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Uncommon and Unusual Impeached Fredthebear
Compiled by fredthebear

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Here's a brief, incomplete list of less common openings. This is collection is not all about openings. Strange play and ghostly happenings is vibrating about.

Alekhine's Defense (Brooklyn Defense)
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ng8

Amar Gambit
1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O

Amazon
1. d4 d5 2. Qd3

Baker Defense
1. e4 a6

Basman Defense
1. e4 g5

Battambang
1. Nc3 2. a3

Black Knights' Tango
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6

Colorado Counter
1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 f5

Dada Gambit
1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. b4

Damiano's Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6

Dory Defense
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Ne4

Guatemala Defense
1. e4 b6 2. d4 Ba6

Heinrich Wagner Gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e4

Hippopotamus
...g6,...f6,...e6,...d6

Latvian Gambit (Corkscrew Variation)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Ne5 Nf6 4. Bc4 fxe4 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 d5

Lemming
1. e4 Na6

Lisitsin Gambit
1. Nf3 f5 2. e4

Mengarini Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Qc2

Mieses Opening
1. d3

Modern Defense (Pterodactyl)
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Qa5

Modern Defense (Randspringer Variation)
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 f5

Napoleon
1. e4 e5 2. Qf3

Pantelidakis Countergambit
1.e4 e5 2.f4 f5

Paris Opening
1. Nh3

Ponziani Opening
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3

Queen's Bishop Attack
1. d4 d5 2. Bg5

Santasiere's Folly
1. Nf3 d5 2. b4

Saragossa Opening
1. c3

Van't Kruij's Opening
1. e3

Venezolana
d3, Nc3, g3

Woozle
1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Qa5

* Unusual Opening Names: Game Collection: Unorthodox Games; Unusual Names (ECO=A,D,E)

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

After replaying tens of thousands of chess games, some of these don't seem so strange anymore to FTB, but the reader might enjoy a look-see anyway. Others will always be cool no matter how scrutinized.

* Tim Krabbe's (far out) Chess Records:
https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

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

* 15 minutes of TV fame: Game Collection: Chess players on gameshows

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

* 40 Facts: https://www.chess.com/blog/QuodVici...

Never judge a book by it's cover.

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

"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

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

Here's a link to some fabulous chess brilliancies: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

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

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

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

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

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

Here's a poem a dad wrote:

<ODE TO CHESS

Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls

and was pitched into the pit of defeat.

But, heedless of humiliating falls,

I clambered bravely back onto my feet

and charged again, again to be down thrust

onto the scrap heap of people who lose

onto the mound of mortifying dust

whilst my opponent sat without a bruise

upon his pedestal. We changed sides

and fought again, but I was defeated

whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides

took the throne upon which I had been seated.

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

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

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

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

The Animals Sending Tribute To Alexander

A fable flourished with antiquity
Whose meaning I could never clearly see.
Kind reader, draw the moral if you're able:
I give you here the naked fable.
Fame having bruited that a great commander,
A son of Jove, a certain Alexander,
Resolved to leave nothing free on this our ball, Had to his footstool gravely summoned all
Men, quadrupeds, and nullipeds, together
With all the bird-republics, every feather, –
The goddess of the hundred mouths, I say,
Thus having spread dismay,
By widely publishing abroad
This mandate of the demigod,
The animals, and all that do obey
Their appetite alone, mistrusted now
That to another sceptre they must bow.
Far in the desert met their various races,
All gathering from their hiding-places.
Discussed was many a notion.
At last, it was resolved, on motion,
To pacify the conquering banner,
By sending homage in, and tribute.
With both the homage and its manner
They charged the monkey, as a glib brute;
And, lest the chap should too much chatter,
In black on white they wrote the matter.
Nothing but the tribute served to fash,
As that must needs be paid in cash.
A prince, who chanced a mine to own,
At last, obliged them with a loan.
The mule and ass, to bear the treasure,
Their service tendered, full of pleasure;
And then the caravan was none the worse,
Assisted by the camel and the horse.
Forthwith proceeded all the four
Behind the new ambassador,
And saw, erelong, within a narrow place,
Monseigneur Lion's quite unwelcome face.
"Well met, and all in time," said he;
"Myself your fellow traveller will be.
I wend my tribute by itself to bear;
And though It's light, I well might spare
The unaccustomed load.
Take each a quarter, if you please,
And I will guard you on the road;
More free and at my ease –
In better plight, you understand,
To fight with any robber band."
A lion to refuse, the fact is,
Is not a very usual practice:
So in he comes, for better and for worse;
Whatever he demands is done,
And, spite of Jove's heroic son,
He fattens freely from the public purse.
While wending on their way,
They found a spot one day,
With waters hemmed, of crystal sheen;
Its carpet, flower-besprinkled green;
Where pastured at their ease
Both flocks of sheep and dainty heifers,
And played the cooling breeze –
The native land of all the zephyrs.
No sooner is the lion there
Than of some sickness he complains.
Says he, "You on your mission fare.
A fever, with its thirst and pains,
Dries up my blood, and bakes my brains;
And I must search some herb,
Its fatal power to curb.
For you, there is no time to waste;
Pay me my money, and make haste."
The treasures were unbound,
And placed on the ground.
Then, with a look which testified
His royal joy, the lion cried,
"My coins, good heavens, have multiplied!
And see the young ones of the gold
As big already as the old!
The increase belongs to me, no doubt;"
And eagerly he took it out!
It was little staid beneath the lid;
The wonder was that any did.
Confounded were the monkey and his suite.
And, dumb with fear, betook them to their way,
And bore complaint to Jove's great son, they say – Complaint without a reason meet;
For what could he? Though a celestial scion,
He could but fight, as lion versus lion.

When corsairs battle, Turk with Turk,
They're not about their proper work.

Offhand game: Mason vs Dr. S, 1882

Castle and Mate by Teyss:

Game Collection: Castle and mate

Mate by Castling by FSR:

Game Collection: Mate by Castling

Aggressive Castling by ChessCoachClark:

Game Collection: Aggressive Castling as a Tactic-- OTB Examples

Some other members have entertaining collections as well.

IM Eric Rosen's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iQ...

"Chess demands total concentration." ― Bobby Fischer

"Chess is a shoot out on a square grid where you must seek and destroy the best targets (highest rank, ease of convenience, or defensive importance?) and not give your opponent opportunities of destruction. Centralization, mobility and piece co-ordination, avoiding weakness/invasion/king exposure, reduction of the opposing force (tactical captures and the art of the exchange i.e. simplification), and pawn promotion to increase force are objectives to help achieve the ultimate goal of checkmate. Any concept can be neglected so long as checkmate is achieved. The acquisition of superior chess knowledge (fundamental training and game experience), pattern recognition, and inner resiliency is necessary for success. There's an untold number of possibilities to think about, which makes the game of chess a unique, ever-changing challenge, mentally enticing." ― Fredthebear

The Gulf of Tonkin Incident led to a full United States intervention in Vietnam.

On August 2, 1964, the US spy ship USS Maddox sailed in the Gulf of Tonkin only to find itself attacked by North Vietnamese torpedo boats. They fired back, damaging all three ships and forcing the attackers to retreat. On August 4, the USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy detected more torpedo boats and opened fire. In hindsight, however, the second attack proved nothing more than panic, and that the USN may have detected and fired on simply flying fish. At the time, though, it led the US Congress to call on US President Lyndon B. Johnson to take the necessary measures to stop communist aggression. President Johnson responded by beginning a three-year bombing campaign over Vietnam, and later, across Indochina.

Identify knight forks.

Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans? A: Puss 'n' Toots!

Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!

Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!

Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!

Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!

Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A: A sand-witch!

Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope? A: Holy Guacamole!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Proverbs 26 Berean Standard Bible

1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,

honor does not befit a fool.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow or darting swallow,

an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,

and a rod for the backs of fools!

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,

or you yourself will be like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly,

lest he become wise in his own eyes.

6 Like cutting off one's own feet or drinking violence

is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

7 Like lame legs hanging limp

is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

8 Like binding a stone into a sling

is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard

is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10 Like an archer who wounds at random

is he who hires a fool or passerby.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit,a

so a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 The slacker says, "A lion is in the road!

A fierce lion roams the public square!"

14 As a door turns on its hinges,

so the slacker turns on his bed.

15 The slacker buries his hand in the dish;

it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.

16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes

than seven men who answer discreetly.

17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears

is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands

and deadly arrows,

19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor

and says, "I was only joking!"

20 Without wood, a fire goes out;

without gossip, a conflict ceases.

21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire,

so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels

that go down into the inmost being.

23 Like glaze covering an earthen vessel

are burningb lips and a wicked heart.

24 A hateful man disguises himself with his speech,

but he lays up deceit in his heart.

25 When he speaks graciously, do not believe him,

for seven abominations fill his heart.

26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception,

his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,

and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,

and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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

'A stitch in time saves nine'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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* Capablanca invades, flushes out the opposing king: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oQ...

The alleged "shortest master game" at that time
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Lazard Gambit (A45) 0-1 Addition to Lazard's Mini
Munteanu vs Cioara, 1948
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 0-1
The shortest decisive master game (not a forfeit or protest)
Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1
When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.
Morphy vs NN, 1857
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Fischer Random
Leko vs Adams, 2001
(000) Chess variants, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer forks himself on the 13th move in namesake opening?!?
Fischer vs Tal, 1959
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 52 moves, 0-1
Did Fischer have a perfect score with the English Opening?!
Fischer vs Panno, 1970
(A10) English, 1 moves, 1-0
What?! White wasn't playing against Petrov's Defense??!
Fischer vs G Thornell, 1964
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate
W T Mayfield vs W R Trinks, 1959
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Fool's Mate: Bird's Opening
Van Kessel vs Rensen, 1990
(A03) Bird's Opening, 3 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate in 3
H Klip vs T Bottema, 1990
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 3 moves, 1-0
Fool's Mate
L Darling vs R Wood, 1983
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1
Fool's Mate: Black's mobile phone went off
A Jain vs R Norinkeviciute, 2007
(B06) Robatsch, 2 moves, 1-0
Carr Defense 1.e4 h6 2.b3 e6 (B00) 0-1; Q sac creates a passer
F Babar vs M Basman, 1993
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
Shortest World Championship game - 17 moves
Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Ware Opening 1.a4; Giuoco Piano gone bad.
P Ware vs J Congdon, 1880
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2
How can he risk his pawn structure and survive the MG?
P Ware vs E Delmar, 1880
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 57 moves, 0-1
Ware 1.a4 transposes to the Polish Opening.
G Welling vs P A Boll, 1986
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 1/2-1/2
Creepy Crawly miniature more like a Polish
G Welling vs F Obers, 1992
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Van't Kruijs Opening transposes to French Exchange 4.c4 Nf6
Tartakower vs H Fahrni, 1911
(C01) French, Exchange, 50 moves, 0-1
Van't Kruijs Opening 1.e3 (A00) 1-0 f6 is viable against b3
J Owen vs Burn, 1875
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
Van't Kruijs Opening (A00)0-1 First castling on record; P storm
NN vs Lucena, 1497
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Unwise Opening beats Wise Man from the East.
D Gedult vs Melchior, 1968
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
"Gedult Opening" transpose C-K Fantasy Var: 1e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3
Fine vs J Rappaport, 1931
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Gedult Opening/Barnes Opening 1.f3 turned into a gambit
Boquay vs NN, 1864
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Barnes/Gedult Opening 1.f3? (A00) 0-1 Masterly foolishness
B Schneider vs Van Wely, 2005
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Bad 1...f6 (A00) 0-1 Exchanges aid Fried Fox defense?!?!
R Kruis vs C van Dongen, 2001
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 80 moves, 0-1
Uncommon Opening, the worst defense (A00) · 1/2-1/2
D Alaslar vs B De Cat, 2001
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Barnes Opening: Hammerschlag (A00) 1-0 Castle by hand
S Williams vs M Simons, 1999
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Barnes Opening: Walkerling (A00) 1-0 1 defender isn't enough
H Walkerling vs Nagy, 1930
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Computer center pawn duo loses to Human 1...h5?!? (A40) 0-1 Ugh
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
Saragossa Opening (A00) 0-1 5 pawns on 3rd w/fianchetto loses
R Ortega vs Ivkov, 1962
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1-0 Transposes to Torre vs Tartak
Hort vs P Cramling, 1984
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1-0 White gains space
A D Martin vs M Basman, 1984
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Saragossa Opening (A00) 1/2-1/2Gains time, Bs of same color EG
Tartakower vs Reti, 1925
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Saragossa Opening (A00) 1-0 Target the loose rook
T Gelashvili vs I Chighladze, 2003
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Saragossa Opening 1c3 (A00) 1-0 Played back in 1515
Lucena vs Quintana, 1515
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
Kadas Opening 1.h4 (A00) 1/2-1/2
R Fabry vs L Dobrovolsky, 1978
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kadas Opening 1.h4 (A00) 0-1 Weak pawn structure, blockade
R Fabry vs Z Radojevic, 1978
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
1.h4 Kadas Opening Miniature Outnumbered Capture w/Check
G Welling vs E ten Haaf, 1981
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
That's what you get for not showing up.
K Grigorian vs Savon, 1973
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 1 moves, 1-0
Kadas Opening 1.h4?! (A00) 1-0 Fritz played like a wood pusher
E Nemeth vs Fritz, 2000
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann 2.h4 (B10) 1-0 Exchanges change everything!
U Stock vs A Nickel, 1989
(B10) Caro-Kann, 47 moves, 1-0
Kadas Opening 1.h4 (A00) 1-0 Tranposes to Q Pawn
J Hector vs P Boersma, 1986
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
Kadas Opening: General (A00) 1-0 Bone in the throat & windmill
G Kadas vs Nagy, 1982
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) (A00)1-0 Right-handed version of Legall's Mate
D Moody vs S Bender, 1977
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 1-0
Sodium Creepy Crawly; Black Combo Fails
D Martinidesz vs S Docx, 1992
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
Anderssen Opening 1.a3 (A00) 1-0 Plenty of counterplay
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 77 moves, 1-0
Anderssen Opening 1.a3 /Creepy Crawly (A00) 1-0She grabbed a P
R Lichtenscheidt vs J Kohtz, 1862
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Anderssen Opening (A00) 1/2-1/2 Read blogger notes
Evans vs H Gordon, 1946
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kolty could sac!
Koltanowski vs Love, 1949
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Grob Opening (A00) 1-0 Black opens w/10 straight pawn moves
C Bloodgood vs L Bostic, 1964
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Grob Opening (A00) 0-1Nakamura drove computer crazy w/6 bishops
Rybka vs Nakamura, 2008
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 255 moves, 0-1
Unusual game w/a King shuffle
R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1
Black resigns down a pawn thinking he'll lose more material
Koltanowski vs NN, 1960
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Link to "Memory and Chess" discusses Fischer's memory
Fischer vs W Beach, 1963
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Clemenz Opening 1.h3 into Colle (A00) 1-0Terrific Kside attack
Fine vs A Simonson, 1932
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Blackburne won a "Special Brilliancy Prize" for this game
Blackburne vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Alexander Alekhine's Best Games, a stunning rook lift debated
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Uncommon (A00) 1-0 Like a Lion/Philidor Defense Bxf7
E Reinhardt vs Reiss, 1934
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Wall of Shame is a bad imitation of a White Hedgehog A00 0-1 13
O Onishko vs M Leonov, 2002
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1
Amar Opening: Gent Gambit (A00) 1-0 Bad opening, good recovery
G Welling vs T Peleman, 1986
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Kramnik - Topalov World Championship Match (2006) 0-1 Photos
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 0-1
Anti-computer strategy; Horsing around w/6 Kts...won't resign
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
Earliest piece sac in the DB (exchange sac on move 2)
A Smirnov vs V Shepelev, 2005
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening/Dbl Fio Reti (A00) 1-0 4Knights no guarantees
M Hennigan vs Chandler, 1999
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Bg2, Bb2 v Dutch Stonewall (A00) 1/2-1/2 She's a 10
D Kokarev vs V Ponfilenok, 2010
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Polish 1.b4 c5 Birmingham Gambit (A00) 1-0 Swallow's Tail #
B Tiller vs L Lovik, 2009
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Polish Opening Exchange ML (A00) 0-1 En passant Mate!
I Korepanova vs A Tishkov, 2007
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Santasiere's Folly (A06) 0-1 4 in the b-file
O Gritsayeva vs O Girya, 2014
(A06) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1
Van Geet (Dunst): Reversed Nimzowitsch (A00) 1-0 Legall's Mate
O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 Good shooting Emperor!
Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat, 1804
(C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 Notes by Eric Schiller
D van Geet vs Guyt, 1967
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: Myers Defense (A00)
N McInnes vs B De Cat, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hungarian Opening e5, d5 (A00) 1-0 13.Re5 lift is rare indeed!
Larsen vs Gruenfeld, 1961
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 55 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: Paris Gambit (A00) 1-0 The six pawn gambit?!
H E Myers vs T Alvarez, 1966
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 White musn't move on qside
M Greenwalt vs B Wall, 1983
(A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1
"The Pearl of Poznan"; Bird Opening, sacs for passers
Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931
(A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
8 Pawns on the 4th Rank beats the computer
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000
(A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 0-1 Protest->Expelled
I Penko vs Jernej Novak, 2001
(A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
Artic Defense? (A04) Take my R or N; connected doubled pawns!?
P Hammargren vs E Diemer, 1974
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Yeah, don't develop, move pawns! Hilarious mate!
NN vs E Diemer, 1984
(A04) Reti Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
1.Nf3 g5?!? Herrstrom Gambit (A04) 0-1 Blindfold simul charge!?
El Dorado vs T Gareyev, 2016
(A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Resigning in a won position
V Bilinski vs I David Glaz, 1982
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
English Anglo-Scandinavian Def. Schulz G (A10) 1-0 Q+ & fork Kt
H Lehmann vs W Schulz, 1950
(A10) English, 4 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Myers Variation (A10) 0-1 Smothered Mate
Taylor vs P Cody, 1980
(A10) English, 9 moves, 0-1
Halibut Gambit (A10) 1-0 After promotion, White is up a R
Knobloch vs R Schlenker, 1983
(A10) English, 8 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
E A Apps vs R Schlenker, 1974
(A10) English, 24 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
H Sieber vs L Frenzel, 1989
(A10) English, 30 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
R Nurmi vs A Dunne, 1994
(A10) English, 18 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
F Cathely vs M Hadzikaric, 1995
(A10) English, 31 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) 0-1 Hanging Queen
E Pedersen vs I Burchard, 1995
(A10) English, 24 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
P Sassi vs D Lardot, 1996
(A10) English, 43 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Halibut Gambit (A10) · 0-1
M Goetz vs T Gietl, 1997
(A10) English, 41 moves, 0-1
English Opening (A10) 1/2-1/2 Stalemate in 10 moves?!?!
J Upmark vs R Johansson, 1995
(A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
English Opening: Great Snake Variation (A10) 0-1 Opening Q Sac
H Uuetoa vs A Mayo, 1999
(A10) English, 48 moves, 0-1
U ever seen Discovered Check response by Discovered Check!?!
R Garcia vs E Figueroa, 1963
(A10) English, 28 moves, 1-0
Why did Korchnoi resign here?
Korchnoi vs I Sokolov, 1994
(A20) English, 14 moves, 0-1
Englund Gambit, Mosquito Gambit (A40) 1/2-1/2Agreed beforehand
Miles vs Huebner, 1985
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 1/2-1/2
Modern Defense (B06)1-0 White wins w/out developing either N?!!
E Diemer vs P Cerff, 1983
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Benoni Def: King's Indian System (A56) 1/2-1/2 A world-record?!
K Rogoff vs A H Williams, 1969
(A56) Benoni Defense, 106 moves, 1/2-1/2
You won't believe your eyes.
V Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988
(A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fully (A58) 1/2-1/2 What are the odds?
H MacGrillen vs E Formanek, 1973
(A58) Benko Gambit, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
White R captures pawn, 2 R's, Q & B. Never saw anything like it
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922
(A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Ripley loses in 11, believe it or not
J M Ripley vs O Hardy, 1963
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 11 moves, 0-1
A definition of "syracrophy" anyone?
Speelman vs T K Hemingway, 1972
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
St. George Def (B00) 0-1 Bizarre. Both sides sac Qs to promote.
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Notes by Tony Miles, edited by Ray Keene
Karpov vs Miles, 1980
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 0-1 Neither K castled
C Pritchett vs M Basman, 1986
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense: General (B00) · 0-1
R Lancaster vs M Basman, 1982
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Macho Grob Spike/Borg defense takes down a GM!
Speelman vs M Basman, 1980
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit (B00) 0-1 Deflect the Defender
H Guennewig vs H Alber, 1988
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 11 moves, 0-1
Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; must blockade!
J Congdon vs P Ware, 1880
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 60 moves, 0-1
Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; White beat himself
A G Sellman vs P Ware, 1880
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; Black passer
A Cohnfeld vs P Ware, 1880
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Uncommon KP (B00) 0-11st move didn't matter; unclean breakthru
J Grundy vs P Ware, 1880
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 57 moves, 0-1
Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense (B00) White has issues
L Horta vs M Dos Santos, 1984
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Duras Gambit (B00) 1-0 Blind Swine into Arabian Mate
O Sarapu vs Z Frankel, 1951
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Owen Defense (B00) 1-0 He resigned instead of forcing stalemate
M Klinova vs D Spence, 2006
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Owen Def. transposes to Hippo (B00) 1-0 aesthetic or pathetic?
Ivanchuk vs N Gaprindashvili, 2006
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Goldsmith Defense (B00) 0-1 Pin to win and work it over
Fritz vs E F Pecci, 2001
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
St. George Def. (B00) 0-1Rare extended fianchetto on BOTH sides
Z Plecsko vs S Biro, 1997
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Macho Grob Spike/Borg Defense (B00) mouse click malfunction
M Pavlovic vs M Umansky, 2003
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Franco-Nimzowitsch; Black King is stripped of pawn shield
T Abrahamyan vs W Duckworth, 2012
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Three Moves!!! Have a look at the kibitz to see what happened.
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893
(B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1
Scandi Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit (B01) · 0-1
Alekhine vs L Morelli, 1923
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Defense: Panov Transfer (B01) 1-0 BF missed # in 2
Fischer vs S Rubin, 1964
(B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0
Earliest Promoted Pawns: 4 queens by move 7
T Casper vs K Heckert, 1975
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's Defense; Brooklyn Variation; Awful!
Pillsbury vs E Chatard, 1900
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def: The Squirrel (B02) 1-0 Had a few too many nuts
Hill vs C Janeway, 1946
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Normal (B02) 1-0 Misplaced K; pile on the pin
E Steiner vs Colle, 1926
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def: Brooklyn Var (B02) 1-0 Reasonable play follows
R Tischbierek vs G Welling, 1990
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Buckley Attck; early Na3 is reasonable enough
G Franchini vs S Mikheev, 2001
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def: 4Pawns Attack. Trifunovic Var (B03) 1/2-Perpetual
M Wootton vs W Kilmer, 2007
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
Modern Defense 1...g6 2.h4 (B06) 1/2-1/2 Castle into Q sac?!
J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964
(B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
This is more like a creepy crawly game w/queenside action
J Polgar vs Shirov, 1995
(B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0
Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern. Pterodactyl (B06) 0-1 What a day
J Mestel vs L Day, 1982
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 0-1
Modern Def. Two Knights. Suttles Var (B06) 1-0 Dbl Dbl Octopus
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2002
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0
Black Hippopotamus (A00) 1-0 She beat her future husband!
A Skripchenko vs Fressinet, 2002
(B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 0-1 Missed Spearhead #
Aronian vs K Urban, 1996
(B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: 2.h4 (B06) 0-1 wonky game, wonky Dovetail Mate
V Rothuis vs F Olafsson, 2007
(B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Bc4 vs temporary Bg7 (B06) 1-0 Rather unusual
S Sulskis vs Bologan, 2000
(B06) Robatsch, 54 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: General (B07) 1-0 Stay-at-Home Kings
A Williams vs H Itkis, 2011
(B07) Pirc, 27 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Byrne (B07) 1-0 Opera House reminder after 22.
Tal vs Gufeld, 1968
(B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw (B07) 1-0 17 straight pawn moves
E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984
(B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
A game full of unexpected moves and weird positions
E Diemer vs F Trommsdorf, 1973
(B07) Pirc, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
White never moves Kside B, N, R, yet wins anyway...seems unfair
T Cagasik vs J Brooke, 2007
(B07) Pirc, 23 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def. Euwe Attack (B10) 1/2-?? Easy Black win awaits
H Stefansson vs Karpov, 1994
(B10) Caro-Kann, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Caro-Kann Def. Two Knights Attk (B11) 0-1 White attacks himself
A Stripunsky vs Onischuk, 2012
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 11 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Advance. Tal Var (B12) 0-1 Karpov plays 12...Kf7
Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1993
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 52 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def. Maroczy Variation (B12) 1-0 WC lost on time
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1958
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 55 moves, 1-0
King enters battlefield early as cramped opponent is squeezed
Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2013
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
C-K Panov Attk. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 0-1R+ traps itself
V Zaltsman vs D Lucky, 1985
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def Panov Attk 4...e5 pseudo Albin CG (B13) 0-1 Simul
Alekhine vs M Scholtz, 1932
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 48 moves, 0-1
#4876 in Laszlo Polgar's Book "5334 Problems, Combos & Games."
Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1909
(B15) Caro-Kann, 22 moves, 1-0
13.0-0; I can't ever remember seeing a move like that, where th
Van der Wiel vs Karpov, 1987
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bizarre, Entertaining K jaunt
Karpov vs A Zaitsev, 1970
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 72 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical (B18) 0-1 Amazing final position!
I Cabrijan vs V Piro, 2010
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 49 moves, 0-1
Marshall pushes pawns...for 14 straight moves.
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Rare example of a player moving all of his pawns before moving
Alekhine vs E Frahm, 1933
(B20) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Mini 0-0-0#! A castle mate!
A Kvicala vs NN, 1869
(B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
Bizarre Sicilian! White should have taken a draw.
Y Treger vs S Agaian, 2003
(B20) Sicilian, 68 moves, 0-1
Nakamura punished for 2.Qh5?!?
Nakamura vs A Volokitin, 2005
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Handshake Declined? 1-0 It's a head-shaker.
Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008
(B20) Sicilian, 1 moves, 1-0
Sicilian theory in Europe has re-arranged the f-file somewhat.
Robert Zieba vs V Plat, 2017
(B20) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
Combination will even up the material, but Black resigns
S J Wexler vs B Germalm, 1967
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 12 moves, 1-0
Incredible blindfold victory uses B+N# pattern into B's corner
Ljubojevic vs J Polgar, 1994
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 106 moves, 0-1
Adams did not claim a draw by threefold repetition of position
Adams vs Anand, 1992
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 58 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Alapin 2.c3 Barmen Def Central X$(B22) 1-0Common unpin
S Jackson vs B Sinka, 1981
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1/2-1/2 Squeezed too tight
C El Idrissi vs A Laaroussi, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Closed f4-Nf3-Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Video link
Short vs Gelfand, 1991
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 3.g4 (B23) 1-0 Odd start, 0-0-0, N fork
Nakamura vs A Zhigalko, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed Bc5 (B23) 0-1 Royal family fork#
A Hugaert vs B Gundavaa, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 3.f4 5.Bb5+ Grand Prix Attk (B23) 0-1Dbld Isolanis win
M Thesing vs Ftacnik, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 1-0 Clown Knights Mischief
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Katalimov Var (B27) 1-0 Black wins P, loses game!
Koronghi vs Szemegyi, 1985
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Has Nail ever played Skrew? B29 1-0 10
B Hammer vs Boldt, 1977
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Closed (B29) 1-0 Discovered Attk
A Shiplay vs E Shipley, 1977
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 12 moves, 1-0
In Kentucky it's illegal to remarry the same man four times.
B Belopolsky vs B M Kogan, 1984
(B30) Sicilian, 57 moves, 1-0
Perhaps VA lost on time but VK had insufficient mating material
Anand vs Kramnik, 1994
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Fingerfehler!?
Bagirov vs Korchnoi, 1960
(B32) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0
Romantic classic; amazing finish...most unusual promotion
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov (B33) 1-0 blunder on 121!
Short vs Krasenkow, 2004
(B33) Sicilian, 122 moves, 0-1
After Ne3 it is actually white that is winning!
B Jonasson vs H Angantysson, 1986
(B33) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Var (B33) 1-0 Missing Spear
V Spasov vs Saric, 2008
(B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
Anderssen and Kolisch first to use time limit
Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1861
(B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, French Variation (B40) 1-0 He gave her away
L Bruzon Batista vs Krasenkow, 2005
(B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0
Delayed Alapin (B22) 0-1 5 minor pieces stacked like flapjacks
J Shaw vs Short, 2003
(B40) Sicilian, 51 moves, 0-1
Mate by moving both knights to one's 8th rank (note also pin)
J Sherwin vs A Feuerstein, 1957
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 57 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0Weird B clearance works!
M Esserman vs P Nutzman, 2009
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 Double underpromotion
S Schweber vs B Wexler, 1964
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 47 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B40) 0-1 Unusual finish
A Reggio vs Tarrasch, 1902
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 15 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 4.Qc2?! (B50) 0-1 Bronstein's creativity fizzles
Bronstein vs Stein, 1965
(B50) Sicilian, 56 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Delayed Alapin/KIA (B50) 1/2-1/2 Mutual overlook
J Emma vs Stein, 1966
(B50) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
White sacs Queen to turn 7th rank into bowling alley for Rook
Rublevsky vs Harikrishna, 2006
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Canal Attack. ML (B52) 0-1 White N returns home
Kamsky vs Giri, 2013
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 43 moves, 0-1
The first consultation match of chessgames....Amazing!
M Ronteltap / Allies vs R Barber / Allies, 2006
(B53) Sicilian, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Var (B53) 1-0 Is your roof on fire?
R Mamedov vs U Bajarani, 2010
(B53) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Chekhover (B53) 1-0 Black resigns w/3 W en prise?
H Seifert vs M Szmyd, 2009
(B53) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
White was reaching out to play 38 Qh5-h8# when his flag fell!!
A Ivanov vs Yermolinsky, 1993
(B57) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
SicRichter-Rauzer (B60) Both White Knights occupy Black thrones
A Foldeak vs F Nagy, 1942
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 13 moves, 1-0
One variation has promotion mate 14.gxh8=Q#
B Koch vs W Kuppe, 1932
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 12 moves, 1-0
Free cake! Three kNights are given away as pawn food.
Tal vs E Nievergelt, 1959
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Panov (B76) 0-1 Ring-a-ling!
Korbut vs N Pogonina, 2007
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 22 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attk (B77) 0-1 6 passers island
E N Cooke vs W J Aramil, 2003
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 52 moves, 0-1
Chaotic Insanity
Morozevich vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2009
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 76 moves, 0-1
First game ever played in the history of Chess Olympiads
Yates vs O Naegeli, 1927
(B83) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 0-1 Underpromotion #!!
W Mueller vs K Junge, 1942
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Velimirovic Attack (B89) 1-0 12 straight pawn moves!
F Amonatov vs A Timofeev, 2007
(B89) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
One of the strangest GM games that Fredthebear has ever seen??
M Kobalia vs Khismatullin, 2004
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 84 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0Who needs SIX Queens?
E Szalanczy vs T Nguyen, 2009
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Najdorf. Opocensky Var (B92) 0-1Reversed Opera House #
Mac Hack VI vs Fischer, 1977
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
"World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) Chess!"
Y Shen vs J Zhou, 2005
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 114 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Najdorf. Amsterdam (B93) 0-1 Beaten like rented mules
Van der Wiel vs Browne, 1980
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 53 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Najdorf (B94) 1-0 This game will drive you nuts
A Volokitin vs Mamedyarov, 2012
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0
5 Queens
Z Mackic vs A Maksimenko, 1994
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 51 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Najdorf. Poisoned P (B97) 1/2-1/2 All 8 Black pieces
I Johannesson vs S Bergsson, 2007
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pseudo-Stonewall Attack; The Original Alekhine's Block?!
Alekhine vs V Ostrogsky, 1910
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
checkers/whist/blind chess simul (1900) 1-0, 21 moves Boden's #
Pillsbury vs NN, 1900
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Not a real Colle System (D05) 0-1 Lost sight of the position
Alekhine vs Ecole Polytechnique Paris, 1925
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Black K never moves! Less common up close Q fork ends game.
Pillsbury vs Marshall, 1894
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 0-1
The Crazy Rook Draw: Immunity or Stalemate capture
E Post vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
"V for Victory"; a unique formation and slick break through
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
White drops a piece on move 5, but wins. The loser becomes WC!
L Galojan vs A Ushenina, 2012
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
Slav Czech. Wiesbaden Sharp line (D17) · 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Lautier, 1994
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
The worst game in world championship history?
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 63 moves, 0-1
The worst blunder by a reigning world champion
Deep Fritz vs Kramnik, 2006
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
No Way to Treat A Lady: The best game prize at Gibraltar
L Javakhishvili vs R Edouard, 2015
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1
Check by castling nabs the wayward rook
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit (D31) 1-0 Tripled Pawns Win
J Turn vs K Makarczyk, 1936
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
Three pawns on the 7th rank isn't the half of it.
D Birnbaum vs E Relange, 1995
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tarrasch Def, Schara G (D32) 1-0 4 consecutive pawn captures!
D Fidlow vs A Maier, 1959
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical (D32) 1-0 Liren on the verge...
Ding Liren vs Nakamura, 2022
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 58 moves, 1-0
Classical Tarrasch Gambit(D34) 0-1Worlds longest roller coaster
B Gundavaa vs S Collins, 2010
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 101 moves, 0-1
LINK TO CHESS ENGINES IN BLOGGER NOTES
Aronian vs Caruana, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def: Botvinnik System (D44) 0-1 Unordinary Rooks
M Szigeti vs Benko, 1945
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 0-1
63...Ra7 is a draw by threefold repetition. Anand blew tie 1st
Radjabov vs Anand, 2008
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 85 moves, 1-0
An underpromotion+ saves the draw in a basic R vs P ending
A Evdokimov vs Sveshnikov, 2003
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2
Both players miss the hangers
D Zagorskis vs B Gasiorowski, 2006
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0
Grandmaster plays ONLY move that allows an instant mate
A Beliavsky vs L E Johannessen, 2002
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 69 moves, 0-1
White could have claimed a draw by three-time repetition
Rotlewi vs Teichmann, 1911
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 69 moves, 0-1
They dyed my shoes. Open those shoes by offramp
Giri vs Caruana, 2016
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 96 moves, 1/2-1/2
Two underpromotions to BISHOPS!? (It didn't much matter.)
Vidmar vs Maroczy, 1932
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 129 moves, 1/2-1/2
He did not lose on time. It's a score keeping violation.
So vs V Akobian, 2015
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1
QGD Tarrasch Def (D32) 0-1 Black won by making only pawn moves!
NN vs H Bruening, 1907
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1
QGD Capablanca (D43) 1-0 Victory w/tripled pawns is rare
Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def. Russian. Prins Var (D97) 1-0 Black Q never moves
J Piket vs Kasparov, 1995
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 41 moves, 1-0
Castle-mate
Anand vs Svidler, 1999
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 31 moves, 1-0
Nh3
L Boeye vs E Denayer, 2001
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Devin Gambit (E00) 1/2-1/2 Notes by Stockfish
Mamedyarov vs A Esipenko, 2022
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Horowitz said "One bad move ruins forty good ones."
G Garcia vs Ivkov, 1965
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
An unusual trap of a rook by a bishop-so queen can gobble it
Smyslov vs Tolush, 1961
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 Trapped pair of Rs
Ivkov vs I Kanko, 1963
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Bogo-Indian Defense (E11) 1-0 Black meant to defend w/4...Qe7
L Palau vs S Kalabar, 1927
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
Beating Smyslov w/every piece still on the board may be unique.
Geller vs Smyslov, 1952
(E12) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 1-0
Fredthebear says an unexplained rook move makes no sense.
D Gurevich vs Tiviakov, 1999
(E12) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
215 moves in about 5 minutes is amazing... Q sac stalemate!
Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2007
(E15) Queen's Indian, 215 moves, 1/2-1/2
Korchnoi to arbiter: "Can I castle if my rook is attacked?"
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974
(E17) Queen's Indian, 19 moves, 1-0
JimmyVermeer's blog: Forced mate in 42
Y Stepak vs Y Mashian, 1980
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 193 moves, 1-0
The wife and mistress in the same playing hall. Poor Don Jose.
Saemisch vs Capablanca, 1929
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 62 moves, 1-0
Say that again? Eight pawns versus zero in actual play?
S Vaughan vs F Gehlhoff, 1987
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 39 moves, 1-0
Odd Name Claim to Fame (not really, but that's life)
O Arvoll vs O K Lie, 1965
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
Barry Attack vs NY System (D00) 1/2-1/2 it got WhAcKy
Jobava vs R Hovhannisyan, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Flohr Bewitched by an Illusion D02 0-1 25
Flohr vs H Grob, 1933
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
QGD Albin Countergambit (D08) 0-1 Very, VERY unique mate!!
S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
P-Q4 Krause Variation (D02) 1-0 Royal fork+ loses?!
Swiderski vs J Berger, 1908
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Four(!) pawns are sent to the 2nd rank to seize the win!
F J Lee vs H W Shoosmith, 1904
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
QGD Copycat (D02) 1-0 Quad Pawns in 18, Hogs on 8th
E E Colman vs H Jacobs, 1911
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
A "rainbow of bishops and knights" à la Dodge-Houghteling
V Sultanov vs S Kamaletdinov, 2011
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Rook Trio: Underpromotion prevents Q sac for Stalemate
D Wagner vs Kosteniuk, 2018
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 117 moves, 0-1
Stonewall Attack puts 4 Bs on c-file (D00) 1/2-Down to the last
S Khan vs Tartakower, 1931
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Colle System (D05) 1/2-1/2 The wrong-colored bishop
Carlsen vs Giri, 2017
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 123 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nimzo-Indian Def: Leningrad Var (E30) 0-1 Queen's Knight Tour
Alie H/Hasan vs Alekhine, 1933
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 39 moves, 0-1
BTW the game is famous enough to appeared on a couple of stamps
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Swindled into a capture stalemate or immune perpetual check
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Near structural symmetry after 20.Rdd1 but Black win in 5 moves
R Pruun vs Keres, 1931
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 24 moves, 0-1
KID Normal. K's Knight Var (E60) 1/2-1/2 Stalemate blunder
Karpov vs J Polgar, 1998
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Black b8 knight makes six moves to stalemate itself
Alekhine vs N E Schwartz, 1926
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 54 moves, 1-0
Giving away a won game: Swallow's Tail/Gueridon Mate in one
Y Xu vs I Charkhalashvili, 2001
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 88 moves, 0-1
KID Yugoslav Exch (E66) 0-1 Petro returned to table, blundered
Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 36 moves, 0-1
a splendid example of "Yusupov's Gun"
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
GM fails KBN vs K ending.
I Zakharevich vs A Bratchenko, 2001
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 100 moves, 1/2-1/2
KID. Four Pawns Attack (E76) 1/2-1/2 Movie scene fabrications
J Sarwer vs J Waitzkin, 1986
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bonnerjee Mohishunder helped generate the term "Indian Defense"
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1853
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
KID Saemisch Variation (E80) 1/2-1/2 Fortress; No Breakthrough
A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
16.Nxd4Ne5 for those that like shape shifting
Hort vs R Byrne, 1962
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 18 moves, 1-0
K's Indian Def. Orthodox. Glek Def (E94) 1-0Blindfold blunder
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2001
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 14 moves, 1-0
This is the longest game (over 20 hours) of chess history
I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989
(E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2
Putting your own pieces into a fork:
P H Nielsen vs T Hillarp Persson, 1998
(E97) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
2...g4?! Yeah, you can't get more 'uncommon' than this!
E Pospisilova vs I Kopecek, 1968
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: General(A00) 1/2-Castle by hand - fianchetto
Sveshnikov vs Alburt, 1978
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hippopotumus gets mated in 31 moves w/out any captures!!
R Nuber vs R Keckeisen, 1994
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
All 16 pieces are still on the board
D Robinson vs S Woodrow, 2010
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
8...Ne5 places all four Ns on diagonal. Then Black misses N+.
E Moser vs C Andersson, 2001
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Ugly Black defense but White loses time, space, disconnected Rs
J Matynia vs L Day, 1966
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Attack vs 1...a5 (A01) 0-1 Ugly step-child chess
Rapport vs A Adly, 2015
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern (A01) 1-0 Uncommon finish
A Sokolov vs S Milliet, 2015
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: From G. 2 Knights (A02) 1-0 White survives K walk
H Danielsen vs R Theissl Pokorna, 2003
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 60 moves, 1-0
Double Duck Formation (A02) 1-0 Double diagonal checks
E Williams vs W Henderson, 1845
(A02) Bird's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: General (A02) 1-0 Maniac chess by Basman
M Basman vs A Whiteley, 1973
(A02) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
Bird begins with his move 1 f4-pawn NEVER moves thereafter.
Bird vs Lasker, 1892
(A03) Bird's Opening, 102 moves, 1-0
You get a chance for quadrupled pawns once in a lifetime!
Bird vs F J Lee, 1892
(A03) Bird's Opening, 49 moves, 0-1
Uncommon like Fredthebear but not unsound
D J Hacche vs I Bjelobrk, 2001
(A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
A04 0-1 75 A most embarrassing Queen sacrifice??
N J Fries-Nielsen vs C Hoi, 1981
(A04) Reti Opening, 75 moves, 0-1
A pretty mate with two discovered checks by Blacks' king.
Dorfman vs Tseshkovsky, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Ross Gambit (A04) 0-1 Never seen this before
I Theodorovich vs H Ridout, 1976
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom Gambit 2.Nxg5 and 4.Nxf7 (A04) 1-0
Streng vs E Diemer, 1984
(A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
A humorously weird game, full of unorthodox situations.
P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1927
(A06) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 1-0
Let's trade... but you keep your knight, I'll keep my pawn.
Mecking vs J F Cubas, 2017
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Def (A06) 1-0 Unusual play
L Zaitseva vs O Stjazhkina, 1999
(A06) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
KIA vs. mutated Sicilian/Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense (A04
P Szabo vs P R Scott, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alexey Troitzky Mate w/2 Knights
C McNab vs M Karttunen, 2006
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 80 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game, Paulsen-Mieses Var (C26) 0-1 Rare Knights EG# in 3
R Mamedov vs M Panchanathan, 2009
(C26) Vienna, 85 moves, 0-1
56...d1=N+ (9 pieces, no pawns)
S Sergienko vs G Vescovi, 2010
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
KIA Dbl Fio vs Rev Botvinnik System (A07) 0-1 Unique Ns Mate!!
T Becker vs R Ramesh, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1
Polish Defense Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) · 0-1
W Duckworth vs R Yankovsky, 2012
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
Abdusattorov & Zhigalko share the same birthday (September 18)
Abdusattorov vs A Zhigalko, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 68 moves, 1-0
KIA. Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0 3 of 4 knights on the rim?!
Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
50 moves rule successfully applied for a draw.
Sindarov vs G Jones, 2018
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 122 moves, 1/2-1/2
King's Indian Attack (A07) 0-1 championship tie-break blunders
I Krush vs J Yu, 2022
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 47 moves, 0-1
English vs Hippo (A10) 1-0N sac opens diagonal for g7 crossfire
E Ghaem Maghami vs R Bancod, 2004
(A10) English, 23 moves, 1-0
Agincourt Defense; 23.Ne4 ! Offering the d3 Rook (...Nxd3)
Tal vs Van der Wiel, 1982
(A13) English, 24 moves, 1-0
Gain time on queen while building a battery against the block
Alekhine vs O Chajes, 1911
(A13) English, 24 moves, 1-0
the I'm More Tall Game
Smyslov vs Filip, 1958
(A14) English, 109 moves, 1-0
English, Anglo-Indian Defense QID Formation (A15) Too Mobile
E Agrest vs Ponomariov, 2003
(A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0
Q sacrifice, B check, and a rarity...K move to checkmate
D Cummings vs G Basanta, 1999
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 33 moves, 1-0
English, Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knt Var (A15) 0-1 Waiting works
Kharlov vs M Kobalia, 2004
(A15) English, 66 moves, 0-1
Phony Benoni: How to beat Alex Yermolinsky! ?
J Kraai vs Yermolinsky, 2005
(A15) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Check out this stunning finish and the final position!!
Benko vs W Hartmann, 1984
(A16) English, 21 moves, 0-1
Yuri Averbakh protested legal 0-0-0?!?
Averbakh vs C Purdy, 1960
(A16) English, 48 moves, 1-0
White didn't move d or e pawn for 27 moves!!
S Polgar vs Chiburdanidze, 2004
(A17) English, 39 moves, 1-0
English, Anglo-Indian Def. Qs Indian(A17) 1-0 7th Q will decide
D Anton Guijarro vs A Franco, 2011
(A17) English, 82 moves, 1-0
White promotes his king (A18) 0-1 Sideways Gueridon Mate
A A Murray vs F Hebert, 1949
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 58 moves, 0-1
King's English. Reversed Sicil (A21) 0-1 Q sac avoids perpetual
R Toran vs Tal, 1961
(A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1
Notes by Raymond Keene: English Opening, Bellon gambit
Keene vs K Wockenfuss, 1977
(A22) English, 20 moves, 1-0
the shortest loss in a tournament by the winner of the same tou
J Rebane vs O Sarapu, 1940
(A22) English, 9 moves, 1-0
King's English. Three Knights System (A27) 0-1 c4 yourself!
Seirawan vs Browne, 1979
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 18 moves, 0-1
Game 135/152 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Keres, 1935
(A28) English, 54 moves, 1-0
King's English. Four Knights Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 B Underpromo
A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0
K's English 4 Knights Fianchetto (A29)1/2-1/2 Stalemate blunder
Kasparov vs K Georgiev, 1988
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
tied with Somogyi vs RBlack, 2002 for the latest known castling
M Neshewat vs R R Garrison, 1994
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 56 moves, 0-1
English Symmetrical. Normal (A34) 0-1 4 different units in mid
Quinteros vs Dzindzichashvili, 1980
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 35 moves, 0-1
English, Symmetrical. Botvinnik System (A36) 1-0Speed promotion
G Minchev vs K Kolev, 1991
(A36) English, 37 moves, 1-0
English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System (A36) 1-0 2 Q's lose!
A Reshko vs V Faibisovich, 1969
(A36) English, 25 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical (A36) 1-0 strange finish
V Danov vs Gipslis, 1963
(A36) English, 38 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. 2 Knts (A37) 1-0Check-less K hunt
Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1956
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1-0
Kings engulfed in tactics but don't move until move 38
A Adly vs A Kosten, 2003
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Black moves the same Knight 13 times in the first 27 moves!
J M Hernando Rodrigo vs D Duarte, 2001
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fredthebear is a Beefeater (A40) 0-1
G Taylor vs I Ivanov, 1985
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Picturesque final position, with an underpromotion leading to #
P Ware vs J S Ryan, 1880
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 0-1
Creepy Crawly 5 pawns on the 6th; W had no advantage until pin
N Schouten vs P du Chattel, 1975
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 1-0
Stalemate with all the pieces on the board
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
Soller Gambit Deferred (A40) 0-1 He went 82 years between wins!
Baumgartner vs F Borsdorff, 1973
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
St. George / Horwitz Def 1...e6 2...b5?! (A40) 1-0 2 vs 1 EG
Le Quang Liem vs Mamedyarov, 2009
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 / Nh6 French Advance (A40) 0-1 Up the exchange
G Yiapanis vs V Sipila, 2010
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Modern Def. g6 Fianchetto (A40) 1-0 Caught by Correspondence
J F Campbell vs A Ehrlich, 1990
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 1-0
Polish Defense (A40) 0-1 Played like an Owen Defense
Alekhine vs L Prins, 1933
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
Owen's Def (A40/B00) 1-0 Opening N trap, en passant mate!
F Rhine vs NN, 2017
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: a bizarre draw by perpetual
Miles vs A Vaisser, 1998
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stonehenge: After 67 moves all the pawns are still there.
G Welling vs H Vedder, 1994
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bg2 vs Modern Defense: Bg7 (A40) 0-1 Uncommon castle by hand
Forintos vs Suttles, 1964
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
Rat Defense: English Rat (A41) 0-1 Four minors on the 6th rank
H Sonntag vs L Christiansen, 1989
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 16 moves, 0-1
Rat Defense (A41) 0-1 Rather UNIQUE (like Fredthebear) play!
Goryachkina vs A Bodnaruk, 2016
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 77 moves, 0-1
Rat Def: English Rat (A41) 1/2-1/2 Qs are the first exchange
L Kwatschewsky vs H Modrova, 1994
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit 2.g4 vs Indian Def (A45) 1-0 K walks
D Barron vs P Gardner, 2001
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Stonewall / Colle-Rubinstein (A45) 1/2-1/2 Dry race to exchange
Marshall vs Euwe, 1929
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Very unusual...the winning White K walks to h8 in the MG!
J van Ruitenburg vs S Castellani, 2000
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Pawn Push Variation (A45) · 0-1 Never seen before
M Muslimovic vs F Bistric, 2003
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1
A novel finish with two en prise queens...
L Trent vs D Tan, 2002
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack (A45) 0-1 Watch the solo K charge!
A Bigg vs P Dimitrov, 2008
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: General (A45) 1-0 rare Max Lange # in center
Nita Saraci vs Nafissatou Gbadamassi, 2018
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0
Mr. Day's personal record for Slow Castling is 43 moves!
D Norwood vs L Day, 1989
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 Q blunder
Bacrot vs M Vukic, 2004
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Two knights versus pawn is an ending that has vexed GMs
L N Enequist vs M Fish, 1934
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 101 moves, 1-0
"The Check Keeps Bouncing" (game of the day May-12-2020)
P Zarrouati vs Hartwick Brauckmann, 1990
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
King's Indian. Fianchetto Var (A49) 1-0 A dozen moves of minors
K Klaman vs L Potucek, 1946
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 33 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Przepiorka Var (A49) 0-1 long pawn chain, sacs!
V Stamenkov vs Kamsky, 2009
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 35 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Pyrenees Gambit (A50) 0-1 Mate threat on h-file
Kasparov vs W Cotrina, 1993
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
Old Indian Defense: Janowski Var (A53) 0-1 Ng2 & Ng7?!
S Strating vs V Georgiev, 2000
(A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Old Indian Defense: Two Knights (A54) 0-1 The Bxe2+ sacrifice
V Iotov vs M Nikolov, 2004
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 32 moves, 0-1
featured in the latest episode of "Attack with Larry C" on ICC
J Silman vs L Christiansen, 1989
(A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A60) 0-1 She didn't move an inch
J Mileika vs Tal, 1953
(A60) Benoni Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
Chess Record. Most consecutive series of captures, 17 half move
J Rudd vs P Roberson, 2006
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 144 moves, 1/2-1/2
rare to see four bishops stacked on the g-file.
Kasparov vs Yurtaev, 1977
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 30 moves, 1-0
Dutch Def. Blackmar's Second G. (A80)1-0 Uncommon Ns Strategy
Tal vs K Klasups, 1952
(A80) Dutch, 64 moves, 1-0
Friendly Blitz - Bronstein only managed to defeat Spassky once
Bronstein vs Spassky, 1961
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0
the immortal repitititititition gamemememe
G Neumann vs Steinitz, 1870
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 124 moves, 0-1
Piazzini's sitting center...! A strange way to victory...
C Guimard vs L Piazzini, 1938
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
Historic 500 first-place victories ! ! ! ! !
P Salathe vs J Curdo, 1994
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Odd occurrence: Black manages to play move ...f5 three times!
Torre vs J Mieses, 1925
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 54 moves, 1-0
Classical Dutch, the Mason-Bird episode.
Mason vs Bird, 1882
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 30 moves, 0-1
Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 (A85) 0-1 7 Pawns on the 5th!?
John Bigelow vs R Wood, 1986
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 26 moves, 0-1
One doesn't see a Royal Family Fork knight sacrifice every day,
E Gausel vs S Briem, 1996
(A90) Dutch, 18 moves, 1-0
Black essentially eliminates White's R from the game until he..
L Aronson vs Tal, 1957
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 36 moves, 0-1
London System vs KID (D02) 1/2-1/2 Double the e-pawns
D Roos vs M Hebden, 1993
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
On move 27, Tarrasch makes the first rook move of the game.
Tarrasch vs E Dyckhoff, 1909
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
"a most unfortunate pairing"
H Kock vs J Sucher, 1992
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Anti-Torre 4...f6 (D02) 1-0 N en prise 4x!!
A Bandza vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1978
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical 5.Be3?! a5 (D02) 1/2-1/2
N Sarin vs N Kacharava, 2021
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Colle System Bb2 (D04) 1-0 Black pays the price for pawn grabs
S Puc vs M Vidmar Jr, 1950
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Geller Gambit (D15) 1-0 Publish this!
A Sandrin vs J C Barnes, 1954
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 19 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Var (D16) 1-0 The Double Double
F Ekstrom vs V Soultanbeieff, 1946
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 1-0
totem pole on the e-file after 37.Ke3
Alekhine vs De Wit, 1933
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 57 moves, 1-0
16 consecutive pawn moves to start (8 ply) D20 1-0 23
Greco vs NN, 1620
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Accepted: General (D20) 1-0Big grin on your face
H Bernstein vs A Bisguier, 1946
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0
A very rare instance where only an under promotion to a
Hjartarson vs M Andersen, 2022
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional, 4 Knights Gambit(D30) 0-1
A Schmied vs J Aagaard, 1995
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1
Castle with Check
Y Wang vs Ivanchuk, 2009
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1
QGD: Traditional Var (D30) 1-0 multi-purpose 19.0-0-0!!
Dubov vs Giri, 2019
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Unusual to see 6 passed pawns concentrated across just 4 files.
M van 't Kruijs vs M M Coopman, 1851
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 0-1
18 consecutive moves on the white squares by Karpov!
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
QGD: Harrwitz Attack. Fianchetto Def (D37) 1/2-1/2 Surprise!
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black's King Mated on a3 with 17 Pieces on the Board? Awesome!
Dubov vs R Svane, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
the highest average rating classical game ever played!?!
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2019
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Def (D40) 1-0 time?
O Ulvestad vs O'Kelly, 1964
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0
QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (D40) 0-1 A little misunderstanding
Sevian vs Niemann, 2022
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 78 moves, 0-1
You take my kingdom and I'll have yours
A Roos vs B Fleurquin, 2014
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def. Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 1-0 Unusual X-ray mate
Carlsen vs A Groenn, 2005
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Great story of FAIR PLAY in Chess.
Rubinstein vs B Maliutin, 1906
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Semi-Slav Def: Meran Var (D48) 1-0 Superior penetration
I Rabinovich vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 32 moves, 1-0
Played with living pieces in the Sporthalle, Oct. 19, 1924
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1924
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
56 moves in Queens D70 1/2-1/2 93
C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2
Holy Phony Benoni!! It's en passant w/check by each Pawn+
Alekhine vs V Mikenas, 1937
(D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 64 moves, 0-1
Neo-Grünfeld Def: Delayed Exchange (D76) 0-1 g-file log jam!?
Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2015
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 44 moves, 0-1
Tim Krabbe calls this the 2nd most fantastic move ever played.
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998
(D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Def: Three Knts. Hungarian Attk (D92) 1-0 Cozy Corner
F Reinfeld vs N Grossman, 1936
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 36 moves, 1-0
The final position is cute as a bear cub.
Aronian vs Nakamura, 2011
(D94) Grunfeld, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
cross-like pawn formation that occurs from move 19 to the end
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
2 bishops better than 2 knights in a blocked position
Spassky vs Short, 2001
(E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 62 moves, 1-0
Just like in the movies: "Check" is answered by "CheckMATE"!
Alekhine vs A Popovic, 1930
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0
Pork Chop Blitz Stupidity
Nakamura vs Kramnik, 2023
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Unusual to see 0-1 when the Black K is in double check!!
H Amini vs A K Nguyen, 2016
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Reshevsky announced mate and lost
Reshevsky vs Savon, 1973
(A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 40 moves, 0-1
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