-1White K exposed
E Kengis vs R Djurhuus, 1991 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1-0 No Nc6 & both 0-0-0
G Hertneck vs R Damaso, 1992
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1-0 Deadly Decoy K hunt
Korneev vs Y Piskov, 1996 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0

FR Rubinstein. Blackburne (C10) 1-0 Precise play by JT
Timman vs Korchnoi, 1991 
(C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0

French Def. Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10) 1-0 Needs another look
R Govedarica vs Velimirovic, 1993 
(C10) French, 21 moves, 0-1

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def(C10) 1-0Discovery, Dbl B sacs
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994 
(C10) French, 26 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10) 1-0 Deluxe Philidor's Legacy
Smirin vs F Ribeiro, 1997 
(C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0

French Def: Rubinstein Var. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 San Franc
Tal vs I Rogers, 1991 
(C10) French, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 173: Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson
Kasparov vs Short, 1994 
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0

French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 0-1 Which Q is trapped?
Nunn vs T T Hoang, 1992 
(C11) French, 21 moves, 0-1

French Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 g-file demolition
J Polgar vs Bareev, 1993 
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0

French Classical. Burn Variation (C11) 0-1 Dbl rook sac
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994 
(C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1

Game 26 in Starting Out: The French by Byron Jacobs
J Polgar vs Shirov, 1999 
(C11) French, 35 moves, 0-1

French Def Albin-Chatard Gambit 0-0-0s (C13) 0-1 Qside smash
Velimirovic vs D Antic, 1999
(C13) French, 27 moves, 0-1

French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Maroczy Var (C13) 1-0Sac attack
Nisipeanu vs A Florean, 1995 
(C13) French, 19 moves, 1-0

French Classical. Frankfurt Var (C13) 1-0The hunter becomes the
Velimirovic vs H Ree, 1994 
(C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0

French, Alekhine-Chatard Attk. A-C Gambit (C13) 1-0 K walk
D Moody vs A Peterson, 1994 
(C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0

French Classical. Steinitz (C14) 1-0 Sicilian-like 0-0-0, PIN
J Polgar vs T Filep, 1990
(C14) French, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0

French Winawer (C15) 1-0 g-pawn stabs at bishops
Andersson vs Velimirovic, 1997 
(C15) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer Var (C15) 1-0 N+ royal fork looms
J van Mil vs Nijboer, 1992
(C15) French, Winawer, 15 moves, 1-0

Not 13. Bxh7+?? because of 15. Qxc2!
J Friedman vs Gulko, 1993 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 16 moves, 0-1

French Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) Dbl R Sac Draw
Balashov vs Bareev, 1987 
(C18) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 497 in Chess Informant Best Games 401-500
J Polgar vs Knaak, 1990 
(C18) French, Winawer, 40 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Poisoned P (C18) 1-0 h-pawn thrusts, exchange s
J Polgar vs Timman, 1992 
(C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Retreat Var Armenian Line (C18)1-0 Handy B
C Cranbourne vs Timoshenko, 1991 
(C18) French, Winawer, 14 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned P General (C18) 1-0 Stockfish
Bronstein vs I Farago, 1990 
(C18) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 1-0

French Def: Winawer. Classical (C18) 1-0 Q decoy sac opens file
F Hellers vs C Hansen, 1997 
(C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Positional (C19) 1-0 Exchange sacs both colors
Topalov vs Gulko, 1994 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 34 moves, 1-0

FR Winawer Positional (C19) 1-0 Notes by Bill Melvin. > combo!
B Melvin vs R Cunningham, 1994  
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0

Center Game: 8...d6 Berger Var (C22) 1-0 B-Q Spearhead
Morozevich vs M Hebden, 1994 
(C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Berger Var (C22) 1-0 Kside pawn roller
Shabalov vs I Shliperman, 1995 
(C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C27) 0-1 Knights all over the
J Kiss vs E Csato, 1993 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 37 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Stanley Var. Bronstein G. (C28) 0-1Discover Dbl+
J J Hastings vs A P Law, 1994 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit (C24) 1-0 Fritz takes material
Dzindzichashvili vs Fritz, 1991 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 1-0 16.?
J Curdo vs J Fried, 1993 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

A copy of the famous "Immortal Draw," Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872
A Nilsson vs J Eriksson, 1991 
(C25) Vienna, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Vienna G. Hamppe Allgaier G. (C25) 1-0 Remove & Clear
Shulman vs D Marciano, 1997 
(C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1-0

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

Vienna Game: Stanley, Reversed Spanish (C26) 0-1 Enjoyable plot
W Posch vs G Schroll, 1999 
(C26) Vienna, 25 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0Stone fence break thru
J Kristiansen vs Deep Blue, 1993 
(C28) Vienna Game, 40 moves, 1-0

KGD. Petrov's Defense (C30) 1-0 Pin allows N+ fork coming next!
S Polgar vs C Selles, 1991 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

KG Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 Coordinate the heavy pieces
Spassky vs J J Martinez, 1991 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

KGD. Keene Defense (C30) 1-0 White Q gives her rival the slip
S A Simonetti Gomes vs Souza Fe, 1997 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: 2.f4 f6? (C30) 1-0 Classic Nxg5 sacrifice!
N Steen vs A Lin, 1995 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

KGD. Falkbeer Countrgambit. Accepted (C31) 1-0Remove the Guard
B Wall vs L Kilpatric, 1990 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0

KGD: Falkbeer Countergambit. Hinrichsen Gambit (C31) 0-1 tpstar
M de Agustin vs A Yusupov, 1997 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1

Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit Accepted (C32) 1-0 Q sac to promo
Bronstein vs N Moyse, 1990
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0

Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit Accepted (C32) 1-0 Arabian Mate
L Day vs J MacDonald, 1994 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0

KDG Falkbeer Countergambit. Modern Transfer (C32) 1-0 18.Be7!
J Polgar vs A Wagner-Michel, 1990 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

Falkbeer Countergambit 3...e4 Charousek Gambit (C32) 1-0 N&Q++
J Valenzuela vs J Aguirre, 1998
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

KGD. Falkbeer Countergambit. Charousek Gambit ML (C32) 0-1 Corr
H H Reinhard vs O Dravnieks, 1990 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 18 moves, 0-1

KGA Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Def (C33) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Morozevich vs Anand, 1995 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0

KGA Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Def (C33) 1-0 K walk
Westerinen vs J Pakkanen, 1992 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

KGA. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 1-0 White gains space, returns fire
Westerinen vs P Ofstad, 1995 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0

KGA B's Gambit Bogoljubow Var (C33) 0-1 Q sac removes the guard
Chandler vs J Emms, 1997 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 0-1

KGA Bishop's Gambit Lopez Defense (C33) 1-0 Remove the defender
Ivanchuk vs J Piket, 1997 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0

KGA Bishop's Gambit (C33) 1-0 Spearhead, Q sac
U Kavcic vs R Tavcar, 1997 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0

Thomas Johansson, "The Fascinating King's Gambit"
C Dantas vs T Bae, 1997 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1

KGA. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 0-1Exchange Sac for Boden's Check...
U Kavcic vs D Pavasovic, 1998 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1

KGA. Fischer Def (C34) 1-0 Pile on the pin
L Day vs G Johnstone, 1994 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

KGA. Fischer Defense (C34) 1-0 Outnumbering is a basic tactic
M K Zimmermann vs E Schierling, 1994
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0

KGA (C34) 1-0 GT2K 3...h5 is called 'Wagenbach-Defense'
N McDonald vs R J Dive, 1994 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0

KGA Becker Def (C34) 1-0 GT2K Another Nxg5; h-file spearhead
Fedorov vs M Notkin, 1996 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0

KGA. King's Knight Gambit (C34) · 1-0
M Grant vs R A Roth, 1994 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

C34 0-1 30
O Popovych vs G Sagalchik, 1993 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1

KGA. Schallop Defense (C34) 1-0 Vukovic Mate next
J Bolacky vs L Pospisil, 1994 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

KGA Cunningham Defense (C35) 0-1 Play d4 before castling
M N Anderton vs Adams, 1992 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 15 moves, 0-1

KGA Cunningham Def. McCormick Def. (C35) 1-0 No help for h7
D Newhouse vs R Beckett, 1990 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 14 moves, 1-0

KGA Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 1-0 Royal fork
W de Wit vs P Pancras, 1997 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 23 moves, 1-0

KGA Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 0-1 4 Across the 4th!?!?
K Starr vs A Matras-Clement, 1998 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 24 moves, 0-1

KGA. Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 1-0 captures 2-for-1
R Black vs O R Castillo Melenes, 1994 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 20 moves, 1-0

Abbazia Defense (C36) 1-0 Black got smoked (back rank)
J Gallagher vs P J Morris, 1990 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Def (C36) 1-0 Weak back rank
J Hector vs R Ziatdinov, 1994 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

KGA Double Muzio Gambit (C37) 1-0 It's all in the preparation.
Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Double Muzio Gambit (C37) Just when you think...
S Brady vs M Heidenfeld, 1991 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA Lolli Gambit (C37) 0-1 Q+ & fork has determined many a game
N Lelen vs K Marzec, 1991 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 0-1

Wow!! What a slobber knocker!! A winning king walk escape
B Rechel vs M Wortel, 1998 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0

Le fou roi noir est hors-jeu! Imprisoned B & R
W Palmkoeck vs J van Willigen, 1999 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def 7.f3 (C41) 0-1 Smashing the Qside; whiteshark poem
J Hector vs G Barbero, 1991 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 37 moves, 0-1

Philidor Countergambit (C41) 0-1bring Rs to bare arms upon K&Q
M Sorokin vs E Maljutin, 1991
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Philidor Def. Hanham. Krause Var (C41) 1-0Bxf7+ Deflects K away
M Christoffel vs A Haerri, 1992 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Three Knights (C42) 0-1 Combo finish
Nijboer vs J Piket, 1994
(C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attack (C42) 1-0slippin' past on a-file
Kasparov vs A Georgiadis, 1996 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Damiano Variation. Kholmov Gambit (C42) 0-1 FSR's
J Ellis vs D Arond, 1995 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

Scotch Göring Gambit. Double P Sac (C44) 1-0 QxQd8, KxQ, Nf7+
D Coleman vs H A Gretarsson, 1995 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 1-0 Both Teenagers are destined
E Berg vs Leko, 1995 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 1-0 Bxf7+, Re7+ nets royalty
S Polgar vs P Sinkovics, 1992 
(C45) Scotch Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical (C45) 1-0 Consider the alternatives
Van der Wiel vs A David, 1991
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game 4...Qh4 Modern Def (C45) 1-0 Bh6 sac refused
Z Vukovic vs D Mozetic, 1991 
(C45) Scotch Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit 5.Nc3 (C42) 1-0 g6 pin
M Bosboom vs J Brenninkmeijer, 1995 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Check out the rest of Casey's games (he's Sheroff on this site)
M Craven vs K Casey, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 0-1

4Knights Halloween Gambit. Plasma Var (C46) 1-0 White N speaks
G Minchev vs A Petrov, 1994 
(C46) Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0

Four Knights, Halloween Gambit (C46) 1-0 Where's the Hulk?
D Falcon vs D Hogan, 1999 
(C46) Three Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 680 in Chess Informant Best Games 601-700
Glek vs F Kroeze, 1996 
(C46) Three Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

Four Knights: Scotch. Krause Gambit (C47)1-0 Tactical fireworks
Rublevsky vs C Gabriel, 1992 
(C47) Four Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Spanish (C48) 1-0 Decoy Q sac allows NxB+ fork
Navara vs Z Ruzicka, 1997 
(C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0

Game 7, p. 22 in Secrets of Practical Chess by John Nunn
Nunn vs M Pribyl, 1996 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1 h-pawn lever
B Miller vs A Mounib, 1992 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Pianissimo sac attack! (C50) 0-1 Dubois-Steinitz 1862
T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Italian Copycat (C50) 0-1 MC was 9 years old
Carlsen vs T Kolbu, 1999 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 0-1

The spirit of Tal must have been delighted see the Evans Gambit
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

14 ... Qxd4? - buried! Piket avoid Kasparov's line, but loses
Kasparov vs J Piket, 1995 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Jerome Gambit (C51) 0-1 N+ royal fork coming next
E Sidran vs Ron Thompson, 1992 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Compromised Def Main Line (C52) 1-0 CSI
F Schroeder vs P Feher-Polgar, 1991 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 27 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 Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 Remove Def
Kasparov vs D Johnson, 1998
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 1-0 Heavy Pieces Polka
R Zelcic vs G Szlabey, 1991 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55)1-0half-open g- & h-files to K
M Cejkova vs J Jilemnicka, 1994 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def - Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 1-0 Pile on pin
Kasparov vs S Brown, 1998 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Shirov uses the Wilkes-Barre (Traxler) ... and DEVASTATES!!!
I Efimov vs Shirov, 1991 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 A short K trot
A Temirova vs E Tweddell, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Dangerous!
Z Lach vs D Brychta, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 1-0

Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Yankovich Var (C58) 0-1Awesome finish
A Passov vs J Sammour-Hasbun, 1991 
(C58) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1-0 Pins win
Morozevich vs Onischuk, 1994
(C59) Two Knights, 32 moves, 1-0

Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1-0 Don't take that N
Morozevich vs Onischuk, 1996 
(C59) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1
I Veinger vs Bronstein, 1991 
(C59) Two Knights, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0 Honza's Hit!
J Cervenka vs J Volek, 1996 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1 3 decoy sacs
R Lau vs Smagin, 1990 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Lutikov Var (C68) 0-1 Damiano's Mate
Aronian vs A Vajda, 1995 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1

Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess by Nunn
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0 Pin, Dbl+
A Ivanov vs J Curdo, 1990 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 19 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Relentless attack from Anand
Anand vs Topalov, 1998 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. M.L. (C80) 0-1 Kside double exchange sac
Z Almasi vs I Sokolov, 1995 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish Open, St. Pburg Var (C82) 0-1 3 piece # pattern
B Lengyel vs Mikhalevski, 1993 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1

C85 1-0 27
Shabalov vs R Elseth, 1991 
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed. Zaitsev System (C92) 1-0 Arabian mate coming
M Magomedov vs J Isaev, 1997 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Karpov Gambit (C80) 1-0 Zanzibar comments
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0

G116 in Timman's Titans: My World Chess Champions by Jan Timman
Timman vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Closed Def (C96) 0-1 Big R Shots!
A Sherzer vs P Acs, 1998 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B82) 1-0 Check me? Mate you!
Anand vs Fritz, 1992 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B93) 0-1 Dragondorf?
Anand vs Kasparov, 1992 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 33 moves, 0-1

QGD Exchange. Reshevsky Variation (D36) 1-0 Child's Play!
Bacrot vs S Azarov, 1992 
(D36) Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Positional line, 6.Qc2, 29 moves, 1-0

Game 21 of John Emms book Starting Out: The Sicilian
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Classical. Anti-Fischer-Sozin (B57) 0-1 Bold sac attk
Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1993 
(B57) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf (B93) 1-0 What a skilled matador CHUCKY was!
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1994 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 56 in Fire on the Board by Alexey Shirov
Shirov vs Benjamin, 1994 
(B49) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. English Attack (B80) 0-1 Analyze Bxa2+
Velimirovic vs Bronstein, 1994 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1

Accelerated Dragon. Maroczy Bind Breyer Var (B39) 1-0 Raking Bs
Ivanchuk vs Korchnoi, 1994 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. Keres Attk (B81) 1-0 Q&N sacs for Hook #
K Spraggett vs Suba, 1994 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian-French Westerinen Attack (B40) 0-1 Arabian Mate
D Pavasovic vs T Fogarasi, 1994 
(B40) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attk (B78)1-0 h-pawn & heavy batteries
Anand vs Khalifman, 1995 
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. Classical Var (B84) 1-0 2 Rs en prise
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0

Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Variation Early deviations (B62) 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1996 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 32 moves, 0-1

Three !! exclamation moves in kingside attack; Underpromotion
Ivanchuk vs Topalov, 1996 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Wing Gambit. Marshall (B20) 1/2 Bloodthirsty Perpetual
Bronstein vs Deep Blue, 1996 
(B20) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen (B46) 1/2-1/2 pin Q shuffle
G Timmerman vs D Kilgour, 1996
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sic Najdorf04. English Attack, Anti-English (B90) 0-1 Pin
Shirov vs Kasparov, 1997 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Kveinis Var (B40) 1-0 Stout Rs on half-open files
J Polgar vs Short, 1997 
(B40) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0

Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" 1922
G Milos vs N Murshed, 1997 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B86) 1-0 Dbl N sacs beat N pair
E Tate vs Yudasin, 1997 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0

Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern (B67) 0-1 Q sac lets 2 hogs on 2nd
Benjamin vs Z Kozul, 1997 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 38 moves, 0-1

Kramnik saw that combo BLINDFOLDED. Impressive!
Sadler vs Kramnik, 1998 
(B30) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1

Sic Najdorf02. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Rook pins both colors
Morozevich vs Ftacnik, 1999 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0

Scheveningen. Delayed Keres Attk Perenyi Gambit(B90) 1-0Vicious
J Polgar vs Anand, 1999 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Sic Najdorf03. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Sidelined K
Adams vs Svidler, 1999 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0

One of Gazza's incredible 5(!) Black Sicilian wins at Linares
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1999 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 0-1

Under 11, Sicilian Bowlder Attk (B20) 0-1 MC's 1st official win
B Svendsen vs Carlsen, 1999 
(B20) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer (B60) 1/2-1/2 Small fire put out
Tal vs A I Zakharov, 1991 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kramnik vs B Roselli Mailhe, 1991 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

M Brodsky vs Savon, 1991
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

K Spraggett vs B Willis, 1999 
(A61) Benoni, 34 moves, 1-0

G Castaneda vs Jobava, 1998 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

D Kontic vs G M Todorovic, 1992 
(B35) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4, 32 moves, 1-0

F J Sanchez Guirado vs Ponomariov, 1997 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 25: Secrets of Practical Chess by John Nunn
Anand vs Kamsky, 1994 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 1-0

C-K Def. Karpov. Tiviakov-Fischer Attk (B17)0-1 Q enters h-file
Short vs Adams, 1997 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Classical. General (B56) 0-1 Line interference!
Navara vs O Chernikov, 1998
(B56) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 24 of Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces by Igor Stohl
M Illescas vs Andersson, 1997 
(B86) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 36 moves, 0-1

Ch. 1, Game11 in John Emms' Survival Guide to Competitive Chess
J Emms vs B Katalymov, 1996 
(B56) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

G93 Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy:Advances since Nimzowitsch
Kasparov vs Kamsky, 1993 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76) 1-0 34...?
Z Almasi vs W N Watson, 1994 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

G62 The Greatest Ever Chess Opening Ideas by Christoph Scheerer
Fedorov vs I Ibragimov, 1999 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Double P Sac (C44)1-0 Ns are a pain
J McTigue vs C C Miheso, 1990 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

French, Diemer-Duhm Gambit (C00) 1-0 N fork follows mess
J Heikkinen vs R Davies, 1996
(C00) French Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

French Def 3.Nc3 Nc6 Advance (C10) 0-1 0-0 vs 0-0-0 Sac attack!
A Reijnerwold vs T Krabbe, 1997 
(C10) French, 29 moves, 0-1

French Advance. Nimzowitsch Attack (C02) 0-1 Qside mess
I Nei vs Gleizerov, 1995 
(C02) French, Advance, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA. Fischer Def (C34) 1-0 Nf3 sac for Kside build-up
A Cabrera vs J Baron Rodriguez, 1998 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Advance Var (C19) 1-0 White seizes f-file
Smyslov vs M Eklund, 1996
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 29 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1-0 Seize open lines
D Shevelev vs Bagirov, 1997 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0

French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 She got in but
H Thomas vs J Kulbacki, 1992
(C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 0-1 Decoy R sac!
B Barlow vs S Williams, 1999 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: Accepted. Cunningham Defense (C35) 1-0 He knew
Fedorov vs P H Nielsen, 1997 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 13 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. B+ line (C42) 0-1 Black theory
S Reinhardt vs S Eichner, 1999 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

KGA. Cunningham Defense McCormick Def (C35) 1-0 N+ fork
J Gallagher vs M Reinhard, 1995 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 22 moves, 1-0

KGA. Becker Defense (C34) 1/2-1/2 R sac for perpetual+
Fedorov vs Svidler, 1997 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

KGA. Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Def (C33) 1-0 000 vs 00
M Melgosa vs J Zuluaga, 1991 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Simul exhibition
Kasparov vs N Sharansky, 1996 
(C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Classical. Zukertort Gambit (C64) 1-0 Discovered+
Adams vs A Easton, 1998 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Variation (C43) 0-1 31...?
J Polgar vs N Gaprindashvili, 1990 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

French Defense/e6 Owen's Def (C00) 1-0 Threat of N fork
Adams vs S Vanderwaeren, 1994 
(C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def (C41) 0-1 3 minors produce Blackburne's Mate!
Lombardy vs D H Campora, 1994 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: Accepted. Cunningham Defense (C35) 1-0 25.?
Fedorov vs N Neelakantan, 1999 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open Var. Main Lines (C80) 0-1 31...?
Morozevich vs Ivanchuk, 1995 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 0-1

KGD. Classical f5 vs f6, 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (C30) 1-0 Ne6 Discovery
Fedorov vs J Norri, 1997 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Def (C39) 1-0 27.?
J Aagaard vs P A Rasmussen, 1996 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

KGA. Fischer Def (C34) 0-1 Pawn jam seals in White K
Morozevich vs Kasparov, 1995 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1

French Winawer. Advance (C16) 0-1 Notes by Raymond Keene
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995  
(C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1

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

Italian Game: 2Knts Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 K backtrack
Michael Budde vs D Muzdalo, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0

B's Opening: Two Knts Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 Qs about
U Roessler vs M Riemer-Nlula, 1992 
(C57) Two Knights, 25 moves, 1-0

Parham Attack (C20) 0-1 Not best play by Black, but secure
I Althoefer vs Deep Thought, 1991 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

French Winawer. Advance Var (C18) 1-0 More like a king jig
Shirov vs Plaskett, 1992 
(C18) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Rf6 Alekhine's Block
Anand vs Bareev, 1993 
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0

Three Knights Opening: Center Pawn Fork Trick (C46) 1-0
Glek vs Romanishin, 1996 
(C46) Three Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. ML (C44) 1-0 Diagonal pestering
M Bergmann vs P J Dewar, 1990
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 17 in How Good Is Your Chess? by Daniel King
Anand vs I Rogers, 1990 
(C02) French, Advance, 36 moves, 1-0

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

French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) 1-0 24.?
J Klinger vs Glek, 1990 
(C01) French, Exchange, 26 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Pawn Center Var (C05) 0-1 Exactly or else
Savon vs Gleizerov, 1991 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Refutation of 4...d5? (C45) 1-0 Simul
Kasparov vs K Prasinou, 1996 
(C45) Scotch Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Death by Doubled Pawns...Greco's Mate is coming!!
P Delekta vs Geller, 1992 
(C28) Vienna Game, 18 moves, 0-1

KGA. Abbazia Def (C36) 1-0 Fine heavy piece finish!
L Day vs S Gravel, 1996 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed (C84) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy is coming!
Adams vs Kotronias, 1993 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 28.?
Gavrilov vs Kevorkian, 1990 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Modern Def 4...Qh4 5.Nc3 (C45) 1-0 Bxf7+
Smagin vs D Sermek, 1991 
(C45) Scotch Game, 33 moves, 1-0

French Def: Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Castled K wins
Shabalov vs Smyslov, 1993 
(C10) French, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Schliemann Def. Schönemann Attack (C63) 0-1 Cornered
A Bollengier vs F Babar, 1993 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Classical. Cordel Gambit (C64) 0-1 Lovely Lolli's #
B Magnusson vs P J Sowray, 1990 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 17 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 18.?
A David vs Z Sturua, 1997 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 0-1 The Power
J Sena vs T Palmer, 1990 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C55) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
N Lakos vs A Bogar, 1993
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C14) 0-1 Greek gift & more
Van der Wiel vs Korchnoi, 1991 
(C14) French, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 Bxh6 & Lateral Q fork
I Nikolayev vs K Mannisto, 1990 
(C01) French, Exchange, 13 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening / KGD (C28) 1-0 Battery on f-file, back ranker
Z Markhot vs S Arslanagic, 1997 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Var (C43) 1-0 23.?
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1993 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: 2 Kts Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0 Corr
E Cravens vs K McLennan, 1995 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

KGA. Polerio Gambit (C33) 1-0 Pawns everywhere, no real defense
F Dubois vs T Corcoran, 1994 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

KGA. Bishop's Gambit Cozio Def (C33) 0-1 Four Queens
H R Gold vs M McNabb, 1998 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

Game 25 in Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces by Igor Stohl
Shirov vs A Yusupov, 1997 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Knight Variation (C00) 1-0 14.?
A Flaata vs T Bothner, 1998 
(C00) French Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: General (C41) 1-0 Wrong development spanking
F Braga vs J Seoane, 1991 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Rubinstein Var (C10) 1-0 14.?
Anand vs Robatsch, 1992 
(C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Anderssen Var (C51) 1-0 7...Nxe4?
K Arakhamia-Grant vs R Churm, 1995 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Closed. Worrall Attk Castling line (C86) 1-0 Greco attk
Short vs I Sokolov, 1995 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

French Def: Advance. Nimzowitsch Gambit 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (C02) 1-0
S J Szpisjak vs D Cavitt, 1998 
(C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 0-1 Qside batteries
Short vs Ivanchuk, 1994 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: General (C41) 1-0 Fish Fry
D Rotman vs G Bornarel, 1992 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

KGA Mason-Keres Gambit (C33) 1-0 Dbl R Sac
T Wall vs D Ippolito, 1998 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics, #112, p. 187 After 24 ...exf3
C Juarez Flores vs Lputian, 1990 
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 22 moves, 0-1

French Def: Tarrasch. Open System (C07) 0-1 Central P roller
Adams vs Bareev, 1991
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 0-1 Q trap
B Anderson vs W Milbratz, 1990 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 0-1

KGA. Double Muzio Gambit (C37) 1-0 Correspondence
R Vance vs NN, 1990 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

KGD: Falkbeer Countergambit. Nimzowitsch-Marshall CG (C31) 0-1
J Kuchta vs R Kichinski, 1991 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2Kts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1 K walk
Shankar Roy vs R Forster, 1991 
(C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Game of the month in the June 1993 Chess Monthly
Adams vs J Levitt, 1993 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Var (C68) 1-0 Spearhead
M Hebden vs J C Rodrigues, 1993
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 32 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knts Def. Traxler Counterattk N sac line (C57) 0-1
G Jamrich vs J Dudas, 1996 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Ulvestad Var (C57) 1-0 Wrong alley
Chandler vs P Littlewood, 1996 
(C57) Two Knights, 33 moves, 1-0

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

French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Kside crusher!
K McDonald vs M McLeieer, 1996
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 1-0 23.?
Smirin vs B Alterman, 1995 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky 9...Qxb2 (C11) 1-0 Impressive
de Firmian vs Huebner, 1995 
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 Find the finish
I Rogers vs N Davies, 1991 
(C28) Vienna Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0Hastings
Adams vs S Conquest, 1997 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Closed Sicilian vs Dragon (B25) 0-1 Sacs generate passer
Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1994 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Exchange 4...Qf6?! (C01) 1/2-1/2
B Finegold vs Tukmakov, 1991 
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

KGD. Falkbeer Countergambit. Modern Transfer (C32) 1-0 U16
Dirk Pulles vs X Gerritse, 1995 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Mieses Var (C45) 1-0 Rxf2 sac comes up short
Sax vs Bacrot, 1996 
(C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Mediterranean Def (C01) 1-0 Step up or step off
F Rhine vs NN, 2019 
(C01) French, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0

French Def: Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 0-1 W did not 0-0
R Kuijf vs Korchnoi, 1992 
(C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0Don't miss your unpins!
C Morrow vs G L Langan, 1992 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Three Knights Game (C42) 0-1 blindfold
J Polgar vs Ivanchuk, 1994 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Mieses Variation (C45) 1-0 Greco's Mate is next!
Morozevich vs J Xie, 1998 
(C45) Scotch Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Stanley. Frankenstein-Dracula Var (C27) 1-0 Burnin
Shabalov vs J Parker, 1994 
(C27) Vienna Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Wormald Attack (C77) 1-0 Video link
E Schiller vs M Arne, 1995  
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 5 Pawns on c-file?!
M Rybak vs P Krupkova, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 23 moves, 1-0

KGA. Cunningham Def Euwe/McCormick Def (C35) 1-0 K comes out?!
S Idels vs D Dillinger, 1992 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 17 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 1-0 Find the finish
C Yeuillaz vs P Vezzosi, 1991 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 1-0

French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn General (C18) 1-0 Stockfish
Kasparov vs P Nikolic, 1994 
(C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Ulvestad Var Kurkin Gambit (C57) 1-0
J Wapner vs I Bozanic, 1996 
(C57) Two Knights, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 1-0 Stockfish notes
J Polgar vs H Klip, 1990 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Declined. Keene Def (C30) 1-0 Mate in 2
K Krantz vs K Dehmelt, 1986 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 1-0 28.?
K Shirazi vs O H Castro Rojas, 1991 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Var (C48) 1-0Squeezed in
Nunn vs L Cooper, 1992
(C48) Four Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Var (C89) 0-1 Players say
S MacLeod vs J Sarfati, 1996 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 28 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: General (C27) 1-0 Sacs for a King walk
Wayne vs K Hayward, 1990 
(C27) Vienna Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1
H Hoose vs S Li, 1996 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Var (C33) 1-0 Rook Deflection Sac
Westerinen vs B Thorfinnsson, 1997 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Main Line (C89) 0-1 tpstar notes
de Firmian vs Adams, 1996 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 33 moves, 0-1

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

French Def: Advance. Euwe Var 6.a3 Qb6 (C02) 0-1 R+ rob the pin
P Kim vs D Ross, 1997 
(C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 0-1

G60 Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess by John Nunn
Geller vs Dreev, 1990 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0

French Def: Advance. Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Sideswiped by a Rook
Kupreichik vs J Levitt, 1990 
(C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Open System (C07) 1-0 Rook trap
A Beliavsky vs Bareev, 1994 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Chistyakov Def Modern Line (C07) 0-1
Psakhis vs Speelman, 1990 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 29 moves, 0-1

French Def: Tarrasch. Open System (C07) 1-0 Raking Bishops
J Sammour-Hasbun vs J Bonin, 1991 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Knight Var (C25) 1-0mutual 0-0-0
J Hector vs S Kristjansson, 1997 
(C25) Vienna, 15 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 1-0 Railroad Mate
J Waitzkin vs M Gatlin, 1992 
(C26) Vienna, 33 moves, 1-0

B's Opening: Vienna Hybrid. Spielmann Attk (C26) 1-0 Lolli's #!
Kasparov vs Oxford United, 1993 
(C26) Vienna, 26 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Italian, Center P fork trick (C46) 0-1
A Sermier vs A David, 1993 
(C46) Three Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Karpov - Kamsky FIDE World Championship Match (1996), Elista RU
Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 29 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit (C45) 1-0 Mate threat & hanging pieces
S Dowd vs J Roscher, 1990 
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 Discovered+, Q Bear Hug #
T L Petrosian vs Le Tien Dung, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 Discovered+
A Kulashko vs N M Mishuchkov, 1995 
(C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Variation (C45) · 0-1
M Casella vs J Fang, 1990
(C45) Scotch Game, 22 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Variation (C45) · 1-0
R Polzin vs H Baecker, 1990 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 B-Q battery
M Novak vs R Bayer, 1995 
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit (C46) 1-0 Inaccuracies
D Frank vs E Drutjons, 1992 
(C46) Three Knights, 16 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Scotch. Accepted (C47) 1-0 Pin, Greco's Mate
G Borgo vs M Borger, 1994 
(C47) Four Knights, 28 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Scotch. Accepted (C47) 1-0 Q sac, Lolli's #!
K Al-Awadhi vs G Berardi, 1990 
(C47) Four Knights, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Karpov Gambit (C80) 1-0 Honza corresponds
J Cervenka vs K Dudek, 1998 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C55) 0-1 Stockfish notes
A Karpatchev vs Grischuk, 1998 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

2Knts Def. Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 1-0 Screamin' Qs!
B Knorr vs L Simchen, 1990 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 1-0 K walk!
J Hall vs A Collinson, 1992 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Tarrasch. Modern System (C03) 1-0 19.?
J Arnason vs Dreev, 1990 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0

KIA 2.Qe2 vs Sicilian Dbl Fianchetto (A07) 1-0 Simul Exhibit
Kasparov vs P Albalate, 1997 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Fried Livr Attk (C57) 1-0 Q skewer+
N Kruljac vs P Mellon, 1992 
(C57) Two Knights, 11 moves, 1-0

Sicil Alapin transposes to French, Adv. Euwe Var (C02) 1/2-1/2
Rozentalis vs Epishin, 1990
(C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0 Remove the Guard
E Romanov vs M Dufour, 1998 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Anderssen Def (C25) 1-0 U10 Center Pawn fork trick
E Romanov vs J Giner Borras, 1998 
(C25) Vienna, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 Roaring Bs
J Egoroff vs E Matsuura, 1992 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 0-1

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Ken Eddy vs J Berry, 2001 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 17 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 Stockfish
Rublevsky vs A Scetinin, 1992 
(C27) Vienna Game, 18 moves, 1-0

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