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The True Knight - Poem by Stephen Hawes

FOR knighthood is not in the feats of warre,
As for to fight in quarrel right or wrong,
But in a cause which truth can not defarre:
He ought himself for to make sure and strong, Justice to keep mixt with mercy among:
And no quarrell a knight ought to take
But for a truth, or for the common's sake.

* Underpromotion-for-Mate!! https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki)

* Knights of Medieval Europe: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* Everlasting L4U: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jNMN... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ObeV...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZuGb...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pruD...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qQxO...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T21_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zako...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9nvJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dSom...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7U_C...

"The funny thing is, on the outside, I was an honest man, straight as an arrow. I had to come to prison to be a crook." ― Andy Dufresne (Timothy Robbins) in prison for a murder he did not commit in the movie "Shawshank Redemption"

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." ― Aristotle

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." ― Socrates

"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov

"Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly."
― Langston Hughes

"Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears." ― John Lennon

"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them." ― Mark Twain

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ― Aristotle, Metaphysics

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

"The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times." ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"If you're reading this...
Congratulations, you're alive.
If that's not something to smile about,
then I don't know what is."
― Chad Sugg, Monsters Under Your Head

"There is neither happiness nor misery in the world; there is only the comparison of one state with another, nothing more. He who has felt the deepest grief is best able to experience supreme happiness. We must have felt what it is to die, Morrel, that we may appreciate the enjoyments of life. " Live, then, and be happy, beloved children of my heart, and never forget, that until the day God will deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is contained in these two words, 'Wait and Hope." ― Alexandre Dumas

"Think before you speak. Read before you think." ― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back." ― Abigail Van Buren

"Turn your wounds into wisdom." ― Oprah Winfrey

"The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them." ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man." ― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

"Angry people are not always wise." ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest." ― Confucious

<<<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.>

Axioms are the same as assumptions, or basic intuitive knowledge, which are most of the time independent from each other. In the game of chess, the moves of the pieces are independent from each other. The move of the bishops has nothing to do with the move of the rooks.

The Ass Loaded With Sponges, and the Ass Loaded With Salt

A man, whom I shall call an ass-eteer,
His sceptre like some Roman emperor bearing,
Drove on two coursers of protracted ear,
The one, with sponges laden, briskly faring;
The other lifting legs
As if he trod on eggs,
With constant need of goading,
And bags of salt for loading.
Over hill and dale our merry pilgrims passed,
Till, coming to a river's ford at last,
They stopped quite puzzled on the shore.
Our asseteer had crossed the stream before;
So, on the lighter beast astride,
He drives the other, spite of dread,
Which, loath indeed to go ahead,
Into a deep hole turns aside,
And, facing right about,
Where he went in, comes out;
For duckings two or three
Had power the salt to melt,
So that the creature felt
His burdened shoulders free.
The sponger, like a sequent sheep,
Pursuing through the water deep,
Into the same hole plunges
Himself, his rider, and the sponges.
All three drank deeply: asseteer and ass
For boon companions of their load might pass;
Which last became so sore a weight,
The ass fell down,
Belike to drown,
His rider risking equal fate.
A helper came, no matter who.
The moral needs no more ado –
That all can't act alike, –
The point I wished to strike.

The More You Take, The More You Leave Behind Riddle Riddle Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. "What am I?"

Thank you Qindarka!

Riddle Answer: Footsteps.

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

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

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

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

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

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

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

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Attack: Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

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

* KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98

"A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

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

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

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

* 4 Miniz: zPonziani, zKieseritzky, zPhilidor, zFrankenstein-Dracula: z https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* 29 traps: https://www.chessonly.com/chess-ope...

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

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

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancy Prizes (Reinfeld)

* Center Fork Trick is very common: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

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

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

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

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

* 1.d4: Game Collection: Winning with 1 d4!

* Glossary W: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess

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

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

https://archive.org/details/the-gol...

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

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

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

* "Messi of Chess": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0w...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

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

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

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

* Sicilian Alapin Miniature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLk...

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

* GK Sheveningen: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

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

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
http://billwall.phpwebhosting.com/c...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"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...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

Nevada: Genoa
Established in: 1851

Geoa was founded back in 1851 as a trading post and provisioning station meant to serve passing wagon trains. It was originally known as Mormon Station because the first settlers were Mormon, and was part of Utah. It was renamed Genoa in 1855 by Mormon leader Orson Hyde, who named it in honor of Christopher Columbus's birthplace of Genoa, Italy.

Genoa is a tiny town — according to its website, just 250 people live there.

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

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

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

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

"Botvinnik was the second first one-termer and the first first second-termer." ― offramp

<<<chess writer and poet <Henry Thomas Bland>

Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:>

I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up

He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.>

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

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

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

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

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

Why not give credit to the book that made you the player that you are? Your First Move: Chess For Beginners by Alexei Sokolsky defines Al. https://archive.org/details/yourfir...

Sokolsky also wrote one of the all-time great opening manuals: https://archive.org/details/moderno...

1.b4? Not so much: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UK1b...

Edmar Mednis espoused the Caro-Kann for the ordinary player, because it was structurally sound and a lot less memorization. If a player is patient and has a strong endgame, the Caro-Kann is a good choice, but one must know all those opening traps (often relying upon ...Qe2 or ...h6) that lean toward White. Yep, Fredthebear took up Bobby Fischer's studious habit years ago and is extremely well-read, although Fischer gave bad advice to "read" MCO not once, but twice. (Of course, BF had a photographic memory, so the affect on him would be pronounced.) Before the internet, there were no great chess instructors in FTB's area that I knew of. The no-nonsense writing of Edmar Mednis certainly helped my endgame.

If a player is theoretically lazy, the Sicilian Najdorf is a bad choice. This opening is for professional players IMHO.

"Know your enemy and know yourself, and in a hundred battles, you will never be in peril." — Sun Tzu

Perhaps the best advice an aspiring FTB received from an older master that he competed against was to read Fred Reinfeld's Complete Chess Course: https://archive.org/details/complet... In fact, the master walked over to the selection of books, pulled out Reinfeld's brick out, and handed it to me saying "By this one. It explains what you need to know to be successful." The course really does cover so many aspects of chess in an applied way. Unfortunately, FTB never grew to love the book, saw it more as laborious. The Complete Chess PLAYER by Reinfeld has more appeal. Smaller in size, yet 300 pages packed plenty of information: https://archive.org/details/complet...

The contemporary player might prefer this complete course dandy by Antonio Gude: https://archive.org/details/complet... A "Gude" book (in algebraic notation), but not better than Reinfeld's complete course.

Fredthebear got great mileage out of Learn Chess: A Complete Course by Alexander and Beach: https://archive.org/details/learnch... Unfortunately, the diagrams in some of the older editions (two separate books) were a bit faded, but FTB had young, fresh eyes back then and such was not bothersome.

For a novice struggling to understand what to do in chess, this beginner's book by Reinfeld (written for his wife as I recall) certainly fills the bill: https://archive.org/details/howtobe... No, it's not a complete course by any means, but it will set your chess mind on the straight and narrow path of search and seizer. Fredthebear has not read the algebraic edition, but it looks to have included more diagrams than the original.

The novice (player or instructor) might want to read A.J. Gillam's book first of all: https://archive.org/details/startin...

This Batsford book provides some good game examples once the fundamentals are learned elsewhere: https://archive.org/details/batsfor... Having a diagram in every column is very helpful. To be clear, FTB prefers the other mentioned books above before this one of application.

A complimentary follow up to Alexander and Beach is The Art of Mastering Chess: A Complete Course for Beginners by radio shack/GM Eduard Gufeld : https://archive.org/details/artofma... The strength of this book is the famous complete game examples worthy of memorization and technical opening theory not emphasized by Alexander and Beach. Beware that Gufeld's book has been published in English Descriptive and Algebraic notation. The serious student would be wise to read both forms without hesitation.

Here's Larry Evan's practical openings puzzle book that uses both forms of notation: https://archive.org/details/whatsbe... Instead of trying to figure it out as you go from the very beginning, wouldn't your chances dramatically improve if you got off to a good start every game by following the tried-and-true paths of a master?

These miniatures are more advanced, but it's arranged by opening making it easy to compare with Evan's puzzle book: https://archive.org/details/modernc...

Raymond Keene's meaty book is also useful for intermediates (far too much work for the novice): https://archive.org/details/keeneon... Keene recommends the King's Indian Attack for White ala Bobby Fischer.

Is this Keene's most popular book? https://archive.org/details/duelsof...

Here's twelve more brilliant games where Yasser Seirawan explains every move: https://archive.org/details/winning...

The study of tactics through complete game examples has great appeal: https://archive.org/details/acourse...

Perhaps the single most famous chess book: https://archive.org/details/my-syst...

This instructive book is hard to beat: https://archive.org/details/capabla... Solve some tactical puzzles and rehearse one game per night and you're done in two months (60 games). Rinse and repeat.

Nunn's monster is for experienced players after the above-mentioned books have been read at least a few times: https://archive.org/details/johnnun...

A Lefty Land
by JD Maxwell

A different land exists somewhere,
Where lefties are the norm.
The lefty side considered there,
Is standard for the form.

Lets say, someone, you go to meet,
And then extend a hand.
But it's the left, you'll use to greet,
In all the lefty land.

A lefty golfer's shopping dream,
For clubs would be abound.
Or you could fit a baseball team,
Where lefty gloves are found.

From right to left, we all would write,
And never more to smear,
The ink our hand collects just might,
On up and disappear.

And think about the kitchen tools,
To fill about your house.
And then you'll find at all the schools,
A left computer mouse.

And so I dream that there's a place,
That's based upon a hand,
And all of us can share a space,
Our little lefty land.

All about American champion Frank J. Marshall: https://archive.org/details/marshal...

A great broad games collection of an aggressive world champion: https://archive.org/details/mybestg...

If you go ape crazy over miniatures: https://archive.org/details/1000bes...

No - Haste, they great enemy! Slow down, look around - be disciplined, use your checklist and consider ALL the possibilities: https://archive.org/details/movefir... Masterful combinations with interesting commentary.

Fredthebear likes those words of wisdom: https://archive.org/details/2013The...

Who's Mark Reinfeld? https://archive.org/details/30minut...

Newcomers, don't take this post lightly. Much improvement goes to the student that follows through on the recommended books above, and they are free to read if you sign up for free!

An all-time introductory best seller: https://archive.org/details/beginch... One might need to zoom in on the mini diagrams, but they do serve as excellent example of the subject at hand.

This beginner book (English Descriptive notation) gives easy lessons until Lesson 9 on Combinations: https://archive.org/details/chessin... The Giuoco Piano opening is discussed on page 71. Some of the best chess advice you will ever receive is on page 73, followed by your first theoretical openings.

This beginner book (English Descriptive notation) is not well known, but it gives good introductions to staples like control of the center, the Giuoco Piano, Ruy Lopez, tactics, the Opposition, and passing pawns, so it's rather useful: https://archive.org/details/chessba...

Printed in 1846, ten years after the Battle of the Alamo and before the gold rush near Sacramento, California: https://archive.org/details/chessfo... FTB looked at a few positions, but has not read the entire book.

<<<Anticipation> by Philip Lawrence>

warm May morning
early cool breeze
pock-marked bleachers
men loping lazily across
a verdant carpet as
bright-white baseballs are
snared under ice-blue skies
and as three-year-old eyes
dart unfailingly, and
sneakers kick up and down
mid-air while tiny fingers
grip the metal chair in
full anticipation>

Garry gives good chess lessons for beginners: https://archive.org/details/lessons...

A robust book for advanced beginners that already understand moves and captures: https://archive.org/details/frombeg...

Here's robust Volume I that starts from scratch: https://archive.org/details/learnch...

One for the coaches: https://archive.org/details/1997Che... Does this move along too slow for youthful attentions?

For those who'd rather watch a beginner's video: https://archive.org/details/cosmaca... Joe Payne has provided additional videos below on the initial page. Don't wait back and play passively -- become an attacker searching for checkmate!

Does your kid like Fried Liver? I wouldn't move that knight twice so soon when so many other soldiers are itching to get into the game. Still, it's a plan of action. https://archive.org/details/firstch...

This book looks like overkill, but the associated on-line videos are useful: https://archive.org/details/the-six...

75 brief lessons for intermediate players: https://archive.org/details/betterc... Don't be one of those common people who learn the moves and rules but never study again after they've started playing. Teach yourself better chess, and you'll have much more success!

For experienced players who well understand the 75 lessons given above: https://archive.org/details/practic...

Understanding the Sicilian Defense 1.P-K4 P-QB4 for serious intermediates and candidate masters: https://archive.org/details/practic...

For players with strong combinational skills: https://archive.org/details/chessle... Don't hurry; get the answer correct! Far better to be right than fast.

One incorrect move is all it takes.

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"No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life." — Anonymous

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." ― Thomas Jefferson, chess player

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ― Mahatma Gandhi

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High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Riddle Question: What word is always pronounced wrong?

A dog that barks all the time gets little attention. ~ Argentine proverb

Riddle Answer: Wrong!

Thank you Qindarka!

Caissa, The Chess Lord.

Lord, I play three hundred hours of chess,
indeed, Lord, in thirty days more or less.
I have done my best under gruelling stress,
Yet I'm not happy with my snailing progress.
Yes, Lord. Caissa, to you I sadly do confess:
my constant losing has put me in distress.
I beg of you, Lord, Caissa, help me to re-assess so I can beat those who keep me in this mess.
Lord, with your blessing and your skills I guess I would always win and so powerfully aggress,
that all my opponents would humbly express:
hark here cometh the unbeatable king of chess.

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

Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs

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

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

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

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

<A Word To Husbands by Ogden Nash

To keep your marriage brimming
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.>

"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."

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

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

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

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

The Chess Poem by Ayaan Chettiar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Dreamers
by Siegried Sassoon

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

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!

In Melitopol, terrible terror has been reigning for over a year. It's quiet, you can't see it on the streets - reported CNN. Anyone who has rejected a Russian passport may become a victim of repression. They can't access the hospital, can't function normally. The "incredible" occupant also takes away the land. Arrests and torture, unfortunately, are common practices.

Partisans are engaged in attacking Russian logistics and eliminating collaborators and Russian officers. They actively cooperate with Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) and are ready for sabotage activities in case the front arrives.

Before the war, Melitopol had a population of 154,000. The city, located in the southeastern part of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region, was occupied by the Russians on March 1, 2022 Eastern Time. Since then, it has been waiting for liberation, but that does not mean that the inhabitants are idle. From the beginning of the war, there has been a partisan movement in and around the city.

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

"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ― Elizabeth Green

"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption"

Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, approximately 3000 miles (4850 km) in diameter, hardly larger than the moon. Despite being the smallest, it's extremely dense. In fact, it's the second densest planet after Earth. It's also the closest planet to the sun, making it dangerous to explore. Mercury is 48 million miles from the earth.

When are you going to deliver your concession speech perjury?? After all, you expected Kamera Harris to win all 57 states that did not require voter ID w/Barry Soetoro's (Who dat? https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...) full endorsement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpG...

Do you morph, hoop, or just spread rumors? https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi...

Let's not leave out Michelle Obama's lies: https://wbhm.org/npr-story/michelle...

Of course, it's not racist to suggest that all Blacks should vote for Harris because she is somewhat Black. Nor is it sexist to suggest that all women should vote for Harris because she is female. I mean, a White male like yourself voting for Senile Joe Biden because he is https://www.bing.com/videos/rivervi... a vanilla pervert like you is not at all racist or sexist, it's just a fact, right? You are not alone in your gilt: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...

I must say it's so nice to be a versatile bear, for we bears come in all colors, shapes and sizes, play all openings, so we fit in here, there, and everywhere, all demographics: https://unsplash.com/images/animals...

Considering your concession speech, it doesn't really matter when or if you speak to the masses, for you are neither humorous nor honest, so nobody cares what you have to say, but you have the right to say it, especially on this page intended for dishonest stalkers who are big time losers: https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/...

Anyway, thanks for the compliment! We do laugh at your halfwit comments, blunders (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySV...), fabrications, and mischaracterizations too. If you https://www.facebook.com/1000042462... desire to live in the light, self-correct, side with a winner, you can put on a bumper sticker or three (https://www.bing.com/images/search?...) and vote for Trump in 2028!!

And let us all remember this moral (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQq... If the dog hadn't stopped to take a dump she would have caught the rabbit.

Snow White & the Huntsman by Evan Daugherty

"Who will you be when faced with the end?
The end of a kingdom,
The end of good men,
Will you run?
Will you hide?
Or will you hunt down evil with a venomous pride?

Rise to the ashes,
Rise to the winter sky,
Rise to the calling,
Make heard the battle cry.
Let it scream from the mountains
From the forest to the chapel,
Because death is a hungry mouth
And you are the apple.

So who will you be when faced with the end?
When the vultures are circling
And the shadows descend
Will you cower?
Or will you fight?
Is your heart made of glass?
Or a pure Snow White?"
― Lily Blake, Snow White & the Huntsman

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.

1.Nf3 is the third most popular of the twenty legal opening moves White has, behind only 1.e4 and 1.d4.

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

FTB didn't know that Joe actually read books, but we'll give a listen: https://www.blinkist.com/n/magazine...

FTB hasn't watched all of this video yet, but the shorts seem to indicate that married MC is less guarded, more detailed than typical interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybu...

My Country 'Tis of Thee (America) Composed in 1831 by Samuel Francis Smith

My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From ev'ry mountainside
Let freedom ring!

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills,
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright,
With freedom's holy light,
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God our King.

"When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness." – Alexis de Tocqueville

Winter strategy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h20Z... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fv8g...
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Psalm 32:8 (KJV): "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."

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

"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra

"I've come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." ― Marcel Duchamp

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

99z Zoran saw z buffoons eatin z macaroonz with spponz at noon but Zhukova prefrrrd to play out of the way of the harmful rayz that sunny day.

Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?
A: To prove he wasn't chicken!

Blackburne's Trap is an Unpin (sitting Q sac) Legall's Mate
Blackburne vs NN, 1885
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 1-0
KGD: Panteldakis Countergambit (C30) 1-0 8.gxh8=N#
H Reinle vs Lange, 1936
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Gossip/Pillsbury's Mate with the rook on the open file
Gossip vs J M Hanham, 1889
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
KGA. Bishop's Gambit Greco Var (C33) 1-0 Semi-Smothered #
Greco vs NN, 1620
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
MONGREDIEN'S KNIGHT MATE!! It resembles Morphy's Mate w/Bishop
A Simons vs A Mongredien, 1846
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1
KGA. Gaga Gambit (C33) 1-0 Dbl Disc++ into Arabian Mate
I E Orchard vs J Thomson, 1881
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
KGA. Schallop Defense (C34) 1-0 Vukovic Mate next
J Bolacky vs L Pospisil, 1994
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
KGA Schallop Def (C34) 1-0 Blistering Bxf7+ sac & double check!
B Wall vs L Martinez, 1972
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0
"The Baton of Generations" (game of the day Jun-03-2017)
Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1
KGA. Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 1-0 Royal Family Fork+
Milner-Barry vs E G Exell, 1961
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 13 moves, 1-0
Augustus Mongredien (1907-1888)
G Spreckley vs A Mongredien, 1846
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 15 moves, 0-1
KGA. Cunningham Def (C35) 1-0 Correspondence whipping
Edwards vs NN, 1963
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 16 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit: Accepted. Modern Defense (C36) 1-0 Stockfish
Duras vs S Jes, 1912
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
KGA. Salvio Gambit Viennese Var (C37) 0-1 Q entries
T Stevens vs R Scott, 2009
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1
KGA. Traditional 5.d3? know theory (C38) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
KGA. Traditional Var (C38) 1-0Blindfolded Greco's Mate of sorts
Blackburne vs W Hamilton, 1862
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0
KGA Kieseritsky G. Cotter G. (C39) 1-0 The White N is immune
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Queen odds game (000) 1-0 Legall's Mate extended into K walk
J Krejcik vs NN, 1947
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
variants / less QN (000) 1-0 Coma Toast
F Lewis vs Comas, 1860
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Philidor/Maroczy Def early Qs exchange (B07) 1-0
Lasker vs E W Engberg, 1911
(B07) Pirc, 15 moves, 1-0
KGA. Fischer Defense (C34) 0-1 Bouncing Knight bakes the cake
L Josteinsson vs D Van Riper, 1978
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1
KGA. Bishop's Gambit Gianutio Gambit (C33) 1-0 Boosted Hook #
Anderssen vs C Mayet, 1855
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0
KGD. Classical Var (C30) 1-0 A knight's delight to serve his Q!
Marshall vs E Cohn, 1907
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
KGA. Quade Gambit (C37) 1-0 L E Bjorn Gets Dunked On!
A Hagesaether vs L E Bjorn, 2014
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
KGA. B's Gambit First Jaenisch Var (C33) 1-0 Three Ns on 5th
Westerinen vs M Hebden, 1988
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Def (C36) 1-0 banter blitz
Carlsen vs NN, 2019
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
KGA. Greco Gambit (C38) 1-0 Epaulette Mate by N & R
Alekhine vs L Litov, 1915
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
KGD. Classical 3.Qf3 (C30) 1-0 Rxg7+ crusher
W H Pratten vs NN, 1923
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
KGA. Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 0-1 2 outta 3
A J Lazarus vs A Dobrinine, 1982
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 14 moves, 0-1
KGA. Fischer Def (C34) 1-0 Q&N Kill Box Mate.
R Black vs P Seegolam, 1994
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
Fred Wellmuth was a strong amateur from California
F Wellmuth vs S P Johnston, 1902
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
KGA. King's Knight Gambit (C34) 1-0 3-piece squeeze
W Pulling vs J O'Sullivan, 1845
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) Bad Boyzz!
Wilk vs Neumann, 1956
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 10 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: General (D80) 1-0 Rs & Ns chase Ks
I Bukavshin vs U Eliseev, 2015
(D80) Grunfeld, 44 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: General (D30) 0-1 N+ next
Hort vs J Nogueiras, 1984
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
White Double Fianchetto Reti vs Bg4 (A06) 0-1
R Sagit vs I Sokolov, 2018
(A06) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
French Def: Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Ns & Qs finish
L Engels vs F Palitzsch, 1930
(C10) French, 33 moves, 1-0
Hippopotamus (A00) 0-1 N&Q Support Mate
D Cramling vs R Akesson, 1979
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
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: Open e-file Variation (C80) 1-0 target f7
J A Fuller vs G T Crown, 1946
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 9 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Opocensky Var (B92) 0-1 ideal knight #
B Koch vs Noteboom, 1931
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 33 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var (B12) 0-1 Up, Up, & Done
Wosner vs Distler, 1948
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 0-1 Qs grab Ps
E G Sergeant vs Rubinstein, 1930
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 30 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0Stockfis
Anand vs I Sokolov, 1989
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: General (D10) 1-0 Q trap or checkmate
A Riazantsev vs N Maevsky, 2010
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 19 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Closed. Flohr System (C92) 1-0 Misplayed Anastasia's #
Dvoirys vs G Timoscenko, 1988
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Classical Var (B84) 1-0 Arabian #
R Wendling vs C Carlson, 1972
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 23 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attk (C56) 1-0 Dbl Disc#
O Michaelis vs H D Smith, 1869
(C56) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0
Italian, Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 1-0 Pin Pepers Black
P Peper vs G E Pearce, 1944
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 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
Sicilian Wing Gambit (B20) 1-0 Double Check, Dble Bishop Mate!!
W DeVisser vs W P Shipley, 1900
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Q's Gambit Declined: Traditional (D30) 1-0 Hook Mate in One
G Ravinsky vs L Kubbel, 1934
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Dble P Sac (C44) 1-0 Lolli's # by N
G Heilpern vs Pick, 1910
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
QGD: Tartakower Defense. General (D58) 1-0 Vukovic Mate
N Zhukova vs A Sharevich, 2004
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 66 moves, 1-0
Sicilian (B53) 1-0 unique smothered mate!!
L Saunina vs T Chekhova-Kostina, 1980
(B53) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Var (B41) 0-1Philidor's Legacy
N Faulks vs Granda Zuniga, 2010
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 36 moves, 0-1
Vienna Game: Anderssen Def (C25) 1-0 Reminds of Legall's Mate
C Curt vs Ajeeb, 1901
(C25) Vienna, 11 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Anglo-Grünfeld Var (A16) 0-1
N Grandelius vs B Bok, 2010
(A16) English, 21 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 Stockfish
Lasker vs D Martinez, 1892
(C27) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense (C40) 0-1 kNights bite!
A F Ludvigsen vs S Sorensen, 1872
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Staunton-Cochrane Var (B20) 0-1 Smothered #
M Gardijan vs G Sulc, 2004
(B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
English, Symmetrical. Four Knts (A35) 1-0 Q&N# Kill Box on 3rd
G Sutton vs A Marthinsen, 2004
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 12 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Waller Attack (C52) 1-0 Splendid!
Kolisch vs R Dawson, 1860
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Var (B17) 1-0 Arabian Mate is coming!
E Karklins vs J Damocles, 2010
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 20 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0Arabian Mate
J Polgar vs W Moranda, 2010
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 1-0
KGA. Bishop's Gambit Bledow Countergambit (C33) 1-0 Arabian #
Chigorin vs A Khardin, 1877
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0
Czech Benoni Def (A56) 1-0 Arabian Mate arrangement
Ftacnik vs K Mokry, 1985
(A56) Benoni Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Source: "Batsford Book of Chess Records", Yakov Damsky, Batsfor
F Herrmann vs H Hussong, 1930
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 32 moves, 0-1
KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Berlin Defense (C39) 1-0 Cornered afar!
J Lonsdale vs A Ozawa, 1992
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: General (D10) 0-1 Black forgoes the Q!?
J Szekely vs E Canal, 1933
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1Dbl Discovered++
Linder vs E Diemer, 1950
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Winawer. Advance General (C16) 1-0 K walk
P Becker vs S Liu, 2010
(C16) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Knights in Black's lap
Sutovsky vs Dvoirys, 2003
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
A Goldberg checkmate, that's for sure!!
H Rosenbaum vs N Goldberg, 1959
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
Canoromi's Q pin, Double Knight Mate
J Kaplan vs Canoromi, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1
QGD: Vienna Var (D39) 1-0 Knight pair mate
P Nikolic vs Van Wely, 2000
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical (A36) 1-0 Find the finish
Krasenkow vs S Brynell, 1996
(A36) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 1-0 Q sac
J Lechtynsky vs J Kubicek, 1968
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Budapest Gambit (A52) 1-0 elevated Arabian Mate!
Kostic vs E A Coleman, 1924
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Smyslov Var (D98) 1-0
M Harrow vs L Frankenstein, 1953
(D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 22 moves, 1-0
Scotch Gambit. Cochrane-Anderssen Var (C44) 0-1 Deadly Q&N
C Eliason vs Anderssen, 1855
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: General (B20) 0-1 Smothered Mate
Rao vs Gill, 1972
(B20) Sicilian, 8 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Bird Var (C61) 0-1like Blackburne-Shilling Gambit
Smit vs G Welling, 1978
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 8 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Full Symmetry Line (A38) 1-0 Shazam!
S Rishovd vs J Ekberg, 2015
(A38) English, Symmetrical, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Alapin. Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Disc Dbl ++
D Sgnaolin vs G Lanzani, 2010
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 15 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 0-1 Double trouble Greco's #
S Sammed Jaykumar vs U Bajarani, 2014
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
Anderssen Opening 1.a3 (A00) 0-1 Delayed French Exchange
J M Hanham vs Lasker, 1892
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 48 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Closed. Traditional (B25) 1-0
Y Quesada Perez vs A Grigoryan, 2019
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: O'Kelly. Venice System (B28) 1-0 Simul Exhibition
Carlsen vs Vedic Panda, 2016
(C02) French, Advance, 31 moves, 1-0
Hippopotamus 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (A00) 1-0 P storm, Pseudo-Hook Mate
F Braga vs H Rossetto, 1980
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Italian, Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 0-1 Two hogs
K Lie vs V Akopian, 2006
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: General (C45) 1-0 Mate No. 19a
A E Hopkins vs NN, 1932
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) 1-0 Arabian # w/Pawn assist
E Delmar vs A W Fox, 1904
(A03) Bird's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Winawer Var (C15) 0-1 Sac Attack!
A Jerez Perez vs A Romero Holmes, 2001
(C15) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) 1-0 MC Hammered!
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2000
(A10) English, 29 moves, 1-0
"Taimanov's Knight Check"
M Kadiltzoglou vs B Byklum, 2001
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1
French Def: Tarrasch. Open System ML (C09) 1-0 Smothered # next
Fedorchuk vs Buhmann, 1999
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 26 moves, 1-0
Italian, Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1Dovetail#
Bibikov vs Y Neishtadt, 1946
(C59) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Kamsky vs R Sturt, 2015
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
King's English. General (A20) 1-0 Dual sac attacks!
A A Webster vs Lautier, 1988
(A20) English, 35 moves, 1-0
Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw 5.QxQd8+ KxQd8 (B07) 1-0
Spassky vs M Rivas Pastor, 1991
(B07) Pirc, 26 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
Nimzowitsch Defense: El Columpio Defense (B00) 0-1 diabolical
E Knesevitch vs D Martin Tarrio, 2004
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 Beautiful configuration!
L Esselink vs M Trout, 1973
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Steinitz Deferred (C79) 1-0 24.?
I Zybin vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1902
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 25 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 0-1 Pin, N# over the top
J Rodgaard vs Nunn, 1988
(A10) English, 36 moves, 0-1
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Var (D20) 0-1 Cornered
W Hodges vs R Brien, 1851
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 0-1
"Dream of Me Two Knight" (game of the day Jul-15-2011)
Znosko-Borovsky vs J A Seitz, 1931
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 96 moves, 0-1
endgame technique! 2 Ns v 1 pawn wins if the pawn is far away
Bobotsov vs F Bohatirchuk, 1954
(A53) Old Indian, 106 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 0-1 Crossfire!!
B Verlinsky vs Levenfish, 1924
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1
Vladimir Vukovic Mate (see diagram) after 37...Qh5 38.Re7#
V Nielsen vs F Englund, 1899
(C21) Center Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 Vukovic #
A Mongredien vs Harrwitz, 1860
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 49 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1 World Record
T Brownscombe vs T Gareyev, 2016
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Var (B53) 1-0 Sham Q sacrifice
J Polgar vs Ljubojevic, 1992
(B53) Sicilian, 43 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Hedgehog Var (C66) 1-0 QxQf8#
C W Blake vs G H Wolbrecht, 1909
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: General (C41) 0-1 Royal N sac for Greco's #
L Linnanen vs J Broekmeulen, 2015
(C41) Philidor Defense, 20 moves, 0-1
V Zagorovsky vs G Borisenko, 1954
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 55 moves, 0-1
Van Wely vs W Zagema, 1992
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 1-0 Smothered #
T Abergel vs R Vedder, 2007
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Four Knights, Scotch. Accepted (C47) 0-1 Missed Anastasia's #
E S Jackson vs J Levin, 1944
(C47) Four Knights, 26 moves, 0-1
tpstar: Hilarious game with a great finish. ;>D
J S Rubin vs E Winter, 1974
(A06) Reti Opening, 14 moves, 0-1
English vs Agincourt Def. Catalan Def Semi-Slav D (A13) 1-0Pins
Najdorf vs B Wexler, 1964
(A13) English, 39 moves, 1-0
QGD. Exchange. Saemisch Var (D35) 0-1 Q deflection sac
J Turn vs Petrov, 1929
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1
Three Knights Opening: Winawer Def (C46) 1-0 Pin & Pawn #
A Ryder vs G Walcott, 1913
(C46) Three Knights, 13 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0 N pair mates
J Ascencios vs A Hadjikypris, 1964
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0
N#
N Hodgson vs J Fernandez Lopez, 2012
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1Philidor's Legacy
P Avgousti vs C Uzman, 1970
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Bg7 Fianchetto (A40) 0-1 Pin w/h-file Greco #
Reshevsky vs B Ivanovic, 1976
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Pirc Defense: General (B07) 1-0 14...Kf6 15.Nd5#
Burn vs J Owen, 1874
(B07) Pirc, 14 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 0-1 passed h-pawn wins
M Mihaljcisin vs Andersson, 1976
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 127 moves, 0-1
Old Indian Defense: General (A53) 1-0 Extended Hook Mate
Marshall vs W Moorman, 1909
(A53) Old Indian, 50 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 En prise N mating net!
S Maze vs Dominguez Perez, 2015
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 29 moves, 0-1
Mongredien's Knight Mate!
S Zubatch vs S Feldman, 1992
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
C26: Vienna, Paulsen-Mieses var is mated by Philidor's Legacy!!
M Chodera vs Pechmann, 1910
(C26) Vienna, 18 moves, 0-1
Benko Gambit: Zaitsev. Nescafe Frappe Attk (A57) 1-0 Smothered#
P Hultin vs T Fromm, 1992
(A57) Benko Gambit, 9 moves, 1-0
Polish, Tartakower Gambit 5.f4 d5 (A00) 1-0 Disc + Greco's #
W Szumilo vs M Litynska, 1977
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 By hook or by crook
E Kaya vs M G Ubaldo Suarez, 2010
(B30) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
English vs Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0 Each piece
I Chelushkina vs E Reppen, 2011
(A15) English, 24 moves, 1-0
French, Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0 B sac, Dovetail#
Milner-Barry vs A H Trott, 1951
(C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Canal Attk. Haag Gambit (B51) 1-0 Vukovic# awaits
E Schiller vs T Redman, 1975
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0 Two Ns #
W Gunston vs O Mueller, 1890
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Early dev B62 1-0 Arabian#
Kavalek vs K Commons, 1978
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attk (B21) 1-0 N on 6th Disc+, Q sac
A Nimzowitsch vs A Olson, 1924
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: French Var (B40) 0-1 This is quite the finish!
M Mansour vs B Munguntuul, 2006
(B40) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Var (E32) 0-1 Mate in 3
I Ivanisevic vs Nisipeanu, 2003
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1
Sid Pickard (ed.), The Games of Wilhelm Steinitz, First World C
J M Hanham vs Steinitz, 1894
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 32 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Var (B18) 1-0 Fascinating ending
Yanofsky vs Golombek, 1951
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 102 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A60) 0-1 Stunning!!
Lupulescu vs G Papp, 2016
(A60) Benoni Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Budapest Def: Alekhine. Abonyi Var (A52) 1-0 Both Qs hanging
E Kurz vs M Schrepp, 1992
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
Philidor Def: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 Pedestal/Gueridon Mate
Polo vs Pasqualini, 1923
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
"Von Gottschall's Bazooka" (24.Rf3)
von Gottschall vs Albin, 1892
(B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 1-0 P grabbing is punished
Carta vs Scarpata, 1980
(B50) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Rob the pin to win!
J Schulten vs C Stanley, 1844
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
1.a3 Vienna Game: Mengarini Variation (C26) 0-1 K walk up the
Scarden Tesua vs S Press, 2009
(C26) Vienna, 18 moves, 0-1
P-Q4: Symmetrical 3.c4 Bf5 (D02) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Lasker vs A Vazquez, 1893
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
30.Nf7# Mongredien's Knight Mate resembles Morphy's Mate w/B
A Bisguier vs J Penrose, 1950
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attk vs Be7, Bb7 (D00) Vukovic Mate w/two knights
G Oskam vs H Reyss, 1931
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: General (A43) 0-1 three-piece mate
L Tipary vs Portisch, 1956
(A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 0-1
Anastasia's Mate
P Viner vs D Carey, 1961
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 0-1 Ns & Bs abound!
J Amidon vs G S G Patterson, 1949
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian Nge7 is trouble (B30) 1-0 Smothered Mate
I Levitina vs Goltsova, 1978
(B30) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Knight roller!!
M Barth Stanford vs D Hassabis, 1997
(B32) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Var (D51) 1-0Blind Swine & N
J Dudas vs M Shukurova, 1994
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
"One of the most beautiful checkmates you will ever see"
M Andersen vs P Salinas Herrera, 2021
(A06) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Classical. Closed Var (C53) 1-0 N&Q bring down K
W Lewis vs NN, 1829
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 45 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Bird Var (C61) 1-0 Disc Dbl check next
J Wisker vs Bird, 1873
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Def: Two Knights Var (D32) 1-0 Q sac for Smothered #
D Dardha vs P Shuvalova, 2022
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0
P-Q4: Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Let's see you do this!
F Crosby vs B Rose, 1967
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 1-0 Invading N
N Friedrich vs M Mascheroni, 2001
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Schlechter Gambit (A02) 0-1 Minor pieces mate
O Philippin vs J Wege, 1996
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C70) 1-0 Q sac for minor piece mate
A Pinkus vs Konigsburg, 1934
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0
Three Knights Opening: Steinitz Def (C46) 1-0 Ps giveaway
H Weenink vs Kmoch, 1927
(C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 1-0
English vs Anglo-Indian Def. K's Knight Var (A15) 1-0 Brilliant
N Diaz Hollemaert vs D Paiva, 2020
(A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0
Giuoco Piano (C50) 0-1 Q & N do the job
Nepomniachtchi vs Aronian, 2022
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 0-1
King's Gambit: Accepted. Cunningham Def (C35) 0-1 Q&N backrankr
Frank F Moore vs C F Wright, 1943
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 12 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0
A W Fox vs F Walker, 1900
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 19 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) 0-1 Vukovic Mate
Staunton vs E Williams, 1851
(A13) English, 78 moves, 0-1
Polish Opening: General (A00) 1-0 Daring Mayet's Mate!
C Hartlaub vs Teichmann, 1922
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
K's English. Four Knts Fianchetto Lines (A29) 1-0 Back ranker
Sevian vs Robson, 2022
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 34 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 0-1 Helpful Nh4
H Stephenson vs J Davidson, 1913
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 19 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation (A04) 1-0 zwischenzug
S Garcia Fuentes vs S Belouadah, 2014
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Marshall Gambit (B23) 1-0 Black opens himself up
T Lux vs E Edmondson, 1962
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 13 moves, 1-0
P-Q4: Symmetrical (D02) 1-0 Fabulous Knight infiltration
A Shabanaj vs Y Kim, 2014
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 The N is next
I Alahakoon vs A Mellace, 2014
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack (A07) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy awaits
F Crowl vs C Purdy, 1939
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
KIA vs 3...Nc6 French (A07) 1-0 slick Arabian # w/N&Q
Vasiukov vs Barcza, 1962
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fully Accepted Var (A58) 1-0
P Youngworth vs J P Erlingsson, 1978
(A58) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
150 Attk vs Modern Def (B06) 0-1 The uncastled king wins?!
K Georgiev vs L Hazai, 1979
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: General (A00) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
J Eising vs L Schneider, 1979
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Berlin Def. l'Hermet Var (C67) 1-0 Melody
Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1889
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0
QGD: Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Read the blue link
F Rhine vs NN, 2017
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian. General (B30) 0-1 exf6 Siberian Trap
NN vs F Rhine, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Def: 3 Knts. Petrosian System (D91) 0-1 N+ Single-Dbl
J Da Silva vs L Cerbulenco, 2014
(D91) Grunfeld, 5.Bg5, 28 moves, 0-1
French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 1-0 Disovered Dbl Check
A Petrov vs Szymanski, 1853
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0
Owen Def. Matovinsky Gambit (B00) 1-0 6...Bg7 Out of business
G den Broeder vs W Wegener, 1982
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
c3 Colle vs Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 Long diagonal hits g2
C Fontes vs R Damaso, 2000
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
King Pawn Game: Alapin Opening (C20) 0-1 7.Ng3 might hold it.
NN vs E Canal, 1935
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
Modern, Averbakh. Kotov Var (A42) 0-1 If 12.NxNe4 Nc2#Smothered
W Thormann vs K Bischoff, 1982
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 11 moves, 0-1
French Def: Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 0-1 Cornered
K Erdeky vs H Dolde, 1911
(C02) French, Advance, 38 moves, 0-1
QGD. Cambridge Springs Var (D52) 1-0 the move of a genius
Alekhine vs H Maurer, 1930
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
Published in 'Chess Review' of March 1943
W Frere vs Marshall, 1917
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 17 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Closed. Bb5 Traditional (B25) 1-0 R decoy sac, Qf7#
A Jule vs N Braganza, 2016
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Tarrasch Trap (C66) 1-0Disc Dbl Check
L Mesfin vs E Bah, 2016
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit. Deferred Var (B50) 1-0 ...0-0??
Spielmann vs S Landau, 1938
(B50) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Bogoljubow Var (A12) 0-1 Q sac, NN#
B Tot vs L Asztalos, 1938
(A12) English with b3, 32 moves, 0-1
Polish Opening: General (A00) 0-1 Smothered Mate robs the pin
NN vs C van Bockel, 1955
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 8 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Millenium Attack (C42) 0-1 Blunder
Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2022
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
London System vs Bd6 Classical Def (D02) 0-1Q sac, Arabian Mate
M Nosimilo vs K Blackman, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
KID: Fianchetto. Yugoslav Var (E65) 1-0 N mates next
R P Soriano vs D Colindres, 2016
(E65) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O, 45 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer. Modern Var (B61) 1-0 Semi-Smother
Ganguly vs M R Venkatesh, 2003
(B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 19 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Maroczy Var (B12) 1-0 3-piece mate
E Jimenez Zerquera vs Hort, 1963
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
French Def: Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0 20.?
B Koch vs H Nowarra, 1938
(C02) French, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0
Dutch Def: General (A80) 1-0 Pseudo-Blackburne's Mate w/a Pawn!
B Starck vs D Bertholdt, 1962
(A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0
FR Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Greek gift, Q sac sets up Arabian #
Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931
(C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0
Stamma mate pattern - Wiki mentions this game example
J Nogueiras vs M Gongora, 2001
(A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: Slav Formation (A00) 1-0 Bishop BLAST!
E Moser vs V Piber, 2000
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Dutch Def: Stonewall. Bd6 Modern Var (A90) 1-0 Greco's # next
E Gausel vs S Briem, 1996
(A90) Dutch, 18 moves, 1-0
C50 Italian Game: Hungarian Defense 1-0 Hook Mate Awaits
L Dreibergs vs Y Kamenetsky, 1941
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Anastasia's Mate on a-file: 23...Qxa2+ (24.KxQa2 Ra6#) 0-1
M Milosavljevic vs M Rakic Vulicevic, 2007
(B07) Pirc, 23 moves, 0-1
Ferocious double knight sacrifice leads to Balestra Mate variat
R Woegerer vs N Froehlich, 1938
(C10) French, 18 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Def (A10) 0-1 28...?
M Narciso Dublan vs E Moreno Tejera, 2012
(A10) English, 36 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1-0
T Siaperas vs Zhugder, 1956
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 41 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17) 1-0 Smothered Mate
R Smith vs C Tichenor, 1982
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 7 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Sicilian Accel Dragon (A07) 0-1 Boden's Mate w/N assist
P Lyrberg vs R Irzhanov, 1992
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 0-1
12...Rh1+! Damiano's Mate on open h-file w/N support
Sils vs L Schmid, 1971
(C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1
Queen sacrifice for a two-piece Epaulette's Mate sideways!?!
Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
Smothered Mate threat using two knights to beat the opposing Q
So vs M Mahjoob, 2007
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
QGA: Alekhine Defense (D22) 0-1 Two knights on the rim win!!
Vladimirov vs V Vorotnikov, 1974
(D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1
Mexican Defense: General (A50) 0-1 Smothered Mate on e-file
NN vs F Rhine, 2022
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs J Kvisla, 2000
(E91) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C98) 1-0 Disc++
S Sjugirov vs A Tjurin, 2008
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 27 moves, 1-0
French Steinitz Variation (C11) 1-0 Arabian Mate
P Johner vs W M Gattie, 1906
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0
Pillars Mate by the Knight.
K van der Weide vs Van Wely, 2001
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 39 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 Corner Knockout
Bologan vs Tkachiev, 2001
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 0-1 Na1#
A Hong vs Niemann, 2019
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 41 moves, 0-1
Vukovic Mate
W G Whitton vs S Williams, 1994
(A03) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed B23 1-0 Black loses the right to castle
D Welsh vs J M Fong, 1979
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
B did not allow picturesque mate 28..Ke8 29 Nd6+ Kd8 30 Nxe6#
Korchnoi vs Y Sakharov, 1951
(B57) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
F G Rowe vs W G Ward, 1876
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Alapin. General (B22) 0-1 Dbl R sacrifice offer
A Karpatchev vs K Shevchenko, 2017
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 29 moves, 0-1
QGD: Harrwitz Attack. Main Line New Main Line (D37) 1-0 24.?
R Vera vs G Garcia, 1992
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: General (D10) 1-0 Find the finish
I Popov vs E Tairova, 2006
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Chekhover Var (B53) 0-1 Mongredien's Mate awaits
Z Jovanovic vs M Warmerdam, 2022
(B53) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Def: Ilundain Var (B01) 0-1 Ns make a difference
W P Diaz Cesar vs A Milovic, 2016
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 Q forks mating square & LPDO R
Mukniashvili vs Gufeld, 1968
(B32) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1
Colle Bb2 vs Dutch Def (A80) 0-1 R-Q Spearhead or Mongredien #
H Nalbantoglu vs F van der Elburg, 2007
(A80) Dutch, 22 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def: Modern Var (B04) 1-0 Suffocation Mate threat
Karjakin vs M Karttunen, 2007
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 26 moves, 1-0
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 0-1Q&N are happy couple
N Weinstein vs Suttles, 1973
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 45 moves, 0-1
Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian Four Knts (C50) 1-0 perd refutation?
T Germann vs E K Wagenheim, 1897
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Def: Symmetrical (D32) 0-1 Q sac for back rank attack
G Medley vs C F Smith, 1848
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Symmetrical. 4 Knts (A35) 1-0 Greco's # threat
Uhlmann vs S Mariotti, 1976
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 22 moves, 1-0
a high knight version of Anastasia's Mate
Tell vs Chute, 1977
(B20) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Def: Richter Var (B01) 1-0 Mr. Harvey's mate
J Arnason vs J Vidarsson, 1988
(B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 0-1 Beat 'em to the punch!
B Maliutin vs M Elyashiv, 1909
(B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 0-1
English vs Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0 Q&N#
Grischuk vs E Rosen, 2022
(A14) English, 46 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 R pin, N roller
R Mamedov vs Pichot, 2022
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Sodium Attack: General (A00) 1-0 Q&N#
J van Foreest vs K Plichta, 2022
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 46 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 0-1 Punish P grab
P Capitelli vs F Guido, 2004
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Vulture Defense (A56) 0-1 Q & N mate
Anderson vs Edwards, 1988
(A56) Benoni Defense, 12 moves, 0-1
Sic O'Kelly. Maroczy Bind Robatsch Line (B28) 1-0 Mate in 2
T Clarke vs Csom, 1988
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
W Grimshaw vs Steinitz, 1876
(C45) Scotch Game, 17 moves, 1-0
knights roller, a "perfect" or "ideal" checkmate
Milov vs I Gaponenko, 2003
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Brinckmann Attk. Reshevsky Gambit (D83) 1-0 RNN#
J Pinter vs K Allen, 1988
(D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 37 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: 4...Qh4 Horwitz Attack (C45) 1-0 Q sac for mate
C F Burille vs Jarvis, 1890
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Najdorf. Polugayevsky Var (B96) 1-0 Quite the finish
F Zimmermann vs W Huebner, 1977
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0
Game 433 on page 468, Attacking 101 - Volume #5 by Joel Johnson
F Rhine vs NN, 2019
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: French Var (B40) 1-0 three pieces and a pawn
B Andonov vs I Ivanov, 1981
(B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def Modern 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B50) 1-0 h-file assault!
G Souleidis vs M Kopylov, 2004
(B50) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0
French Def: Rubinstein. Maric Var (C10) 1-0 Hook mate on plate
E Tsuboi vs J Schammo, 1986
(C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicil Najdorf. Polugayevsky Var Simagin Line (B96) 1-0
Bereziuk vs A Izhnin, 1976
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Dbl P Sac (C44) 0-1 Siberian Trap
Marshall vs J Hopkins, 1916
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Potter Variation (C45) 0-1 blitz
Van der Wiel vs M Warmerdam, 2019
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 0-1
DC3 The Arabian Mate, How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Chandler
Parma vs M Damjanovic, 1960
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 26 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def: Scandinavian. Geschev Gambit (B02) 0-1 Legall's #
NN vs G Geshev, 1935
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
Ruy Lopez / Four Knights, Italian (C60) 1-0 Stockfish
M Warmerdam vs J Pechac, 2023
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0
20...Rxg2+!! starts one of the best combinations ever played
M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: King Pawn lines (A65) 1-0 Smashing Kside assault!
R E Fauber vs D L Oppedal, 1991
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 24 moves, 1-0
LIVING THE DREAM - "Pion Coiffe" is the capped pawn method
M Lange vs J von Schierstedt, 1856
(C25) Vienna, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0Suffocation#
R R Ankit vs W Wittmann, 2014
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: General (C44) 1-0 N invades, BxNh6
M Fernandez Alachan vs R Msiska, 2014
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Helpmate. Swallow's Tail Mate. Gueridon Mate.
J Koren vs B Kormanec, 2000
(C21) Center Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def. Forgacs NxNf6 (B15) 1-0 Know this mate pattern
A Fuderer vs J H Donner, 1952
(B15) Caro-Kann, 17 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 0-1 Mighty, Mighty Q#
S Boden vs NN, 1851
(C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Defense: Modern. Panov Var (B05) 0-1 Double Stacker
S Juricek vs P Velicka, 2001
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 18 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense (C63) 1-0 pawn mate!
K Nedved vs G Millar, 1969
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
French Def: McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 0-1 Black will # in 4
C Lutz vs B Socko, 2007
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 88 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Traditional (B25) 1-0 Bxf7+ sac, N discovery+
S Berger vs S Kuipers, 2009
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 16 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Ross Gambit (A04) 1-0Scholar's Mate extended
L Avalos vs Niloofar Nayab, 2008
(A04) Reti Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Game 773 Chess Informant Best Games 701-800
J Murey vs V Malakhov, 2000
(B66) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 Mutual Q invasions
Van der Wiel vs G Danner, 1982
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0
Slav Def: Alapin Var (D16) 1-0 Threat of N fork of two pins
M Dziuba vs S Bruchmann, 2023
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 19 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. 2 Knights Attack (C57) 1-0
L B Taboada vs F Fuentes Dominguez, 2001
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: 3...Nb4?! (C60) 1-0 Arabian Mate w/the Queen
A Ayiku vs Navini Choudary Alapati, 2016
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 14 moves, 1-0
Jobava London System Indian Game: General (A45) 0-1 N roller #
J A Campbell vs M Kennefick, 1976
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid. Spielmann Attk (C26) 1-0Hit f7
Barcza vs Tibor, 1939
(C26) Vienna, 19 moves, 1-0
Carlsen was 12 at the time
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 38 moves, 1-0
Dutch Def: Classical Var (A91) 0-1 GM Simon's video Dzagnidze
A Riazantsev vs Rapport, 2017
(A91) Dutch Defense, 37 moves, 0-1
Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 Bxf7+ removes K as defender of Q
S Titova vs D Koveshnikova, 2002
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Najdorf vs NN, 1942
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
King's English. General Double Fianchetto (A20) 1-0 Hook Mate
M Cornette vs T Burg, 2016
(A20) English, 41 moves, 1-0
QGD: Modern. Knight Def (D51) 1-0 Q sac lets the horses in the
B Rasmusson vs A Ullner, 1932
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 Anastasia's Mate next
A Wagener vs K Mar, 2005
(C28) Vienna Game, 17 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Wormald Attk (C77) 1-0 g-file battery
B Verlinsky vs J Yuchtman, 1949
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0
KGA. Fischer Defense (C34) 1-0 Knights all about!
S Bowles vs M Jerichow, 1987
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: General (C27) 1-0 Sharp kingside attack
J Ost-Hansen vs A Ludgate, 1976
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni, Geller Var (A33) 1-0 Disc ++
L B Hansen vs de Firmian, 1998
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 13 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit. Marshall Var (B20) 0-1 Swarm
I Yanushpolsky vs D Rovner, 1929
(B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Defense: Modern. ML (B05) 1-0 Greco's # variant
Glek vs A Kertesz, 1995
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 39 moves, 1-0
English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Var (A31) 1-0 Pin & climb in
Capablanca vs J Torres Caravaca, 1929
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 18 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5, 5...Bg4 6.f3 (B01) 0-1 Almost Cornered
Schiffers vs Tarrasch, 1894
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 0-1
Sicil Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern, Early deviats (B62) 1-0 Disc+
J Gallagher vs M Sher, 1990
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 31 moves, 1-0
A perfect example of a Pure Mate.
P Tamburro vs E Babinski, 1975
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 20 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1-0 30.?
I Khamrakulov vs F Fargere, 2001
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 34 moves, 1-0
Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 (E02) 1-0 N+ fork, back rank mate awaits
Petrov vs F Apsenieks, 1941
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 18 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: Open Def. Tarrasch Def (E04) 0-1Philidor's Leg
Hlophe Smilo vs W Kobese, 2016
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 26 moves, 0-1
Blumenfeld Countergambit: Dus-Chotimursky Var (E10) 1-0 Stockfi
Gruenfeld vs Bogoljubov, 1922
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 BLASTING the 6th!!
A Goganov vs G Palchun, 2021
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
QID: Kasparov Var (E12) 0-1 Q sac for a smack back!
M Boskan vs R Gralla, 2006
(E12) Queen's Indian, 13 moves, 0-1
NID. Spielmann Var (E22) 0-1 Royal fork knight mate!!
V Popov vs N Riumin, 1929
(E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 30 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Var (E25) 0-1 Knight Pair
V Malaniuk vs A Sokolov, 1988
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 0-1
NID: Classical Var (E32) 0-1 Black octopus mates!
A Rabinovich vs L Christiansen, 1995
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 36 moves, 0-1
NID: Classical Variation (E32) 0-1 Suffocation Mate
E Mulder vs F Parr, 1939
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Var (E32) 0-1 Anastasia's Mate
M Kamyshov vs A Sokolsky, 1938
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 29 moves, 0-1
B&N "W" method, video link to (3 triangles) Deletang Method
Ivanchuk vs Morozevich, 2011
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 72 moves, 1-0
NID. Classical. Noa (E37) 0-1 You keep her. I don't want her.
B H Wood vs P Devos, 1948
(E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1
The ol' double en prise, double discovered check whammy!!
B Calton vs N Nippell, 1987
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
NID: Normal. Ragozin Var (E51) 0-1 Ridiculous looking 17...c4!
Keymer vs J B Bjerre, 2021
(E51) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 34 moves, 0-1
KID. Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 1-0 Mongredien's Knight #
A Vajda vs E Steiner, 1924
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
KID: Fianchetto. Classical Fianchetto (E67) 1-0 Arabian Mate
M Willich vs P Ehemann, 2004
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 28 moves, 1-0
KID: Averbakh. Modern Defense (E73) 0-1 K-B-N#
J Xu vs Y Wang, 1997
(E73) King's Indian, 77 moves, 0-1
KID. Averbakh Var (E73) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; 28.?
Bareev vs Kupreichik, 1990
(E73) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
KID. Semi-Averbakh System (E73) 0-1Two central Ns on 3rd rank!!
R Praggnanandhaa vs Giri, 2022
(E73) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1
KID: Four Pawns Attack (E76) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Y Zimmerman vs Z Erdelyi, 2001
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
11 Bd2 looks like a Helpmate Move.
J A Palmisano vs G Llanos, 1995
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 11 moves, 0-1
KID: Saemisch. Normal Defense (E81) 0-1 Knight Roller!!
M Rantanen vs G P Thibaut, 1956
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 0-1
KID. Orthodox. Glek Def (E94) 1-0 Mate w/two knights!!
Niemann vs V Panchanatham, 2015
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 104 moves, 1-0
London System 6.BxBd6 QxBd6 7.dxc5 Qxc5 (D02) 1-0 Knights OUT!
S Knight vs B Lopez, 1995
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 1-0Shades of Edward
Tran Nguyen Duy Tung vs NN, 2021
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Nxf7 KxNf7 Qxe6+
Alekhine vs R Bruce, 1938
(B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0
#34, p.14 The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
V Manko vs Jankowitz, 1900
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1
Chess variants (000) 1-0 Storming Knights!!
Steinitz vs NN, 1874
(000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Def: Saemisch Var (E27) 1-0 Vukovic's Mate next
Bronstein vs Geller, 1961
(E27) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 20 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var (B87) 1-0 N on 6th!
I A Zaitsev vs Savon, 1969
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 29 moves, 1-0
Her and is immense
M Mikadze vs T Kosintseva, 2013
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 1-0 32.?
V Grguric vs B Thelen, 1930
(A47) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 1-0
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