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1960s- The Lasting War Mik
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Compiled by Fredthebear

"Voi plânge-n scrâșnet. Drag nu-s nimănui; Nu-i om să-i fie milă dacă mor;
Și cum să-i fie, dacă-n mine însumi
De mine însumi milă nu găsesc?"
― William Shakespeare, Richard III

"Power is dangerous. It corrupts the best and attracts the worst. Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up." ― Ragnar Lothbrok

"Only small minds want always to be right." ― Louis XIV

"When kings the sword of justice first lay down, They are no kings, though they possess the crown. Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,
The good of subjects is the end of kings."
― Daniel Defoe, The True-Born Englishman: A Satyr

"Yes, death is an awakening" – Leo Tolstoy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Greek gift fails: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iDLi...

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

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

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

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

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Passive, but playable in the Russian Game: Game Collection: Alpha Russian (White)

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

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

* Pirc Defense, Classical: Game Collection: Pirc, Classical Variation

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alaska: Kodiak
Established in: 1792

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

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

A chess master died – after a few days, a friend of his heard a voice; it was him!

"What's it like, where you are now," he asked.

"What do you want to hear first, the good news or the bad news."

"Tell me the good news first."

"Well, it's really heaven here. There are tournaments and blitz sessions going on all the time and Morphy, Alekhine, Lasker, Tal, Capablanca, Botvinnik, they're all here, and you can play them."

"Fantastic!" the friend said, "and what is the bad news?"

"You have Black against Capablanca on Saturday."

The Wolf, the Mother, And Her Child

This wolf another brings to mind,
Who found dame Fortune more unkind,
In that the greedy, pirate sinner,
Was balked of life as well as dinner.
As says our tale, a villager
Dwelt in a by, unguarded place;
There, hungry, watched our pillager
For luck and chance to mend his case.
For there his thievish eyes had seen
All sorts of game go out and in –
Nice sucking calves, and lambs and sheep;
And turkeys by the regiment,
With steps so proud, and necks so bent,
Theyed make a daintier glutton weep.
The thief at length began to tire
Of being gnawed by vain desire.
Just then a child set up a cry:
"Be still," the mother said, "or I
Will throw you to the wolf, you brat!"
"Ha, ha!" thought he, "what talk is that!
The gods be thanked for luck so good!"
And ready at the door he stood,
When soothingly the mother said,
"Now cry no more, my little dear;
That naughty wolf, if he comes here,
Your dear papa shall kill him dead."
"Humph!" cried the veteran mutton-eater.
"Now this, now that! Now hot, now cool!
Is this the way they change their metre?
And do they take me for a fool?
Someday, a nutting in the wood,
That young one yet shall be my food."
But little time has he to dote
On such a feast; the dogs rush out
And seize the caitiff by the throat;
And country ditchers, thick and stout,
With rustic spears and forks of iron,
The hapless animal environ.
"What brought you here, old head?" cried one.
He told it all, as I have done.
"Why, bless my soul!" the frantic mother said, – "You, villain, eat my little son!
And did I nurse the darling boy,
Your fiendish appetite to cloy?"
With that they knocked him on the head.
His feet and scalp they bore to town,
To grace the seigneur's hall,
Where, pinned against the wall,
This verse completed his renown:
"You honest wolves, believe not all
That mothers say, when children squall!"

"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective." Source: "The Soviet School of Chess" Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.

"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him." ― Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

"The journey is its own reward." — Homer

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." ― George Orwell

Chess
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Exactly four different men have tried
to teach me how to play. I could never
tell the difference between a rook
or bishop, but I knew the horse meant

knight. And that made sense to me,
because a horse is night: soot-hoof
and nostril, dark as a sabled evening
with no stars, bats, or moon blooms.

It's a night in Ohio where a man sleeps
alone one week and the next, the woman
he will eventually marry leans her body
into his for the first time, leans a kind

of faith, too—filled with white crickets
and bouquets of wild carrot. And
the months and the honeyed years
after that will make all the light

and dark squares feel like tiles
for a kitchen they can one day build
together. Every turn, every sacrificial
move—all the decoys, the castling,

the deflections—these will be both
riotous and unruly, the exact opposite
of what she thought she ever wanted
in the endgame of her days.

blogger cinephilia once said: "The flawless game is impossible. Feed off your opponent's mistakes like a leech."

"There's always a hidden owl in knowledge." – E.I. Jane

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

"Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it." — Christopher Hitchens

A Winter Night
by Sara Teasdale 1884-1933

My window-pane is starred with frost,
The world is bitter cold to-night,
The moon is cruel, and the wind
Is like a two-edged sword to smite.

God pity all the homeless ones,
The beggars pacing to and fro.
God pity all the poor to-night
Who walk the lamp-lit streets of snow.

My room is like a bit of June,
Warm and close-curtained fold on fold,
But somewhere, like a homeless child,
My heart is crying in the cold.

"When you have the better of it, play simply. When the game is going against you, look for complications." — Frank J. Marshall

* Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq...

* 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"

Cajun: Joie de vivre (Jhwa da veev) – Joy of living.

Compiled by Fredthebear

"Messy Room" by Shel Silverstein

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

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!

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

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

Dreamers
by Siegried Sassoon

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

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

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) was the youngest president, taking office at age 42.

Riddle Question: In the battle's silent phase, I plan, I prepare; the deadly art of war is my affair. What am I?

In case of an automobile crash or an impact, airbags inflate in just 30 milliseconds.

Riddle Answer: Strategy

No president except Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893-1897) has ever served non-consecutive terms. He defeated James G. Blaine in 1884, lost to Benjamin Harrison in 1888 (despite winning the popular vote), and then came back to defeat Harrison in 1892.

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

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

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

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

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

"THESEUS
The kinder we, to give them thanks for nothing.
Our sport shall be to take what they mistake,
And what poor duty cannot do,
Noble respect takes it in might, not merit.
Where I have come, great clerks have purposed
To greet me with premeditated welcomes,
Where I have seen them shiver and look pale,
Make periods in the midst of sentences,
Throttle their practised accent in their fears,
And in conclusion dumbly have broke off,
Not paying me a welcome. Trust me, sweet,
Out of this silence yet I picked a welcome,
And in the modesty of fearful duty
I read as much as from the rattling tongue
Of saucy and audacious eloquence.
Love, therefore, and tongue-tied simplicity
In least speak most, to my capacity"
― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

"For him chess was his life. Without the game he could not exist." ― Engelina Tal (on her late husband Mikhail)

"The man who has proved that you can reach the top and remain human." ― Mikhail Tal (on who his chess hero was)

"My head is full of sunshine." ― Mikhail Tal

"I couldn't make myself dislike him." ― Mikhail Botvinnik (on Tal)

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." ― Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

* Fred Reinfeld could've written this if only they had cell phones back when: https://socialself.com/blog/how-to-...

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

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

* 1961 WC: Game Collection: World Champion Maches Vol. 1

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

* The Best: Game Collection: Best Chess Games of All Time

* When Generation Y & Z think the latest is the greatest, show this black-and-white: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR3... They'll show you a stoner who wags the arm of his guitar and plays three notes. Well, Lenny isn't too bad, but he's put on a few years himself.

<Shakytrumpet wrote:

Chess
All alone in my room,
Without anyone that cares
So I sit in solemn silence,
Amongst my world of squares.

I feel like I'm in control,
As I spiral further down,
Clenching my pieces tightly,
Begging to be found,
Knowing it's hopeless,
I lay my king on the ground.>

The Cobbler and the Financier

A cobbler sang from morn till night;
It was sweet and marvellous to hear,
His trills and quavers told the ear
Of more contentment and delight,
Enjoyed by that laborious wight
Than ever enjoyed the sages seven,
Or any mortals short of heaven.
His neighbour, on the other hand,
With gold in plenty at command,
But little sang, and slumbered less –
A financier of great success.
If ever he dozed, at break of day,
The cobbler's song drove sleep away;
And much he wished that Heaven had made
Sleep a commodity of trade,
In market sold, like food and drink,
So much an hour, so much a wink.
At last, our songster did he call
To meet him in his princely hall.
Said he, "Now, honest Gregory,
What may your yearly earnings be?"
"My yearly earnings! faith, good sir,
I never go, at once, so far,"
The cheerful cobbler said,
And queerly scratched his head, –
"I never reckon in that way,
But cobble on from day to day,
Content with daily bread."
"Indeed! Well, Gregory, pray,
What may your earnings be per day?"
"Why, sometimes more and sometimes less.
The worst of all, I must confess,
(And but for which our gains would be
A pretty sight, indeed, to see,)
Is that the days are made so many
In which we cannot earn a penny –
The sorest ill the poor man feels:
They tread on each other's heels,
Those idle days of holy saints!
And though the year is shingled over,
The parson keeps a-finding more!'
With smiles provoked by these complaints,
Replied the lordly financier,
"I'll give you better cause to sing.
These hundred pounds I hand you here
Will make you happy as a king.
Go, spend them with a frugal heed;
They'll long supply your every need."
The cobbler thought the silver more
Than he had ever dreamed before,
The mines for ages could produce,
Or world, with all its people, use.
He took it home, and there did hide –
And with it laid his joy aside.
No more of song, no more of sleep,
But cares, suspicions in their stead,
And false alarms, by fancy fed.
His eyes and ears their vigils keep,
And not a cat can tread the floor
But seems a thief slipped through the door.
At last, poor man!
Up to the financier he ran, –
Then in his morning nap profound:
"O, give me back my songs," cried he,
"And sleep, that used so sweet to be,
And take the money, every pound!"

Drive sober or get pulled over.

The Chess Poem by Ayaan Chettiar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Capablanca has his own collection, but a few games are in here. Charousek shares another collection with Anderssen and Blackburne. Carlsen and Caruana now have their own collections as well, but lag behind. Fredthebear thinks chopped salad is still rather tasty!

* PGN Language Conversion: http://www.code.gr/chess-converter/...

* 68 games between Chigorin and Schiffers:
search "Chigorin vs Schiffers"

* Chigorin's 2.Qe2 vs French Defense: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

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

* The "Caribbean Tal": Philip Corbin

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

* Great Endings: Game Collection: great endings

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." ― Lao Tzu

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." ― William Shakespeare

"I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many other world champions captivated me." ― Anish Giri

"Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin." ― Hikaru Nakamura

"In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story." ― Gza

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." ― Albert Einstein

"Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them." ― Larry Fitzgerald

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." ― Archimedes

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

"Young men preen. Old men scheme." ― Mason Cooley

"Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego." ― Bobby Fischer

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." ― Henry David Thoreau

"Chess is the art of analysis." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Patience is the companion of wisdom." ― Saint Augustine

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

"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things." ― Gerald R. Ford

"My biggest competitor was my mum. I used to try to beat her at Chinese chequers, chess, carrom, volleyball, badminton, football, wrestling." ― Sunil Chhetri

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances." ― Thomas Jefferson

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

"In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber." ― Yuliya Snigir

"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!" ― Walter Scott

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." ― Steve Prefontaine

"I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal." ― Forest Whitaker

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' " ― William Arthur Ward

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." ― Epictetus

"I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days." ― Anna Kendrick

Never judge a book by its cover.

"You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport." ― Garry Kasparov

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

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ― Winston Churchill

"I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up." ― Magnus Carlsen

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." ― Mark Twain

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ― Eleanor Roosevelt

"I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be." ― Joyce Meyer

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." ― Jim Rohn

"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one." ― Will Rogers

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

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

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

* A07, B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack

* Ataman's Minis: Game Collection: Instructive Chess Miniatures (Ataman)

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

* Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054...

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

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

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems

* The Donner Party of Misery: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Don't Steal: https://www.openbible.info/topics/s...

* C-K Examples: Game Collection: Caro Kann Lines

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

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

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

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

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‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'

* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki) * GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4

* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
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* Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips...

* Artful Mates: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Neon Moon, smooth and easy: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Neon+...

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

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

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

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

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

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

* Danish treats: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (I)

* KP Beauties: Game Collection: Beautiful mates

* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...

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

* Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* 62 Masterpieces: Game Collection: Instructive Games (Chernev)

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

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

* VP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncH...

* Post-Beginners Book: Game Collection: Chess training for post-beginners

* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

"Examine what is said, not who is speaking." ~ African Proverb

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

New York: Albany
Established in: 1624

Henry Hudson (the Hudson River is named after him) arrived in Albany in 1609, but it was already home to a Dutch trading post and the Haudenosaunee tribe, Iroquois Native Americans.

The capital of New York is also its oldest city. Originally founded as Fort Orange by the Dutch settlers in 1624, the city was officially chartered by the British government as Albany in 1686. It didn't become the capital of the state until 1797. Albany was the point of origin for the first long distance airplane flight and the first passenger railroad.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." — Garry Kasparov

"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 blow your own trumpet." — Australian Proverb

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

"Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you." — Bobby Darnell

Here's a poem a dad wrote:

<ODE TO CHESS

Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls

and was pitched into the pit of defeat.

But, heedless of humiliating falls,

I clambered bravely back onto my feet

and charged again, again to be down thrust

onto the scrap heap of people who lose

onto the mound of mortifying dust

whilst my opponent sat without a bruise

upon his pedestal. We changed sides

and fought again, but I was defeated

whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides

took the throne upon which I had been seated.

Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.

But I would like to beat him just the same.>

Riddle Question: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

The Persian epic Explanation of Chatrang and the Invention of Nard tells the story of chess being introduced to the royal court by an envoy from India.

Riddle Answer: Wet, duh!

Ellison wrote:

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

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

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

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

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

Trolling is cyberbullying. The troll should be banned from the website for good.

Internet trollz are people who want to provoke and upset others online for their own amusement. Here's how to spot the signz that someone is a troll, and how to handle them.

What Are Internet Trollz?
If you've been on the internet for any period of time, you've likely run into a troll at some point. An internet troll is someone who makes intentionally inflammatory, rude, or upsetting statements online to elicit strong emotional responses in people or to steer the conversation off-topic. They can come in many forms. Most trolls do this for their own amusement, but other forms of trolling are done to push a specific agenda.

Trollz have existed in folklore and fantasy literature for centuries, but online trolling has been around for as long as the internet has existed. The earliest known usage of the term can be traced back to the 1990s on early online message boards. Back then, it was a way for users to confuse new members by repeatedly posting an inside joke. It's since turned into a much more malicious activity.

Trolling is distinct from other forms of cyberbullying or harassment. It is normally not targeted towards any one person and relies on other people paying attention and becoming provoked. Trolling exists on many online platforms, from small private group chats to the biggest social media websites. Here's a list of places online where you're likely to see online trolls:

Anonymous online forums: Places like removed to prevent more trolling are prime real-estate for online trolls. Because there's no way of tracing who someone is, trolls can post very inflammatory content without repercussion. This is especially true if the forum has lax or inactive moderation. Twitter: Twitter also has the option to be anonymous, and has become a hotbed for internet trolls. Frequent Twitter trolling methods involve hijacking popular hashtags and mentioning popular Twitter personalities to gain attention from their followers.

Comment sections: The comment sections of places such as YouTube and news websites are also popular areas for trolls to feed. You'll find a lot of obvious trolling here, and they frequently generate a lot of responses from angry readers or viewers.

You'll find trollz anywhere online, including on Facebook and on online dating sites. They're unfortunately pretty common.

Signs Someone Is Trolling
It can sometimes become difficult to tell the difference between a troll and someone who just genuinely wants to argue about a topic. However, here are a few tell-tale signs that someone is actively trolling.

Off-topic remarkz: Completely going off-topic from the subject at hand. This is done to annoy and disrupt other posters.

Refusal to acknowledge evidence: Even when presented with hard, cold factz, they ignore this and pretend like they never saw it.

Dismissive, condescending tone: An early indicator of a troll was that they would ask an angry responder, "Why you mad, bro?" This is a method done to provoke someone even more, as a way of dismissing their argument altogether. Use of unrelated images or memes: They reply to others with memes, images, and gifs. This is especially true if done in response to a very long text post. Seeming obliviousness: They seem oblivious that most people are in disagreement with them. Also, trolls rarely get mad or provoked. The list above is by no means definitive. There are a lot of other ways to identify that someone is trolling. Generally, if someone seems disingenuous, uninterested in a real discussion, and provocative on purpose, they're likely an internet troll.

How Should I Handle Them?
A "Danger: Do not feed the troll" sign on a computer keyboard.

The most classic adage regarding trolling is, "Don't feed the trollz." Trollz seek out emotional responses and find provocation amusing, so replying to them or attempting to debate them will only make them troll more. By ignoring a troll completely, they will likely become frustrated and go somewhere else on the internet.

You should try your best not to take anything trollz say seriously. No matter how poorly they behave, remember these people spend countless unproductive hours trying to make people mad. They're not worth your time of day.

If a troll becomes spammy or begins to clog up a thread, you can also opt to report them to the site's moderation team. Depending on the website, there's a chance nothing happens, but you should do your part to actively dissuade them from trolling on that platform. If your report is successful, the troll may be temporarily suspended or their account might be banned entirely.

In 1996, World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov beat IBM's "Deep Blue" supercomputer 4–2 in a best-of-6 match-up. Man and machine rematched in 1997, and the computer won 3.5–2.5 after unusually poor play by Kasparov.

<This poem is dedicated to all members who have experienced the breaking of a gentleman's agreement.

He Know No Honor

Now in yonder obscurity live a bishop called Pork his tongue protruding like a two-pronged fork.
He say: nova dear, I will play you thirty/thirty then he quickly run, I say: that be little dirty. This Pork he say; sweet nova please grant me tie upon my honor as a holy man I do never lie.
He say: nova dear: I will play you thirty/thirty but he quickly run: I say that be more than little dirty to Pork this kindly nova say: I grant you draw
as Pork's time in present game all but gone he saw. he say: dear nova, I will play you thirty/thirty as he quickly run: I truly say that be fricken dirty. now always loudly to this Pork I shall tell
no more play me but evil one who live in hell.>

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

Mrs. Elm"
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

Antibiotics
Joseph Lister and Louis Pasteur were the first to start the war against bacteria, but it was Alexander Fleming who propelled the medical world to take a giant leap ahead in the same battle thanks to his discovery – albeit accidental – of the bacteria-inhibiting mold we now call penicillin in 1928. Penicillin proved to be a major step forward in the world of antibiotics and was used widely throughout the 20th century. Although Fleming eventually abandoned his works on penicillin in the 1940s, his findings were further researched at the Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford by Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, funded by the U.S. and British governments.

Penicillin finally entered mass production after the Pearl Harbor bombing. In fact, by 1944, we had enough penicillin to treat all the wounded Allied Forces in World War II. Death by bacterial infection dropped to only 1% in WWII from 20% in the previous war. Penicillin has been found to be effective at fighting all kinds of infections such as influenza, tuberculosis, and some sexually transmitted diseases.

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." — Assiac (‘Deutsch von Heinrich Fraenkel')

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 Words Of Socrates

A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece!

"I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

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

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

* Knight Power: https://fmochess.com/the-power-of-t...

'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

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

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

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

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

Proverbs 14:29-35

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

<The Aurora's Dance

Auroras dance, in the polar night,
A symphony of colors, pure delight.
The sky's curtain, alive and aglow,
A magical display, a celestial show.>

"The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course." — Billy Graham

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

"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

* Riddle-pee-free: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

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

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

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

R&P

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01) 1-0 White hedgehog
Larsen vs J H Donner, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) 0-1 A study in Bishop play
H Keller vs W Halser, 1967 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 rob the pin
M Lungmuss vs Faure, 1961 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

Game 126 in Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev
Stahlberg vs Averbakh, 1963 
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Polish, Zukertort System (A04) 1-0 Battery on long diagonal
Santasiere vs R Draxl, 1960 
(A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) 1-0 Q trap
Smyslov vs S Schweber, 1966 
(A10) English, 30 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 1-0 Qside P droppings
Korchnoi vs J Marsalek, 1961 
(A10) English, 21 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 0-1 Pin to win
A Peredo vs Taimanov, 1960
(A10) English, 22 moves, 0-1

Double Fianchetto; Philidor's Legacy - Mate in one
Benko vs I A Horowitz, 1968 
(A12) English with b3, 20 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Bled Variation (A12) 0-1 Sticky
M Ujtelky vs N Cortlever, 1969 
(A12) English with b3, 23 moves, 0-1

English, Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 0-1 25...?
M Ujtelky vs Parma, 1966 
(A14) English, 26 moves, 0-1

English vs. Anglo-Indian Def Mikenas-Carls Var (A15) 0-1 25...?
B Wexler vs O Bazan, 1960 
(A15) English, 25 moves, 0-1

English vs AID. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var (A18) 1-0 23.?
Bobotsov vs J Kozma, 1966 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 24 moves, 1-0

K's English. 2 Knts' Keres Var (A23) 0-1 En Prise N supports Q+
Stahlberg vs Keres, 1967 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 26 moves, 0-1

K's English. 4 Knts Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Stockfish; 27...?
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1966 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Averbakh Var (A42) 1-0 Quirky final position
Bobotsov vs O M Hindle, 1967 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 23 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation (A42) 1-0 Namesake win
Averbakh vs C Kottnauer, 1960 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 22 moves, 1-0

Old Benoni 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (A43) 1-0 Qside invasion
Bagirov vs F Crowl, 1960 
(A43) Old Benoni, 24 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: General (A45) 0-1 King safety is paramount
I Zakharov vs M Yudovich Jr, 1962 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1

Cockeyed Colle-Zukertort Attack (A45) 1-0 Raking Bishops bite!
T Krabbe vs C Zuidema, 1967 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian (A46) 1-0 threaten c7
M Basman vs R Martens, 1967 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 1-0 Spearhead +s
W Pietzsch vs Smyslov, 1968 
(A48) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Adler Var (A52) 1-0 19...? Oh, Fredthebear
G Sigurjonsson vs A S Segal, 1968 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Def: Two Knts Var (A54) 1-0 Pin, Remove the Guard
L Schmid vs Westerinen, 1968 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 17 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit: Accepted. Yugoslav with 7...BxBf1 (A59) 0-1mashed
R J Gross vs Benko, 1968 
(A59) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

chapters of Christmas Tree Var in Dangerous Weapons: the Dutch
J H Donner vs E Canal, 1967 
(A84) Dutch, 24 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack (D00) 0-1 Interesting N manuevers
R Court vs A Feneridis, 1960 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn Game: Hübsch Gambit (D00) 0-1 Race his rook!
O Arvoll vs O K Lie, 1965 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

P-Q4: Veresov Atack. Classical Def (D01) 1-0 Forbidden fruit
D van Geet vs Timman, 1968 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 18 moves, 1-0

Colle System. Anti-Colle (D04) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Koltanowski vs W C Doby, 1966 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

QGD: Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 0-1 Invasion
A Bisguier vs J Littlewood, 1962 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

QGD: Albin Countergambit 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (D08) 1-0 Simul Smash
Tal vs Springall, 1964 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Var (D08) 1-0 Raking Bishops
A Nikitin vs Kupreichik, 1968
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D10) 1-0 20.?
Keene vs K Bowyer, 1963 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0

QGA: Alekhine Def (D22) 0-1 Q&N delight says Fredthebear
V Osnos vs Bagirov, 1963 
(D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Variation (D23) 1-0 23.?
Portisch vs R Garcia, 1966 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0

QGA. Janowski-Larsen Variation (D25) 1-0 sparkling play
I A Zaitsev vs Spassky, 1960 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

Game 170: Isaac Boleslavsky - Selected Games, Caissa Publishing
Boleslavsky vs Dzindzichashvili, 1966 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

QGA: Classical Def. Rubinstein Var (D27) 1-0 It's still burning
Gligoric vs Myagmarsuren, 1966 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 54 in 'Python Strategy' by Tigran Petrosian
Petrosian vs Suetin, 1960 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD. Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 1-0 Octopus & R on 7th!
Botvinnik vs Robatsch, 1966 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD: Been-Koomen Variation (D50) 1-0 No more P shield
Taimanov vs Alburt, 1965 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD: Manhattan Var (D51) 1-0 Black weakens his own Kside
Keene vs T Lack, 1962 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Def. Rubinstein (D61) 1-0 Which side falls first?
R Camara vs J H Serra Azul, 1960
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD. Orthodox Def. Classical Var (D69) 1-0 Two hogs on 7th rank
Keene vs G C Lund, 1962 
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 29 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical (D86) 1-0 Postal
H Berliner vs G Borisenko, 1965 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Accepted (E10) 0-1 0-0 blown apart
Z Milev vs L Zinn, 1960 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Accepted (E10) 0-1 Sactastic!
M Tataev vs M Balitinov, 1962 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 Horwitz Bishops
O Rodriguez Vargas vs T Tsagan, 1964 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System (E14) 0-1 Greek Gift
Timman vs J H Donner, 1969 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

NID: Kmoch Var (E20) 0-1 Overwhelming crossfire through center
Gheorghiu vs Stein, 1965 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 22 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Var 15...0-0-0?! (E30) 1-0
H Berliner vs A Bisguier, 1960 
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 35 Modern Chess Brilliancies by Larry Evans
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1960 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 24 moves, 1-0

NID Normal. Gligoric System Bronstein Var (E55) 1-0 17.?
Gligoric vs C Pritchett, 1967 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

KID: Normal. King's Knight Variation (E60) 1-0 26.?
Smyslov vs M Fuller, 1969 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

KID. Classical Fianchetto (E67) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
W Pietzsch vs Fischer, 1965 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 24 moves, 0-1

KID: Accelerated Averbakh Var (E70) 1-0 Pin to win!
A W Bowen vs J H Beaty, 1962 
(E70) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

KID: Normal (E70) 0-1 "Ripe Apples"
Szabo vs Fischer, 1960 
(E70) King's Indian, 24 moves, 0-1

KID. Four Pawns Attack. Normal Attack (E77) 0-1 Down the hatch
L Liptay vs Spassky, 1962 
(E77) King's Indian, 21 moves, 0-1

KID. Saemisch. Double Fianchetto (E82) 0-1 Cramped
M Tamburini vs Botvinnik, 1960 
(E82) King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation, 25 moves, 0-1

"Get in on the Ground Florin" (game of the day Feb-28-2007)
Gheorghiu vs Kavalek, 1969 
(E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 25 moves, 0-1

KID: Saemisch. Closed Var (E87) 0-1 Royal assassination
V Liberzon vs Boleslavsky, 1960 
(E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 29 moves, 0-1

KID Orthodox. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92) 1-0 White wins a B
Keres vs S Johannessen, 1967 
(E92) King's Indian, 15 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: General (A00) 0-1 Black crushes the center
J Penquite vs W F Taber, 1961
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine (A00) 1-0 target g7
P Dely vs D Andric, 1968 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening e5, d5 (A00) 1-0 Castle opposite & blast away
Larsen vs B Kolvig, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Paris Gambit Nh3(A00) 1-0The 6 pawn gambit?!
H E Myers vs T Alvarez, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Slav Formation (A00) 1-0 Black backs down
Stein vs E Book, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: Symmetrical (A00) 0-1 net 3 minors for the Q
M Knezevic vs Razuvaev, 1968 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening e5, d5, d4 (A00) 1-0 Check, check, take, take
Larsen vs Simagin, 1962 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: 2.f4 (A00) 1-0 Watch the center dissolve
Suttles vs C Aykroyd, 1965 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 Discover+ Philidor's Legacy
D van Geet vs W Litmanowicz, 1964 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening 1.b4 a5 2.b5 e5 (A00) 0-1 Dbl Rook sac
I McNab vs Miles, 1967 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Polish Opening 1.b4 a5 2.b5 Nf6 (A00) 0-1 Q trap
G Nilsson vs S Olsson, 1965 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

Polish Opening Miniature (A00) 1-0 Stunning Blackburne's Mate!
Konstantin Chernyshov (elder) vs A Lesiak, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Polish Sokolsky Attack vs KID (A00) 0-1 Kolty's recommendation
V Kozomara vs R Byrne, 1967 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

Polish vs Dutch Classical (A00) 1-0 Various declined captures
A Sokolsky vs A Lukin, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening: Outflank Variation (A00) 0-1 Correspondence
E Schuehler vs W Muster, 1963 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 1-0Keene's Def. - Slick Unpin!
C Bloodgood vs B Brown, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0Blind Swine; Stockfish notes
C Bloodgood vs D Casteen, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined 3.g5 (A00) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy
C Bloodgood vs B Evans, 1961 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Hippopotamus (A00) 1-0 from Poughkeepsie, NY USA
Fischer vs W Beach, 1963 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Black Hippo; Windmill Perpetual Draw
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Reti/Reversed Alekine Def vs Cntr P duo (A00)1-0 Hook Mate next
Larsen vs T van Scheltinga, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0

"Larsen's Selected Games" by Bent Larsen
Larsen vs Geller, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: English Var (A01) 0-1 Semi-Smothered Mate
Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1

annotated by Larsen in Chess Informant 8, game 1.
Larsen vs F Martinez Ibrahim, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening (A02) 1-0 The Queen goes hunting!
Larsen vs Gligoric, 1966 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 66 moves, 1-0

Bird-English (A02) 1-0 Desperado Zwischenzugs Tactical N Upin
B Ekenberg vs Andersson, 1969 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 63 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening Octopus (A02) 0-1 Exhibition fisticuffs
Larsen vs Fischer, 1962 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Anti-Bird (A02) 0-1 Bg1 clears the mating square
R Wyss vs Barcza, 1968 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Rolling Knights
C Krause vs I Schuett, 1968 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 13 moves, 0-1

14. 100 Best Games of 20th Century by GM Andrew Soltis
M Lazarevic vs N Gaprindashvili, 1961 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack (A02) 1-0 Pawn avalanche
H E Myers vs Young, 1964 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Beautiful play on the wings
Larsen vs Spassky, 1964 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Dutch (Larsen) Var (A03) 1-0 R sac, R lift...
E Canal vs E Paoli, 1966 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

This was a murky game, even for Tal.
Portisch vs Tal, 1964 
(A04) Reti Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

KIA / Zukertort Opening: Sicilian (A04) 1-0 Q sac, B cut-off
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Forks plus forks plus fork threats = 0-1
J Lewi vs J Adamski, 1969 
(A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1

The first encounter between Ray Keene and John Nunn.
Keene vs Nunn, 1963 
(A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

KIA: Smyslov Var/Delayed Polish (A05) 1-0 Cntr steamroller!
Smyslov vs W Ader Hausman, 1964 
(A05) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Smyslov Var (A05) 1-0 Spearhead
Stein vs J Rodriguez Gonzalez, 1968 
(A05) Reti Opening, 47 moves, 1-0

Reti-Polish double fianchetto (A06) 0-1 Extreme knights
Smyslov vs Spassky, 1961 
(A06) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 1-0 Q sac
N Spiridonov vs Shamkovich, 1969 
(A06) Reti Opening, 49 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Pachman's Def e5, d5-d4, Bg7 (A07) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Botvinnik vs Pachman, 1960 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

Instructive Strong Point e5
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Sicilian Defense: Modern (B50) 1-0 Penetrate f7
Karpov vs K Payrhuber, 1969 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 1-0 N support and N fork
Karpov vs Fedin, 1964 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

KIA Dbl Fio Bg2, Bb2 vs Reversed Botvinnik System (A07) 1-0
Reshevsky vs R Byrne, 1969 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Dbl Fio (A07) 1-0 White Q sac & connected rooks
Stein vs A Sokolsky, 1960 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 45 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack vs KID Yugo c5 (A07) 0-1 Central grip
Z Rutka vs Kupreichik, 1966
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 0-1

Dbl Fio KIA: Bg4 Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0 raking Bishops
M Podgaets vs Klovans, 1969 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

KIA vs French Bb7/QGD Orthodox (A07) 1-0 Greek Gift!
Botvinnik vs J Letzelter, 1968 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Assault & Battery
A Phillips vs Golombek, 1961 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

It's the C25 Vienna Game!
I Bilek vs Matulovic, 1968 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1-0

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

KIA vs Sicilian c5, d5, e5 (A08) 1-0 W counter offers
Stein vs L Zinn, 1961 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

KIA: Sicilian Var (A08) 0-1 Must recognize BxN Remove the Guard
O Gadia vs F Vasconcellos, 1965
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian (A10) 1-0 Powerful Interpose
R Garcia vs E Figueroa, 1963 
(A10) English, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 89 of 125 Selected Games by Vasily Smyslov
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1969 
(A10) English, 32 moves, 1-0

"Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves" by Bruce Pandolfini
E Nikolic vs Fischer, 1968 
(A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1

English, Great Snake Var (A10) 0-1Bishops? It was the Ns again!
Alberto Baca vs I Kanko, 1966 
(A10) English, 28 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Great Snake (A10) 1-0 Plenty of Kside tactics
L Tavares da Silva vs O Gadia, 1964 
(A10) English, 29 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) 1-0 Minority Attack
Benko vs Taimanov, 1960 
(A13) English, 40 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0
Keres vs E Book, 1969 
(A14) English, 30 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Old Indian(A15) 0-1 RK notes
Keene vs Stein, 1968  
(A15) English, 33 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Q's Knt Var (A16) 0-1 Bad B
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1966 
(A16) English, 61 moves, 0-1

Yuri Averbakh protested legal 0-0-0?!?
Averbakh vs C Purdy, 1960 
(A16) English, 48 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Q's Knight Var (A16) 1-0Neat Dbl pin
Pachman vs G Gunnarsson, 1967 
(A16) English, 27 moves, 1-0

In a pickle? Sacrifice something!
R Toran vs Tal, 1961 
(A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik gives both his rooks away and finishes w/a flurry
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 
(A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0

K's English. Two Knights' Fianchetto Line (A22) 1-0 Brilliant!
Kavalek vs W Pietzsch, 1967 
(A22) English, 30 moves, 1-0

King's English. Two Knights' Keres Var (A23) 1-0 Piece action
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 73 moves, 1-0

Closed Sicilian w/colors reversed; blistering MG
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968 
(A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0

King's English. Three Knights System General (A27) 0-1 Passer
H MacGrillen vs Tukmakov, 1969 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 32 moves, 0-1

23. ? John Emms' Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book Set 3
Stein vs V Lepeshkin, 1965 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0

K's English. Four Knights Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Polka finish!
W Schmidt vs J Lewi, 1968 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 42 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Bind (A30) 1-0 Overworked Pawn
Tal vs A Menvielle Laccourreye, 1966 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 1-0 Q pin, counterattack!
Polugaevsky vs I Bilek, 1969 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Bind (A30) 1-0pen lines to own K?
Petrosian vs Gipslis, 1965 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A31) 1-0 Seize the 7th!
N Minev vs Kavalek, 1963 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 26 moves, 1-0

Knight dominates Bishop - Fischer's final win 11-0 sweep
A Saidy vs Fischer, 1964 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Three Knights (A34) 1-0 Spearhead pin
Petrosian vs H Lehmann, 1960 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System (A36) 1-0 2 Q's lose!
A Reshko vs V Faibisovich, 1969 
(A36) English, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 151 in The Guinness Book of Chess GMs by William Hartston
Smyslov vs Tal, 1964 
(A36) English, 72 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Duchamp Var (A38) 1-0 B combo
Larsen vs A Davie, 1967 
(A38) English, Symmetrical, 25 moves, 1-0

Kangaroo Defense (A40) 1-0 Full of twists and turns
J Kozma vs Sliwa, 1967 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Q Pawn Fianchetto (A40) 0-1 Remove the Guard, promo
I Birbrager vs Suetin, 1964 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1

Englund Gambit (A40) 0-1 Q sac, fine rook tactics
H Beer vs H Grob, 1966 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Bg2, Bb2 vs Bg7 (A40) 0-1 34...?
Filip vs Petrosian, 1965 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Modern Def. Averbakh System. Kotov Var (A42) 0-1 Stack 'em up
R E Hartley vs Keene, 1963 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 26 moves, 0-1

Modern Def: Averbakh System. Kotov (A42) 1-0 Battery prevails
Spassky vs E Macskasy, 1964 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 41 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Averbakh System. Kotov Var (A42) 1-0 lateral pin
J H Donner vs C Kottnauer, 1962 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 25 moves, 1-0

Benoni Def: Old Benoni. P Thrust (A44) 1-0 Cross pin backfires
R Toran vs F Kuijpers, 1965 
(A44) Old Benoni Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Torre Attk: Classical Def (A46) 0-1 Artful P roller, Crossfire
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Which Q rules the Qside?
Spassky vs V Osnos, 1963 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

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

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Zwischenzug+
Z Doda vs Sliwa, 1963 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Magnificent mating attack!
A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1965 
(A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 0-1 Small but elegant combo!
W Pietzsch vs Smyslov, 1965 
(A48) King's Indian, 30 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 1-0 Light Squared Symphony!
P Trifunovic vs M Aaron, 1962 
(A48) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz - Steiner Var (A51) 0-1 Smothered#
K Lagha vs E Contedini, 1960 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 10 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Def. Czech Var w/Nc3 (A53) 0-1 Rook show stopper!!!
V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965 
(A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Def. Janowski Var. (A53) 0-1 Remove the Guard mini
F Visier Segovia vs Tal, 1966 
(A53) Old Indian, 15 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Defense: Czech Var (A53) 1-0 39.?
Uhlmann vs Bronstein, 1966 
(A53) Old Indian, 40 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Def. Ukrainian Var (A54) 0-1 Impressive R work
G Garcia vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1964 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 35 moves, 0-1

Benoni Def. K's Indian System (A56) 1-0 Q decoy sac, Dbl check
I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: KID System (A56) 1-0 Photo link in notes
Najdorf vs Panno, 1963 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Czech Benoni Def (A56) 1-0 Krasnov needs kibitz
S Krasnov vs Kholmov, 1969 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Benoni Def: Hromadka System (A57) 0-1R decoy beats mate in one!
Tolush vs A Filipowicz, 1964 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1

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

This game was annotated by Benko in CL&R, Jan 1970, p.22.
B Blumin vs Benko, 1969 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1

Game 2 in Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match for the World CC by Tal
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960 
(A61) Benoni, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Var (A62) 1-0 Tied to guard duty
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962 
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1-0

David downs Goliath in a model Benoni
J Penrose vs Tal, 1960 
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 39 moves, 1-0

KID/Benoni 4Pawns Attack. Normal Attack (A68) 1-0 Spearhead
I Nei vs Z Doda, 1960
(E77) King's Indian, 34 moves, 1-0

Benoni Def. 4 Pawns Attack. Main Line (A69) 1-0 Instructive EG
V Mikenas vs B Vladimirov, 1963 
(A69) Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line, 42 moves, 1-0

Benoni Def Four Pawns Attack. ML (A69) 1/2-1/2 Sharp MG
P Peev vs B Pietrusiak, 1968 
(A69) Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Benoni Def. Four Ps Attk. ML (A69) 0-1 11.Nb5 A Bridge Too Far
Szabo vs J H Donner, 1968 
(A69) Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line, 24 moves, 0-1

Benoni Def: Classical. Full line(A74) 1-0wee bit over-stretched
Keene vs B Armstrong, 1965 
(A74) Benoni, Classical, 9...a6, 10.a4, 32 moves, 1-0

Benoni Def. Classical. Czerniak Def (A78) 0-1 Surprise combo
A Ufimtsev vs Tal, 1967 
(A78) Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6, 28 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack (A80) 1-0 Notes by Ray Keene
Petrosian vs A Nielsen, 1960  
(A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def. Raphael Var (A80) 1-0 Like jumping in front of a bus
Polugaevsky vs E Franco Raymundo, 1966 
(A80) Dutch, 15 moves, 1-0

Friendly Blitz - Bronstein only managed to defeat Spassky once
Bronstein vs Spassky, 1961 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

Ripley loses in 11, believe it or not. Fredthebear believes.
J M Ripley vs O Hardy, 1963 
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 11 moves, 0-1

QGD Semi-Tarrasch Def. Pillsbury Var. (B14) 1-0 Black w/2 en pr
Najdorf vs Portisch, 1962 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0

Damiano's Defense 3...Qe7 finds sac perpetual vs Fischer.
Fischer vs R F McGregor, 1964 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2

Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 0-1 Max use of half-open file
P Mertens vs E Eichhorn, 1968 
(C22) Center Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Stanley Var(C26) 1-0 3 possible checkmate patterns
Fischer vs M McDermott, 1964 
(C26) Vienna, 17 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Stanley. Monster Declined (C27) 1-0 h-file battery
Gufeld vs U Tarve, 1969 
(C27) Vienna Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Modern (C29) 1-0 R sac opens b-file to castled K
W Reichenbach vs H Pfleger, 1960 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

"40 Combinations with Explanations" section of "Sorcerer's Appr
Bronstein vs Tal, 1968 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0

Amazing KGA (C34) 1-0 Poor M20 is strung along the entire way.
Bronstein vs M20, 1963 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

KGA Fischer Def. (C34) 0-1Spearhead; Black's Q reaches 1st rank
P Goldberg vs W Loeffler, 1966 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1

Good enough for a Bond film
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 Who takes the rook?
Dzindzichashvili vs Kalandazichvili, 1967 
(C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C50) 1-0 Bullied on the 6th
Koltanowski vs R P McClary, 1962 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Reinfeld used this position for his puzzle books
Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Mieses Def (C52) 1-0 Imperfect splatter but how!
Fischer vs A LoCoco, 1964 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0

"the one book Bobby didn't go through"
A Hoffmann vs Fischer, 1963 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical. Greco (C54) 1-0 Shades of Frank Marshall
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

Writer/Coach Dan Heisman's teenage miniature - 1st "book" win
D Heisman vs D Fennick, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian Greco Gambit M-T Attack (C54) 1-0 Nxh7 h-file attack
Andersson vs M Johansson, 1969
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 57 moves, 1-0

GREAT COMBINATION (Arabian # in 2) staring down jaws of defeat!
V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Double Rs Sac
Speelman vs J T Fletcher, 1969 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Ulvestad Variation 5...b5?!(C57) 0-1 See notes
K Burger vs Zweiburg, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Fritz Variation (C57) 1-0 Throwin' Haymakers!
Walker vs A Wright, 1967 
(C57) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

100 best games of 20th century by Andrew Soltis
Y Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965 
(C57) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1

Ruy Lopez Steinitz Def (C62) 0-1 Who takes the rook?
Kupreichik vs Dzindzichashvili, 1968 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Cordel Gambit (C64) 1-0 Robbing the pin smothers the Q
Vasiukov vs S Giterman, 1960 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 8 moves, 1-0

Kavalek kept all eight of his pawns
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Schara Gambit (D32) 0-1, 15 moves Kamikazi Bishops
A Matanovic vs J H Donner, 1965 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 0-1

Certainly this must rank among Keres' finest
Hort vs Keres, 1961 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1

Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz (C72) 1-0Give to get glory
Geller vs Spassky, 1964 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy, Modern Steinitz Def (C75) 1-0 Common Qf6 trap
Fischer vs V Ciocaltea, 1962 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0Spearhead Q fork
D Burk vs A Wishnek, 1968 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 8 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 R shot! Q to nab Q!
Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 1-0

Gligoric occupies the center and loses the back rank.
Bronstein vs Gligoric, 1967 
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 40 moves, 1-0

A knight on the rim is dim, it's chances are slim!
Fischer vs J Terrone, 1964 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 0-1 R offer declined
C F Tears vs G Flum, 1965 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 0-1

BFTC: Page 154, move 26.?
Fischer vs H Seidman, 1960 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0

Deep combo with g6 by Spassky
Spassky vs Geller, 1965 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

The longest decisive game without captures
A Medina Garcia vs Gligoric, 1968 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Great combo; use the pin and open up the kingside
Geller vs Portisch, 1967 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 23 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, Closed. Keres Def (C96) 1-0 Smashing Kside mob
Spassky vs H Ree, 1967 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 46 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Keres Def (C96) 1-0 Photo
Fischer vs Keres, 1962 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed. Chigorin Def (C97)1-0 Q is overworked defender
Tal vs Gligoric, 1964 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 0-1 Temp N sac for passer
Fischer vs Kholmov, 1965 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 46 moves, 0-1

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Vienna (D00) 1-0 2 sacs to invade
Keene vs J N Sugden, 1963 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Teichmann (D00) 0-1 Penetrate weak sqrs
J Acers vs C Hoey, 1964 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

Game 148 in 'Soviet Chess 1917-1991' by Andrew Soltis.
Petrosian vs N Krogius, 1960 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Queen trap in Torre Attack by Timman
Timman vs H Bouwmeester, 1967 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 9 moves, 1-0

QGD Austrian Def. Gusev Countergambit (D06) 1-0 Pile on pin
Portisch vs Bronstein, 1969 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D13) 1-0 Qside exchanges, trapped R
Birjukov vs Frolov, 1968 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 11 moves, 1-0

Slav Def. Czech. Classical System ML (D19) 1/2-1/2 Surprise!
V F Titenko vs J Murey, 1963 
(D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGA Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 0-1 Black castles, brings it!
A Foguelman vs Bronstein, 1964 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 0-1

QGA. Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 B sac for a P breakthrough
Petrosian vs Polugaevsky, 1963 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0

QGA. Normal (D25) 1-0 Bxh6 Kside assault; K chase across
Taimanov vs V Mikenas, 1965 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0

QGA. Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 P sacs, B sac, Passer
Petrosian vs Ivkov, 1965 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical (D32) 0-1 Serious pins
A Lein vs Korchnoi, 1964 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def. Schara Gambit (D32) 0-1 Stairway theme
I Polgar vs J Trapl, 1963 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def (D32) 1-0 Open e-file, nifty ending
Sliwa vs H Fronczek, 1963
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 67 moves, 1-0

QGD Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 1-0 Stunning Deflection
Szabo vs I Polgar, 1969 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 42 in Bobby Fischer Rediscovered by Andrew Soltis
H Berliner vs Fischer, 1963 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 0-1 Queen mate on e5
Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1

QGD Semi-Tarrasch Def. Pillsbury Var (D41) 1-0 N sac Kside attk
Keres vs Geller, 1962 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0

QGD Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange (D41) 1-0 Brilliant!!
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1969 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 76 in Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 3
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0

G77 in Spassky's 101 Best Games 1949-1972, by Bernard Cafferty
Spassky vs K Langeweg, 1967 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

Useful rook lift and rook sacrifice w/diagonal assistance
Portisch vs S Johannessen, 1966 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav, Meran. Reynolds' Variation (D48) 1-0 R-B-N Sac
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1965 
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD. Pseudo-Tarrasch. Primitive Pillsbury Var (D50) 1-0 Qside A
A Chistiakov vs Shashin, 1960 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

Neo-Grünfeld Def. Delayed Exchange (D75) 0-1 Two N discoveries
S Hamann vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1962 
(D75) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5, 18 moves, 0-1

Mindboggling final combination after 23...Rde7
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965 
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0

World Championship Match- Gruenfled Def. 3 Kts. Var. 1-0 K walk
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Russian Var (D96) 0-1 Benko's Brilliancy!
A Bisguier vs Benko, 1963 
(D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 31 moves, 0-1

Horowitz said "One bad move ruins forty good ones."
G Garcia vs Ivkov, 1965 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 The Q cleans house for her pawns
A Bisguier vs Benko, 1960
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 Impressive Q sac
R Toran vs O'Kelly, 1967 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Like a moth drawn to the fire...tactical slugfest w/Tal
Tal vs H Hecht, 1962 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0

QID Kasparov-Petrosian ML (E12) 0-1Minority Attack bxc6 counter
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 56 moves, 0-1

After being tricked, Uhlmann wriggled out w/a neat perpetual
Uhlmann vs O Kinnmark, 1963 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

QID Kasparov var. Botvinnik Attack (E12) 0-1 B sac for early Q+
K Langeweg vs Portisch, 1963 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

QID: Kasparov Var (E12) 0-1 Greco's Mate is coming!
Uhlmann vs N Minev, 1963 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 0-1

QID Spassky System (E14) 0-1 Interesting ending
Vaganian vs Karpov, 1969 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 54 moves, 0-1

QID Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Attack (E15) 0-1 Rooks ramschackle
Benko vs Keres, 1963 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1

Game 2 in Move by Move - Spassky (Franco)
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1964 
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 24 moves, 1-0

He lost to someone younger
Gheorghiu vs Fischer, 1966 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 50 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights (E21) 0-1 A hidden gem!
Korchnoi vs Simagin, 1960 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

"No Trouble at Tal"
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Var (E27) 1-0 Q says take me!
Bronstein vs Geller, 1961 
(E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Var (E30) 0-1 His dream game!?
NN vs Bronstein, 1961 
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 19 moves, 0-1

NID Huebner Var (E41) 1/2-1/2 Classic Q Stalemate of Cornered K
Portisch vs Lengyel, 1964 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

G38 Modern Chess Brilliancies by Larry M. Evans. Algebraic ed.
J H Donner vs Portisch, 1968 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 28 in Keres: Move by Move by Zenon Franco Ocampos
Keres vs Spassky, 1965 
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Swindled into a capture stalemate or immune perpetual check
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Fischer's Greatest Game from the Lengendary 63 US Championship
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

KID Normal. K's N Var (E60) 0-1Attack foiled by brilliant R sac
Z Doda vs Portisch, 1969 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61) 0-1 Raiding party Q sac
A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1961 
(E61) King's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1

KID Fianchetto. Simagin Var (E62) 0-1 Cramped into Zugzwang
Quinteros vs Panno, 1968 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 34 moves, 0-1

KID Panno Blockade Line (E63) 1-0 A memorable combination
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

KID Classical Fianchetto (E67) 0-1 Splendid Super Nezh!
V Timofeev vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1970 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 29 moves, 0-1

KID: Classical Fianchetto (E67) 0-1 Black Q for 3 pieces
H Kokkoris vs Kavalek, 1968 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 28 moves, 0-1

Zwischenzug! and 2 perplexing N sacs.
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960 
(E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1

KID Normal Variation (E70) 0-1 A real cliff-hanger
Gligoric vs Stein, 1962 
(E70) King's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1

Game 21 in Fischer's
Letelier vs Fischer, 1960 
(E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

KID. Accelerated Averbakh Var (E70) 0-1 Deviation punishment
Stein vs Geller, 1966 
(E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

KID. Normal. Standard (E73) 1-0 Positional N sacrifice!
Uhlmann vs Robatsch, 1963 
(E73) King's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0

KID: Averbakh. Benoni Def Advance Var (E75) 1-0 Hort demolition
Hort vs D Minic, 1967 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 28 moves, 1-0

KID 4 Pawns, Dynamic Attack (E76) 1-0His name erased from books
B Soos vs Geller, 1962 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Def: Saemisch (E80) 1-0 Firepower on h-file
Hort vs R Byrne, 1962 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 18 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Saemisch (E80) 1-0 Double Check
Spassky vs Evans, 1962 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

Chess Informant Golden Games, Volume 8
Spassky vs J Penrose, 1969 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 49 moves, 1-0

"Dizzyness Due to Success"
L Day vs A Kalotay, 1965 
(E82) King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

KID Saemisch. Panno (E83) 1-0 Anastasia's Mate!
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968 
(E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 1-0

KID. Saemisch. Panno (E84) 0-1 Deflect her from the diagonal
G Ustinov vs Stein, 1965 
(E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 30 moves, 0-1

KID Saemisch. Closed 7…c6 (E88) 0-1 Positional sac of Queen
Korchnoi vs Geller, 1963 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 56 moves, 0-1

KID. Orthodox. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92) 1/2-1/2 Photo
Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1966 
(E92) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID: Orthodox. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92) 1-0 R shot!
Shamkovich vs I Ryc, 1968 
(E92) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

KID. Petrosian. Normal Def (E93) 0-1 Tie down, cross pin, zw+
B Wexler vs Fischer, 1960 
(E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 30 in 'My 60 Memorable Games' by Robert James Fischer.
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1961 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID Orthodox. Classical System Misc. Lines (E98) 0-1 Pin POWER
Larsen vs Tal, 1969 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 40 moves, 0-1

London System vs Reversed Reti (D02) 0-1Black space, initiative
Bondarevsky vs Bronstein, 1963 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Czech. Classical System (D18) 1-0 What a finish!
Gligoric vs M Gerusel, 1969 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0

Excerpt from Pachman's "Checkmate in Prague", 1973
Pachman vs E Lundin, 1960 
(D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0

QGA: Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 32.?
Korchnoi vs A Petersons, 1965 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Def. Two Knights Var (D32) 0-1 Stunning finish removes
S Hamann vs N Minev, 1963 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 37 moves, 0-1

G67 inThe Soviet Champships by Mark Taimanov & Bernard Cafferty
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1961 
(D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Three Knights Var (D90) 1-0 OCB ending
Smyslov vs Stein, 1969 
(D90) Grunfeld, 51 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Smyslov Defense (D94) 0-1 a masterpiece!
Polugaevsky vs Smyslov, 1960 
(D94) Grunfeld, 45 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack vs h6, g5 Fianchetto Def (A48) 1-0 Undoubled Pawns
Spassky vs Najdorf, 1967 
(A48) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 46 in Petrosian's Best Games of Chess, 1946-63 P.H. Clarke
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1961 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 47 moves, 0-1

40.? is #234 in Lev Alburt's 'Chess Training Pocket Book'
I Bilek vs Gligoric, 1962 
(E92) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

NID: Normal. Gligoric System Bronstein Var (E55) 0-1 Stockfish
Gligoric vs Keres, 1963 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

KID: Accelerated Averbakh Var (E70) 0-1 On the run!
F J Perez vs J Durao, 1961 
(E70) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1

"Phony Benoni" (game of the day Apr-29-2005) 19.?
Kavalek vs Matulovic, 1966 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Closed Sicilian w/colors reversed made Fredthebear appear green
Spassky vs A Medina Garcia, 1968 
(A26) English, 40 moves, 1-0

QID: Fianchetto BxBb7. General (E15) 1-0 Pawn majority
Benko vs F Olafsson, 1963 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

"Working on a Chain Gang" (game of the day Mar-13-2018)
Korchnoi vs Barcza, 1966 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Game 31 in 'Petrosian: Move by Move' by Thomas Engqvist
Petrosian vs Panno, 1963 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 62 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 33.?
Szabo vs L Liptay, 1962 
(D85) Grunfeld, 34 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 1-0 34.?
N Krogius vs Jansa, 1965 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Game 36 in 50 Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddins
Shamkovich vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1961 
(E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1

G21 in Chess Secrets: Giants of Innovation by Craig Pritchett
Botvinnik vs Larsen, 1965 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Def 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (A46) 1/2-1/2
Spassky vs A Zaitsev, 1962 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

QGD: Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 Hoppy Knight
Spassky vs A Korelov, 1962 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Def (A10) 0-1 Qs to the corners
Kotov vs A Zaitsev, 1967 
(A10) English, 39 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Stonewall (A10) 1-0Base of P chain
Portisch vs I Radulov, 1969 
(A10) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Exchange. Symmetrical Line (D14) 1-0 Blind Swine w/B
Keene vs M Basman, 1963 
(D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A60) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
R Bandal vs Fischer, 1967 
(A60) Benoni Defense, 43 moves, 0-1

QGA: Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Larsen vs Spassky, 1966 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 0-1

Petrosian - Spassky World Championship Match (1966), Moscow URS
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966 
(E59) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line, 41 moves, 1-0

QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Def. Exchange Var (D41) 1-0 29.?
A Zaitsev vs Furman, 1967 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 34 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Nxf7 KxNf7 keep it coming!
Spassky vs L Zinn, 1962 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 44 in 'Botvinnik: Move by Move' by Cyrus Lakdawala
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 63 moves, 1-0

G17 Chess Secrets: Heroes of Classical Chess by Craig Pritchett
Portisch vs Fischer, 1966 
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 35 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Hromadka System (A57) 1-0 Benko beats the Benko
Benko vs G Tringov, 1964 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 54 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Leningrad Var (A87) 0-1 Central Crossfire
V Glatman vs M Yudovich Jr, 1968 
(A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 30 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 Harmonic play
Savon vs Tal, 1969 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 69 in 'The Soviet Championships' by Taimanov & Cafferty
Spassky vs Tal, 1961 
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 35 moves, 1-0

KID: Normal. Standard Development (E73) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Petrosian vs Geller, 1961 
(E73) King's Indian, 50 moves, 0-1

G139 in 'The Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time' by John Emms
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 11 in Samuel Reshevsky's book "The Art of Positional Play"
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1969 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. QID (A15) 1-0
Pachman vs Smyslov, 1967 
(A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0

London System vs Dbl Fio Bg7, Bb7 (D02) 0-1 Rook on 2nd
Larsen vs B Andersen, 1960 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

G124 Svetozar Gligoric Collected Games, Edited by Colin Leach
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1960 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 33 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E07) 1-0 32.?
Larsen vs A Matanovic, 1965 
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

KID: Orthodox. Aronin-Taimanov Def (E97) 1/2-1/2 Photo
Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1960 
(E97) King's Indian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

KID: Averbakh. Benoni Def Advance Var (E75) 1-0 Stockfish
Najdorf vs Fischer, 1966 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 31 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Anglo-Grünfeld (A16) 1-0 Stockfish
Korchnoi vs D Byrne, 1968 
(A16) English, 31 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 0-1 Stockfish notes
C Guimard vs Fischer, 1960 
(A48) King's Indian, 58 moves, 0-1

English vs Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 0-1 Stockfish
Lombardy vs Fischer, 1967 
(A15) English, 54 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Fischer Var (E44) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Korchnoi vs Botvinnik, 1960 
(E44) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2, 42 moves, 1-0

Game 14 in "Winning Chess Middlegames" by Ivan Sokolov
Bronstein vs Simagin, 1961 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 44 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Def: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Mecking vs Gipslis, 1967 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) 0-1 Absolute Shocker!?!
Fischer / Evans vs L M Gersch, 1960 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Uhlmann Var (A61) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
M Germek vs Tal, 1961 
(A61) Benoni, 31 moves, 0-1

Bg2 vs Modern Defense: Bg7 (A40) 0-1 Uncommon castle by hand
Forintos vs Suttles, 1964 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 32 in 'Stein: Move by Move' by Thomas Engqvist.
Stahlberg vs Stein, 1965 
(E78) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3, 36 moves, 0-1

King's English. Four Knights Quiet Line (A28) 0-1 28...?
C Bielicki vs Smyslov, 1964 
(A28) English, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 13 in Chess Informant Best Games 1-100
Tal vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1966 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1-0

Borg Defense: 2...g4?! 3.Qxg4 (B00) 0-1 Combinations, Tactics
E Pospisilova vs I Kopecek, 1968 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 34 moves, 0-1

NID. Normal. B Attack Classical Def (E48) 1-0 underestimated
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961 
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 41 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 picture link
Spassky vs Reshevsky, 1964 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0

NID: Normal. Gligoric System (E53) 0-1 Surrender, or else!
I Bilek vs Smyslov, 1967 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 32 moves, 0-1

Tibor Karolyi's book "Karpov's Strategic Wins" Volume 1: The M
Karpov vs Gaimaletdinov, 1961 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 60 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik - Tal World Champship Match (1960), Moscow URS, rd 12
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 72 moves, 1/2-1/2

Englund Gambit Complex (A40) 1-0 Stefan Bücker gives 8.a4!
A R Cullinane vs B Thomas, 1969 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Raymond Keene: Stein's Immortal, without a shadow of a doubt
N Krogius vs Stein, 1960 
(E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1

KID: Four Pawns Attack (E76) 0-1 Remove the Guard
S Johannessen vs N Suer, 1964 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 40 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Var (E46) 1-0 Spearhead
B Brinck-Claussen vs C Boutteville, 1966 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

White's K never moved, hibernating like Fredthebear E80 1-0 40
Petrosian vs Najdorf, 1961 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 40 moves, 1-0

KID. Orthodox. Gligoric-Taimanov System (E92) 1-0 Interference
Najdorf vs Geller, 1967 
(E92) King's Indian, 68 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Old Sicilian (A07) 0-1 Did VK know what he was doing?
J Bednarski vs Korchnoi, 1966 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Var / KIA (A01) 1-0
Larsen vs Saemisch, 1969 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Makogonov Variation (D94) · 1-0
A Planinc vs S Leban, 1965 
(D94) Grunfeld, 25 moves, 1-0

Queen's Indian Defense: Yates Var (E16) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1968 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 55 moves, 1-0

QID: Classical. Traditional Main Line (E19) 0-1 Stockfish
Gheorghiu vs Korchnoi, 1968 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 42 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni, Spielmann Def (A32) 0-1
A Bisguier vs Stein, 1962 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

QGA. Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 0-1 Checkmate plan gets Poleaxed
Shainswit vs R H Steinmeyer, 1963 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: King Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 Pawn related
Geller vs Benko, 1968 
(B06) Robatsch, 73 moves, 1-0

P-Q4: Veresov Atack. Veresov Var (D01) 0-1 Just Take IT
R Seoev vs Kholmov, 1961 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 29 moves, 0-1

KID. Classical Fianchetto (E67) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Portisch vs Geller, 1961 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 40 moves, 0-1

King's English. Two Knights' Var Keres Var (A23) 1-0 SF notes
Smyslov vs Bronstein, 1969 
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: General (A80) 1-0 Pseudo-Blackburne's Mate w/a Pawn!
B Starck vs D Bertholdt, 1962 
(A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0

QID. Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Marco Def (E12) 0-1
Petrosian vs Keres, 1961 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 50 moves, 0-1

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Normal Line (D08) 1-0 Q fork adds on
I Farago vs R Berczy, 1968 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

King's English. Reversed Sicilian (A21) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1964 
(A21) English, 44 moves, 1-0

KID. Accelerated Averbakh Var (E70) 1-0 Open g-file mate next!
O Neikirch vs A Matanovic, 1960 
(E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0

Mikenas Defense (A40) 1-0 Q sac unpin, checks, pins, forks
Keene vs E Fielder, 1964  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 31.? Notes by Stockfish
M Janata vs H Lehmann, 1969 
(A09) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0

KID: Accelerated Averbakh Variation (E70) 0-1 34...?
F Parr vs O M Hindle, 1962 
(E70) King's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1

Tigran Exchange sac...The Bot falters in the fifth hour.
Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1966 
(A10) English, 34 moves, 0-1

Positionally correct? It doesn't get more correct than this
V Nowak vs Karpov, 1966 
(E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 19 moves, 0-1

The scorpion's sting at the tail end of a combination.
R Teschner vs Keres, 1960 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 41 moves, 0-1

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