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6 Enrique C40+
Compiled by Sergio X Garcia

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"The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it." ― Henry Hazlitt

A grumpy monk
Every 10 years, the monks in the monastery are allowed to break their vow of silence to speak two words. Ten years go by and it's one monk's first chance. He thinks for a second before saying, "Food bad."

Ten years later, he says, "Bed hard."

It's the big day, a decade later. He gives the head monk a long stare and says, "I quit."

"I'm not surprised," the head monk says. "You've been complaining ever since you got here."

— Submitted by Alan Lynch

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<Principles of Chess

01. Develop your pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space.

04. Try to develop your knights towards the center.

05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don't take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?"

10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose.

11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move.

12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move.

13. Play for the initiative and controlling the board.

14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can.

15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces.

16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay.

17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly.

18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason.

19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it.

20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces.

21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back.

22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing.

24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row.

25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development.

26. Don't bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook.

28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated.

31. Don't let your king get caught in the center.

32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack.

33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king.

34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color.

35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack.

36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material.

37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges.

38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening.

40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often.

41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move.

42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black.

43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost.

44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them.

45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more.

46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often.

47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations.

48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files.

49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?"

50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats.

51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece.

52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board.

53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps.

54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines.

55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings.

56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play.

57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in.

59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight.

60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame.

61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game.

64. Always play for a win.
(If a win is no longer possible, then play for a draw.)>

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"8-Ball in the Corner Pocket"
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Lolli Variation (000) 1-0 pinning the queen
Morphy vs NN, 1850
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 1-0
"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier"
Morphy vs NN, 1850
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
"Redeemer of Material"
NN vs E Diemer, 1978
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack. Poisoned Pawn (C40) 1-0 K walk!
H Repp vs F Paschitta, 1993
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
"Take the Lange Way Home"
M Lange vs M C Schmucker, 1848
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
"The Wayward Queen"
J Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
"Take my wife. Please!"
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation (C41) · 1/2-1/2
Matulovic vs I Radulov, 1971
(C41) Philidor Defense, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41) · 1-0
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1854
(C41) Philidor Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit (C41) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1855
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation (C41) 1-0 Q trap
N Krogius vs N Aratovsky, 1945
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
Philidor Def: General 5.g4 Nxg4 (C41) 1-0 Gaito diagrams
Shirov vs G Toczek, 2022
(C41) Philidor Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: General (C41) 1-0 Complete development
E Safarli vs T Hommeles, 2009
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Honza Cervenka game with ideas to beat the Petroff!!
J Cervenka vs NN, 2002
(C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
Nepo scores well against the Petrov
Nepomniachtchi vs S Sjugirov, 2016
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Var (C43) 1/2-1/2 Q&P end
A Kapengut vs V Karasev, 1971
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 118 moves, 1/2-1/2
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Var (C43) 1-0 good notes
N Krogius vs O Chernikov, 1970
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Attk (C43) 0-1 0-0-0 vs 0-0
D Itkin vs D Haessel, 2011
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 26 moves, 0-1
King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky Opening (C44) 0-1 Rxh2
Rapport vs Mamedyarov, 2022
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 1/2-1/2 Havana
R Blanco Estera vs O Chajes, 1913
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 1-0 Unique Bf6 fianchetto def
Staunton / Owen vs Horwitz / Lowenthal, 1856
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (C44) 0-1 Exhibition
Pillsbury vs F W Doerr, 1895
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Napoleon Gambit (C44) 1-0 composed?
Napoleon Bonaparte vs General Bertrand, 1820
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. London Def (C44) 1-0 Berlin, GER
Anderssen vs NN, 1855
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
King Pawn Game: 3.Be2 Tayler Opening (C44) 0-1 Dble R sacrifice
I Abraham vs G Janny, 1923
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1
"An Invitation to Chess" by Irving Chernev & Kenneth Harkness
R Blanco Estera vs Kupchik, 1913
(C45) Scotch Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation (C45) 1-0 21.?
E Berg vs Leko, 1995
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0
John Cochrane's: ' A Treatise on the Game of Chess.'
London vs Edinburgh CC, 1824
(C45) Scotch Game, 52 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Classical Var (C45) 1/2-1/2
Movsesian vs Shirov, 2004
(C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Scotch Game: General 4...Qf6 5.Nb3 Qg6 (C45) 1-0
Nepomniachtchi vs Ivanchuk, 2013
(C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation (C46) 1-0 fork trick
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1922
(C46) Three Knights, 68 moves, 1-0
Three Knghts Opening: Steinitz Def (C46) 1-0 Vintage Blackburne
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1883
(C46) Three Knights, 27 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation (C47) 0-1
I Durgo vs Matulovic, 1955
(C47) Four Knights, 21 moves, 0-1
Four Knights Game: Scotch. Krause Gambit (C47) 1-0 Mateo notes
Harikrishna vs Mamedyarov, 2006
(C47) Four Knights, 32 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Spanish (C48) 1-0 Unusual mating pattern
A Gromer vs F Sulik, 1940
(C48) Four Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
All the pawns are women, which is handy in the event of any pro
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933
(C49) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 0-1 match play
Kolisch vs Paulsen, 1861
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1 internet
L Dominguez Perez vs Aronian, 2022
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) · 1/2-1/2
Nepomniachtchi vs Firouzja, 2022
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1 rapid
Nepomniachtchi vs J van Foreest, 2022
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 1/2-1/2 rapid
So vs Mamedyarov, 2022
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1 Olympiad
Abdusattorov vs Harikrishna, 2022
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 0-1
A Ascharin vs Chigorin, 1892
(C51) Evans Gambit, 48 moves, 0-1
Anderssen vs NN, 1861
(C51) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
J Owen vs T Barnes, 1857
(C52) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs W C Paine, 1884
(C52) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs A Ascharin, 1892
(C52) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
Behting / Kerkovius / Svensons vs A Ascharin, 1893
(C52) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs A Sygulski, 1987
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0
Chigorin vs A Ascharin, 1878
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
J Fichtl vs J Florian, 1943
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs de Riviere, 1858
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Landau, 1880
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
B Hoffmann vs E Heilmann, 1904
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 9 moves, 1-0
W Spoelman vs A Bensdai, 2001
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
B Wall vs O Rodriguez Vargas, 1979
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
A Kapengut vs Antoshin, 1965
(C56) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0
Euwe vs Reti, 1920
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs S Sulskis, 2014
(C57) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs F Burden, 1862
(C58) Two Knights, 35 moves, 0-1
Fomenko vs L Radchenko, 1967
(C59) Two Knights, 25 moves, 0-1
Geller vs Taimanov, 1953
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
Abdusattorov vs J Pechac, 2022
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs Bagirov, 1960
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs B Ilievski, 1967
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Parma vs Matulovic, 1968
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
L Riemersma vs H Klip, 1984
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs Gulko, 1977
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0
R Nezhmetdinov vs Myagmarsuren, 1965
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1
Caruana vs V S Gujrathi, 2020
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 119 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Firouzja vs Caruana, 2022
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Matulovic vs Asfary, 1972
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
A Nimzowitsch vs Ryckhoff, 1910
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
J Cervenka vs J Volek, 1996
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
Miles vs A Bisguier, 1973
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
J van Foreest vs Firouzja, 2022
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0
J Ochoa vs Karpov, 1987
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 0-1
V Faibisovich vs T Lomaia, 1969
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs M Ruderfer, 1971
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 16 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs Romanishin, 1973
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Piotrowski vs J Sokolow, 1971
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
Gipslis vs I Nei, 1977
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 1-0
J Cervenka vs J Ledvina, 1999
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0
T Cipollini vs S Gubnitsky, 1977
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 19 moves, 0-1
J Balogh vs A Gromer, 1931
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 23 moves, 1-0
A Liang vs V Artemiev, 2021
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 25 moves, 0-1
Matulovic vs Bronstein, 1964
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Matulovic vs H Hecht, 1965
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0
A Ascharin vs E Schallopp, 1890
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 51 moves, 1-0
A Ascharin vs E Schallopp, 1890
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Capablanca vs L B Meyer, 1908
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 10 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Aronian, 2014
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0
A Zwaig vs G Martinez Vaca, 1966
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0
E Liu vs B Lugo, 2006
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 0-1
J Polgar vs Bacrot, 1999
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1954
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 41 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Smyslov, 1977
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 40 moves, 0-1
J Cervenka vs J Schauer, 1993
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
S Nyman vs K Skold, 1943
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1
Gipslis vs Klovans, 1963
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs V Zhuravliov, 1963
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs Ljubojevic, 1982
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs Ujtumen, 1970
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 77 moves, 0-1
Levenfish vs Alatortsev, 1947
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 33 moves, 1-0
R Loman vs Alekhine, 1913
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 0-1
Gipslis vs J Pogats, 1964
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
D King vs D Howell, 2003
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs B Milic, 1958
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 94 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs Kholmov, 1966
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 2002
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1
Pilnik vs Pachman, 1952
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Z Almasi vs Khalifman, 1997
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 0-1
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
I Asmundsson vs J Thor, 1974
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Miles, 1984
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs Lengyel, 1966
(C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 58 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs Unzicker, 1969
(C94) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
Matulovic vs F Winiwarter, 1966
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 63 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs Karpov, 1970
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 94 moves, 1/2-1/2
Matulovic vs Mecking, 1967
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 41 moves, 1-0
Bronstein vs Geller, 1951
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 50 moves, 1-0
R Mamedov vs Naiditsch, 2010
(C45) Scotch Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Shabalov vs Motylev, 2010
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
R Mamedov vs E Najer, 2010
(C45) Scotch Game, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
F Amonatov vs N Kosintseva, 2010
(C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 0-1
J Mieses vs E G Sergeant, 1946
(C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1943
(C46) Three Knights, 40 moves, 1-0
Karjakin vs V Malinin, 2002
(C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Z Vukovic vs D Mozetic, 1991
(C45) Scotch Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2001
(C45) Scotch Game, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Blackburne vs Winawer, 1881
(C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1-0
J Shoup vs Marshall, 1906
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs A De Palma, 2000
(C45) Scotch Game, 30 moves, 1-0
L Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1863
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0
M Judd vs A Roberts, 1876
(C45) Scotch Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs NN, 1884
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
N P Nielsen vs I L Hansen, 2001
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
J Vasser vs T Brookshear, 1981
(C45) Scotch Game, 9 moves, 1-0
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