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620 motel swim pool splashed Fredthebear C50s-C9
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"Si vis pacem, para bellum" ― Cicero

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ne kadar bilirsen bil, o kadar azdır.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512.

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

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

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

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

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

* Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

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

* Crouch's book: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

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

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

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

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

* Sicilian Face Plants:
Game Collection: sicilian defense(opening traps)

* Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes

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

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

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

* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...

* Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...

* Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING

* Volo plays the KP faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk

* 20 Various Italian Games: Game Collection: Italian Game

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* The Italian Game, Classical: Game Collection: Giuco Piano

* Annotated Evans Gambits: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

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

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* TIP: Click on the e8 square to see a computer engine analysis of the position.

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

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

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

"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...

<The Three Wise Men of Gotham

Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
And if the bowl had been stronger
My song would have been longer.>

‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'

* Back rankers: Game Collection: Back Rank Mate Examples

* H2B Black Bart: Game Collection: tpstar KG

* Black Licorice: Game Collection: repertorio gaston

* Black B-G Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAI...

* More slow QP answers for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK2...

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Deflection/Undermining the Defender: Game Collection: Deflection/Undermining Tactics-- OTB Examples

* Devin's Doughnuts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goK...

* Dutch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAo...

* Short Draws: Game Collection: Short Forced Draws

* For now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fik...

* Colle System: Game Collection: The Colle System: Koltanowski, Phoenix, Zukertor

* Colle book Introduction: Game Collection: Games from "The Ultimate Colle" by Gary Lane

* Copy the Colle 5.c3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3N...

* Club 1.d4 Nf6 2...e6 3...as you please. Symmetrical English ...c5, Qc7, a6, form a hut/small center. Much the same w/the QGA dxc4 and cxd4: D Kryakvin vs Evgeni Kuligin, 2008

Also, Lasker's NY System fighting for e4 is good against slow QP openings w/a pawn on e3.

* G Boogie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSL...

* Gambits & stuff: https://gambitchessplayer.com/page/3/

* More Gs: https://saintlouischessclub.org/blo...

* King's English: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Reti/English 0-1: Game Collection: Reti/English systems: Black's viewpoint

* Bg2 vs Bg7 English: Game Collection: Inglesa 3

* Common Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI1...

* Pie? https://www.old-mill.com/oldmill-re...

* Gene Pitney tells one version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDN...

* Queen's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfL...

* Queen's Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7g...

* Snipe Hunting: https://temposchlucker.blogspot.com...

* Tartakower Defense: https://www.chess.com/blog/MatBobul...

* Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch playing his Tarrasch Defense! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Zwischenzug! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-q...

* Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD...

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

* 4 Ns 4 Black: Game Collection: Four Knights Game for Black

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

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

* Overview of the Open games:
Game Collection: The Open Games: 1.e4 e5

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

* Open Kaspa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSH... Leonhardt Gambit, Bc4 vs Pirc D & Alekhine D, Bishop's Opening 3.Nf3 Kieseritzky Gambit, Petroff D Cochrane Gambit, links.

* Slow down w/the Petroff: Game Collection: 0

* Philidorians: Game Collection: winning with the philidor

* Combat the Spanish: Game Collection: JAENISCH GAMBIT (SCHLIEMANN DEFENSE)

* More Schliemanns: Game Collection: schliemann

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

* Zwischenzug inserts: Game Collection: tactics: Zwischenzug

<The Essential Sosonko: Collected Portraits and Tales of a Bygone Chess Era by Genna Sosonko

Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union chess was developed into an ideological weapon that was actively promoted by the country's leadership during the Cold War. Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik, their best chess players grew into symbols of socialist excellence. Sosonko writes from a privileged dual perspective, combining an insider's nostalgia with the detachment of a critical observer. He grew up with legendary champions such as Mikhail Tal and Viktor Korchnoi and spent countless hours with most of the other greats and lesser chess mortals he portrays.

Sosonko was born in Leningrad, where he lived for 29 years and worked as a chess coach. After emigrating to the Netherlands, he became a world-class chess grandmaster, participating in the strongest competitions around the globe. In the late 1980s he began to write about the champions he knew and their remarkable lives in New In Chess Magazine. First, he wrote primarily about Soviet players and personalities, and later, he also began to portray other chess celebrities with whom he had crossed paths. They all vividly come to life as the reader is transported to their time and world. Once you've read Sosonko, you will feel you know Capablanca, Max Euwe and Tony Miles. And you will never forget Sergey Nikolaev.

This monumental book is a collection of the portraits and profiles Genna Sosonko wrote for New in Chess magazine. The stories have been published in his books: Russian Silhouettes, The Reliable Past, Smart Chip From St. Petersburg and The World Champion I Knew. They are supplemented with further writings on legends such as David Bronstein, Garry Kasparov and Boris Spassky. They paint an enthralling and unforgettable picture of a largely vanished age and, indirectly, a portrait of one of the greatest writers on the world of chess. Garry Kasparov wrote the Foreword.> ― Amazon

Near the surface, Earth has an atmosphere that consists of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, and neon. The atmosphere affects Earth's long-term climate and short-term local weather and shields us from much of the harmful radiation coming from the Sun. It also protects us from meteoroids, most of which burn up in the atmosphere, seen as meteors in the night sky, before they can strike the surface as meteorites.

* 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.'>

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

Hush-a-bye, Baby

Hush-a-bye, Baby, upon the tree top,
When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
Down tumbles cradle and Baby and all.

Chess Squares Riddle
Riddle Question: How many squares are in a chessboard?

The name Earth is at least 1,000 years old. All of the planets, except for Earth, were named after Greek and Roman gods and goddesses. However, the name Earth is a Germanic word, which simply means "the ground."

Riddle Answer: 204 squares: 64 one-by-one squares, 49 two-by-two, 36 three-by-three, 25 four-by-four, 16 five-by-five, 9 six-by-six, 4 seven-by-seven, and 1 eight-by-eight

Dreamers
By Siegfried 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.

"A chain is only as strong as its weakest link." A team or group is only as strong as its weakest member. If a person is not performing in a group, the whole group will suffer.

"Birds of a feather flock together."
People with similar tastes often form a group for company or discussion.

"One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best results not when you apply superhuman effort but when you let the game flow organically and allow yourself to be fully present. You'll often hear scouts say of a great prospect, "The game comes slow to him." It means the prospect is skilled and poised enough to let the game unfold in its own time, paying no attention to the angst or urgency or doubt, funneling all awareness to the athletic task at hand." — R.A. Dickey

<Tips to calm down
Here are some helpful, actionable tips you can try the next time you need to calm down.

1. Breathe
"Breathing is the number one and most effective technique for reducing anger and anxiety quickly," says Scott Dehorty, LCSW-C, of Delphi Behavioral Health.

When you're anxious or angry, you tend to take quick, shallow breaths. Dehorty says this sends a message to your brain, causing a positive feedback loop reinforcing your fight-or-flight response. That's why taking long, deep calming breaths disrupts that loop and helps you calm down.

There are various breathing techniques to help you calm down. One is three-part breathing. Three-part breathing requires you to take one deep breath in and then exhale fully while paying attention to your body.

Once you get comfortable with deep breathing, you can change the ratio of inhalation and exhalation to 1:2 (you slow down your exhalation so that it's twice as long as your inhalation).

Practice these techniques while calm so you know how to do them when you're anxious.

2. Admit that you're anxious or angry
Allow yourself to say that you're anxious or angry. When you label how you're feeling and allow yourself to express it, the anxiety and anger you're experiencing may decrease.

3. Challenge your thoughts
Part of being anxious or angry is having irrational thoughts that don't necessarily make sense. These thoughts are often the "worse-case scenario." You might find yourself caught in the "what if" cycle, which can cause you to sabotage a lot of things in your life.

When you experience one of these thoughts, stop and ask yourself the following questions:

Is this likely to happen?
Is this a rational thought?
Has this ever happened to me before?
What's the worst that can happen? Can I handle that?
After you go through the questions, it's time to reframe your thinking. Instead of "I can't walk across that bridge. What if there's an earthquake, and it falls into the water?" tell yourself: "There are people that walk across that bridge every day, and it has never fallen into the water."

4. Release the anxiety or anger
Dehorty recommends getting the emotional energy out with exercise. "Go for a walk or run. Engaging in some physical activity releases serotonin to help you calm down and feel better."

However, you should avoid physical activity that includes the expression of anger, such as punching walls or screaming.

"This has been shown to increase feelings of anger, as it reinforces the emotions because you end up feeling good as the result of being angry," Dehorty explains.

5. Visualize yourself calm
This tip requires you to practice the breathing techniques you've learned. After taking a few deep breaths, close your eyes and picture yourself calm. See your body relaxed, and imagine yourself working through a stressful or anxiety-causing situation by staying calm and focused.

By creating a mental picture of what it looks like to stay calm, you can refer back to that image when you're anxious.

6. Think it through
Have a mantra to use in critical situations. Just make sure it's one that you find helpful. Dehorty says it can be, "Will this matter to me this time next week?" or "How important is this?" or "Am I going to allow this person/situation to steal my peace?"

This allows the thinking to shift focus, and you can "reality test" the situation.

"When we're anxious or angry, we become hyper-focused on the cause, and rational thoughts leave our mind. These mantras give us an opportunity to allow rational thought to come back and lead to a better outcome," Dehorty explains.

7. Change your focus
Leave the situation, look in another direction, walk out of the room, or go outside.

Dehorty recommends this exercise so you have time for better decision making. "We don't do our best thinking when anxious or angry; we engage in survival thinking. This is fine if our life is really in danger, but if it isn't life threatening, we want our best thinking, not survival instincts," he adds.

8. Have a centering object
When you're anxious or angry, so much of your energy is being spent on irrational thoughts. When you're calm, find a "centering object" such as a small stuffed animal, a polished rock you keep in your pocket, or a locket you wear around your neck.

Tell yourself that you're going to touch this object when you're experiencing anxiety or frustration. This centers you and helps calm your thoughts. For example, if you're at work and your boss is making you anxious, gently rub the locket around your neck.

9. Relax your body
When you're anxious or angry, it can feel like every muscle in your body is tense (and they probably are). Practicing progressive muscle relaxation can help you calm down and center yourself.

To do this, lie down on the floor with your arms out by your side. Make sure your feet aren't crossed and your hands aren't in fists. Start at your toes and tell yourself to release them. Slowly move up your body, telling yourself to release each part of your body until you get to your head.

10. Drop your shoulders
If your body is tense, there's a good chance your posture will suffer. Sit up tall, take a deep breath, and drop your shoulders. To do this, you can focus on bringing your shoulder blades together and then down. This pulls your shoulders down. Take a few deep breaths.

You can do this several times a day.

11. Identify pressure points to calm anger and anxiety Going for a massage or getting acupuncture is a wonderful way to manage anxiety and anger. But it's not always easy to find time in your day to make it happen. The good news is, you can do acupressure on yourself for instant anxiety relief.

This method involves putting pressure with your fingers or your hand at certain points of the body. The pressure releases the tension and relaxes your body.

One area to start with is the point where the inside of your wrist forms a crease with your hand. Press your thumb on this area for two minutes. This can help relieve tension.

12. Get some fresh air
The temperature and air circulation in a room can increase your anxiety or anger. If you're feeling tense and the space you're in is hot and stuffy, this could trigger a panic attack.

Remove yourself from that environment as soon as possible and go outside — even if it's just for a few minutes.

Not only will the fresh air help calm you down, but also the change of scenery can sometimes interrupt your anxious or angry thought process.

13. Fuel your body
Being hangry never helps. If you're hungry or not properly hydrated, many relaxation techniques won't work. That's why it's important to slow down and get something to eat — even if it's just a small snack.

Try nibbling on some dark chocolate. ResearchTrusted Source shows it can help boost brain health and reduce stress.

Wash it down with a cup of green tea and honey. Studies show green tea can help reduce the body's stress response. Research has found that honey can help relieve anxiety.

14. Chew gum
Chewing on a piece of gum can help reduce anxiety (and even boost mood and productivity). In fact, research shows people who chew gum regularly are typically less stressed than non-gum chewers.

15. Listen to music
The next time you feel your anxiety level cranking up, grab some headphones and tune in to your favorite music. Listening to music can have a very calming effect on your body and mind.

16. Dance it out
Get moving to your favorite tunes. Dancing has traditionally been used as a healing art. ResearchTrusted Source shows it's a great way to combat depression and anxiety and increase quality of life.

17. Watch funny videos
Sometimes laughter really is the best medicine. Research has found that laughing provides therapeutic benefits and can help relieve stress and improve mood and quality of life. Do a quick internet search to find funny videos for an instant mood boost.

18. Write it down
If you're too angry or anxious to talk about it, grab a journal and write out your thoughts. Don't worry about complete sentences or punctuation — just write. Writing helps you get negative thoughts out of your head.

19. Squeeze a stress ball
When you're feeling stress come on, try interacting with a stress-relief toy. Options include:

stress ball
magnetic balls
sculpting clay
puzzles
Rubik's cube
fidget spinner

20. Try aromatherapy
Aromatherapy, or the use of essential oils, may help alleviate stress and anxiety and boost mood. Those commonly used in aromatherapy include:

bergamot
cedarwood
chamomile
geranium
ginger
lavender
lemon
tea tree
Add a few drops of essential oil to a diffuser, or mix it with a carrier oil (like coconut oil) and apply to your skin for quick relief.

21. Seek social support
Venting to a trusted friend, family member, or coworker can do wonders. Even if you don't have time for a full play-by-play phone call, a quick text exchange can help you let it all out and help you feel heard.

Bonus points if you engage with a funny friend who can help you laugh for added stress relief.

22. Spend time with a pet
Interacting with your favorite furry friend can decrease levels of the stress hormone cortisol and lower blood pressure. Quality time with a pet can also help you feel less alone and boost your overall mood.>

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

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

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

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

pages 24-25 of The Year Book of the United States Chess Federation 1944 (Chicago, 1945), which published ‘Brave Heart', Anthony Santasiere's tribute to Frank J. Marshall. Written in August 1942 for Marshall's 65th birthday, it began:

Brave Heart –
We salute you!
Knowing neither gain nor loss,
Nor fear, nor hate –;
But only this –
To fight – to fight –
And to love.

Santasiere then gushes on in a similar vein for another 40 lines or so, and we pick up the encomium for its final verse:

For this – dear Frank –
We thank you.
For this – dear Frank –
We love you!
Brave heart –
Brave heart –
We love you!

The Wolf Accusing The Fox Before The Monkey

A wolf, affirming his belief
That he had suffered by a thief,
Brought up his neighbour fox –
Of whom it was by all confessed,
His character was not the best –
To fill the prisoner's box.
As judge between these vermin,
A monkey graced the ermine;
And truly other gifts of Themis
Did scarcely seem his;
For while each party plead his cause,
Appealing boldly to the laws,
And much the question vexed,
Our monkey sat perplexed.
Their words and wrath expended,
Their strife at length was ended;
When, by their malice taught,
The judge this judgment brought:
"Your characters, my friends, I long have known, As on this trial clearly shown;
And hence I fine you both – the grounds at large To state would little profit –
You wolf, in short, as bringing groundless charge, You fox, as guilty of it."

Come at it right or wrong, the judge opined
No other than a villain could be fined.

According to Chessmetrics, Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924.

"Just because you know stuff doesn't mean you are smart... You have to know how to use that information." ― Josh Keller

Kabhi kabhi toot jaati hai dil, phir bikhar jaata hai

The Three Kings By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Three Kings came riding from far away,
Melchior and Gaspar and Baltasar;
Three Wise Men out of the East were they,
And they travelled by night and they slept by day, For their guide was a beautiful, wonderful star.

The star was so beautiful, large and clear,
That all the other stars of the sky
Became a white mist in the atmosphere,
And by this they knew that the coming was near
Of the Prince foretold in the prophecy.

Three caskets they bore on their saddle-bows,
Three caskets of gold with golden keys;
Their robes were of crimson silk with rows
Of bells and pomegranates and furbelows,
Their turbans like blossoming almond-trees.

And so the Three Kings rode into the West,
Through the dusk of the night, over hill and dell, And sometimes they nodded with beard on breast, And sometimes talked, as they paused to rest,
With the people they met at some wayside well.

"Of the child that is born," said Baltasar, "Good people, I pray you, tell us the news;
For we in the East have seen his star,
And have ridden fast, and have ridden far,
To find and worship the King of the Jews."

And the people answered, "You ask in vain;
We know of no King but Herod the Great!"
They thought the Wise Men were men insane,
As they spurred their horses across the plain,
Like riders in haste, who cannot wait.

And when they came to Jerusalem,
Herod the Great, who had heard this thing,
Sent for the Wise Men and questioned them;
And said, "Go down unto Bethlehem,
And bring me tidings of this new king."

So they rode away; and the star stood still,
The only one in the grey of morn;
Yes, it stopped—it stood still of its own free will, Right over Bethlehem on the hill,
The city of David, where Christ was born.

And the Three Kings rode through the gate and the guard, Through the silent street, till their horses turned And neighed as they entered the great inn-yard; But the windows were closed, and the doors were barred, And only a light in the stable burned.

And cradled there in the scented hay,
In the air made sweet by the breath of kine,
The little child in the manger lay,
The child, that would be king one day
Of a kingdom not human, but divine.

His mother Mary of Nazareth
Sat watching beside his place of rest,
Watching the even flow of his breath,
For the joy of life and the terror of death
Were mingled together in her breast.

They laid their offerings at his feet:
The gold was their tribute to a King,
The frankincense, with its odor sweet,
Was for the Priest, the Paraclete,
The myrrh for the body's burying.

And the mother wondered and bowed her head,
And sat as still as a statue of stone,
Her heart was troubled yet comforted,
Remembering what the Angel had said
Of an endless reign and of David's throne.

Then the Kings rode out of the city gate,
With a clatter of hoofs in proud array;
But they went not back to Herod the Great,
For they knew his malice and feared his hate,
And returned to their homes by another way.

Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight. ~ Scottish Proverb

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Amanda Kay wrote:

Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb

Drive sober or get pulled over.

Below is a Morphy acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861: Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,
Of early genius high its boasted lord!
Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame, Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;
Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: – Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.

The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell

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

* Learn these and burn them! https://herculeschess.com/chess-tac...

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Post hoc ergo propter hoc

The Bird Wounded By An Arrow

A bird, with plumed arrow shot,
In dying case deplored her lot:
"Alas!" she cried, "the anguish of the thought!
This ruin partly by myself was brought!
Hard-hearted men! from us to borrow
What wings to us the fatal arrow!
But mock us not, you cruel race,
For you must often take our place."

The work of half the human brothers
Is making arms against the others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

George Ezra's hit song <Budapest>

My house in Budapest
My hidden treasure chest,
Golden grand piano
My beautiful Castillo...

Give me one good reason
Why I should never make a change
And baby if you hold me
Then all of this will go away

The following acrostic by W. Harris is to be found in another book published in 1882, A Complete Guide to the Game of Chess by H.F.L. Meyer, page ix:

Chess is such a noble game,
How it does the soul inflame!
Ever brilliant, ever new,
Surely chess has not its due;
Sad to say, 'tis known to few!

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

xy za bc Zhu held back Zanshin hzev8y.

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

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

Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs used their slaves as fly catchers. They would lather their slaves in honey, which would serve a dual purpose of attracting any flies to their slaves rather than themselves, as well as trapping and killing the flies.

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

Patty Loveless "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

The Ingratitude And Injustice Of Men Towards Fortune

A trader on the sea to riches grew;
Freight after freight the winds in favour blew;
Fate steered him clear; gulf, rock, nor shoal
Of all his bales exacted toll.
Of other men the powers of chance and storm
Their dues collected in substantial form;
While smiling Fortune, in her kindest sport,
Took care to waft his vessels to their port.
His partners, factors, agents, faithful proved;
His goods – tobacco, sugar, spice –
Were sure to fetch the highest price.
By fashion and by folly loved,
His rich brocades and laces,
And splendid porcelain vases,
Enkindling strong desires,
Most readily found buyers.
In short, gold rained wherever he went –
Abundance, more than could be spent –
Dogs, horses, coaches, downy bedding –
His very fasts were like a wedding.
A bosom friend, a look his table giving,
Inquired whence came such sumptuous living.
"Whence should it come," said he, superb of brow, "But from the fountain of my knowing how?
I owe it simply to my skill and care
In risking only where the marts will bear."
And now, so sweet his swelling profits were,
He risked anew his former gains:
Success rewarded not his pains –
His own imprudence was the cause.
One ship, ill-freighted, went awreck;
Another felt of arms the lack,
When pirates, trampling on the laws,
Overcame, and bore it off a prize.
A third, arriving at its port,
Had failed to sell its merchandize, –
The style and folly of the court
Not now requiring such a sort.
His agents, factors, failed; – in short,
The man himself, from pomp and princely cheer,
And palaces, and parks, and dogs, and deer,
Fell down to poverty most sad and drear.
His friend, now meeting him in shabby plight,
Exclaimed, "And whence comes this to pass?"
"From Fortune," said the man, "alas!"
"Console yourself," replied the friendly wight:
"For, if to make you rich the dame denies,
She can't forbid you to be wise."

What faith he gained, I do not wis;
I know, in every case like this,
Each claims the credit of his bliss,
And with a heart ingrate
Imputes his misery to Fate.

Driving too fast is linked to the majority of all traffic accidents. About one-third of all traffic fatalities are caused, in part, due to driving too fast.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

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

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

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

Psalm 8
King James Version

8 O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.

3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field;

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!

CHESS

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

- Rael

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

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

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

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

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

The Human Seasons
by John Keats

Four Seasons fill the measure of the year;
There are four seasons in the mind of man:
He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear
Takes in all beauty with an easy span:
He has his Summer, when luxuriously
Spring's honied cud of youthful thought he loves

To ruminate, and by such dreaming high
Is nearest unto heaven: quiet coves
His soul has in its Autumn, when his wings
He furleth close; contented so to look
On mists in idleness—to let fair things
Pass by unheeded as a threshold brook.
He has his Winter too of pale misfeature,
Or else he would forego his mortal nature.

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

<by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878:

Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.>

God Our Father, Lord, and Savior
Traditional

God our Father, Lord, and Savior

Thank you for your love and favor

Bless this food and drink we pray

And all who share with us today.

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen.

French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)

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

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

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

Z is for Zipper (to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb")

Zipper starts with letter Z,
Letter Z, letter Z,
Zipper starts with Letter Z,
/z/, /z/, /z/, /z/!

Table stakes

Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 1-0Shades of Edward
Tran Nguyen Duy Tung vs NN, 2021 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1-0

Pawn captures a Knght which also makes David & Goliath Mate
Bird vs Pinkerley, 1850 
(000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0

Chess variants (000) 1-0 Open diagonals and pins are powerful!
Tarrasch vs Sergel, 1891 
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware (C51) 1-0Stockfish; 25.?
Bledow vs P Bilguer, 1838 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C51) 1-0 Sideways Vukovic Mate!
S Dubois vs Moore, 1845 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) 1-0 Stockfish
Horwitz vs Kieseritzky, 1846 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 K walk survives
Morphy vs A D Ayers, 1855 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Evan's Gambit minus 1N (000) 1-0 zwischenzug during attk!
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1858 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Morphy vs NN, 1857 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

20. Rxb5!! uses defense, demolition, clearance and a pin threat
Anderssen vs S Hamel, 1857 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Pierce Def (C52) 1-0Stockfish notes
Morphy vs G Hammond, 1857 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0

Chess variants/Evan's Gambit (000) 1-0 Rob the pins
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

Evan's Gambit minus 1kNight (000) 1-0 Boden's Mate!
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Paulsen Var (C51) 0-1 Stockfish
Kolisch vs Paulsen, 1861 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1

A beautiful finish found in Reinfeld checkmate books
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C51) 1-0 Q sac, got her back
Steinitz vs P Duffy, 1865 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Paulsen Var (C51) 1-0 offramp says
Anderssen vs V Knorre, 1865 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Paulsen Var (C51) 1-0 TrulyFabulous
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Paulsen Var (C51) 1/2-1/2 Difficult
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1870 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

See links to 5 entertaining Anderssen-Zukertort Evans Gambits
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1871 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 59 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Compromised Def (C52) 1-0Dovetail #
Steinitz vs R Gray, 1872 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0

Variants/ K's Knight Gambit less R (000) 1-0 Storming Knights!!
Steinitz vs NN, 1874 
(000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Goering Attack (C51) 1-0 Dbl B sac, rolling Ns
S Rosenthal vs Baron d'Anglas, 1876 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Compromised Def ML (C52) Exciting!
Mephisto vs Gunsberg, 1878 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 38 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Compromised Def ML (C52) 1-0Greco theme, P roller
J Taylor vs Zukertort, 1883 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0

Italian, Evans Gambit. Compromised Def ML (C52) 1-0 book link
Ware / Young vs Zukertort, 1884 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 56 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Waller Attack (C52) 1-0 More wood
K de Weydlich vs Winawer, 1885 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0

Solitaire Chess column in Chess Review, January 1949
Tarrasch vs C Kelz, 1890 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 Q grabs P, gets trapped
Gunsberg vs Steinitz, 1891 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0

The Father of Russian Chess takes down the World Champion
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch gave rook odds and attacked all out w/a Scotch Gambit
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893 
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Lasker Defense (C52) 0-1Black owns the open lines
Chigorin vs Lasker, 1895 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Lasker Def (C52) 0-1Stockfish notes
St. Petersburg vs Vienna, 1898 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51) 1-0 Pin & Knight fork
Chigorin vs L Didier, 1900 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0

Italian, Evans Gambit. Compromised Def (C52) 0-1 KEG annotates!
Marshall vs Janowski, 1901 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Q sac removes f7 d
Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Lasker Def (C52) 1-0 Violent Blindfold Simul
Alekhine vs N Sorokin, 1916 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit 7.Nd5 (C51) 1-0 18 yr old MB drops N
I Kan vs Botvinnik, 1929 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Waller Attk (C52) 1-0 Discovery QxQ
P Kuhn vs Gerhard Keck, 1952 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

Bob Dylan: Only a Pawn in their Game
Fischer vs K B Schou, 1962 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Anderssen Var (C51) 1-0 7...Nxe4?
K Arakhamia-Grant vs R Churm, 1995 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit (C51) 0-1 Unusual for a reason
S Conquest vs L Winants, 1996 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C52) 1-0 Death on His Throne
S Leite vs K Johannesson, 2012 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) 0-1
J Kraai vs B Lugo, 2004 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

Italian, Jerome Gambit 6.d4 P fork (C51) 1-0 R sac, skewer+ QxR
L Nelson vs Z Sugar, 2006 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 Tactical Masterpiece
J Hector vs M Antonsen, 2010 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 Clearance sac fails
J Mehringer vs K Johannesson, 2012 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 11 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 Blitz
Ganguly vs A Aleksandrov, 2014 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 4.d4 e5 Anderssen Counterattack (B01) 1-0 Easy
Tarrasch vs C Nilsson, 1913 
(B01) Scandinavian, 15 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open. Breslau Var (C83) 0-1 Dbl B Mate w/Chernev notes
NN vs Tarrasch, 1915  
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1

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

American Chess Bulletin, November 1930, p.165
F Herrmann vs H Hussong, 1930 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 32 moves, 0-1

Italian, Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 1-0 Pin Pepers Black
P Peper vs G E Pearce, 1944 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Closed Var (C53) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Szabo vs T van Scheltinga, 1947 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1 Nxf7
O Soyka vs B Tot, 1948 
(C57) Two Knights, 12 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 0-1 R sac, Spearhead #
NN vs A Fritz, 1880 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 0-1

Four Knights, Spanish. Rubinstein Var (C48) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish
Botvinnik vs Fine, 1938 
(C48) Four Knights, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 15 in Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch
Unzicker vs Saemisch, 1949 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 23 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian 4Knts (C50) 0-1En prise+ clears file
J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Italian(C50) 0-1Go straight for the throat!
C Lolli vs D Ercole Del Rio, 1755 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50) 0-1 Best Game Prize
Mason vs Gunsberg, 1889 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian 4 Knts (C50) 0-1 N sac for 2 pawns
Salwe vs Chigorin, 1903 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1

Italian Game (C50) 1-0Philidor's Legacy is a Q sac, smothered #
Koltanowski vs M Hofferbert, 1947 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 0-1 14...?
Salwe vs Rubinstein, 1903 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian vs. Two Knights Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 He read up!
L Barden vs W Adams, 1950 
(C57) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian Four Knts (C50) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Chigorin vs Pillsbury, 1902 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Rousseau Gambit (C50) 1-0 Black K walk
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game 4.0-0 (C50) 1-0 Q sacrifice for unique P mate
O Bernstein vs NN, 1932 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 11 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian Four Knights (C50) KEG annotates
Gunsberg vs L Didier, 1901 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 1-0

Game 32 Spassky's 101 Best Games 1949-1972 by Bernard Cafferty
Spassky vs A Genin, 1959 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. M.L. (C51) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 37 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51) 1-0 P storm w/R battery
Anderssen vs J Minckwitz, 1870 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 46 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51) 1-0 Stockfish
Morphy vs de Riviere, 1858 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51) 1-0 Not Robert
H Lehmann vs P Mueller-Breil, 1952 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Paulsen Var (C51) 0-1 Stockfish
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1866 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 44 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Hein Cntrgambit (C51) 1-0 Stockfish
Anderssen vs Kolisch, 1860 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 3 Pieces hit f7, h7 w/pins
B Wall vs V Duncan, 1981 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) 0-1
D Sermek vs A Mikhalchishin, 2002
(C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) 0-1 31...?
Turov vs E Postny, 2003 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 Blindfold simul
Blackburne vs V C Peyer, 1875 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 Bishops & Knights in fights!!
E Kossak vs Dufresne, 1851 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Lasker Defense (C52) 1-0 26.Qxg6! win easily
Kolisch vs S F Loyd, 1867 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52) 1-0 P wedge on 6th
Chigorin vs V Manko, 1901 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Slow Variation (C52) 1-0Diagonal & f-file attack
Chigorin vs A Weber, 1898 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0

"...brilliant and interesting..."
Blackburne vs G Beach, 1900 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 "Ranken Fail"
W Hodges vs C Ranken, 1851 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Waller Attack (C52) 1-0 Splendid!
Kolisch vs R Dawson, 1860 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Compromised Def (C52) 1-0 Stockfish
G Neumann vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

Italian Game Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1Illustration
Horwitz vs Staunton, 1851 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 0-1

Italian Classical, Cntr Attack (C53) 1-0 Notes by J. Lowenthal
Morphy vs J Cunningham, 1859  
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Closed (C53) 0-1 17...?
W Popert vs Cochrane, 1841 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit (C53) 1-0 X-rayed!
C De Vere vs J I Minchin, 1866 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Tarrasch (C53) 0-1 Unpin, Overworked P
Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1925 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Bird's Attack (C53) 1-0 Rooks hammer the 6th
Bird vs M Weiss, 1882 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Alexandre Gambit (C53) 1-0 Juniors
Fischer vs F Saksena, 1955 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. General (C53) 0-1Simul Q sac for Arab#
Lasker vs A Lynn, 1902 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1

G1 in Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the CMs by Fred Reinfeld
Schiffers vs M Harmonist, 1887 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0

Black's queen is pushed around like a soggy waffle.
G Neumann vs B von Guretzky-Cornitz, 1863 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0

Old ML Moeller Attack 13...0-0 Sham Q sac, rowdy Rs
Euwe vs J O'Hanlon, 1919 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0

C54 0-1 22 Rd3 Interference followed by Q+ & fork LPDO B
Saint Amant / Marie Florimond de B vs Morphy, 1858 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: 2Knts Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0 Crafty Rs
A Fritz vs E Schallopp, 1883 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Open Variation (C55) 1-0 22.?
J Corzo vs M Golmayo, 1896 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def (C55) 1-0 N sac into Spearhead #
Koltanowski vs NN, 1953 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Kts Def. Perreux Var (C55) 0-1 0-0-0+! Pins
Marshall / Souweine vs Elwell / Napier, 1896 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 20 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit. Double Gambit Accepted (C56) 1-0 Arabian Mate
E Holt vs T Bingamon, 1947 
(C56) Two Knights, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 0-1 Dbl R Sacs
Euwe vs Reti, 1920 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk Accepted (C56) 1-0Q trap
Glukharev vs V I Murakhveri, 1969 
(C56) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Nakhmanson Gambit (C56) 1-0 Corr
E Sokolov vs Rushnikov, 1964 
(C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 R shot
Tartakower vs E Steiner, 1921 
(C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

"I never knew such a game was possible" - Tigran Petrosian
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2Kts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1 K walk
Shankar Roy vs R Forster, 1991 
(C57) Two Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

2 kNights Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac (C57) 0-1Discovered+
H Leo vs K Dyke, 1974 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

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

2 Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac (C57) 0-1 Dbl R Sac
S Morrison vs T K Hemingway, 1952 
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1

2Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 1-0 N+ fork or #
Lum vs Jackson, 1978 
(C57) Two Knights, 9 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Ns Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1
Babitsky vs G Sapundjiev, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack K March line (C57) 0-1
C M Grider vs F Pratt, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Italian vs Two Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk Knt Sac (C57) 0-1 _f2
F Nijsen vs Peter van Diepen, 1973 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac (C57) 0-1 Flames~
Bitanov vs Schmidt, 1971 
(C57) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1

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

"Euwe the Calculator" was demolished by Bogoljubov!
Bogoljubov vs Euwe, 1941 
(C58) Two Knights, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Bogoljubow Var (C58) 0-1Corr
Young vs L Barden, 1945 
(C58) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Defense. Polerio, Suhle Def (C59) 0-1 K walk
Fomenko vs L Radchenko, 1967 
(C59) Two Knights, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Fianchetto Defense (C60) 1-0 Pins
J Moles vs L Teirlinck, 1969
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 13 moves, 1-0

"Famous Amos" (game of the day Sep-15-2009)
NN vs W Rutherford, 1866 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Cozio Defense (C60) 1-0 Black K caught in center
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1873  
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 0-1 Q sac for Greco's Mate
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 1-0 notes by Steinitz
J W Baird vs Bird, 1889  
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62) 1-0 Central forces
Aronin vs Jurkov, 1965
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense (C62) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Schliemann Def. Exchange (C63) 1-0 first outing
Moheschunder vs Cochrane, 1850 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 20 moves, 0-1

"Great Short Games of the Chess Masters" by Fred Reinfeld.
C Mayet vs Anderssen, 1851 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 12 moves, 0-1

This Alexander plays like Alekhine C64 0-1 23
A Alexander vs O Cordel, 1870 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Classical. Central Var (C64) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1914 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Classical. Central Var (C64) 0-1 Stockfish notes
A Baratz vs Tartakower, 1932 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 Pile on the pin!
E Schallopp vs G Neumann, 1864 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

"Same Old Samo" (game of the day Oct-14-2009)
D Waterman vs R Samo, 1974 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 67 in 'Lasker's Manual of Chess' by Emanuel Lasker
Bird vs Steinitz, 1868 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Nyholm Attack (C65) 1-0 KEG annotates
Schlechter vs G Marco, 1901 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 55 moves, 1-0

CHESS: 5334 Problems, Combos & Games as Game #4543 on p. 831
Lasker vs F Loewenthal, 1898 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

G58 in '500 Master Games of Chess' by Dr. Tartakower & Du Mont
D Przepiorka vs Reti, 1911 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Berlin Def. Improved Steinitz Def (C66) 1-0 Strange K
Matulovic vs Asfary, 1972 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Def. Pillsbury Var (C67) 0-1 Ns & diagonal pin
S Jacoby vs Charousek, 1896 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish Berlin Def. Pillsbury Var (C67) 0-1 Every move a threat
M Porges vs Lasker, 1896  
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accptd (C67) 1-0Trap w/analysis
L Bachmann vs M Fiechtl, 1886 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accptd (C67) 1-0 Stockfish
Ljubojevic vs R Calvo Minguez, 1973 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 14 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro(C67) 0-1 Q sac, Arabian Mate
Duras vs V Vlk, 1902 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Def Minckwitz Var (C67) 1-0Rip open the file
Marshall vs J A McKee / F G Harris, 1903 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0 KEG annotates
Gunsberg vs Winawer, 1901 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 66 moves, 1-0

Game 4, p. 17 My Chess Career by Capa (Dover edition 1966)
Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, 1906 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 7 in 'The Game of Chess' by Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Pillsbury, 1898 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0

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

Game 2 Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0 25.?
Tarrasch vs M Harmonist, 1891 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 Lovely!
C De Vere vs J I Minchin, 1871 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0Stockfish
H Hesse vs NN, 1930 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 19 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Var (C68) 0-1 Crossfire in center
D Polland vs I A Horowitz, 1936
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1

Game 15 in World Champion - Alekhine (I.Linder/V.Linder)
B Verlinsky vs Alekhine, 1909 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 28 moves, 0-1

G13 'Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters' by Edward Lasker
A Nimzowitsch vs Ed Lasker, 1910 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Var (C68) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs Schlechter, 1908 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. King's Bishop Var (C68) 0-1 Discovery+
H Barber vs M Hebden, 2000 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 10 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Keres Var (C68) 1-0 Semifinal
I Rabinovich vs Tolush, 1938
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0 Passer, Space
J Moles vs M Coveney, 1971
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal Var (C69) 1-0 Hit the queen
Gipslis vs M Ruderfer, 1971 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 16 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 Fishin' Pole
W John vs E Dyckhoff, 1904 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 10 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0 12 moves, 2 en prise
Hort vs V Zheliandinov, 1967 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0 32...?
J Grefe vs L Gilden, 1974 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 40 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 0-1Mate thwarted
H Villup vs K Pitksaar, 1956 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 0-1 failed unpin
J Altusky vs Fischer, 1954 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 8 moves, 0-1

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

Game 104 in The Immortal Games of Capablanca by Fred Reinfeld
G Thomas vs Capablanca, 1936  
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 37 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def Siesta (C74) 1-0 Pin
Taimanov vs G Zachodiakin, 1945 
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Ulvestad Var (C57) 0-1Correspond
Klementiev vs A Mikhalchishin, 1974 
(C57) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C75) 1-0 Q-B-Ps
Balashov vs P Biyiasas, 1976 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C75) 0-1 Open lines
B Schmidt vs Fine, 1941 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Double Rook Sac wins!
L Hazai vs L Karsa, 1976 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 0-1 Open g-file
Tarrasch vs B Richter, 1883 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Impressive
Adorjan vs A Urzica, 1970 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Mackenzie (C77)1-0 B vs N zwischenzug
Marjanovic vs R Gunawan, 1986 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 13 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Short vs G Knapton, 1976 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 0-1Another conquering Q
G Thomas vs Keres, 1937 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Wormald Attk (C77) 1-0 P roller, Sacs
E Torre vs Reshevsky, 1977 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO N
J Vetemaa vs O Niemi, 1996 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 9 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish, Morphy Def. Wormald Attk (C77) 0-1 fitting of his rep
M Ostrauskas vs Tal, 1955 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 IQP battle
Tarrasch vs Euwe, 1922 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Defense (C78) 1-0Back rank Q sac similar to PM!
J Finnegan vs R P Allen, 1948 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 1-0 Kside B sac
B Hammar vs Svensson, 1986 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0

Discovered Check answered w/a Discovered Check!!
A Visitor vs H J Macthomas Thoms, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1

Spanish Archangelsk Variation (C78) 0-1 A Stunning Game!
D Minic vs A Planinc, 1975 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Exch sac, Bxf7+ sac
Fischer vs C Sharp, 1956 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1 28...?
Ljubojevic vs A Planinc, 1971 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 She's overworked
H Bohm vs R Hernandez Onna, 1979 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 12 moves, 0-1

Game 74 in 'Modern Chess Strategy' by Ludek Pachman
Smyslov vs V Lyublinsky, 1949 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open Var (C80) 1-0 Q sac, Legall's Attk, K walk, Pawn#
D Duhm vs A Duhm, 1900 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Richter Var 7.d5 (C80) 1-0 Vicious attack!
Vidmar vs A Neumann, 1903 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 25 moves, 1-0

Mrs. Gilbert announced mate in 18 on her move 24.
E Gilbert vs W J Berry, 1875 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Zukertort Var (C80) 1-0 KEG annotates!
A Reggio vs L Didier, 1901 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open Var (C80) 1-0 Q sac for underpromotion
Kholmov vs K Honfi, 1959 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Open. Berlin Var (C82) 1-0 A bomb for Viet8Nam
J Mangini vs E German, 1952 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. St. Petersburg Var (C82) 0-1 Corresp Comedy
O Kolberg vs O K Lie, 1965 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish Game: Open. Classical Def (C83) 0-1 Notes by Tartakower
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912  
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 Black Q trapped by Rg1-Rg4
Ljubojevic vs Sax, 1973 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 0-1 Dropped a piece
S von Freymann vs Flamberg, 1914 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 16 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Center Attack (C84) 0-1 Turn the pin
Flamberg vs Alekhine, 1914 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 walled in
Pachman vs J Runza, 1946 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed (C84) 1-0 Find the finish
G Schories vs H Pinkerton, 1911 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Delayed Exch (C85) 1-0 Two Mating Squares
Taimanov vs J Pogats, 1950
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 1-0 Simul exhibition
Fischer vs J Terrone, 1964 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish,Marshall Attack. Steiner Var (C89) 0-1 Exposed royalty
C van den Berg vs Szabo, 1958 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 24 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Marshall Attk. Re3 variation (C89) 1-0 2 hangers
Tal vs A Hermlin, 1964 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Marshall Attack. Steiner (C89) 0-1 Uncommon # pattern
W Frere vs Marshall, 1917 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 17 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Original Marshall Attack (C89) 0-1 Return Fire!
J W te Kolste vs R Loman, 1921 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 18 moves, 0-1

G15 in Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the CMs by Fred Reinfeld
Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Var (C90) 1-0 Stockfish; 27.?
Geller vs Kotov, 1955 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed Def. Alekhine Gambit (C90) 1-0 Q aims @4 units
Alekhine vs Fine, 1937 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Game 65 in 'My Secrets in the Ruy Lopez' by Lajos Portisch
Tal vs Portisch, 1976 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

"Attack with Mikhail Tal" - "Launching" Knights?!
Tal vs Geller, 1964 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Keres Def (C92) 0-1 27...?
L Schmid vs Rossolimo, 1949 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1

The first 19 moves of this game are identical to the 10th game
R Thimann vs O K Lie, 1977 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Breyer Def (C95) 1-0 24.?
Fischer vs L Barczay, 1967 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 21.?
Boleslavsky vs Kholmov, 1956 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 22 moves, 1-0

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

Royal Fork by Pawn ends this game. Amazing 13 year old!
Tal vs Pliss, 1950 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 37 moves, 1-0

QGD: Pseudo-Tarrasch Var (D50) 0-1
J G Sullivan vs A Bisguier, 1964
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 0-1

Paul Morphy by Géza Maróczy Translated by Robert Sherwood
Morphy vs NN, 1855 
(000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish. Symmetrical (C49) 1-0
Ed Lasker vs J Raoux, 1914 
(C49) Four Knights, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 1-0 jaw dropping sac
Charousek vs V Lehner, 1897 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Main Line (C51) 0-1 Q sac attack!
D Martinez vs Steinitz, 1882 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51) 1-0 Stockfish
Morphy vs de Riviere, 1863 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Compromised Def (C52) 1-0 Stockfish
Steinitz vs Zukertort, 1872 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Pierce Def (C52) 1-0Stockfish; 16.?
S Globus vs R Gross, 1884 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Center Holding Var (C53) 1-0 23.?
Bledow vs von der Lasa, 1839 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Albin Gambit (C53) 0-1 KEG annotates!
Marshall vs W E Napier, 1901 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical Var. Albin Gambit (C53) 1-0 Dbl R sacs
L F Lindheimer vs J W Aves, 1961 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Traditional(C54) 1-0Links
H Rossetto vs R Martins Lisboa, 1957 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Perreux Var (C55) 1-0 Spearhead
Schroeder vs H Illgen, 1926 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def (C55) 1-0 Simul blindfold
Koltanowski vs S Zeitlin, 1938 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit (C55) 0-1 KEG annotates~
L Rosen vs Janowski, 1900 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Open Var (C55) 1-0 blindfold
Chigorin vs NN, 1898 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2 Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk K March line (C57) 0-1
Z Rutka vs J Vesely, 1949 
(C57) Two Knights, 11 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Traxler Cntrattack Knt sac (C57) 0-1 Boden's #
Abdullaev vs Razmolodin, 1967 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Game 9 "Super Nezh: Chess Assassin", by Alex Pishkin (1999)
L Belov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1961 
(C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 1-0 Raking bishops
P Michel vs H Rossetto, 1947 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Alekhine vs L Palau, 1935 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Schliemann Def. Tartakower Var (C63) 0-1 Slashing
A Romanovsky vs S Langleben, 1911 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Schliemann Def. Schönemann Attk (C63) 1-0ThrilleR
F Healey vs J Kling, 1859 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Game 38 in "A First Book of Morphy" by Frisco Del Rosario
Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 Just take it!
K Eckart vs Tarrasch, 1890
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

The violent Berlin Spanish before "Cold War" (drawish era)
A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish, l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1/2- KEG annotates
L Karpinski vs C S Howell, 1901 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Columbus Variation (C68) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Lasker vs Bogoljubov, 1924 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Exchange. Lutikov (C68) 0-1 Black owns the open lines
G Marco vs Schlechter, 1904 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange. K's Bishop Var (C68) 1-0 Exchange & Unpin
V Bradley vs J Bath, 1978 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 8 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 1-0
W P Shipley vs Capablanca, 1916 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0 25.?
K Richter vs Saemisch, 1933 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C75) 0-1His best
L Steiner vs Alekhine, 1933 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 25 moves, 0-1

80 (24.?) from Mittelspiel mit dem Läufer auf dem Feld b2, Haas
Alekhine vs H Steiner, 1932 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 1/2-1/2 KEG annotates!
Gunsberg vs Mason, 1901 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

appears in the book "Pebble in the Sky" by Isaac Asimov.
B Verlinsky vs Levenfish, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 0-1 KEG annotates!
W E Napier vs Pillsbury, 1901 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 1-0 Riga URS
Tal vs Y Neishtadt, 1955 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0 Brilliant!
H Taube vs H von Hennig, 1933 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Worrall Attk Castling line (C86) 1-0 KEG!
Kashdan vs A Simonson, 1936 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Var (C90) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
P Dubinin vs Botvinnik, 1939 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 0-1 He plays like Tal
Tal vs A Darznieks, 1950 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C75) 1-0B-Q Spearhead
G Feher vs B Marchyllie, 1989 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0 33.?
Nunn vs Portisch, 1988 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Bronstein Var (C69) 1-0 Damiano's style
M Wahls vs S Bjarnason, 1985 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 20 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1 Another f3 suicide
S Martinovic vs Velimirovic, 1981 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0 26.?
Psakhis vs V Malaniuk, 1987 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Tarrasch Var (C77) 0-1 31...?
O Sarapu vs J Sarfati, 1985 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0 28.?
V Malaniuk vs Van der Sterren, 1983 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

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

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 0-1 Corresp
J Aldrete Lobo vs T Oim, 1998 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

G73 The NIC Book of Chess Improvement edited by S. Giddins
Adams vs Onischuk, 1997 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

G93 in The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0

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

"Chess is Mental Torture" (game of the day Oct-26-2009)
Kasparov vs Lautier, 1994 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Closed. Worrall Attack Castling line (C86) 1-0Greco's #
Short vs I Sokolov, 1995 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Traditional(C54) 0-1Notes
D Smerdon vs J Sarfati, 1998  
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 Kingside assault
G Milos vs G Garcia, 1991 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Schliemann Def. Jaenisch G. Accptd (C60) 0-1Dovetail #
J Szily vs Bronstein, 1949 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 0-1

Italian,Two Knts Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac line(C57) 0-1
Wead vs P Larsson, 1967 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

2 Knights, Traxler Counterattack Knight sac line (C57) 0-1
Kerner vs A Brinckmann, 1955 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: 2 Knts Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1-0 Ne5
E Rinsma vs Graf-Stevenson, 1933
(C59) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal Var (C69) 1-0 A Passing Tribute
M Dvoretzky vs Smyslov, 1974 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open Main Line (C80) 1-0 Pin it and pile on to win it
Alekhine vs J Ganzo Mediavilla, 1944 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 11 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Anderssen Var (C51) 1-0 Simul exhib
Fischer vs J Boatner, 1964 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 10 moves, 1-0

Game166 Chess in the USA 1945-72, Part 1; edited by Colin Leach
Fischer vs R Shocron, 1959 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Trajkovic Counterattack (C88) 1-0 28.Nf6
G Timoscenko vs I Szabo, 1972
(C88) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

G10: Zenon Franco's 2009 book Grmaster Secrets: Counterattack!
Boleslavsky vs Smyslov, 1946 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 34 moves, 0-1

Zenon Franco's 2009 book, "Grandmaster Secrets: Counterattack!"
Tal vs Averbakh, 1961  
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 32 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Stein vs J Rodriguez Gonzalez, 1966 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C75) 0-1R sac, Q trap
Z Domnitz vs Pachman, 1973 
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 0-1

Game 26 in "Simple Chess" by Michael Stean, page 141
Karpov vs Westerinen, 1974 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 34 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 0-1 radio match
J Hempel vs E Pritchard, 1967 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Lolli Attk (C57) 1-0 11Bb3 ahead
Fischer vs L Redman, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Traxler Countrattk B Sac line (C57) 0-1 12...?
Sils vs L Schmid, 1971 
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 Q sac!
K Dyke vs Kirk, 1976 
(C56) Two Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 0-1 S
Geller vs Keres, 1951 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 31 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 KEG annotates!
J Sherwin vs A Turner, 1957 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 41 moves, 1-0

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

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

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

Italian, Two Knts Def. Traxler Counterattk N sac line (C57) 0-1
G Jamrich vs J Dudas, 1996 
(C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 0-1

Real or invented; First published as "Blood-curdling chess"
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983 
(C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 Blindfolded Blast!
Kasparov vs Mephisto, 1985 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 36 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Flohr System (C92) 1-0 29.?
Dvoirys vs G Timoscenko, 1988 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 21.?
H Stefansson vs J Norqvist, 1998 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0

The phrase 'Vinegar Stroke Checks' is © ® and ™ Offramp 2005.
Fritz vs Anand, 1992 
(C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Duras Var (C65) 0-1 16...?
Chiburdanidze vs E Torre, 1988 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0 20.?
J Arnason vs Nunn, 1990 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 0-1 Blitz
Van der Wiel vs Tal, 1987 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 44 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 1-0 Stockfish notes
J Polgar vs H Klip, 1990 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Timman vs Nunn, 1983 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 28 moves, 0-1

Geller vs Portisch, 1967 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

G Zaichik vs Kupreichik, 1989 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

A Volokitin vs I Ben Artzi, 2015
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0

504 Gateway Time-out
Vachier-Lagrave vs Bologan, 2015 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Dominguez Perez vs B Adhiban, 2015
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Movsesian vs J Carlstedt, 2015
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

Tal vs I Miglans, 1950 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 21 moves, 1-0

Tal vs M Graduss, 1951 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 24 moves, 1-0

Caravage vs J Placais, 1988 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 0-1

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

Four Knights Game: Italian (C50) 0-1 Unsound attack on f7
E Geake vs Kolisch, 1860 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 Maintain pin
Ribli vs A Hennings, 1972 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 1-0 Bxh6 opens
G Timoscenko vs V E Kozlov, 1976 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57) 0-1
B Ellena vs B Wall, 1979 
(C57) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Main Lines (C80) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Kasparov vs A Yusupov, 1979 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 0-1 5...d5! gains
M Walther vs E Wilfert, 1981 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 32 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1-0publish
J Murey vs A Beliavsky, 1982 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 43 moves, 1-0

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

Italian, Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 3 Ns on edge
G Lane vs N Garcia Vicente, 1989 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0

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

Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0Don't miss your unpins!
C Morrow vs G L Langan, 1992 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1
P Chomet vs Bacrot, 1998
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1

Game 9 in Chess For Zebras by Jonathan Rowson
J Rowson vs Grischuk, 2000 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1

Queen sac attack, for rooks and X-ray bishops to seal the win!
Svidler vs Adams, 2000 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Greco (C54) 1-0 BxRa1?
M Petrovic vs J Zivkovic, 2001
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. De Riviere Gambit (C55) 1-0
L Camon Botella vs A Lopez Agudina Fernandez, 2001
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. English Attk (B90) 1-0 Correspondence
T Oim vs G Sanakoev, 2001 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1-0 Qs on edge
Jobava vs A Kuzmin, 2003
(C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 1-0

Weak Back Rank / Stock trap line in notes
A Matsuo vs C Urbina, 2004 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Anderssen Var (C54) 1-0
S Weeramantry vs M Kumar, 2004
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) · 0-1
Y Vovk vs N Maiorov, 2005
(C52) Evans Gambit, 39 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 1-0 juniors
L Wang vs Brunello, 2006
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0
Leko vs Mamedyarov, 2008 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 0-1
M Canepa vs S Hewitt, 2008
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 16 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2Knts Def. Polerio Def B+ (C58) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Short vs I Sokolov, 2009 
(C58) Two Knights, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0 Battery
S Zhigalko vs A Iljushin, 2010 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 Fishin' Pole catch
K Haznedaroglu vs J Isaev, 2010 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 22 moves, 0-1

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attk (C56) 0-1 Heavy Hitters
A Mevel vs R Mueller, 2013
(C56) Two Knights, 29 moves, 0-1

Italian, Classical. Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attk(C54) 1-0
A Pijpers vs P Ypma, 2013
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

KIA vs c5, e5, Be7 (A07) 0-1 Kside breakthrough reminds of JHB
D Opasiak vs F Kugler, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1

KIA vs Pachman System (A07) 0-1 Madness in the middle
R Mamedov vs Gelfand, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Piano d3, c3 (C50) 1-0 Exchange sac removes overworked P
Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0Brilliant
Rybka vs Shredder, 2009 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 23...?
A Istratescu vs Nadar Anand, 2018 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0
S Vaibhav vs I Bulmaga, 2020
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 video link
Grischuk vs Giri, 2020 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical Giuoco Pianissimo (C53)1-0 2 free pawns
Kasparov vs O Tsekouras, 2001 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 0-1
A Probst vs D Dvirnyy, 2016
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Italian, Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0Diagonal
R Maidana vs P Goette, 2001 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1
Jobava vs A Aleksandrov, 2020 
(C59) Two Knights, 29 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Bg7 Def (C60) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
E Hansen vs Anand, 2018 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Schliemann Def. Tartakower Var (C63) 0-1Wrong way
S Viktorsson vs S Bergsson, 2016 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (C65) 0-1 center collapse
Aronian vs Nakamura, 2020 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 0-1 R fork+ robs the pin
Caruana vs Giri, 2020 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

Discovered checks and double checks are a powerful motif
Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish, l'Hermet Variation Berlin Wall Def (C67) 0-1 Discovery
Grischuk vs Carlsen, 2017
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Def. l'Hermet Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0 Passer
Fressinet vs Eljanov, 2015 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal Var (C69) 0-1 Juniors
E Valeanu vs Brunello, 2006
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

Game 858 in Chess Informant Best Games 801-900
Z Zhang vs D de Vreugt, 2003 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Hiszpanska 3.Gb5 g6 4.c3 bialymi; OSTRO ZAGRANE! :)
Carlsen vs S Agdestein, 2006 
(C76) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1
M Represa Perez vs L Krysa, 2020
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Variation (C77) 1-0 Simul
Kasparov vs P Matocha, 2008 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 1-0

Damiano's Mate was first published as a study in 1512!
T Soraas vs J Kvisla, 2006 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 1-0 25.?
Caruana vs Onischuk, 2016 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 0-1 Scholarly!
R Oberholzer vs V Magai, 2000 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 19...?
J Garnelis vs Brunello, 2009 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Leko vs Aronian, 2006 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Damiano's Mate!
Ganguly vs A Smith, 2019 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Tactics - all kinds!
Carlsen vs T Bae, 2006 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Dec-20-20 siamesedream: Video Analysis by Dubov himself:
Dubov vs Karjakin, 2020 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 1-0

Michael Adams is known in chess circles as "The Spider"
Morozevich vs Adams, 2001 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) 1-0 29.?
Nakamura vs R Hess, 2012 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 1010 in Chess Informant Best Games 1001-1100
Sutovsky vs K Miton, 2007 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0 26.?
Dominguez Perez vs Aronian, 2016 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (GOTD Nov-07-2019)
J B Bjerre vs Dubov, 2019 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Greco Var (C54)1-0 BxRa1?
A Fernandez-Velasco Climent vs A Munoz Angel, 2001 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 Nxg7!
J Emms vs D J Ledger, 2006 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0

Kasparov climbs a pawn ladder to the enemy king
Kasparov vs A Queiroz, 2004 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0Rob the pin
Tiviakov vs G Sargissian, 2004 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 Stockfish
M Kobalia vs V Petkov, 2008
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

A 10th move TN in a well-known Ruy Lopez variation?
V Kuznetsov vs G Gajewski, 2007 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 1-0 28.?
P Ricardi vs G Milos, 2001 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 1-0 Attack!
Ponomariov vs Eljanov, 2013 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

"Spain beats Germany" (game of the day Jun-30-2008)
F Vallejo Pons vs Naiditsch, 2007 
(C57) Two Knights, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Classical. Modern Main Line (C64) 0-1
Naiditsch vs F Vallejo Pons, 2008
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 0-1 Bishop outpost
Motylev vs E Najer, 2014 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1

Italian, 2Knights Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 DK analysis
Shirov vs S Sulskis, 2014 
(C57) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit (C53)1-0 2 Rook lifts w/N
Jobava vs Karjakin, 2013 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) · 0-1
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

"Foreest Fire" (game of the day Nov-07-2016) Juniors
M Antipov vs J van Foreest, 2015 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

"Trial and Ara" (game of the day May-22-2016)
T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 1-0 Blackburne's #
Ganguly vs A Ismagambetov, 2006 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 Clearance
McShane vs F T Naes, 2003 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

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

Kasparov moves his knight five times in a row and the game ends
Kasparov vs Leko, 2001 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Main Line (C89) 0-1 Notes
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 32 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Pins
L M Hansen vs M Canepa, 2008
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 video link
Wei Yi vs Karjakin, 2017 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

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

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1Remove the
Mamedyarov vs A Ostrovskiy, 2018 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 No Trade
So vs Anand, 2020 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Main Line (C89) · 0-1
S Citak vs L Vajda, 2007
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Schliemann Def (C63) 0-1 Fredthebear share
S Marinkov vs M Vujic, 2008
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1-0 28.?
J Aagaard vs Fuad Ahmed Mohamme Mufleh, 2006 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Polerio Def B+ (C58) 1-0 8.Bd3
Nakamura vs J Friedel, 2009 
(C58) Two Knights, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 1-0 24.?
V Plotkin vs V Drkulec, 2008 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed Var Chigorin Def (C98) 1-0 Q sac & more!
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0

"Dealt a Grand Slam" (game of the day Sep-09-2009)
Karjakin vs Grischuk, 2009 
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 1-0 27.?
P Bobras vs P Schreiner, 2017 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Flohr System (C92) 0-1 keep the passer
H Hamdouchi vs Karpov, 2007 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1

Spanish Closed Flohr System (C92) 1-0 Dbl B sac and more
K Spraggett vs G Vescovi, 2004 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Marshall Attk. Modern ML (C89) 0-1 Computer Engines
Golden Executive / Houdini vs Hosea / Schiller / Wall, 2011  
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 Heavy pieces hone in
Anand vs Nakamura, 2014 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal Var (C69) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
S Bogner vs Carlsen, 2005 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 31 moves, 0-1

Spanish Closed (C88) 1-0 Clearance! Everything must go!
I Cheparinov vs Z Almasi, 2006 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0 promo
Leko vs Mamedyarov, 2006 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 0-1 Pin, Kside Assault!
Ken Eddy vs J Berry, 2001 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 17 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Var (C90) 1-0
Yates vs R Michell, 1925
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Worrall Attk Delayed castling (C86) 1-0
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1928 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Beverwijk Var (C65) 1-0 More?
Z Kovacova vs O Roussos, 2020
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Steinitz Deferred (C79) 1-0video link
A Tari vs A Esipenko, 2021 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 0-1 by Averbakh
V Shiyanovsky vs Averbakh, 1961
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 Well-positioned Q
Olland vs K Geus, 1913
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 0-1 KEG annotates!
L Karpinski vs Pillsbury, 1901 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 1-0 32.?
K Burger vs C Lyon, 1952 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Hungarian Defense (C50) 1-0 Vukovic Mate link
A C Ludwig vs C Lyon, 1952 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Hedgehog Var (C66) 0-1 A fine finish!
von Bardeleben vs Vidmar, 1908 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 Q&N threaten g7
O Chajes vs W Widmeyer, 1909
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

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

22nd New York State Chess Assoc. Champnship - Brilliancy Prize
H Rosenfeld vs Marshall, 1909 
(C59) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 History repeats its
Tseshkovsky vs A Yusupov, 1982 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0 Ns inv
Carlsen vs Dubov, 2021 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian 4Knts Copycat (C50) 0-1 Lasker notes
Duras vs Spielmann, 1909  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 Simul
Kasparov vs S Matabeek, 1995 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

Modern Chess Miniatures by Barden & Heidenfeld, 1960, pp. 6-7
Y Rokhlin vs A Zaitsev, 1954 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1861 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0

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

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0 Practic
Tal vs V Ciocaltea, 1964 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 B pins f7, Ng5, add Q
S Grigoriants vs H Mestre Bellido, 2009 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 16 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 blitz
Karjakin vs Topalov, 2019 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Steinitz Deferred (C79) 0-1 Correspondence
D R Adamson vs V Palciauskas, 1985 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 15 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0Exch Sac Attk
J Balint vs Chernev, 1938 
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense (C63) 1-0 pawn mate!
K Nedved vs G Millar, 1969 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit 9.Rxf7!? KxRf7 (C55) 1-0
M Lange vs Heineman, 1883 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

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