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RLC Round Up by Fredthebear FR20
Compiled by fredthebear
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RuyLopez games that various members have described as classic, great, famous, controversial, inspiring favorites, etc.

Thank you SniperOnG7!

Site under construction by Fredthebear. Many more games to come.

* Martin's DVD: Game Collection: The ABC of the Ruy Lopez

* KingG's Ruy: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez

* This winning collection is interesting: Game Collection: -Winning with the Ruy Lopez-

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

* C78 Opening Explorer: Ruy Lopez (C78)

* Flear's book: Game Collection: The Ruy Lopez Main Line

* Look at this collection another time: Game Collection: Opening themes.

* Thematic or Famous Ruys: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez

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.

" Lucena, Spanish Chess Player, Writer 1st chess book â†' Luis Ramírez de Lucena was a Spanish chess player who published the first still-existing chess book. He was probably the son of the humanist writer and diplomat Juan de Lucena, from a family of Jews who converted to Roman Catholicism.

Lucena wrote the oldest surviving printed book on chess, Repetición de Amores y Arte de Ajedrez con 101 Juegos de Partido ("Repetition of Love and the Art of Playing Chess"), published in Salamanca in 1497. The book contains analysis of eleven chess openings but contains many elementary errors that led chess historian H. J. R. Murray to suggest that it was prepared in a hurry. The book was written when the rules of chess were taking their modern form (see origins of modern chess), and some of the 150 positions in the book are of the old game and some of the new. Fewer than a dozen copies of the book exist.

Commentators have suggested that much of the material was plagiarised from Francesc Vicent's now lost 1495 work Libre dels jochs partits dels schacs en nombre de 100.

The Lucena position is named after him, even though it does not appear in his book. (It was first published in 1634 by Alessandro Salvio.) The smothered mate (later named Philidor's legacy) is in the book...."

Excelsior
BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

The shades of night were falling fast,
As through an Alpine village passed
A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice,
A banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!
His brow was sad; his eye beneath,
Flashed like a falchion from its sheath,
And like a silver clarion rung
The accents of that unknown tongue,
Excelsior!

In happy homes he saw the light
Of household fires gleam warm and bright;
Above, the spectral glaciers shone,
And from his lips escaped a groan,
Excelsior!

"Try not the Pass!" the old man said;
"Dark lowers the tempest overhead,
The roaring torrent is deep and wide!"
And loud that clarion voice replied,
Excelsior!

"Oh stay," the maiden said, "and rest
Thy weary head upon this breast! "
A tear stood in his bright blue eye,
But still he answered, with a sigh,
Excelsior!

"Beware the pine-tree's withered branch!
Beware the awful avalanche!"
This was the peasant's last Good-night,
A voice replied, far up the height,
Excelsior!

At break of day, as heavenward
The pious monks of Saint Bernard
Uttered the oft-repeated prayer,
A voice cried through the startled air,
Excelsior!

A traveller, by the faithful hound,
Half-buried in the snow was found,
Still grasping in his hand of ice
That banner with the strange device,
Excelsior!

There in the twilight cold and gray,
Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay,
And from the sky, serene and far,
A voice fell like a falling star,
Excelsior!

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

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

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FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A mix between a Chihuahua and a dachshund is called a "chiweenie."

Riddle Answer: Day, and night

"It is more blessed to give than to receive." Acts 20:35

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

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Prov 1:7).

Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." ~ Portuguese Proverb

* History of Chess: https://boldchess.com/history/

DN.

"All good things must come to an end." — Geoffrey Chaucer

See Neil McCoy Decoy, Deflect, Displace, Doom Defenders A-D-E Joyce Bahr cooks FrenchD b6 or Nc6 Worlds (244 games)

FACTRETRIEVER 2020:

FACTRETRIEVER 2020: There are no seagulls in Hawaii.4 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk.39 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears."38 Sea otters have the thickest fur of any mammal, at 1 million hairs per square inch.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The bird on the Twitter logo is named "Larry." He was named after the basketball player Larry Bird, who played for the Boston Celtics.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The term "coccyx" (also known as your tailbone) is derived from the Greek word "cuckoo" ("kokkux") because the curved shape of the tailbone resembles the bird's beak.23 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A baby has around 30,000 taste buds. They are not just on the tongue but also on the sides, back, and roof of the mouth. Adults have about 10,000.23 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In one survey, three out of four people admitted to sharing an ice cream cone with their pet.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: When humans take a breath, they replace only 15% of the air in their lungs with fresh air. When dolphins take a breath, they replace 90% of the air in their lungs with fresh air.21 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Dolphins usually breathe through their blowhole, but, in 2016, scientists discovered a dolphin with a damaged bowhole that could breath through its mouth FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Feral pigs ate and completely destroyed $22,000 worth of cocaine that had been hidden in an Italian forest.25 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Pablo Picasso would often carry around a pistol loaded with blanks. He would fire it at people he found boring or anyone who insulted the Post-Impressionist painter, Paul Cézanne.22 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Monarch caterpillars breathe through holes in the sides of their bodies.38

FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Male lobster's bladders are in their heads, and when they fight, they squirt each other in the face with urine.1 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The word "oysterhood" means "reclusiveness" or "an overwhelming desire to stay at home."16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Ancient pagan cultures, such as the Celts, believed that benevolent and helpful spirits lived in trees. Knocking on tree trunks roused a spirit for protection, which led to the saying "knock on wood.6 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Laughter synchronizes the brains of both speaker and listener so that they become emotionally attuned.8 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Isaac Newton believed he was potentially part of a line of great men to receive great and ancient wisdom. He even created a special name for himself "Jehovah Sanctus Unus," or "to Jehovah, the Holy One."10 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Hugging your cat has been shown to reduce stress and anxiety, especially for people who are dealing with illness, depression, PTSD, and other ailments.2 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A group of monkeys in Delhi, India reportedly attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped with several coronavirus blood samples. The monkeys were later spotted in a tree chewing one of the sample collection kits.20 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Bart Simpson's name is an anagram of BRAT. His full name is Bartholomew Jojo Simpson.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: An oak tree produces about 10 million acorns during its lifetime.6 Oak trees symbolize knowledge, strength, and loyalty. FACTRETRIEVER 2020: There's enough concrete in the Hoover Dam to build a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York City.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The Muppet vampire, Count von Count from Sesame Street, is based on actual vampire myth. One way to supposedly deter a vampire is to throw seeds outside a door. Vampires are compelled to count the seeds, delaying them until morning.13 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The "O" before an Irish name, such as "O'Reilly," means "descendant of."39 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Gossip and complaining make up approximately 80% of most people's conversations.28 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Developing a larger vocabulary may help protect you against depression. It allows you to precisely label--and confront--subtle emotions.30 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Riding or sitting on a sea turtle in the United States is a 3rd degree felony.12 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Humans shed about 600,000 particles of skin every hour. By age 70, humans lose an average of 105 pounds of skin.23 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Listening to your favorite music for just 15 minutes a day lowers stress levels, anxiety, sadness, and a depressed mood.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: To make one pound of honey, honey bees must gather nectar from nearly 2 million flowers.7 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Bluetooth" technology is named after a 10th century king, King Harald Bluetooth. Bluetooth united the tribes of Denmark, just like the wireless technology united cell phones and computers.16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A duel between three people is called a "truel."16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: There is a Statue of Liberty in Paris that faces the Statue of Liberty in America, showing friendship between the two countries.33 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Research shows that people who laugh at dark jokes have higher IQs and report less aggressive tendencies.8 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Termite queens live longer than any other insect. Some scientists estimate that they can live as long as 100 years.35 Termite Queen
FACTRETRIEVER 2020: When the termite queen dies, the pheromone she uses to block reproductive development in other termites is no longer produced, and then a new queen develops. FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Ancient Romans left graffiti on Egyptian pyramids that says, "I didn't like anything but the sarcophagus," and "I can't read the hieroglyphs."5 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The kererū (New Zealand Wood Pigeon) is well-known for getting drunk off fermented fruit and falling out of trees. Consequently, it has earned the reputation for being "clumsy, drunk, gluttonous, and glamorous."3 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Sweden has a rabbit show jumping competition called Kaninhoppning. The world record for the highest rabbit jump is 42 inches (106 cm).38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A female chicken will mate with many different males. If she decides later that she doesn't want a particular rooster's offspring, she can eject his sperm. This happens most often when the male is lower in the pecking order.3 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Scientists believe that early human ancestors used to have three eyelids. One of the eyelids eventually became the small fold in the corner of human eyes today.23 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The space between the eyebrows is called the "glabella," which is derived from the Latin word "glabellus," meaning "smooth."23 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The seagulls in the Alfred Hitchcock movie "The Birds" (1963) were fed a mixture of wheat and whisky so they would stand around and not fly too much.3 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A pangram is a sentence that contains every letter in the language. For example, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Isaac Newton was a member of the British parliament for one year. He spoke only once, and that was to tell someone to please close the window.10 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The word "porcupine" means "spiny pig" in French.16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In the 2004 movie "Mean Girls," the "nice girl," Cady, is named after Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a 19th-century pioneer in the American women's rights movement.14 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In 1962, a laughter epidemic broke out in Tanzania. The outbreak began in a girls' school and spread to other communities, ultimately affecting 1,000 people and causing the temporary closure of 14 schools.8 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Gelotophobia is the fear of laughter. Those who suffer from gelotophobia respond to all laughter as if it is at their expense. Up to 13% of the population could be afraid of laughter.8 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The Wizard of Oz's Full Name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. In the book, he explains that he called "myself O.Z., because the other initials were P-I-N-H-E-A-D."38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Over 80% of people feel more confident approaching an attractive person if that person has a dog with them.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A group of 400 trees in Poland's Krzywy Las, or "Crooked Forest," are mysteriously and identically bent. The J-shaped trunks remain a mystery to this day.6 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The word "queue" sounds the same even if the last four letters are removed. Before it meant "line," a queue meant the tail of a beast in medieval pictures and designs.16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A group of penguins in the water is called a "raft," and that a group of penguins on land is called a "waddle."38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Capitonyms are words which change their meaning if the first letter is capitalized. For example: Turkey (the country) and turkey (the bird).16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The fear of running out of something to read is called "abibliophobia."16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Researchers from India recently discovered a new species of green pit vipers. They named the snake after Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Harry Potter universe.24 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: When the first consistent phone service was established in 1878, Alexander Graham Bell suggested answering the phone with "ahoy."38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The closest relative to bears are seals.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Under Joseph Stalin's regime, "Hamlet" was banned. The official reason: Hamlet's indecisiveness and depression were incompatible with the new Soviet spirit of optimism, fortitude, and clarity.18 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Beekeepers in France noticed that their bees were producing honey in unusual shades of green and blue. After investigating, the beekeepers discovered that the bees had been eating remnants of M&M candy shells from a nearby factory.7 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In the late Middle Ages, books were so valuable that libraries would chain them to bookcases.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Hummingbirds can't walk or hop. Their tiny legs are only used for perching and moving sideways while perched.3 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A woman who lost her wedding ring found it 16 years later on a carrot in her garden. She lost her wedding ring after accidentally throwing it out with the compost in 1995. In 2012, she found it around a carrot in her garden.39 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Smaller animals tend to perceive time as if it is passing in slow motion. Insects and small birds, for example, can see more information in one second than a larger animal such as an elephant.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Killing a dolphin in ancient Greece was considered sacrilegious and was punishable by death.21 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A group of goldfish is called a "troubling."38 Goldfish are the most popular aquarium fish in the world FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A "glisk" is sunlight that is glimpsed through a break in the clouds, a fleeting glance at a glittering sight, a brief glow of warmth from a fire that's burned low. It can also mean a sudden flash of hope in the heart.16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Pet owners usually have better self-esteem, are more in shape, and are less lonely than those who do not own pets.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Though not commonly used, the day after tomorrow is called "overmorrow."16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The word "ferret" is from the Latin "fur," meaning "little thief." Indeed, one of the ferret's favorite activities is stealing and hiding things.16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A snail's mouth is no larger than the head of a pin, but it can have over 25,000 teeth.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Leonardo Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" has her own mailbox at the Louvre because of all the love letters she receives.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The cartoon character Tweety was originally named Orson. He was also naked, far more aggressive, and saucy.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A group of lizards is called a "lounge."16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin word "corona," meaning "crown" or "halo." This refers to the appearance of a crown or a solar corona around the virus particles.19 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Tigers cannot purr. When they are happy or feel safe, they squint or close their eyes.2 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: According to a Yale study, people who read books live on average 2 years longer than those who do not read at all.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Moonflowers unfurl in the evening and stay open until the sun rises. Several varieties of moonflower also give off a lemon fragrance when its flowers are open.15 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Octopus skin contains the same light-sensitive proteins as octopus eyes. This means its skin can "see" and respond to light without information from the eyes or brain.11 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Pangolins are the only known mammal with scales. When threatened by predators, pangolins roll up into a ball, protected by their armor-like coating of keratin scales.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: To "snirtle" means to laugh with snorts.16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The name "daisy" is thought to come from the Old English "daes eag." "Daes eag" means "day's eye," after the way in which the delicate flower opens at dawn.16 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Termites chew through wood twice as quickly when they are exposed to rock music.35 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A grasshopper's ears are found not on its head, but rather, on its belly.35 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The praying mantis is the only insect that can turn its head.35 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The two highest IQ scores in recorded history belong to women.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: An average cumulus (white, puffy) cloud can weigh more than a million pounds.38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Studies show that bronze medalists are happier than silver medalists because they are happy just to get a medal at all.17 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The word "swan" is derived from the Indo-European root *swen, meaning "to sound, to sing."3 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Kobe Bryant was the youngest player to start an NBA game, at just 18.5 years old.29 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Drivers of expensive cars are less likely to slow down for pedestrians. They are also more likely to feel a sense of superiority over fellow drivers and to break traffic regulations.31 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Giraffes give birth while standing up. Their babies must drop more than five feet (1.5 meters) to the ground as they're born.34 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: A baby giraffe (or calf) starts life with a 5-foot drop to the ground FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In Ankara, Turkey, sanitation workers created a public library out of books they found while collecting garbage. It contains over 6,000 books.27 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Research shows that most individuals spend 60% of their conversation time talking about themselves. This number jumps to 80% while conversing on social media.28 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: In central Italy, there is a fountain that flows red wine 24-hours a day. It is free to everyone, except for "drunkards and louts."38 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The word "robot" comes from a Czech word "robota," which means "forced labor, compulsory service, drudgery."9 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Due to Covid-19 lockdowns, deodorant sales declined, and ice cream sales soared.36 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: The difference between jelly and jam is that jelly is made with fruit juice, and jam is made with mashed fruit.37 FACTRETRIEVER 2020: Afghan poppy farmers have switched to solar power to run their irrigation systems. This has significantly increased the world's supply of heroin.32

RETrain:

* Organized Steinitz collection:
Game Collection: Steinitz Gambits

* Classic games by great players: Game Collection: Guinness Book - Chess Grandmasters (Hartston)

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

* 610_Back rank mating tactics: Game Collection: 610_Back rank mating tactics

* Impact of Genius: 500 years of Grandmaster Chess: Game Collection: Impact of Genius : 500 years of Grandmaster Ches

* Chess Prehistory Compiled by Joe Stanley: Game Collection: Chess Prehistory

* Best (Old) Games of All Time: Game Collection: Best Games of All Time

* 'Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters' by Fred Reinfeld: Game Collection: 0

* bengalcat47's favorite games of famous masters: Game Collection: bengalcat47's favorite games

* Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931: Game Collection: Mil y Una Partidas 1914-1931

* Fire Baptisms Compiled by Nasruddin Hodja: Game Collection: Fire Baptisms

* maxruen's favorite games III: Game Collection: maxruen's favorite games III

* some famous brilliancies: Game Collection: brilliacies

* Brilliant games Compiled by madhatter5: Game Collection: Brilliant games

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

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

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

* Great Combinations Compiled by wwall: Game Collection: Combinations

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

* Exchange sacs – 1 Compiled by obrit: Game Collection: Exchange sacs - 1

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

* Ne5 Holler of a Tree in Fredthebear Country: Game Collection: 5 Ne5 Holler of a Tree in Fredthebear Country

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

* Best of the British Compiled by Timothy Glenn Forney: Game Collection: Best of the British

* The Best Chess Games (part 2): Game Collection: The Best Chess Games (part 2)

* Annotated Games: Game Collection: Annotated Games

* sapientdust's favorite games: Game Collection: sapientdust's favorite games

* shakman's favorite games – 2: Game Collection: shakman's favorite games - 2

* Reti Opening Compiled by KingG: Game Collection: Reti Opening

* Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Slavko Petrovic): Game Collection: Veliki majstori saha 16 RETI (Petrovic)

* Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek

* ray keene's favorite games: Game Collection: ray keene's favorite games

* (Variety Pack) Compiled by Nova: Game Collection: KID games

* JonathanJ's favorite games 4: Game Collection: JonathanJ's favorite games 4

* jorundte's favorite games: Game Collection: jorundte's favorite games

* elmubarak: my fav games: Game Collection: elmubarak: my fav games

* assorted Good games Compiled by rbaglini: Game Collection: assorted Good games

* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: 0

* LAST COLLECTION Compiled by Jaredfchess: Game Collection: LAST COLLECTION

"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter." ― Winston S. Churchill

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Prov 1:7).

"and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook. I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. 'It's a great huge game of chess that's being played--all over the world--if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is!" ― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

Question: Which US President was the only bachelor when he was in office? Answer: James Buchanan

Question: On which planet is a year longer than a day? Answer: Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. Venus is unusual because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets and it's extremely slow. It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it's so close to the sun, a year goes by fast. Therefore, a day on Venus is nearly 20 Earth days longer than its year.

Question: Which girl's name is also the name given to a female donkey? Answer: Jenny

Question: In the Bible, who, alone, killed a quarter of the world's population? Answer: Cain – according to the Bible, Cain killed Abel when the only humans in existence were Adam, Eve and their 2 sons.

Question: What day is two days before the day immediately following the day three days before the day two days after the day immediately before Friday? Answer: Tuesday – the day before Friday is Thursday. Two days after that is Saturday. Three days before that is Wednesday. The day immediately following that is Thursday, Two days before that is Tuesday, so the final and correct answer is Tuesday.

Question: What goes up, but never down?
Answer: Age

Question: What do you call a woman that knows where her husband is, at all times? Answer: A widow

Question: What is the only number spelled out in English that has the same number of letters as its value? Answer: Four

Question: The U.S.A. $10,000 bill was last printed in 1945 and is the largest denomination ever in public circulation; whose portrait appeared on it? Answer: Salmon P. Chase – Secretary of the Treasury

Question: What is enuresis?
Answer: Bedwetting

Question: What does the word karaoke literally mean? Answer: Empty orchestra

Question: Which fruit floats because 25% of its volume is air? Answer: Apple – they float because of their high volume of air. If an item is denser than water, it will sink – otherwise, will float.

Question: What's the only food that never expires? Answer: Honey – when excavating ancient Egyptian tombs, archaeologists found pots of honey thousands of years old, and still edible. As long as the container is sealed, raw honey will never spoil. Although it never truly expires, honey can crystallize or granulate but is still safe to consume.

Fun fact: the oldest jar of honey was found in the tomb of a noblewoman in Georgia. As far as archaeologists have found, this is considered the world's oldest honey – about 5,500 years old.

Question: , What's the brightest star in the sky? Answer: Sirius – also known as the Dog Star or Sirius A, Sirius is the brightest star in Earth's night sky. The star is outshone only by several planets and the International Space Station.

Question: What's the difference between a cemetery and a graveyard? Answer: Graveyards are attached to churches while cemeteries are stand-alone.

Question: The world's first speeding ticket was issued in 1896. Where did it happen? Answer: London, England

Walter Arnold was driving four times the limit, at an astonishing speed of 8 miles per hour. Back in those days, the speed limit was 2 miles per hour – you could easily walk faster. The driver was eventually arrested after being chased by a police officer on a bicycle.

Question: In feudal Japan, why did lords purposely built homes with squeaky floors? Answer: They were used as a defensive measure against ninjas.

Question: What U.S. state's constitution is the longest in the world? Answer: Alabama – 310,000 words.

Question: What country has the most vending machines per capita? Answer: Japan – one for every 23 people.

Question: What was the first patented service uniform in the United States? Answer: Playboy Bunny

Question: What is the oldest authenticated age ever for a human? Answer: 122

Question: Which two cities represent letters in the phonetic alphabet? Answer: Lima and Quebec

Question: What did clocks never have before 1577? Answer: Minute hands – it was eventually invented by Jost Burgi for, it is believed, Tycho Brahe, an astronomer who needed an accurate clock for stargazing.

Question: What is the most frequently sold item at Walmart? Answer: Bananas – although Walmart never disclosed how many bananas they sell each year, the number has to be immense considering that over 200 million people shop in its stores worldwide every single week.

Question: What language has the most words?
Answer: English

Question: Why did pirates wear earrings?
Answer: To improve their eyesight – they believed the precious metal in an earring had healing powers.

Question: In terms of production volume, what is the most popular fruit in the world? Answer: Tomato – yes, tomato is a fruit.

Question: Who is the oldest man to win People Magazine's sexiest man alive? Answer: Sean Connery – 59.

Question: How do you call a group of unicorns?
Answer: A blessing

Question: Why did pirates wear earrings?
Answer: To improve their eyesight – they believed the precious metal in an earring had healing powers.

Question: In terms of production volume, what is the most popular fruit in the world? Answer: Tomato – yes, tomato is a fruit.

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." ― Nora Ephr

"The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925." ― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

* 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: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.

"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan

'Don't let the cat out of the bag'

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted'

'Don't throw good money after bad'

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

InkHarted wrote:

Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.

"Everyone should know how to play chess." — José Raúl Capablanca

Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)

The Drunkard And His Wife

Each has his fault, to which he clings
In spite of shame or fear.
This apophthegm a story brings,
To make its truth more clear.
A sot had lost health, mind, and purse;
And, truly, for that matter,
Sots mostly lose the latter
Before running half their course.
When wine, one day, of wit had filled the room,
His wife inclosed him in a spacious tomb.
There did the fumes evaporate
At leisure from his drowsy pate.
When he awoke, he found
His body wrapped around
With grave-clothes, chill and damp,
Beneath a dim sepulchral lamp.
"How's this? My wife a widow sad?"
He cried, "and I a ghost? Dead? dead?"
Thereat his spouse, with snaky hair,
And robes like those the Furies wear,
With voice to fit the realms below,
Brought boiling caudle to his bier –
For Lucifer the proper cheer;
By which her husband came to know –
For he had heard of those three ladies –
Himself a citizen of Hades.
"What may your office be?"
The phantom questioned he.
"I'm server up of Pluto's meat,
And bring his guests the same to eat."
"Well," says the sot, not taking time to think,
"And don't you bring us anything to drink?"

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

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

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

"The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots." — The Revenant

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

"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

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.

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon

The cat's play is the mouse's death. ~ German Proverb

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." ― Theodore Roosevelt

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

2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier.

"Debt is dumb. Cash is king." — Dave Ramsey

A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events.

During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences.

Silence is the best reply to a fool. ― Joker

Always Remember, the beginning is the hardest part. ― Joker

Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers? He'll stop at nothing to avoid them.

Praseodymium Pr 59 140.908 1.1

.oo.

"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.

"Don't trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar." – Unknown

"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

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

"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

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"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.

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

The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell

Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play, And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried, Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.

"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

"Those who play with fire will get burnt." ~ Portuguese Proverb

Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Lamentations 3:22-23
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."

"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

Riddle: People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

Scroll down for Riddle Answer...

Riddle Answer: Money

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 0-1 Spearhead pin, back ranker!
C Mayet vs Anderssen, 1862 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Game 6 pp.58-60 in 'My System' by Aron Nimzowitsch
Tarrasch vs J Berger, 1889 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 74 moves, 1-0

book: Bishop v Knight: the verdict (Steve Mayer)
B Richter vs Tarrasch, 1888 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1

Game 38: Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances...by Watson
M Harmonist vs Tarrasch, 1889 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1

"Mate in 35" (game of the day May-03-2004)
Gossip vs E Gilbert, 1879 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 0-1

Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match (1894), New York, NY
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1894 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
C De Vere vs Winawer, 1870 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Stockfish
Anderssen vs Paulsen, 1870 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 1-0 KEG annotates
Maroczy vs Teichmann, 1902 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 82 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 0-1 Stockfi
G Marco vs Steinitz, 1895  
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 37 moves, 0-1

Lasker - Tarrasch World Championship Match (1908), Duesseldorf
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 44 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch, Siegbert (1862-1934)
Tarrasch vs Steinitz, 1898 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

"In dignity unsurpassed" (game of the day Nov-14-2023)
Duras vs Teichmann, 1906 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 64 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. General (C68) 0-1 Stockfish 45...?
E Post vs Alekhine, 1914 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 66 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Nimzowitsch (Paulsen) (C49) 1-0 Stockfish
A Nimzowitsch vs P Leonhardt, 1911  
(C49) Four Knights, 48 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Def. Closed Bernstein Var (C66) 1-0 Notes by EL
Lasker vs Salwe, 1909  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Smyslov Def (C93) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Schlechter vs L Prokes, 1908 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 1-0 KEG annotates!
W E Napier vs H Wolf, 1902 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 1-0

Game 2 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
D M Schapiro vs Tartakower, 1905 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Borisenko Var (C96) 1-0 KEG annotates
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1902 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 65 moves, 1-0

Ponziani Opening: Spanish Var (C44) 0-1 the ...d5 rebuttal
NN vs F Rhine, 2022 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Open Var (C80) 1-0 Useful N in the corner
Lowenthal vs Brien / Wormald, 1854 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 21 moves, 1-0

Morphy wins the 1st American Chess Congress (Queen sac!)
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  
(C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Stockfish
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 51 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Stockfish
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1858 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0

Renaud & Kahn's The Art of the Checkmate, pp. 79-80
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

Game 61 in Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1862 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 0-1 Good grief
K Lepge vs Paulsen, 1863 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 Greek gift
G Neumann vs Anderssen, 1864 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Zukertort sacs the Queen for Boden's mate in 12 moves
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 Stockfish
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0Stockfis
C De Vere vs Steinitz, 1867 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Main Lines (C80) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
M Lange vs W Paulsen, 1868 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 51 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Var (C61) 1-0 Disc Dbl check next
J Wisker vs Bird, 1873 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 16, Richard Reti's Masters of the Chessboard
Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1876 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Winawer vs Bird, 1883 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0Stockfish
Chigorin vs Zukertort, 1883 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 1-0 Stockfish
Tarrasch vs B Richter, 1883 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open. Classical Def Main Line(C83) 1-0 Tarrasch Trap!
Tarrasch vs Zukertort, 1887 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Winawer Attk (C67) 0-1 Unpin stuns, fails
C Locock vs Gunsberg, 1888 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Open Classical Def. ML (C83) 0-1 Q sac, pin pawn to Q
J W Baird vs W Pollock, 1889  
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 0-1

"One of the finest monuments of chess ingenuity"-Steinitz
M Weiss vs W Pollock, 1889 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 Notes by Steinitz
J W Baird vs Mason, 1889  
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 73 moves, 0-1

Game 14 in Battles Royal of the Chessboard by R.N. Coles
M Weiss vs Chigorin, 1889 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation (C77) ? 1-0
M Weiss vs Englisch, 1890 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 54 moves, 1-0

Steinitz - Chigorin World Champship Rematch (1892), Havana Cuba
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 0-1Stockfish notes
Tarrasch vs Chigorin, 1893 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange vs Fianchetto Def Bg7 (C60) 1-0 Stockfish
Lasker vs Pillsbury, 1893 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 55 moves, 1-0

G30'The Greatest Ever Chess Opening Ideas'by Christoph Scheerer
Walbrodt vs Conill / Ostolaza / Lopez / Herrer, 1893 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 44 moves, 1-0

Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match (1894), Philadelphia
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62) 1-0 Heavily analyzed
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

Steinitz - Lasker World Championship Match (1894), New York, NY
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 60 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 1/2-1/2 OCB
Teichmann vs Albin, 1895  
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 1-0 2nd Brilliancy
Tarrasch vs Walbrodt, 1895 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def(C71) 1-0 Q sacs, R 7th
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1895 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0

Game 24 in 'Why Lasker Matters' by Andrew Soltis
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0

Queen + 2 pawns vs. queen
Winawer vs Charousek, 1896 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: 3...f6? (C60) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Tarrasch vs Steinitz, 1896 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 52 moves, 1-0

Steinitz's best contribution to opening theory. C71 0-1 30
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Var (C68) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1896  
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 Stockfish
Tarrasch vs Pillsbury, 1898 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish
Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1 KEG annotates
L Didier vs Pillsbury, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1 KEG annotates!
H Wolf vs Pillsbury, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 0-1 KEG annotates
Gunsberg vs Tarrasch, 1902 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 54 moves, 0-1

Winner of the First Brilliancy Prize at Hanover
von Bardeleben vs W E Napier, 1902 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 1-0 Stockfish; 28.?
Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1902 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1 Stockfish
Taubenhaus vs Tarrasch, 1903 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Spanish. Classical Var (C48) 0-1 Keypusher notes!
Janowski vs Lasker, 1904 
(C48) Four Knights, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Stockfish
Maroczy vs Janowski, 1905 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 32.?
Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, 1906 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

4 Knts Spanish (C49) 0-1 Strategic Masterpiece, Classic R EG
Janowski vs Rubinstein, 1907 
(C49) Four Knights, 78 moves, 0-1

Spanish Four Knights: Ranken Var (C48) 1-0Lengthy exchange gem
Znosko-Borovsky vs Rubinstein, 1907 
(C48) Four Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish Var (C49) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Duras vs Rubinstein, 1907 
(C49) Four Knights, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 12 Manual of Chess (Lasker)
Tarrasch vs Burn, 1907 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Riga Var (C80) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Maroczy vs J Berger, 1908 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1

Lasker - Tarrasch World Champ Match (1908), Munich GER, Rd 10
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0

p.140 of Volume 1: Uncrowned King, 2nd ed. by Donaldson & Minev
Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1908 
(C49) Four Knights, 99 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Maroczy vs Janowski, 1908 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 67 moves, 0-1

Spanish Closed (C88) 0-1 Classic Rook EG annotated by Lasker
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1909  
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 75 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Duras Var (C77) 0-1Notes by Stockfish
Duras vs Rubinstein, 1909  
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. General (C68) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Lasker vs Janowski, 1909 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0

Lasker - Schlechter World Champship Match (1910), Vienna, rd 5
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0

Lasker - Schlechter World Championship Match (1910), Vienna AUH
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910  
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 34 My Best Games of Chess: 1908-1937 by Alexander Alekhine
K Vygodchikov vs Alekhine, 1910 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1

4 Knts Game: Nimzowitsch (Paulsen) (C49) 1-0 lively struggle
Alekhine vs Vidmar, 1911 
(C49) Four Knights, 38 moves, 1-0

Duras produces a magnificent skewer tactic
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 1-0 Stockfish
Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1911 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0

Dr. Tarrasch's great classic "The Game of Chess" pp. 85-89
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 66 moves, 1-0

"Combinations: The Heart of Chess" by Irving Chernev.
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 16 'Pachman's Decisive Games' by Ludek Pachman
Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 42 in Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti
Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1912 
(C48) Four Knights, 56 moves, 0-1

Game 44 in 'The World's Great Chess Games' by Reuben Fine
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1912 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1

Capablanca's Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev
Capablanca vs Allies, 1913 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 53 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed. Balla Var (C88) 0-1 AA wasn't top notch yet
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1913 
(C88) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Wormald Attack (C77) 1-0 Stockfish
Alekhine vs Duras, 1913 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Var (C48) 1-0 Boden's #
Ed Lasker vs F Englund, 1913 
(C48) Four Knights, 21 moves, 1-0

Game 71 in John Nunn's Chess Course
Lasker vs Rubinstein, 1914 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 66 moves, 1-0

Game 28 in Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti, 21st Cent
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0

"Burn the Witsch!" (game of the day Apr-02-2010)
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 42 moves, 0-1

The first encounter between Alekhine and Bogo - a great swindle
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1914 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Capablanca vs A B Hodges, 1916 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0

Marshall unleashes the Marshall Attack
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0

Irving Chernev's 'Combinations: The Heart of Chess'
Alekhine vs B Verlinsky, 1918 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open Var. Classical Def (C83) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish
Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein, 1920 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish, Cozio Def. General (C60) 0-1 beautiful finish by AA
N Grigoriev vs Alekhine, 1920 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open Var. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 KEG annotates
Alekhine vs A Kubbel, 1920 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 20 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Alekhine vs Teichmann, 1921 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 36 moves, 1-0

"The Immortal Draw, 1922" (game of the day Jun-19-2007)
Alekhine vs Reti, 1922 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Open. Main Lines (C80) 0-1Stockfish, tpstar notes
Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch, 1922 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Closed Wolf Var (C66) 0-1 Stockfish
Euwe vs Capablanca, 1922 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1

Game 1 in Irving Chernev's "Winning Chess Traps"
Alekhine vs J Forrester, 1923 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 1-0 One for the books
Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 55 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Stockfish
Tartakower vs Reti, 1924 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 0-1

Game 49 in Richard Reti's book Masters of the Chessboard
Capablanca vs Vidmar, 1927 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def Siesta Var (C74) 0-1
E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1928 
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 67 moves, 0-1

Beautiful endgame mastery from "The Chess Machine"
Tarrasch vs Capablanca, 1928 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 0-1

G1 in 'The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps' by Gary Lane
E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1929 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1

Rook & Pawn EG; Chernev did "rave" about this game
H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1

"Nero in reincarnation!" (referring to White's pawn-snatching)
F Herrmann vs H Hussong, 1930 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 32 moves, 0-1

A long standing error of chess history is finally corrected
Alekhine vs Hoelscher, 1933 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

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

Lasker was +3=4-1 against Alekhine (24 years his junior),
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934 
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0

Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch (1934), Rd. 16
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1934 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 1-0

Game 43 in 'Pawn Power in Chess' by Hans Kmoch
Alekhine vs H Johner, 1934 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 47 moves, 1-0

November, p. 263 [Game 231 / 527] Chess Review 1935
L Steiner vs Keres, 1935 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 36 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def Steinitz Deferred (C79) 1-0Discovery Zwish +
Alekhine vs Keres, 1935 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Var C84) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Alekhine vs Eliskases, 1936 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Game10 in 'Paul Keres: The Road to the Top" by Keres, John Nunn
G Thomas vs Keres, 1937 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Bayreuth Var (C77) 0-1 Exhibition
Flohr vs Euwe, 1937 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1

Game 3 in Keres: Move by Move by Zenon Franco Ocampos
Keres vs Alekhine, 1937 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open Variations. Classical Def (C83) 0-1Stockfish
Keres vs Euwe, 1937 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Fine vs Reshevsky, 1938 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 55 moves, 0-1

This draw impacted Fine and the chess world. C83 1/2-1/2 19
Keres vs Fine, 1938 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 146 in 'The World's Great Chess Games' by Reuben Fine
G Thomas vs Flohr, 1939 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 68 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Stockfish
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1

Game 189 in 'Pawn Structure Chess' by Andrew Soltis
Smyslov vs Keres, 1941 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 72 moves, 1-0

G10 in 107 Great Chess Battles 1939-1945 by Alexander Alekhine
Alekhine vs Barcza, 1942  
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Game 9 in 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-1945 by A. Alekhine
Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942  
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 286 The Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)
H Seidman vs Reshevsky, 1942 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 37 moves, 0-1

38 (25.?) from Ray Keene's Good Move Guide (Keene & Whiteley)
Alekhine vs Keres, 1942 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 56 moves, 1-0

G11 in 107 Great Chess Battles 1939-1945 by Alexander Alekhine
Saemisch vs Alekhine, 1943  
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 27 moves, 0-1

23d Moscow Championship 1943-44- 2d. First win over Botvinnik
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1943 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Closed. Keres Defense (C92) 0-1 Black Ns on the 3rd
Bronstein vs Alatortsev, 1944 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 19 The Golden Dozen (Chernev)
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1944 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 64 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 0-1 TTactics!
V A Vasiliev vs Tolush, 1945 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1

Game 182 in World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1945 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Stockfish
Smyslov vs Euwe, 1946 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 N+ is not best
Bronstein vs Panov, 1946 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 39 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Malkin Variation (C83) 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs Denker, 1946 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

"Cooling Tower" (game of the day Sep-01-2017)
Averbakh vs Bondarevsky, 1948 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2

G10 The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Chernev
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Howell Attack (C81) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Smyslov vs Euwe, 1948 
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1/2 - KEG
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Chapter 9: Lopez Game 59 Chess Openings: Theory and Practice
Euwe vs Smyslov, 1948 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 42 moves, 0-1

Game 21 of Instructive Chess Miniatures by Alper Efe Ataman
V Kirillov vs Furman, 1949 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1-0 Bam!
O'Kelly vs Unzicker, 1949 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 0-1 1st World Corr
A Cuadrado vs C Purdy, 1950
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 24 moves, 0-1

Chess in the USA 1945-72, Part 1; edited by Colin Leach
A Bisguier vs J Penrose, 1950 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 1-0 Lolli's # next
Bronstein vs Keres, 1950 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Steiner Var (C89) 1-0 Correspond
G R Mitchell vs O Barda, 1950 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 33 moves, 1-0

Secrets of Attacking Chess by Mihail Marin
Geller vs Keres, 1951 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 31 moves, 0-1

Fredthebear read 200 Open Games by David Bronstein
Bronstein vs Geller, 1951 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System(C99) 0-1K cut-off
Unzicker vs Euwe, 1951
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 98 in 'Think Like a Grandmaster' by Alexander Kotov
Boleslavsky vs Keres, 1953 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Wormald Attack (C77) 1-0 pinned
Spassky vs Y Estrin, 1954 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 1-0

Game 6, p. 21, "The Best Games of Boris Spassky" by GM Soltis
Spassky vs Taimanov, 1955 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
R Nezhmetdinov vs Shamkovich, 1956 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Fischer vs A Di Camillo, 1956 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 24 in Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection by Paul Keres
Keres vs Unzicker, 1956 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open Variations. Howell Attack (C81) 1-0
Petrosian vs Lilienthal, 1957 
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 Stockfish
Fischer vs J Rinaldo, 1957 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 141 in 'Soviet Chess Strategy' by Alexey Suetin
Tal vs Geller, 1958 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 155 in Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson
Tal vs Petrosian, 1958 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Closed. Keres Def (C92) 1-0 Q+ & fork is key!
Tal vs Panno, 1958 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 57 moves, 1-0

Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Sect 1, Ch. 9, Game 57
Gipslis vs Averbakh, 1958 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 4 in 'Simple Chess' by Michael Francis Stean
Tal vs Bronstein, 1959 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 43 moves, 1-0

Nxf7, Nf5!+ ÄBh6+! An absolute corker and wins the game!
L Barden vs J Penrose, 1959 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 35 moves, 1-0

US Championship (1958/59), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Jan-02
Fischer vs A Bisguier, 1959 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 86 moves, 1-0

Understanding Pawn Play in Chess by Drazen Marovic
Fischer vs Unzicker, 1959 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 65 moves, 1-0

Game 35 in 'My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez' by Lajos Portisch
Hort vs Keres, 1961 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tal vs Averbakh, 1961  
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 1-0 Q+ & fork
Tal vs A Bannik, 1962 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Classical. Cordel Gambit (C64) 0-1All 8 Ps remain
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1

Game 13 in 'Think Like a Grandmaster' by Alexander Kotov
Tal vs Keres, 1962 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Borisenko Var (C96) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Tal vs Keres, 1962 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Var (C90) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Korchnoi vs Petrosian, 1962 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 69 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 1-0 Marvel
Keres vs Szabo, 1963 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 47 in 'My 60 Memorable Games' by Robert James Fischer
Fischer vs A Bisguier, 1963 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Geller vs Tal, 1963 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 87 moves, 0-1

Game 122: Boris Spassky's 400 Selected Games
Geller vs Spassky, 1964 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 30 moves, 0-1

"Get Him to the Greek Gift" (game of the day Feb-15-2011)
Spassky vs Geller, 1965 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Def (C93) 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Spassky, 1965 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0Stockfis
Spassky vs Keres, 1965 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Bayreuth Var (C77) 0-1 Losing streak
Botvinnik vs Stein, 1965 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 49 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Exchange. Gligoric 5.0-0 f6 (C69) 1-0 BF's secret weap
Fischer vs Portisch, 1966 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. St. Petersburg Var (C82) 0-1 Stockfish
Fischer vs Larsen, 1966 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 31 in Chess Informant Best Games 1-100
Fischer vs Stein, 1967 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed. Smyslov Def (C93) 0-1 Smokin' and Sippin'
Tal vs Gligoric, 1968 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 46 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 0-1 13...?
Korchnoi vs Portisch, 1968 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 32 moves, 0-1

"one of the best games played in the 20th century" -- GM K.S.
Karpov vs Andersson, 1969 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 60 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Keres Def (C92) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Geller vs Portisch, 1969 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0

Planinc's notable games archived here at are all brilliant
Ljubojevic vs A Planinc, 1971 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Breyer Def Quiet Var (C94) 1-0 Stockf
Karpov vs Spassky, 1973 
(C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 45 in 'Study Chess with Matthew Sadler' by Matthew Sadler
M Dvoretzky vs Smyslov, 1974 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 29 in 'My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez' by Lajos Portisch
Browne vs Keres, 1975 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 44 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 0-1 Stockf
Browne vs Karpov, 1976 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 73 moves, 0-1

"Knightmare" (game of the day Oct-21-2018) of Fredthebear
Tal vs Portisch, 1976 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 49 in 'My Best Games' by Anatoly Karpov
Ljubojevic vs Karpov, 1976 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 42 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 0-1
N Poleshchuk vs M Umansky, 1977
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 70 moves, 0-1

Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal (1977), Geneva SUI, rd9
Spassky vs Portisch, 1977 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 40 moves, 1-0

62) Ray Keene's Good Move Guide (Keene & Whiteley) 26.?
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 254 Chess Informant Best Games 201-300
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 61 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Variation (C90) 1-0
S Nikolic vs A Ornstein, 1981
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 46 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Howell Attack (C81) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Timman vs Tal, 1982 
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 45 moves, 1-0

Karpov - Kasparov World CC Match (1985), Moscow URS, rd 5,
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 1-0 video commentary
Nunn vs Short, 1986 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 82 in The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0

Tal scored four wins against Korchnoi out of 44 games.
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1987 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 57 moves, 1-0

Game 237 in 'Soviet Chess 1917-1991' by Andrew Soltis
Short vs Ivanchuk, 1989 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 44 moves, 0-1

Karpov-Kasparov WC Match, Lyons 1990 Rd.20
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 496 Chess Informant Best Games 401-500
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1990), New York, NY
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Flohr System (C92) 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1991 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2

"Five Million Dollar Man" (game of the day Nov-11-2015)
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Var (C90) 1-0 Ns over Bs
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

4 Knts Spanish. Classical Marshall Gambit (C48) 0-1Beauty prize
Short vs Timman, 1992 
(C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1

Kasparov - Short PCA World Championship Match (1993), London EN
Kasparov vs Short, 1993 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0

Kasparov - Short PCA World Championship Match (1993) London ENG
Kasparov vs Short, 1993 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 0-1 Qside batteries
Short vs Ivanchuk, 1994 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Bronstein Var (C69) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Ivanchuk vs Short, 1994 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 48 moves, 1-0

Storming the Barricades by GM Larry Christiansen
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed. Flohr System (C92) 1-0 Double Nf5 offers
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1996 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 46 moves, 1-0

#6 in Tim Krabbe's "110 Most Fantastic Moves of all time"
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1996 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 1-0

Kasparov and all the GM analysts missed 46...Qe3! = (Draw)
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 45 moves, 1-0

Karpov - Anand FIDE World Championship Match (1998), Round 2
Anand vs Karpov, 1998 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

Close the Queenside and crash through in centre and Kingside
Kasparov vs Grischuk, 2001 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 43 moves, 1-0

Kasparov got his ego checked here C67 1-0 42
J Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Var (C61) 1-0 Pawns march, piece sac
Leko vs Morozevich, 2002 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Game 1 in Fighting Chess w/MC by Mikhalchishin & Stetsko
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0

Man - Machine World Chess Championship (2003), New York, Rd 2
X3D Fritz vs Kasparov, 2003 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

A new classic with an old theme C92 1-0 37
K Spraggett vs G Vescovi, 2004 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 920: Chess Informant Best Games 901-1000
Kasparov vs Shirov, 2004 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1Overworked
A Farahat vs Aronian, 2005 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 51 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: l'Hermet Berlin Wall Def (C67) 0-1Stockfish notes
Sadvakasov vs Aronian, 2005 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1-0 Stockf
Leko vs L Bruzon Batista, 2005 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 25 moves, 1-0

Fantastic Knight sacrifice by Vishy for 3 pawns on the Q's side
Anand vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0

No defence against Rook down the seventh rank.
Navara vs Smirin, 2006 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 27 moves, 1-0

Wonderful game broadcast by cg.com C92 0-1 59
A Volokitin vs Morozevich, 2006 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 59 moves, 0-1

Nxg5 sacrifice for pin of ...Nf6 C95 1-0 35
Navara vs B Socko, 2006 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 35 moves, 1-0

One of Anand's best games w/the Black pieces C84 0-1 36
Topalov vs Anand, 2006 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1

"Saavedra Revisited" Fredthebear (game of the day Nov-30-2016)
Svidler vs Topalov, 2006 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 67 moves, 1-0

Brilliant harmony from the Knight pair which destroyed Black
Nisipeanu vs Adams, 2007 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 53 moves, 1-0

Instant Marshall Classic impresses Fredthebear C89 1-0 39
Anand vs Svidler, 2007 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 39 moves, 1-0

"Closing the Door After the Horse has Bolted" (game of the day
Anand vs Carlsen, 2007 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

"Bologan's Immortal" (game of the day Jul-09-2012)
Kotronias vs Bologan, 2007 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 55 moves, 0-1

Ph34r ze L0p3z @tt4ck Shams got "all hot and bothered"
S Ter-Sahakyan vs A Pashikian, 2008 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0

When the draw card was not drawn. C84 1-0 56
Dominguez Perez vs Pelletier, 2008 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Closed Def (C96) 1-0
Nijboer vs Romanishin, 2009
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 55 moves, 1-0

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

Vishy played for the win (because he miss analyzed it).
Anand vs Carlsen, 2010 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 77 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 0-1 Brilliant!!
Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 0-1 Monster Passed Pawns
McShane vs Kramnik, 2011 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 69 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Duras Variation (C77) 1-0Cool finish!
Naiditsch vs Timman, 2013 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0

Kamsky turned down the draw C84 0-1 40
Kamsky vs Tomashevsky, 2013 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1

Game18 'Best Fighting Games of 2012-2015' by Naiditsch & Balogh
Caruana vs Adams, 2013 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1

Carlsen vs Anand 2014 World Championship rd 2
Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 22.? Informant Golden Game
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 The Qs are not exchanged
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2015 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 1-0 Stockf
So vs Kamsky, 2016 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal (C69) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
G Meier vs Caruana, 2018 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0

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

G23 'Emanuel Lasker: Second World Chess Champion' by I&V Linder
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1895  
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 40 moves, 1-0

G13 The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Cherne
M Porges vs Lasker, 1896  
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 0-1Stockfish
Showalter vs Tarrasch, 1898
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Pillsbury Var (C67) 0-1 Stockfish
G Marco vs Tarrasch, 1898 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Pillsbury Var (C67) 0-1 Stockfish
Schiffers vs Tarrasch, 1898
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 0-1 Qs, Bs & Ps battle
Tinsley vs Pillsbury, 1899 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 55 moves, 0-1

Game 140 The Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)
A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Lasker vs Burn, 1909 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 64 moves, 1-0

Game 6 Reinfeld: Chess Masters on Winning Chess
Lasker vs L Forgacs, 1909 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 25.?
Duras vs M Gladig, 1909 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin. Hedgehog (C66) 1-0EL won next 15 decisive games
Janowski vs Lasker, 1909 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 1-0

December, p. 269 [Game 261 / 1797] American Chess Bulletin 1909
Lasker vs Janowski, 1909 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 61 moves, 1-0

December, p. 269 [Game 260 / 1796] American Chess Bulletin 1909
Janowski vs Lasker, 1909 
(C49) Four Knights, 50 moves, 0-1

November, p. 248 [Game 144 / 2465] American Chess Bulletin 1912
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912  
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch (C77) 1-0Pseudo Anastasia's#
J Fridlizius vs Alekhine, 1912 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 84 Viktor Kortschnoi: C83, Chess Informant 1995
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 48 moves, 1-0

G27 "My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937" by Alexander Alekhine
Duras vs Alekhine, 1914 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 60 moves, 0-1

July/August, p. 119 [Game 132/4148] American Chess Bulletin1922
Flamberg vs Alekhine, 1914 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 27 My Chess Career by Jose Raul Capablanca
Capablanca vs O Chajes, 1915  
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 48 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Marshall Attack (C89) 0-1 Just after intro w/Capa
J Morrison vs Marshall, 1918 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 84 moves, 0-1

1921 WCC, Rd 3, Match tied 1.5 - 1.5 Notes by Capablanca
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2

Lasker - Capablanca World Champship Match 1921, Havana CUB, rd6
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 101 'Think Like a Grandmaster' by Alexander Kotov
Bogoljubov vs Lasker, 1924 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 71 moves, 0-1

Game 62: Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
B Verlinsky vs Levenfish, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Alekhine Var (C68) 0-1 18...?
R Scrivener vs Torre, 1924 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Malkin Var (C83) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish
Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1934 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish, Morphy Def. Steinitz Dfrrd (C79) 0-1 Halt connected Ps
C H Alexander vs Kashdan, 1937 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 45 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Bronstein vs Keres, 1949 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 35 moves, 1-0

Tal's Winning Chess Combinations by Mikhail Tal, Victor Khenkin
Tal vs J Straume, 1953 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0

Korchnoi's 400 best games by Wade & Blackstock
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1955 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1-0 38...?
Unzicker vs Keres, 1956 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 39 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Steinitz Deferred (C79) 1-0 trappish
Tal vs R Teschner, 1957 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 1/2-1/2 54.?
Polugaevsky vs Averbakh, 1961 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Keres vs Gligoric, 1961 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 87 moves, 1-0

Game 32 in 'My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez' by Lajos Portisch.
Fischer vs Smyslov, 1965 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Breyer Def (C95) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Fischer vs Benko, 1965 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 37 moves, 1-0

Second Piatigorsky Cup (1966), Santa Monica, CA USA, rd 10, Aug
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1966 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1966 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Smyslov Def (C93) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1967 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 1-0 Stockfish
Fischer vs A Bisguier, 1970 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 1-0

"Wild West" suites Fredthebear (game of the day Feb-07-2019)
Westerinen vs A Planinc, 1970 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Smyslov Def (C93) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1970 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal Var (C69) 1-0 Manhattan blitz
Fischer vs G Kramer, 1971 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 1-0 Stockfish; 20.?
Geller vs Keres, 1973 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1981), Merano ITA,
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0

A great example of Timman's finesse in the attack.
Timman vs Kasparov, 1985 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Keres Defense (C92) 1/2-1/2
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

"Remembrance of Pawns Passed" (game of the day Jul-21-2010)
Short vs Gelfand, 1991 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 61 moves, 1-0

Elements of Chess Strategy by Alexei Kosikov p.14(Gambit, 2010)
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 1-0 Turn around
Anand vs Kamsky, 1995 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 58 moves, 1-0

Game 44 The Ruy Lopez Main Line by Glenn Flear
Anand vs Kamsky, 1995 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 1-0 37.?
Anand vs Bologan, 2000 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 42 moves, 1-0

Game 60 in 'The Greatest Ever Chess Strategies' by Sam Collins
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2001 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

Why 23.g3? Why not 23.NxBe6?
Anand vs Kramnik, 2001 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Wall J. Rogers Line (C67) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Leko vs Kramnik, 2001 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Breyer Defense TN (C95) 1-0
Bologan vs S Atalik, 2004 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 52 moves, 1-0

Kasparov misses a spectacular win C84 1/2-1/2 38
Kasparov vs Topalov, 2004 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Marshall Attack (C89) 0-1 Notes by Raymond Keene
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 32 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Defense (C96) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Grischuk vs I Sokolov, 2004 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Variation (C91) · 1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov vs Adams, 2004 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: l'Hermet Berlin Wall Def (C67) 0-1 Photo
J Polgar vs Topalov, 2005 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 64 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 42...?
K Akshayraj vs S Safin, 2005 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1

annotated by Shirov in Chess Informant (92/350)
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2005 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 Untested
de Firmian vs D Schneider, 2005 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1-0

Zenon Franco's 2009 book, "Grandmaster Secrets: Counterattack!"
Leko vs Mamedyarov, 2006 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 1-0 Impressive
Radjabov vs Shirov, 2006 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

featured in Jesus de la Villa's 100 Endgames You Must Know
Kamsky vs Bacrot, 2006 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 103 moves, 1-0

Aronian plays the popular 8 ... Ra8-b8!? in Closed Ruy Lopez
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1

Game 993 Chess Informant Best Games 901-1000
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 2007 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 34 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 1/2- Think what's next
J Aagaard vs J Rowson, 2007 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish, l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0Amazing ending!!
Jakovenko vs I Cheparinov, 2008 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Wormald Attack (C77) 0-1 video link
Anand vs Carlsen, 2011 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 0-1

500 Euro prize for best game of the day
Nakamura vs Shirov, 2011 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 93 moves, 1-0

"Absolutely Fabiano" (game of the day Jan-22-2013)
Karjakin vs Caruana, 2012 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Nyholm Attk (C65) 1-0 2012 WC, Rd 10
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2012 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 58 moves, 1-0

Volume 129, Game 1 Chess Evolution Volumes. 101-150
Saric vs Carlsen, 2014 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk (C78) 1-0 Humility is good
Svidler vs Topalov, 2014 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Smyslov-Breyer-Zaitsev Hybrid (C93) 1-0
G Oparin vs Morozevich, 2015 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Karjakin vs Onischuk, 2015 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Anand vs Topalov, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Game 38 in 'American Chess Magazine' Volume 2
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 75 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1 World Record
T Brownscombe vs T Gareyev, 2016 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 Stockfish
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2018 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0

Kramnik says, "Castle? I don't need to stinking castle!" Rg8TN
Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Archangelsk (C78) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
R Pruijssers vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2018 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense (C63) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2019 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 62 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Mordimer video link
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Teenager upsets female world champion! Use video link.
W Ju vs C Yip, 2020 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 57 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 1/2-1/2
Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2020 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 pleasing finish!
So vs Dubov, 2020 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 0-1 armageddon
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 52 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Fredthebear share
Giri vs A Tari, 2021 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Dilworth Var (C82) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Firouzja vs V S Gujrathi, 2021 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 FTB posted video links
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2022 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Dilworth Var (C82) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Nakamura vs Caruana, 2022 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 74 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 0-1 75.Bc7?? is quite a blunder.
Caruana vs Ding Liren, 2022 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 78 moves, 0-1

Spanish l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 0-1 Stockfish notes
J Ochoa vs Karpov, 1987 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 0-1

Spanish l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 0-1 Repeat, Repeat
Fritz vs Anand, 1998 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 94 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Kholmov Var (C92) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish; 34.?
Dolmatov vs P Nikolic, 1989 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Kasparov - Kramnik Classical World Championship Match (2000), L
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2000 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def Bg7 Fio (C76) 0-1 Nh3+
V Zheliandinov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1959 
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open Var. Classical Def (C83) 0-1 Stockfish
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1962 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Defense (C98) 0-1 Influence game
G Thomas vs Rubinstein, 1925 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 63 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Flohr System (C92) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Huebner vs Portisch, 1986 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

A tour de force by the White knights.
P Romanovsky vs A Smorodsky, 1924 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Breyer Def Quiet Var (C94) 1-0 31.?
Stein vs Evans, 1964 
(C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Kholmov Variation (C92) · 0-1
Gheorghiu vs Kholmov, 1962 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 0-1

Game 45 of 125 Selected Games by Vasily Smyslov
Ivkov vs Smyslov, 1956 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Variation (C68) · 0-1
J A Seitz vs Najdorf, 1938
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 31 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Znosko-Borovsky vs Capablanca, 1913 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 13 Capablanca's Best Games (Golombek)
Capablanca vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1913 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 47 moves, 1-0

CMD p.7 Shaun Taulbut's How to Play the Ruy Lopez
Capablanca vs Kupchik, 1915 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 45 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 0-1
R Byrne vs Spassky, 1974 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 56 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Capablanca vs R Black, 1916 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. General (C68) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
A W Fox vs Capablanca, 1916 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 53 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Delayed Exchange (C85) 0-1 Cramp!
M Blau vs Keres, 1959 
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 59 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Norwegian Var (C70) 0-1
J Mora Corbera vs Taimanov, 1955 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1

Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def Siesta Var (C74) 0-1Gem
Reti vs Capablanca, 1928 
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open Variations. Howell Attack (C81) 1-0 SF notes
Fischer vs H Ree, 1968 
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Kholmov Variation (C92) 1-0 Stockfish
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1951 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0

Four Knts, Spanish. Classical, Marshall Gambit (C48) 1-0 17.?
A Alavkin vs V Diu, 2002 
(C48) Four Knights, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Bayreuth Var (C77) 0-1 Stockfish
B Kurajica vs Karpov, 1976 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 57 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Double Spanish (C49) 0-1 Rxg2 Sac
R D Gillon-Ferguson vs Euwe, 1921 
(C49) Four Knights, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Bronstein Var (C69) 1-0 Instructive EG
R Hess vs J Becerra Rivero, 2009 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 44 moves, 1-0

"The Magnificent Levon" (game of the day May-31-2018)
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2017 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Nyholm Attack (C65) 0-1 KEG annotates
Marshall vs Lasker, 1907 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1

"The Immortal Zero Tolerance Game"?
Capablanca vs Ed Lasker, 1915 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 68 moves, 1-0

24...Bxh6!! is a move White could have played for a win
de Firmian vs P Nikolic, 1985 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish: Morphy Def. Norwegian Var (C70) 0-1 US Championships
W Addison vs Fischer, 1963 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Schliemann Def. Dyckhoff Var (C63) 0-1
Teichmann vs Marshall, 1902 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Zukertort Var (C67) 1-0video analysis
Adams vs D Howell, 2010 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Variation (C80) 1-0
M A Tabatabaei vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2023 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 53 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Carlsen vs Anand, 2010 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 45 moves, 0-1

FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948), The Hague NED, rd 9,
Smyslov vs Euwe, 1948 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 70 moves, 1-0

a prize of 500 francs for the best played game to Mason
Mason vs Janowski, 1902 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0

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