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Sometimes the knight is the hero, the saving sidekick, or just a member of the posse. Sometimes the knight is the villain, the accomplice, or the goat. Whatever the case maybe, the knight impacted the game at some point. So, my friend, saddle up and let's go for a ride!

See rolling knights compiled by tonsillolith.

"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

Bobby Fischer on Paul Morphy:
"Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity."

"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

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

"Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability." ― Raymond Chandler (on a Capablanca game)

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

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

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

"Get there firstest with the mostest." ― Nathan Bedford Forrest

"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

777

"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

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on." ― Winston Churchill

"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

Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.

"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

"Even though chess isn't the toughest thing that computers will tackle for centuries, it stood as a handy symbol for human intelligence. No matter what human-like feat computers perform in the future, the Deep Blue match demands an indelible dot on all timelines of AI progress." ― Steven Levy

"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.

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.)

Jan-23-18 zanzibar: I should also mention that I like Black's knight maneuver, Nc6-d7-f5-d6-e4 (moves 46-50), transferring the knight from c6 to the very strong e4-square. Jan-24-18 Member: zanzibar --Your diagram of the position after move 42 is incorrect--the white knight should be on e3, not c3. According to The Computer, white's best here was 43 Ng4, with an evaluation of only -0.66, but I suspect that Capablanca would have found a way to win anyway. Lasker played 43 Nd1 in an effort to lure Capablanca into the trap described in the note after move 43 ("Not Nb4..."). Jan-26-18 zanzibar: GSM yes, my mistake, apologies. I got the move wrong I think.

<<<<No Man Is An Island> By John Donne
1624

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Perception precedes reality." ― Andy Warhol

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

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

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

* 101 Brevities: Game Collection: 7

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

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

* Biglo traps: Game Collection: Traps

* Bit Collection: Game Collection: Special Gambit Collection

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

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

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne

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

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

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

* Colle System: Game Collection: colle system

* Great Attacks: Game Collection: great attack games

* Are you broke? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* Brevities: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

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

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

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

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

* The Roaring 20's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga...

* "The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

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

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

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

* Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo...

* GOTD Submission Page: Pun Submission Page

* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...

* M60MG: Game Collection: My Sixty Memorable Games (Fischer)

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

* 23 Opening Traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-5...

* Adolf Anderssen miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Champion miniatures: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Why don't you play checkers with Bill anymore?" "Would you play with a person who cheats and moves his men around when you are not looking?" "No."
"Well, neither would Bill."

* Candidates 2014: World Championship Candidates (2014)

* Carlsen's Minis: Game Collection: Carlsen's winning miniatures

* C-K, 2 Knts games:
Game Collection: Caro-Kann Two Knights

* Defend Your Pieces, Kids! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc-...

* A great decade of chess: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1950-1959

* Expanded Edition:
Game Collection: 125 Greatest Chess Games

* Feeling Punny? Don't tell Fredthebear. Use the Submission Page: Pun Submission Page

* Find Forcing Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHO...

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

* Gambits by ECO code: https://www.jimmyvermeer.com/openin...

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

* GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games

* Andre the Giant: Game Collection: Defensa Philidor, ese campo de minas

* Good Historical Links:
https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...

* Hastings 1895: Hastings (1895)

* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv...

* h-file attacks: Game Collection: h-file Attacks, some Greek Gifts by Fredthebear

* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...

* Imagination: Game Collection: Imagination in Chess

* Immortal Games: Game Collection: Immortal games

* Jackpot History: https://www.megamillions.com/About/...

* King's Pawn Theory and Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

* Surprise Knockouts: Game Collection: quick knockouts of greats

* Collection assembled by Fredthebear.

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

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

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

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

* Nuremberg 1896: Nuremberg (1896)

* Nunn's Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC

* Nakhmanson Gambit: https://chesstier.com/nakhmanson-ga...

* Occupy the Open File: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_w...

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

* Opening Explorer: Opening Explorer

* Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/

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

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

* Pawn Instruction: http://www.logicalchess.com/learn/l...

* Petrosian's Best: Game Collection: P.H.Clarke: Petrosian's Best games

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

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

* Solitaire: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz

* Stunners: Game Collection: Stunners

* Steinitz Attack: Game Collection: STEINITZ ATTACK

* Submit a PGN: https://www.chessgames.com/nodejs/u...

* Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev

* The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games

* Fischer's Brilliance: https://www.chesspuzzler.com/Histor...

* Fischer Random: https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

* FM Schiller disagrees: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Play whatever you like: Opening Explorer

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

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

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

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

* When to Trade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGa...

* UK: https://chesscircuit.substack.com/

* Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." ― Being Caballero

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

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

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

"The measure of a society is found in how they treat their weakest and most helpless citizens." ― Jimmy Carter, 39th U.S. President

Connecticut: Windsor
Established in: 1633

Settlers from Plymouth Colony built the first trading house in Windsor in 1633 on an expanse of land they bought from Native Americans who were living there. Windsor was Connecticut's first English settlement, with a perfect location on the water. Today, the city uses its "first town" status to create a historical atmosphere ideal for tourism.

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

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

* Three Simple Chess Tips: https://www.premierchesscoaching.co...

The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.

Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.

"I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, "Saša Hemon 1972." I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board's hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen's tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns' round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven't played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me." ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives

<<<<The name <H.T. Bland (1858-1932)> is already known to our regular readers on account of his egregious verse, but in the offering below he truly lives down to his name:>

Kashdan has sprung up into fame
All of a sudden, as it were.
Scarcely a handful till quite late
Had been familiar with his name.
‘Divine afflatus' he has shown
A gift bequeathed him by the gods,
Now far and wide his power is known.>

Source: American Chess Bulletin, January 1931, page 13.>

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind." — Blasie Pascal

"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.

In God we trust; all others pay cash. ~ American Proverb

Trusting in wealth is like looking for feathers on turtles. ~ Senegalese Proverb

<<Alireza Firouzja> (Persian: علی‌رضا فیروزجا, Persian pronunciation: æliːɾeˈzɑː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɑː; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800-rated player, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.

A chess prodigy, Firouzja won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the Grandmaster title at 14. At 16, Firouzja became the second youngest 2700-rated player and won a silver medal at the 2019 World Rapid Chess Championship. In November 2021, at 18, he won the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament and an individual gold medal at the European Team Chess Championship. He won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Blitz Chess Championship. In 2022, Firouzja won the Grand Chess Tour.

Firouzja left the Iranian Chess Federation in 2019 because of the country's longstanding policy against competing with Israeli players.4 He played under the FIDE flag until mid-2021, when he became a French citizen and began representing France, where he had already been living.> — Wikipedia

Q: What do you call someone who draws funny pictures of cars? A: A car-toonist.

Q: What do you call a magician on a plane?
A: A flying sorcerer.

Q: What do you call fruit playing the guitar?
A: A jam session.

Q: What do you call the shoes that all spies wear? A: Sneakers.

Q: What do you call something you can serve, but never eat? A: A volleyball.

Q: What did the alien say to the garden?
A: Take me to your weeder.

Q: What do you call a skeleton who went out in freezing temperatures? A: A numb skull.

Q: What do you call a farm that grows bad jokes? A: Corny.

CHESS

Meet me then, within this grid,
this little wooden battlefield as equals,
as we forget our bodies to inhabit these pieces, control these spaces, trade threats and responses, send our thoughts out into possible positions, our eyes imagining nothing but sweet forks and lancing fianchettoes. We chessplayers, pretend enemies, bound to our miniature war inexplicably & inescapably: when did we find ourselves so obsessed, insidiously seduced to advances and exchanges, lost inside this abyss of infinite moves, willing servants of it's rules?

- Rael

"As a species, octopuses are very old, and it's speculated that the first octopuses appeared roughly 296 million years ago.

Their long existence has made them masters of camouflage and evasion, able to change their skin to match their environment. Octopuses also have the defensive mechanism of spewing ink and poison on enemies.

They are also smart enough to use tools to solve everyday problems in the deep sea, and some species even hide in coconut shells and carry coconuts with them if they need to hide.

With a short lifespan of anywhere from 3-5 years, it seems logical that octopuses would need such advanced defensive capabilities.

Octopuses are also semelparous, meaning they are a species that only breeds once in their lifetime, shortly dying after doing so." ― Planet Explore

* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...

<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>

Mar-07-13 Abdel Irada: In case anyone wonders who Kermit Norris is/was, he's an expert in Santa Cruz against whom I used to play a great deal of blitz. His specialty, when a particularly complex position arose (especially in his pet Owen's Defense), was to lean forward, fix his opponent with a scowl and a withering stare, and say, in a deep and solemn tone, "Chicken parts!"

"Here's to being in a boat with a drink on the rocks rather than being in the drink with a boat on the rocks"

Don't trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs

Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs

Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb

Don't trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb

If someone puts their trust in you, don't sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb

Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs

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‘The Unchecked Pawn': A Chess Poem by Julian Woodruff

The Unchecked Pawn
Quickly Black castled king-side and planned his attack. White then countered with confidence, primed for a sack, with the sneakiest strategy he could contrive:
nonchalantly he pushed his f-pawn to rank 5.
I'll just nab it, thought Black, but wait … what's going on? Devil take it, I'm sure that's a poisonous pawn!

Black surveyed the board carefully. Ah, yes! I see, that white bishop is poised to attack from c3.
Black was pleased with himself: he was using his head in advancing his own pawn to g5 instead.
In response White paused briefly to stifle a yawn, then dispatched the black bishop with his cheeky pawn.

Now White's move left that pawn hanging, out on e6, over-ripe for the picking; but oh, what a fix
Black was in, with a troublingly weakened back rank, and good reason, besides, to beware his left flank. Delay now, and the chance to fight back will be gone. Black played rook to a5, disregarding White's pawn.

Well, there's pawn to b4 … White considered a while. An attack on Black's rook would be showing some style. No, it's better I simply play pawn to e7:
Remember <Alekhine> in 1911! What a nuisance! thought Black, frowning. Oh, how I long To be rid of that confounded d7 pawn!

But there's also White's queen, lurking there … what a fright! I'll block her with the bishop while threatening his knight. With a faint smile, White then replied, sealing Black's fate: pawn takes knight and promotes to queen—instant checkmate! Black stared down at the board, his face pallid and drawn; he'd been crushed through ignoring White's bantam-weight pawn.

Alekhine: Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) was a Russian and French chess World Champion.

"He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!" ― anonymous

"Chacun voit midi à sa porte." ― (Everyone sees noon at his own door, or Everyone sees things their own way.)

'A stitch in time saves nine'

* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...

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

Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar.

Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor.

"If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."

"Here's a two-step formula for handling stress... Step number one: Don't sweat the small stuff. Step number two: Remember it's all small stuff." ― Tony Robbins

Zhou Youguang The Father of Pinyin:

* https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo...

* https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia...

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

An Experts Guide to Chess Strategy by Fred Reinfeld ISBN 100879802219
ISBN 139780879802219

Fred Reinfeld (January 27, 1910 – May 29, 1964) from New York city was a well-known American writer on chess and many other subjects. His first chess book, co-authored with Isaac Kashdan, was an account of the Bled 1931 master tournament. He was also a strong chess master (USCF rated 2593), often among the top ten American players from the early 1930s to the early 1940s, as well as a college chess instructor.

Reinfeld twice won the New York State Championship, in 1931 and 1933. In 1933, he finished all eleven rounds undefeated, ahead of Reuben Fine, Anthony Santasiere, and Arnold Denker.

Reinfeld wrote over 100 chess books in his lifetime, and perhaps over 260 books total. His prolific writings were known for deceptive simplicity and clarity, tinged with warmth and humor. He also wrote about geology, history, numismatics, checkers, and astronomy. Like Bobby Fischer, Reinfeld was said to have a photographic memory and could remember nearly every game he played through.

Generations of chess players have grown up on Fred Reinfeld's books. He has a way of reducing the most intricate, complicated positions and ideas to their basic components. After Reinfeld explains to the reader, the game makes sense.

Reinfeld also used the pen names Robert V. Masters and Edward Young. In 1996, Reinfeld became the 26th person inducted into the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, and the first inducted primarily for his writing.

Article by <Bill Wall>: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

"Fred Reinfeld", by <Alex Dunne>, 2019, McFarland & Company, Jefferson, North Carolina, ISBN 978-1-4766-7654-8.

Blogger: J. Delarosa

Some say the first American chess champion of the world was Paul Morphy of New Orleans. He was clearly the strongest player of his day, though his "reign" was brief.

If you are interted in reading more about Morphy, I suggest Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess, by David Lawson.

I think the case can be made that the first "American" world champion was Wilhem Steinitz! "American" can describe anyone who lives in the Americas. And the United States is a country of immigrants.

Steinitz, a Bohemian by birth (Prague, 1836), was sent to the 1862 London tournament as the representative of the Austrian Empire. He stayed there, married, and eventual became a British subject.

Steinitz was widely considerd the strongest active player in the world after he defeat the German Aldof Anderssen in 1866. But so long as Morphy was alive, Steinitz never claimed a world chanionship.

In 1882, Steinitz was invited to Philadelphia by the chess patron, David Thompson. Steintiz, feeling somewhat ostracized in England (feeling a "foreigner for 20 years"), relocared to the United States. He took up residence in New York City, which remained his home for the rest of his life.

After Morphy passed away in 1884, a match between the two strongest recognized players at the time, was organized between Steinitz and Zucktort. The match was adverized and widely recognized as for the World Championship.

The 1886 match was played in New York, St. Louis, and New Orleans. New York resident Wilhelm Steinitz secured the title with 10 wins, 5 draws, and 5 losses.

Wilhelm Steinitz - first American world champion of chess.

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

Bears like 'em too!

Answer: A gift.

This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.

Sweet Caissa

Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." ― Norman Vincent Peale

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

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." — John Durham

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.

A Knight's tour has over 122 million possibilities. A knight's tour is a series of moves of a knight on a chessboard such that the knight visits in order. The sequence of moves of a knight on a chessboard such that the square is visited once by the knight.

"If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it." — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN

* Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner.

<"From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."> ― William Shakespeare, Henry V

"They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did." — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909.

"There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better." ― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

<Atterdag: Geoff - are you a descendant of Wordsworth?: There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream, The earth, and every common sight, To me did seem
Apparell'd in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day,
The things which I have seen I now can see no more. :-)

Sally Simpson: Hi Atterdag,
This is my tribute to Wordsworth. (Daffodils.)

I wandered lonely as a pawn,
o'er a field coloured brown and cream,
When suddenly I ran out of squares
and discovered I was now a Queen.>

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

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.

Isolated pawns require a very expensive therapy, for keeping them alive.

"A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as steadily and incessantly as nature's. Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. Where the good husbandman is, there is the good soil. Take any other course, and life will be a succession of regrets. Let us see vessels sailing prosperously before the wind, and not simply stranded barks. There is no world for the penitent and regretful." — Henry David Thoreau

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.

Patience is a virtue.

Dec-26-23 hemy: I sent email messages to <jessicafischerqueen> and <Tabanus>. I was contacted by email to both of them for many years. Responses from the mail servers were: "Sorry, your message to <her email address> cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled" and "Recipient address rejected: Access denied". Credits for Robert Bergersen aka <Tabanus>, include his picture, for his contribution to "Lithuanian chess history" project, you can find on page 45 of this project. He also mentioned on page 141 (with one more picture), pages 166, 1315, 1383-1386, 1823, 2807 and 3423.

"Make peace with imperfection." ― Richard Carlson

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/w2JcfP5K

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

The Sofia Rules forbid agreed draws before 30 moves. The "Bilbao" scoring system awards 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." ― Indira Gandhi

1983 Elway, Blackledge, Kelly, Eason, O'Brien, or Marino?

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.

"To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment." — Richard Carlson

* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...

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

Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar.

Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor.

"If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."

"Here's a two-step formula for handling stress... Step number one: Don't sweat the small stuff. Step number two: Remember it's all small stuff." ― Tony Robbins

<Mar-11-05 aw1988: S.W.I.F.T. indeed.

Mar-11-05 tpstar: Sokolov Was In For Trouble
Suddenly White Initiated Forcing Threats
Severe Whipping Into Frenzied Tantrum
Shocking When Ivan Fell Through
Savvy Winner Ingests French Toast

Mar-11-05 aw1988: LOL! I must admit, that is very good.

May-27-05 Durandal: AdrianP: SWIFT was the sponsor of the tournament, the company is a cooperative effort to provide secure financial communications between banks worldwide (SWIFT is the acronym for Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, see swift.com), based in La Hulpe, near Brussels, Belgium. IIRC, its CEO at the time was Bessel Kok, a well known chess patron.

May-27-05 AdrianP: <Durandal> I see - as in SWIFT transfer.

May-27-05 arifattar: May not compare with <tpstar>'s effort but, Sweet Win In Five & Twenty.>

Proverbs 14:29-35

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.

30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.

35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

Riddle Question: A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the painting?

"May your jib never luff"

Riddle Answer: The man's son

"Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

Isaiah 66:13⁣
As a mother comforts her child, so will I comfort you; and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

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.>

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.

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

"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?" — Queen Elizabeth II

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

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ― Howard Thurman

'A stitch in time saves nine'

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

Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)

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

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

"A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything." — African Proverb

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

wordsyfun
420 Zvjaginsev loserz trouble 1p, trouble 2z -- wait -- find a butter house trap. 48xp L Zaid Tacocchio peeked up eza wally's pride b4 HOCF askd CIOD to open athe zodiacaleon bad zappasta gaspd last requested Dzagnidze instead of Dzindzi's line of playday.

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

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

HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.

Elevation 11,000

Q: Why did the rooster cross the road?
A: He had something to cock-a-doodle dooo!

Q: Why did the raccoon cross the road?
A: He saw you put out the garbage.

From Irving Chernev's "Chess Companion"; The 8 Pawn Gambit!!
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884 
(000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: K Indian Attack (A06) 0-1Marshall toys w/AN
A Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1907 
(A06) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

KIA vs Sicilian - French Def (A08) 1-0 Q sac, B helps N dual
A Adly vs V Laznicka, 2007 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack / Hungarian (A07) 1-0Pin wins; Bb6 is mate
Y Wen vs V Artemiev, 2016 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

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

Owen Def. Bb7, Be7 vs f3 (B00) 1-0 Sacs involving Ns
G Barbier vs J Owen, 1894 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

St. George Def: New St. George. Traditional (B00) 1-0 Crack it
P Jowett vs J Andersen, 1991 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

St. George Def (B00) 0-1 all 4Ns on the same long diagonal
Karpov vs Miles, 1980  
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1

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

"I'm Just a Bill" (game of the day Jan-25-2014)
Bill Gates vs Carlsen, 2014 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

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

Nimzowitsch Defense: El Columpio Defense (B00) 0-1 diabolical
E Knesevitch vs D Martin Tarrio, 2004 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def: ML. Leonhardt Gambit (B01) 1-0 video link
Nakamura vs Firouzja, 2020 
(B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0

This game is an unremitting mating attack. Wonderful!
Tal vs R Skuja, 1958 
(B01) Scandinavian, 27 moves, 1-0

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

3...Qa5 Mieses Var 5.Nf3 Nc6 (B01) 1-0 Watch your step
Y Visser vs J Piket, 1991 
(B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 1-0

3...Qd8 Ilundain Var (B01) 0-1 Immediate N sac, precarious Ks
F Ahmed vs F Mohannad, 2018 
(B01) Scandinavian, 19 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian 3...Qd8 Ilundain Var (B01) 1-0 N+ Intermezzo
C J Mayfield vs Marian Millar, 1905
(B01) Scandinavian, 19 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 into Hippo (B01) 1-0 Raking Bs, sham Q sac
J Houska vs B C Yildiz Kadioglu, 2005 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: 3...Qd6 Bronstein Var (B01) 1-0 Nxe6 mauling
Ponomariov vs Fressinet, 1999 
(B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian 3.Bb5+ Modern Var (B01) 0-1 Robust attack on f2
de Riviere vs S Dubois, 1855 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Main Lines. Mieses (B01) 1-0 Two en prise
Garbap vs I Berezovsky, 1988 
(B01) Scandinavian, 12 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Icelandic-Palme Gambit 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B01) 1-0
Sveshnikov vs M Ligaard, 1998 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Main Lines (B01) 1-0 K or Q falls
M Perez Candelario vs A Rizouk, 2018 
(B01) Scandinavian, 15 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Marshall 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 (B01) 1-0 Hack
B Molnar vs S Savoia, 2010 
(B01) Scandinavian, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Scandinavian Defense: Richter Var (B01) 1-0 N on 6th
B Vuckovic vs S Vukanovic, 2005
(B01) Scandinavian, 18 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: 2.e5 c5 French Adv (B01) 0-1 Remove the Guard
V Valev vs V Yermishin, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 27 moves, 0-1

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

Game 25 of 200 Modern Brilliancies by Kevin Wicker
A Planinc vs V Kovacevic, 1978 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Steiner Var (B02) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 14...?
F Frenkel vs C Lakdawala, 1987 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Spielmann Gambit (B02) 1-0 Discovery
J Hector vs W Schoen, 1988 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: General (B02) 1-0 Amsterdam University student
Euwe vs De Koning, 1923 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Normal Var (B03) 0-1 The castled king wins again
Houssam Mourad vs E Solozhenkin, 2004 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defe: Modern. Alburt Var (B04) 1-0 6.Nxf7 KxN
H Wagner vs L Rellstab, 1930 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 22 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern. Larsen Miles Line (B04) 1-0 Nxf7, Qh5+
E Kovalevskaya vs P Bjarnehag, 2002 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 14 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern. Larsen Var (B04) 1-0 N pair gains an edge
Hort vs M Deutschmann, 1999 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) 1-0 Eliminate the Def
Y Yu vs P Maghsoodloo, 2016 
(B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: King Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 The N's turn next
K Blagojevic vs J Tuomainen, 1974 
(B06) Robatsch, 8 moves, 1-0

A stunning 'model' mate. B06 0-1 28
N Hendrickson vs T Petersen, 2014 
(B06) Robatsch, 28 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Geller's System (B06) 0-1 She's a beauty!
M Bagdasarova vs K Rybenko, 1998 
(B06) Robatsch, 15 moves, 0-1

Modern Def. Two Knights. Suttles Var (B06) 1-0 Dbl Dbl Octopus
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2002 
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) 1-0 Minor strikes Papa
J Polgar vs A Papa, 1987 
(B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0

Game 6 in Chess for Zebras by Jonathan Rowson.
J Rowson vs V Malakhov, 1995 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Geller's System (B06) 1-0 Smothered mate threat
Geller vs H Ree, 1969 
(B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Two Knights Var (B06) 1-0 Remove the Guard!
Lachex vs J Nogueiras, 1990 
(B06) Robatsch, 12 moves, 1-0

Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern. Pterodactyl (B06) 1-0 Cornered
F Rhine vs NN, 2022 
(B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07) 1-0 Slash & burn kNights
Dreev vs D Anagnostopoulos, 1989 
(B07) Pirc, 15 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def./Philidor Exchange 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B07) 1-0 Fast paced
Sutovsky vs L Draskovic, 2018 
(B07) Pirc, 26 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Byrne Var (B07) 1-0 Member blitz game!
R Taylor vs H Danielsen, 2003 
(B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0

Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor. Lion's Cave (B07) 1-0 15.?
J Polgar vs M Rivas Pastor, 1993 
(B07) Pirc, 19 moves, 1-0

A stock trap in the Pirc Byrne Variation (B07) 1-0
W Elm vs A Bachmann, 1975 
(B07) Pirc, 8 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07) 1-0 Useful Rook lift!
J Pribyl vs W Swic, 1978 
(B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: General (B07) 0-1 Watch those knights
K E Deeves vs T Runting, 1991
(B07) Pirc, 15 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def: Classical. Schlechter Var (B08) 1-0 Close the door
M Feigin vs T Halvorsen, 1930 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Schlechter (B08) 1-0Rob the back rank Def
Tal vs Quinteros, 1987 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 0-1 N fork
S Garcia Martinez vs Suttles, 1974 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 18 moves, 0-1

P on the 6th, Q on the 6th for Lolli's Mate
I Polgar vs B Toth, 1970 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0

It's a KP carving, not a C-K Def (B10) 1-0 Notes by Steinitz
C F Burille vs N MacLeod, 1889  
(B10) Caro-Kann, 21 moves, 1-0

Not the Caro-Kann Defense; it's garbage (B10) 1-0 QxNf7#
A David vs Marc Daniel, 2005 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Var (B10) 0-1 Phil-Philidor's Legacy
Delarochette vs J Negro, 1983 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 23 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: General (B10) 1/2-1/2 N+ perpetual
Tartakower vs Pirc, 1938 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Nxf7
W H Pratten vs C Damant, 1977 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Def (B12) 1-0 21.?
Shabalov vs K Arkell, 1991 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Adv. Van der Wiel Attk B Hunt (B12) 1-0 Wet Willy
Van der Wiel vs W Iclicki, 1985 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var (B12) 0-1 sizzling Kside fire
A Galiana Fernandez vs R Vasquez Schroeder, 2021 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Var (B13) 1-0 Discovered+
Geller vs Razuvaev, 1979 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 21 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attk. Fianchetto Gambit (B13) 1-0Crossfire
Szabo vs J Kostro, 1971
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Exchange Var (B13) 0-1 Wrangling Black Knights
V Uulberg vs V Mezgailis, 1936 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 19 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attk. Modern Def (B13) 1-0TerrificTactics!
J Polgar vs Seirawan, 1993 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Var (B13) 1-0 Girls U12
Lagno vs E Skilkova, 2000
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 23 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack. Modern Def Czerniak Line (B13) 1-0
Gulko vs L Gonzalez Perez, 1996 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 21 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 0-1 Attacking w/a hanger
D Cinca vs T Heedt, 2004 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 5 moves, 0-1

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: Main Line (B15) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 14.?
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 1-0 The Smashing Queen
U Fataliyeva vs J Zawadzka, 2015 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

C-K Karpov. Modern Variation (B17) 1-0 Consecutive N checks
D Pavasovic vs D Zelenika, 2005 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 9 moves, 1-0

C-K Def. Karpov. Modern Var. Kasparov Attk (B17) 0-1 Sac Attk!
N Evseev vs Flohr, 1949 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 24 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0 Pounding the 6th
Kupreichik vs G Castiglioni, 1968 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Classical Var (B18) 0-1Pick on the back rank def
S Dias vs B Ogunshola, 2019
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1

Blitz game w/N sac B18 1-0 18 high school chess team
F Rhine vs A Artidiello, 1974 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 18 moves, 1-0

The Art of Attack - By Vladimir Vukovic
P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912 
(B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def Chameleon (B20) 0-1 QxN+ decoy sac!
G Oskam vs Colle, 1923 
(B20) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B20) 1-0 Legall's Mate extended
T Behlau vs H Krueger, 1987 
(B20) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Wing Gambit. Marshall Var (B20)1-0 N sac for Greco's #
Koltanowski vs D Saxton, 1940 
(B20) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Wing Gambit. Marshall Var (B20) 0-1 Q trap
A G Murphy vs C Witte, 1957 
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Staunton-Cochrane Variation (B20) 1-0 Q trap
B Wall vs S Farmer, 1989 
(B20) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 (B21) 0-1 blitz barrage of the knights
NN vs F Rhine, 2020 
(B20) Sicilian, 11 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack (B20) 0-1 Q trap
P Priya vs O Alexandrova, 2012 
(B20) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 Slash & Burn!
C Bell vs A F Ker, 1981 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) Both Ns bash Black
Blackburne vs Clare / Janssens, 1868 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1 Black Ns cross frontier
M Albano vs Matulovic, 1968 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 Danish Championship
Larsen vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1964 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attk. Tal Gambit (B21) 0-1 Ns in center
D Belotelov vs Psakhis, 1995 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 22 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 Hit her again!
Prochazka vs Kozacek, 1991 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 8 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 Dbl Ns sac will mate
D Howell vs T Ringoir, 2008
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Alapin (B22) 0-1 A pin & a pair of Black Ns!
G Makropoulos vs I Bilek, 1977
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 22 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Alapin. Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Disc Dbl ++
D Sgnaolin vs G Lanzani, 2010 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Modern Var (B50) 1-0 "A Firouzjous Attack"
Firouzja vs M Zarkovic, 2019 
(B50) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

10. Bxf7+! preceded Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958
G Bastrikov vs Shamkovich, 1958 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Marshall Gambit (B23) 1-0Backwards Legall's #
O Bernstein vs NN, 1927 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Closed. Chameleon Var (B23) 0-1 Dbl N sacs!!
C Dorrington vs S Williams, 2004 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Closed ...NxBd3 NxNd3 (B23) 1-0 N pair on 6th!!
R Skrobek vs A Kuligowski, 1978 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Closed Var (B23) 1-0 threatens Q+ & fork R
Rublevsky vs S Grigoriants, 2007 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed Nc3, Bg2, f4, Nf3, 0-0 (B25) 1-0Q trap on Qside
K Neumeier vs J Wallner, 1999
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian 2...Qc7 Quinteros Var (B27) 1-0 Rabid White Octopus
Gonzalez vs Quinteros, 1971 
(B27) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Happy hanging N
Topalov vs M Leon Hoyos, 2010 
(B27) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 0-1 N pain in the arse
J W Naylor vs R G Wade, 1958 
(B27) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1-0Black Q leads
E Tate vs S Kriventsov, 1998 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1-0 N invades
L Pressman vs A King, 2014 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 11 moves, 1-0

Sicilian O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1-0 back rank
Staunton vs NN, 1852 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Alekhine's gem; Old Sicilian(B30) 1-0 Sitting Q sac, passer, Ns
Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923 
(B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian 4.c3 (B30) 0-1 Crosspin
Brosztel vs Charousek, 1892 
(B30) Sicilian, 21 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 Q decoy sacrifice for N+ fork
Aronian vs S Beshukov, 2000 
(B30) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 1-0 N sac
Kasparov vs Petursson, 2000 
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 0-1 f6 invites open diagonal
NN vs F Rhine, 2019 
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 Two kings in the center!
G Kanayan vs Y Zelinsky, 1956
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 Snappy game!
Lasker vs W Brooke, 1904 
(B30) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B30)1-0
Sadvakasov vs S Peschardt, 2004 
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian 3.c3 d5 (B30) 1-0 Pending Bb5 pin!
A Romero Echeverria vs E Nekrasova, 2014 
(B30) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0 Q trap
Morozevich vs S Korotkjevich, 2005 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 14 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk Fio (B31)1-0 N sac for N#
Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0 Pins
V Akopian vs Kuzubov, 2007 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto Var (B31) 1-0 Ns
E Djingarova vs A Ushenina, 2006 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Pin and Penetration
L Shmuter vs Y Afek, 1995 
(B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B72) 1-0 Dandy discovery Qs face-off
Lasker vs R Short, 1892 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 22 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 minor piece "mate No. 19A"
Leo Xiang Yu Li vs R Taylor, 2017 
(B32) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 Variation of Greco's Mate!
K Gudmundsson vs H Olafsson, 2004 
(B32) Sicilian, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 Remove the Guard
Uno vs J Norlin, 1974 
(B32) Sicilian, 10 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Creative mini w/multiple threats
Y Dobkin vs S Weil, 1940 
(B32) Sicilian, 15 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 Self-pin, Remove the Defender
M Krakops vs Shirov, 2015 
(B32) Sicilian, 18 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Promo, Gueridon Mate on the side!!
C Lelievre vs M Francois, 2015 
(B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov (B33) 1-0 Smothered #
R Giblon vs L Hendon, 2011 
(B33) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0

Yasser Seirawan's book "Winning Chess Tactics" p. 105
Tal vs Parma, 1961 
(B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian-French. Westerinen Attack 5.Bb2 (B40) 0-1 Magazine tip
Westerinen vs Tal, 1973 
(B40) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Pin. Koch Var (B40) 1-0 Garry was 13 years old
Kasparov vs G West, 1977 
(B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Delayed Alapin Var (B40) 1-0 Mate using 5 units!
I Nikolayev vs N Stepanov, 1985
(B40) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (B40) 1-0 Uncastled K crush
M Henneberger vs Lengacher, 1931
(B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin Var (B40) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; 19.?
Yates vs A Haida, 1925 
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kramnik Var (B40) 0-1 Black octopus
B Beard vs B Wall, 1979
(B40) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: French Var. Westerinen Attack (B40) 0-1 20...?
A Minasian vs A Sokolov, 1999 
(B40) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1

Game 83 GM Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess by John Nunn
V Akopian vs Khenkin, 1994 
(B40) Sicilian, 22 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 Defense: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 She was hot
I Morovic Fernandez vs L Christiansen, 1993 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 26 moves, 1-0

Kan. Wing Attack Fianchetto Var (B43) 1-0 Black uncoordinated
E Hagara vs M Manik, 2000 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Wing Attack (B43) 0-1 N+ fork
F J Perez vs Reshevsky, 1964 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 27 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 This is a gem!
P Dely vs J H Donner, 1961 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen Var. General (B44) 1-0 Round-up!
Lasker vs F Intropidi, 1893 
(B44) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B40) 0-1 Unusual finish
A Reggio vs Tarrasch, 1902 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 15 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Var (B45) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Geller vs D Ciric, 1961
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Four Knights (B45) 1-0 N sac, Discovered+
Bronstein vs A Kinzel, 1967
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Four Knights (B45) 0-1 Cluster bomb
Harikrishna vs Vitiugov, 2022 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Var (B46) 1-0 Qside rumble, tumble
D van Foreest vs NN, 1883 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 0-1 School days
J Tolan vs Keene, 1964 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 18 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B50) 0-1 b-pawn buster
G Stoltz vs V Ciocaltea, 1953 
(B50) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 1-0 P grabbing is punished
Carta vs Scarpata, 1980 
(B50) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Offramp explains
Adams vs R Edouard, 2020 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Sham Q sac gets piece back
Romanishin vs J Radovanovic, 2016
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack. ML (B52) 1-0 Sac Nxf7 for Ng5+
R G Wade vs Speelman, 1973 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) 1-0 Stockfish
Hort vs B Jansson, 1972 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Modern Var (B54) 1-0 Thematic Nd5 sac is declined
Browne vs J Kaplan, 1972 
(B54) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Venice Attack (B56) 1-0 En prise N & Zwischenzug
M Ashley vs A Zelner, 1993 
(B56) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Venice Attack (B56) 1-0White octopus traps BlackQ
T Lux vs D Rogosin, 1962 
(B56) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Classical Var (B58) 1-0 KEG annotates!
Pillsbury vs C S Howell, 1901 
(B58) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicil Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Early dev (B62) 0-1 En prise!!
Gufeld vs V Zurakhov, 1959 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Classical (B64) 1-0 Deep fried
P Moran Santamaria vs E Franco Raymundo, 1955 
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

Sic Dragon (B72) A Well known trap. If Nc6 then Ng4 is playable
K Rahn vs L Rellstab, 1941 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Levenfish (B71) 1-0 Discovered+ Double Attack
E Pedersen vs A Zografakis, 1950 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Levenfish Var (B71) 1-0 Leaps and bounds
D Mueller-Using vs F Hoffmann, 1995 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Levenfish (B71) 1-0 Zwischenzug N capture+ 1st
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1948 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Classical Var General (B72) 1-0 Discovery
Chandler vs R Perry, 1977 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 18 moves, 1-0

What a display of knight power!
L Remenyuk vs Stein, 1959 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen (B80) 1-0 searing smites!
Velimirovic vs Suba, 1987 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 1-0 24.?
C Lutz vs J Balcerak, 2000 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 26 moves, 1-0

Demolition combination with 19.Ndxe6!!
Kasparov vs Gelfand, 1993 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var (B87) 0-1 Stockfish
J G Soruco vs Fischer, 1966 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 21 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attk. Leonhardt Var (B88) 1-0 Centr
F S Bondarenko vs S Muehlberg, 1957 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 65 in Modern Chess Brilliancies by Larry Melvyn Evans
Velimirovic vs J Sofrevski, 1965 
(B89) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B90) 1-0 All 4 kNights X atleast 1 piece
O Sulypa vs Kupreichik, 1989 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Uncommon Q trap
P Shields vs R Spiers, 1970 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B90) 0-1 Ns pluckin' Ps & more
N Akylbekov vs J Zhou, 2010 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 0-1

Sic Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Bloody game & interesting historical link
S Mariotti vs G Eppinger, 1969 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 0-1 Exposure
Adams vs Gelfand, 1988 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Var (B90) 1-0 Yee-Haw! Knights
F Yee vs A Christopher, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Najdorf English Attk (B90) 1-0 19.? Fredthebear knows
M Perunovic vs R Soltanici, 2017 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Var (B90) 1-0 Dbl Knight sacs
J Jackova vs N Vink, 2001 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 Terrorist N on the 6th
Tal vs I Bilek, 1964 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 22.?
Tal vs A Kolarov, 1957 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Var (B94) 1-0 Typical Nd5 sacrifice
M Moraza vs C Brasket, 1968 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Polugayevsky Var (B96) 1-0 Quite the finish
F Zimmermann vs W Huebner, 1977 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0

Two knight sacrifices on the same square! POTD Aug 1 2009
D Griffith vs K Hopps, 1982 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B96) 1-0 Qside Sac Attack!
E Berg vs M Atabayev, 2011 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Polugayevsky (B96) 1-0 Super Sac Attack!!
S Pedersen vs P Gallmeyer, 1971 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf (B96) 1-0 Opera Mate next in Lincoln, NE
A Laster vs R Gahtan, 1975 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Browne Var (B99) 1-0 Thunderous!
B Vuckovic vs S Marinkovic, 2006 
(B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Main Line (B99) 1-0 The Grand Old Man taps
A Planinc vs Najdorf, 1973 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 20 moves, 1-0

Chess variants / Delayed Bird (000) 1-0 FAMOUS COMBO FINISH
Morphy vs Maurian, 1863 
(000) Chess variants, 36 moves, 1-0

Stunning odds game by young Morphy
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849 
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Lasker Def (000) 1-0Smothered Mate
Morphy vs T Bryan, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0

Potter gave Queen odds and announced a forced mate at move 7!!!
W N Potter vs NN, 1870 
(000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0

Chess variants (000) 1-0 Shorthanded White throttles Black
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893 
(000) Chess variants, 28 moves, 1-0

Chess variants (000) 1-0 Tarrasch gives a lesson on attacking!
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893 
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0

Initiative against IQP counts in R+N endgames
Karjakin vs Anand, 2016 
(A06) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0It looked like an Alekhine t-bolt
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

"Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Moves" by Bruce Pandolfini
Fischer vs J Durao, 1966 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

KIA (A07) 1-0 One of Fischer's greatest mating combinations
Fischer vs Panno, 1970 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Sicilian/French (B40) 1-0 Jousting kNight has his day!
Fischer vs A Feuerstein, 1957 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 44 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch, Franco-Nimzowitsch Def (B00) 0-1 Annoying Knight
Speelman vs T K Hemingway, 1972 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

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

Owen Defense: General (B00) 1-0 N roller w/Q pins Q
C R Mariano-Wagman vs J Torres, 2001 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense transposes to Center Counter Def (B00) 1-0
Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2020 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5, 7.f3 (B01) 0-1Wrong Opera House; Smothered #
M Larios Crespo vs D Salvador Lopez, 2001 
(B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Mieses M.L. (B01)0-1 Odd play sets royal fork
Schlechter vs J Mieses, 1909 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr ML Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 White kNight circles arena
M Wahls vs Kotronias, 1988 
(B01) Scandinavian, 43 moves, 1-0

3...Qd6 Bronstein Variation (B01) 1-0 Back rank pin into N fork
Robson vs S Ravichandran, 2010
(B01) Scandinavian, 46 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian, Kiel Var (B01) 1-0 Really busy Black Ns; Q trapd
Tartakower vs Marshall, 1907 
(B01) Scandinavian, 48 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian (B01) 1-0 kNights crawling and climbing around
Topalov vs Kamsky, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Gubinsky-Melts Defense (B01) 1-0 Swappin' punches!
S Milliet vs A Corke, 2013 
(B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian, Marshall Var (B01) 1-0 White Ne6 occupies hole
Keres vs O Novotny, 1943 
(B01) Scandinavian, 45 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian, Modern (B01) 1-0 Sac removes guard; interference
A Paglilla vs F Lida Garcia, 1995
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Modern 3.Bb5+ (B01) 0-1 Impressive crusher
J Vavrinsky vs Alekhine, 1925 
(B01) Scandinavian, 24 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Lasker h3, g4 (B01) 1-0 K caught in center
I A Horowitz vs F Kibbermann, 1935 
(B01) Scandinavian, 27 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 vs 5.Rb1 (B01) 1-0 N on 6th, Q sac for a Royal fork
Zvjaginsev vs D Schwarz, 2016 
(B01) Scandinavian, 47 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Panov Transfer (B01) 0-1 Interesting N play!
Lasker vs M Behnisch, 1912 
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian 3...Qd8 Ilundain (B01) 1-0 Windmill into Boden's #
L Prins vs E Ploegh, 1940
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 60 'The Hypermodern Game of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower
Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1920 
(B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 1-0

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

Alekhine Def. Two Pawn Attack. Lasker Var (B02)0-1 Q entrapment
D de Vreugt vs P Egeli, 2001 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 20 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Normal (B02) 1/2-1/2 17.Nc4 dares defender
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1933 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Alekhine 4 Pawns, 0-1Look closely at the last move...look again
R Ortega vs E Etcheverry, 1963 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1

Great fighting spirit by BF in the endgame vs passer
Browne vs Fischer, 1970 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2

Alekhine Def. Modern. Alburt Variation(B04) 1-0 Namesake falls
Ljubojevic vs Alburt, 1985 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 29 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Modern. Larsen Var 5...Nd7!? 6.Nxf7(B04) 1-0Blitz
Fischer vs Larsen, 1966 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 19 moves, 1-0

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

Modern/Robatsch (B06) 0-1 Nxg4 Sac begins break through
A Butnorius vs Tal, 1975 
(B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 0-1

KAPOW!!! Don't anyone dare try silly stuff against the Champ!
Kasparov vs Speelman, 1989 
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0

Modern Dbl Elongated Hippo vs f3, g4 (B06) 1-0 N infiltration
Short vs Kavalek, 1986 
(B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Standard Line (B06) 1-0 Lawn Mower # in 1
M Delgado Crespo vs Z Frometa Castillo, 2001
(B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 1-0

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

Modern/Pirc Def. 4.Nge2 Nf6 (B06) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy coming
Keres vs Kotov, 1960 
(B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense (B06) 0-1 Knight forks did not poke Fredthebear
J Bradford vs Seirawan, 1980 
(B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 0-1

Modern Def. Bg7, c6, d5 (B06) 1-0 Knights get into position
Spassky vs Ehlvest, 1991 
(B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0

Pirc, Kholmov System (B07) 1-0 Bold queen sacrifice on move 7!
Short vs R J Miles, 1976 
(B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0

Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07) 1/2-1/2 Black fortress
Giri vs Caruana, 2013 
(B07) Pirc, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2

Pirc Defense: General (B07) 1-0 Fantastic breakthrough!!
Romanishin vs B Jansson, 1971 
(B07) Pirc, 35 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Schlechter Var (B08) 1-0 Strip the shield
Boleslavsky vs A Bannik, 1961 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Weiss (B09) N sweepstakes
HIARCS vs T Reilly, 1994
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 45 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack (B09) 0-1 She's tied to defense
J C Leon vs L Tristan, 2009 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Unzicker Attack (B09) 1/2-1/2 MAD!
V Zhuravliov vs A Vitolinsh, 1967 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10)1-0Notes by Alekhine
Alekhine vs I Naharro, 1941  
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann, Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Reinfeld # puzzle
Spielmann vs M Walter, 1928 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 20 moves, 1-0

C-K Def: Breyer Variation (B10) 1-0 Dual Queen Sacrifices
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann/French (B10) If QxR, it's mate on the move
Kasparov vs D Kayumov, 1976 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 36 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Two Knights Attk (B10)1-0 Nxf7 prevents castling
R Nezhmetdinov vs M Kamyshov, 1950 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Two Knights Attk (B10) 1-0 pins pay off
J Mangini vs O Cruz Filho, 1952
(B10) Caro-Kann, 42 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: General (B10) 1-0 pin, and slip in
Y Stepak vs N Spiridonov, 1966 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 39 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Bronstein Var (B12) 1-0 30.?
V Mikenas vs A Bannik, 1957 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann, Advance Var (B12) 1-0 N on 6th, Arabian #
A Nimzowitsch vs A Gize, 1913 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Retreating discovery
Nunn vs I Stohl, 1993 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

C-K Advance. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) 0-1 He gave her away
I Nataf vs Karpov, 2002 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Adv. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Hang another en route!
R Hovhannisyan vs A Shuraev, 2013
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Exchange (B13) /Scandivian (B01) 1-0 Bxf7+, Ne5+unpin
Keres vs V Tepaks, 1942 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 47 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Panov Attk. Gunderam Attk (B13) 0-1 Center blast
D Johnston vs J Cooper, 1981
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1

C-K Def: Panov Attk. Modern Def Carlsbad Line (1-0) A bit crazy
Alekhine vs K Richter, 1942 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 46 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange Var (B13) 1-0 N trap
Bronstein vs J P Dominguez Sanz, 1972 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0

White to play 21.? Blimey, this one's verging on 'insane'!!
F J Sanchez Guirado vs Ponomariov, 1997 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0

Both sides can mate-but it's Black's turn.
Y Visser vs Speelman, 2006 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 28 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Karpov Variation (B17) 0-1 Deflection sacrifice
J Polgar vs Anand, 2005 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 41 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Var (B17) 1-0 Masterly Ns!
Bronstein vs A Zamikhovsky, 1970 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Karpov. Smyslov Main Line (B17) 1-0 Knights roam
Anand vs Dlugy, 1985 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 60 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov. Modern Var 9.Ne6! (B17) 1-0 squeezed
Tseshkovsky vs Khalifman, 1987 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 32 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Classical (B18) 1-0 Dbl Sac exchange decoy N+
Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 52 moves, 1-0

Another Immortal Sacrifice Game. 6 sacs B18 1-0 31
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Classical Main lines (B19) 1-o Who's attacking who?
Jobava vs Bareev, 2003 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit. Marshall Var(B20) 1-0Rob the pin
L Day vs R Livshits, 1994 
(B20) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

Early sac Nd5 in the Sicilian Chameleon leads to Q trap.
Smirin vs Gelfand, 1987 
(B20) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian 2.b3 Variation (B20) 0-1 Discovery punishes P grabbing
D Herman vs Z Izoria, 2003
(B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Chameleon (B20) 1-0 It's just a lost pawn
Keres vs K Opocensky, 1943 
(B20) Sicilian, 49 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Wing Gambit. Marshall Variation (B20) 1-0Namesake
Marshall vs A Haida, 1925 
(B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy Nf7#
V Disawal vs M Anshuman, 2008 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0

Sic Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen (B21) 1-0 Rob the pin
M Esserman vs Van Wely, 2011 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 29.? Fredthebear saw it
S Yudin vs O Loskutov, 2004 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin, S-M Declined (B22) 1-0 N sac vs. hanging N
Hort vs W Hartston, 1976 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 kNight on the rim wins?!
Tiviakov vs A A Gonzalez, 2007 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 Trampled by kNights
N Birtwistle vs S N Longson, 2009 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin 2...Nf6 (B22) 1-0 Dbl N Sacs, Crosspin end
M Ragger vs R S Jones, 2007 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 32 moves, 1-0

Correction: Open Sicilian; making use of pins w/a pesky knight
von Bardeleben vs Paulsen, 1887 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

White's clever demolition sacrifice 21. Nxe6!?
Anand vs Gelfand, 1996 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed (B23) 1-0 A Pretty Pair of Knight Sacs
F Vallejo Pons vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Pin, Remove the Defender
T Farley vs M Kawuma, 2004 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed Variation (B23) 1-0 Methodical destruction
G Welling vs Kappler, 1983 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0

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

Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 1-0 Clown Knights Mischief
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995 
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 312 in 500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower & du Mont
H Wolf vs Lasker, 1923 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 0-1

Closed Sicilian Nge2, Be3 (B25) 1-0 N roller, R-Q Spearhead
Keres vs A Oksa, 1933 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed Nc3, Bg2, Nge2, f4, Na3 (B24) 0-1 46...?
E Maggiolo vs D Suarez, 1994 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 49 moves, 0-1

Sic O'Kelly Variation. Yerevan System (B23) HOLYMOLYKASMOLY
Kupreichik vs J Sunye Neto, 1989 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: O'Kelly Variation (B28) 0-1The Magician from Riga
Klevetzki vs Tal, 1952 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Nimzowitsch Exchange Var (B29) 1-0Sacrifices all over
H Seidman vs Santasiere, 1939 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo (B30) 1-0 Wild, Wild Horses
Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981 
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

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

Interesting knight sack leads to complicated king hunt
Sutovsky vs Morozevich, 2004 
(B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Overworked Pawn
Rozentalis vs B Barth Sahl, 1988 
(B30) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

B20 Old Sicilian: Wing Gambit. Gettin' busy in this one!
W Rocha vs M Guimaraes de Souza, 2002 
(B30) Sicilian, 56 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 Double N sacrifice and more!
Keene vs G K Sandiford, 1962  
(B30) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0

Fischer's Last Great Masterpiece
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Var(B31) 1-0
Psakhis vs F Roeder, 1991 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

B31 Nez-Ross Attack. Fianchetto, Lutikov Gambit 1-0 Fantastic
Morozevich vs McShane, 2001 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0Discover
G Jones vs M Petrov, 2011 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 44 moves, 1-0

Sacrifices so bold they're borderline disrespectful!
Nunn vs G Anthony, 1981 
(B32) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Comprehensive Chess Course V2, Famous Q trap, no resignation
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958 
(B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 W has many ways
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2013 
(B32) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 All-out attack 17...?
Nunn vs I Nataf, 1999 
(B32) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan (B33) 1/2-1/2 Two kNights survival
Karjakin vs Shirov, 2007 
(B33) Sicilian, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicil Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov (B33) 1-0 Mutual 25th errors
Topalov vs Van Wely, 1999 
(B33) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicil Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Var(B33) 1-0 30.?
Z Lanka vs Dvoirys, 1988 
(B33) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon (B34)? 1-0 Complicated, much debated
Lasker vs W E Napier, 1904 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian (B35) 1-0 Sacs galore; royal family fork
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962 
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

Zwishenzug check doesn't work but white doesn't know that
B Jonasson vs H Angantysson, 1986 
(B33) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1

Sicilian b3 French Var. Westerinen Attack (B40) 0-1 Pile on pin
V Malaniuk vs Kotronias, 1988 
(B40) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1

French vs King's Indian Attack (B40)1-0 Backward f-pawn problem
S Kindermann vs Short, 1987 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1-0

KIA vs French / Sicilian (B40) 1-0 Good kNight, Bad kNight
A Minasian vs Ehlvest, 2004 
(B40) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Delayed Alapin (B40) 1-0 28.? Fredthebear knows
Short vs J Penrose, 1977 
(B40) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 Slam ahead to the King!
Smagin vs S Salov, 1984 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 0-1Lonely K to receive Arabian #
Parma vs M Damjanovic, 1960 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 26 moves, 0-1

Call this game "Working on those knight moves!"
Naiditsch vs Svidler, 2004 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 39 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 19.? and 22.?
K Commons vs P Peev, 1976 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 33 moves, 1-0

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 Kan. Wing Attack Fianchetto (B43) 1-0 Dbl++
J Bellon Lopez vs L Popov, 1977 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 41 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Handsome breakthrough
Tseshkovsky vs I Polgar, 1964 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 35 moves, 1-0

10-year old Waitzkin sacs rook and queen for mate in 6
J Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Four Knights (B45) 1-0 N Discovery Attack & Def
S Makarichev vs Sveshnikov, 1978
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 44 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Paulsen (B46) 1-0 f3 helps trap the Black knight
Leko vs Ivanchuk, 2008 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 57 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B47) 0-1 Horse collared
J Rush vs M Illescas, 1986 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

I gave you everything and the kitchen sink and you still lost!
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0

38 Nf5+!! g6xf5 blocks line of Black f4-queen to f6-square
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2006 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 Capture-Recapture-Fork
Kasparov vs A Ringel, 2000 
(B50) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Modern (B50) 0-1 Interesting Ns & Ps ending
D Lobzhanidze vs Jobava, 1999 
(B50) Sicilian, 83 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Canal Attack (B51) 1/2-1/2 Wild Bs vs Ns
Romanishin vs Tal, 1975
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) 1-0 Impressive Unpin
Kramnik vs Gelfand, 1994 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attk. Main Line (B52) 1-0 7th rank assault
G W Lawton vs A Aaron, 1978 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Var (B53) 0-1 Hastings, ENG
Szabo vs Larsen, 1957 
(B53) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense 6.Be2 Modern Var (B56) 1-0 Relentless pressure
Kotronias vs Sasikiran, 2004 
(B56) Sicilian, 55 moves, 1-0

Decoy Black king to e7 to set up a winning discovered attack
Anand vs Leko, 1994 
(B57) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicil Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Var (B67) 1-0Royal family fork
Timman vs E Torre, 1979 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 55 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Classical Variation General (B72) ·
R Schmaltz vs A Vouldis, 2002 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 54 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76) 1-0 N moves!
Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1956 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicil Scheveningen. Keres Attack (B81) 0-1 Get the Q in close
D Drimer vs Korchnoi, 1969 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 30 moves, 0-1

Sicil Scheveningen. Delayed Keres Attk (B81) 1-0 N pairs in mid
Svidler vs M Bosboom, 1999 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. Modern Var (B83) 0-1 Smothered Mate
R Slade vs D V Hooper, 1947 
(B83) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Modern General (B83) 1-0
H C Christoffersen vs S Erdelyi, 1931 
(B83) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

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

Sicilian Scheveningen. Classical(B84) 1-0Brave Ns, Connected Ps
Shirov vs J Polgar, 1996 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicil Scheveningen. Classical/Hedgehog (B84) 0-1 Central Passer
W Schubert vs Suba, 1986 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 41 moves, 0-1

Sicil Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 1-0 aesthetically pleasing
Dolmatov vs Polugaevsky, 1988 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0

38 Rd1xd6?? newly undefended d6-rook drops off to knight fork
E Bakhmatov vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2005 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 38 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Velimirovic Attack (B89) 1-0 12 straight pawn moves!
F Amonatov vs A Timofeev, 2007 
(B89) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Main Line (B89) 1-0 25.?
Fedorov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1996 
(B89) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0

Najdorf. English Attack (B90); Really powerful king hunt
Nakamura vs A Lesiege, 2002 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

If you're looking for a reason not to play the Sicilian Najdorf
Morozevich vs Topalov, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0

Here's one reason to play the Sicilian Najdorf
Karjakin vs Anand, 2006 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B90) 0-1 Black N forks pluck White
R Hayes vs F Bohatirchuk, 1951
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Impressive R sac cracks the vault
Caruana vs F Vallejo Pons, 2008 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 40 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 35.?
Dominguez Perez vs Morozevich, 2009 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 0-1 Stockfish
Leko vs Anand, 2008 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 45 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 27.?
A Planinc vs H Gerenski, 1970 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0

Video of Michael Adams great backward pawn torturing games
Adams vs D Eggleston, 2016 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Zagreb (Fianchetto) (B91) 1-0 Incoming N
Myagmarsuren vs R Naranja, 1966 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Opocensky (B92) 1/2-1/2 3-fold perpetual next
Kramnik vs Anand, 2004 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 N & R Hook queenmate
N Fercec vs M Jukic, 2010
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B96) 1-0 Double Knight sacs in the opening
K Georgiev vs Kasparov, 1980 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 63 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn w/out the P.P. (B97) 1-0 Nf6+
J Sammour-Hasbun vs R Anderson, 2003 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn (B97) 0-1 doin' as he pleases
R Grabczewski vs Tal, 1974 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B98) 1-0 19.? Fredthebear sees it
T Wedberg vs G Sigurjonsson, 1979 
(B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf ML (B99) 0-1 Thematic Exhange sac cracks White
W Ader Hausman vs Fischer, 1959 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Classical. General (B56) 0-1 Fredthebear share
M Tissir vs Dreev, 2004 
(B56) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1

Scheveningen. Delayed Keres Attk Perenyi Gambit (B81) 0-1 Daisy
Carlsen vs S Bromberger, 2004 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 44 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Q sac for Greco's #!
Anand vs F Vallejo Pons, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Shaggin' the g-file!
Fedorov vs L Shytaj, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Defense: Marshall Var (B01) 1-0 N+ fork
K McDonald vs R Fernandez, 2004 
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 0-1 24.?
T L Petrosian vs P Smirnov, 2006 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) 1-0 Jolly good show!!
R Taylor vs M Steadman, 2008 
(B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Closed Bc5 (B23) 0-1 Royal family fork#
A Hugaert vs B Gundavaa, 2009 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense tranposes to French Advance (B20) 0-1 26...?
McShane vs I Efimov, 2009 
(B20) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Modern. Alburt Var (B04) 1-0 19.?
Nisipeanu vs D Reinderman, 2010 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack. ML (B52) 1-0 Knights up, methodical
Romanishin vs Rapport, 2010
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 43 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Gubinsky-Melts Def (B01) 1-0 Ns on the rim
H Ni vs S Vokarev, 2011 
(B01) Scandinavian, 47 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Closed. Traditional (B25) 0-1 Pin, Q sac->Smothered#
M Lyell vs V Plat, 2011 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 blitz past Fredthebear's cave
Dominguez Perez vs J Polgar, 2011 
(B32) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Bronstein-Larsen Var (B16) 0-1lone N gets around
J Vedrickiene vs A Rudolf, 2012 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 79 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Exch sac, Underpromo+
A Zubarev vs Kuzubov, 2014 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 67 moves, 1-0

Modern Def 2.h4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 (B06) 0-1 Qless MG, Ks charge, P+
Predojevic vs D Andreikin, 2016 
(B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Tal Var (B12) 1-0 Wiping out the 6th
Sutovsky vs N Batsiashvili, 2018 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw vs f3, 0-0-0 (B07) 1-0 Remove the Def
T Lei vs F Peralta, 2019 
(B07) Pirc, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Bg2 (B40) 1-0 Interesting possibilities w/Ns lurking
Aronian vs Dreev, 2019 
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicil Closed. Traditional (B25) 1-0 Fishin' Pole Attk Declined
A Muzychuk vs M Sebag, 2020 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Byrne Var (B07) 1-0 White dictates!
R Antonio vs A Maltese, 2005 
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Gubinsky-Melts Def (B01) 1-0 Wage war in Cntr
L Genova vs P J Draganova, 2001 
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation (B02) 0-1 Combo finish
M Oleksienko vs V Bernadskiy, 2017 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Delayed Alapin 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B50) 1-0 Horwitz Bs
Timman vs C Zhu, 2005 
(B50) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0 Stockfish notes
A Beliavsky vs Larsen, 1984 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Stockfish; 25.?
Short vs Ljubojevic, 1991 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Two Knights System (B08) 0-1Sally explains
H McMillan vs G Chandler, 2006 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 44 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Modern. M.L. (B05) 0-1 N Single-Double Threats
J Henseler vs B Nuber, 2018 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Var (C90) 1-0 Discovery gone wrong
B Milic vs A Preinfalk, 1953 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (B00) 0-1 N escorts passed pawn
P Jaracz vs Miles, 2001 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 59 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Alapin. General (B22) 1-0 Self-Discovery
Mamedyarov vs Ivanchuk, 2020 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 35 moves, 1-0

Modern Def/Black Dbl Fio 5.g4 b5 (B06) 0-1 Incoming Knights
Dominguez Perez vs V Artemiev, 2021 
(B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Advance (B12) 1-0 Get the Q in close!
T Krabbe vs C de Saegher, 1996 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 Four Square Ns
D Paravyan vs A Korobov, 2021 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 video link
Firouzja vs Rapport, 2021 
(B30) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Disc+
Carlsen vs E Llobell Cortell, 2021 
(B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 0-1 Q sac!?
Giri vs Carlsen, 2021 
(B30) Sicilian, 53 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Modern Var (B50) 0-1 N discoveries, overloaded Q
U Flanders vs V Garcia Castro, 2006 
(B50) Sicilian, 32 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Dragon Formation (B09) 1-0
E Moreno Garcia vs I Lauterbach, 2010 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 43 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B50) 0-1 blitz
N Kabanov vs V Artemiev, 2013 
(B50) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 A game of White pairs
Rapport vs Karjakin, 2021 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 55 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. Bastrikov, English Attk (B48) 1-0 MELEE!
Nisipeanu vs I Bukavshin, 2015 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 69 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Mieses Var Nge2, f3(B01) 1/2-perpetual threat
D Pavasovic vs C Bauer, 2011 
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Var (B20) 0-1 Fantastic!
T Gelashvili vs A Liang, 2017 
(B20) Sicilian, 48 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Wing Gambit. Abrahams Var (B20) 0-1 STUDY EGs
A Jakubiec vs T Oral, 1994 
(B20) Sicilian, 65 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Matanovic Attack (B82) 1-0 SF notes
Smyslov vs Kamsky, 1989 
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 64 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern. ML (B05) 1/2-1/2 Unusual kingside play
J de la Villa Garcia vs J L Fernandez Garcia, 1989
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Pterodactyl Def: Eastern. Pterodactyl (B06) 1-0 Soaring about!
D Shilin vs M Kopylov, 1997 
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Modern. Main Line (B05) 1-0 Undermine
McShane vs A Olkhovskiy, 2017 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Wing Attack (B43) 0-1 Sick final move.
A Chernobay vs V Papin, 2009 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 31 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def: Modern Var (B01) 0-1 Park that B elsewhere?!
Tech 2 vs Kaissa, 1974 
(B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Four Pawns Attk. Fianchetto (B03) 0-1 NxB Disc +
K Opocensky vs Reti, 1925 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 King caught in the center
V Sanal vs H S Gretarsson, 2012 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 16 moves, 1-0

Game 433 on page 468, Attacking 101 - Volume #5 by Joel Johnson
F Rhine vs NN, 2019 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Najdorf. Polugayevsky, Simagin Line (B96) 1-0 Dbl thr
E Belokurov vs G Sanakoev, 1962 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attk. Leonhardt Var (B88) 1-0 18.?
Averbakh vs Taimanov, 1953 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

Pillars Mate by the Knight.
K van der Weide vs Van Wely, 2001 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 39 moves, 0-1

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 0-1 tied N
A Esipenko vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 42 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Var (B12) 0-1 Don't let the Ns in!
Klatovsky vs M Janata, 1968 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Flank Var (B87) 1-0 Young
A Mikhalchishin vs L Zaid, 1977
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 38 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Richter Var 7.Na3 c5 (B01) 1-0 Ns nab Ps
J Dobos vs A Kiss, 1992 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attk (B51) 0-1 24.? Fredthebear tried it.
E Rosen vs M Yilmaz, 2023 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 67 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Yugoslav Attack (B77) 0-1 Correspondence
Karavaev vs M Golubev, 1980 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 Deadly Discovery Dbl Attk
S Maze vs J Murey, 2003 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

20. Nb6!! Qxb6?? 21. Nxe6! +-
Leko vs Topalov, 2005 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 40 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation. Main Line (B05) 1-0 pins
K Arakhamia-Grant vs G Kradolfer, 1991 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 24 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Standard Defense (B06) 0-1 internet blitz
Pichot vs H ten Hertog, 2022 
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Alapin. Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Discovery coming!
A Boruchovsky vs L Altshul, 2015 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 16 moves, 1-0

Elephant Gambit: Paulsen CG (C40) 0-1 Dbl Discovered Check
R Lunenfeld vs O Fernandez, 2000 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

5.dxc5 Bxc5
B Maksimovic vs Carlsen, 2023 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 61 moves, 0-1

4.Qf3 d5
A Sokolov vs Shirov, 1994 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1

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