Grob Trap - 6. Rb1 Qe4 picks up a rook
I Nemet vs M Knezevic, 1972  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 5 moves, 0-1
Bishop-Queen Battery on f2,"Scholar's Mate"
M Brichinova vs E Alexandrova, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 0-1
double pin miniature
Sochor vs L van Damme, 1974  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 9 moves, 0-1
"Fool's Mate" variation with Queen Sac.
NN vs Du Mont, 1802  (A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1
Promoting in style!
Glicksteen vs E Lawrence, 1971  (A02) Bird's Opening, 9 moves, 0-1
Boden's Mate where the Q takes the place of the attacking B
Krauthauser vs H Herrmann, 1934  (A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
almost a mirror image of Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923  (A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
"The Chess of Bobby Fischer" - Robert Burger
Fischer vs P Lapiken, 1956  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
"A Real Problem Move"
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Double rook sac leads to stunning Q+2N king hunt
A A R Afifi vs Beliavsky, 1985  (A13) English, 23 moves, 0-1
to expect one mate...queen sac followed by pawn mate!
S Lorenz vs A Orlov, 2001  (A25) English, 17 moves, 0-1
White threatens both bishops on the b-file
Petrosian vs H Ree, 1971  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 8 moves, 1-0
Pawn fork goes wrong, really wrong.
D Poldauf vs C Steudtmann, 1980  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 7 moves, 0-1
Game 7 The Art of Planning (McDonald)
A Istratescu vs Ftacnik, 2005  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 20 moves, 1-0
"Fatal Attraction"
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Snail Variation (A43) 1-0 Bishop bombs
Karosz vs C Jaffe, 1936  (A43) Old Benoni, 8 moves, 1-0
"Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles" by Israel Albert Horowitz
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Trompow-erful Attack
Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
Fork and Fork in Five Moves!
Lanu vs Halik, 1932  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 0-1
Old Indian Defense: Normal (A55) 1-0 Greek gift, K walk
J N Sugden vs Keene, 1961  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 26 moves, 1-0
How to fool the Dutch Defense
J Bandres Carballo vs D Bustos Serrano, 2001  (A80) Dutch, 6 moves, 1-0
early queen sacrifice leads to tremendous attack
K Spraggett vs F South, 1976  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
More than a contest of captures
T Dagorov vs D Beckman, 1980  (B06) Robatsch, 9 moves, 1-0
The black queen must abandon her post.
Tseshkovsky vs M Shofman, 1969  (C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
472 20.? from Sharpen Your Tactics Tactics 350-700
Lisitsin vs Ragozin, 1934  (C00) French Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
published in "Chess Life" in 1991
J Sammour-Hasbun vs J Bonin, 1991  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
10.Nxf7!!, 13.Rxe6!! and 18.Rxe6!! Incredibly charming!
Najdorf vs Glucksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 0-1 Pin
K Regan vs R P Michell, 1905  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: Krause Variation (D02) 1-0 No way to stop Nxf7
Alekhine vs A Kaufmann, 1918  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Duesseldorf (1908) Remove the Guard
Alekhine vs Koehnlein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D13) 1-0 Qside exchanges, trapped R
Birjukov vs Frolov, 1968  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 11 moves, 1-0
an early trap-an early promotion
Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1911  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 10 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D13) 1-0 Remove the guard, N fork
J W Collins vs J N Cotter, 1957 (D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 16 moves, 1-0
Game 34 in The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev
P Lebedev vs Gonak, 1938  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
B&N embarrass K&Q
J Sajtar vs Sliwa, 1947  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0
7. Bxf7+! threatens Mate or the win of the Black Queen
NN vs Shearer, 1978  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 1-0
"Kuemin Get It!"
S Kuemin vs R Staechelin, 2005  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
11. ..O-O-O+!!
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1
QG Declined: Exchange. Positional Var(D35) 1-0 Minority attack
Karpov vs Ljubojevic, 1989  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0
QG Declined Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 1-0 Minority attack
Karpov vs A V Kharitonov, 1988  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
"A Fine Mess"
Fine vs M Yudovich Sr., 1937  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1
"Think Like an International Master"
C Kottnauer vs Kotov, 1946  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 28 moves, 1-0
Classic Bishop Sacrifice pg 135
Capablanca vs L Molina Carranza, 1911  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
"The Pipe Game"
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
C5 The Auxilliary Focal Point f7 pg 97
Burn vs E Cohn, 1912  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
"Sacrifices Out of Nowhere"
Shamkovich vs A Anguiano, 1978  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
A Classic - Elegant Queen offer ends this one!
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
26 ...Black to play #144 Lev Alburt's Chess Training Pocket Bk
V Goglidze vs Botvinnik, 1935  (D90) Grunfeld, 29 moves, 0-1
C2 attack on King w/lost right2 castle Pg 34
Smyslov vs T Florian, 1949  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 25 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 0-1 Queen trap
W Veitch vs J Penrose, 1950  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
"Knaak is OK"
Knaak vs Adorjan, 1985  (E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
KID Kramer Var (E70) 1-0 Kingside assault
S Vaughan vs J Ramsden, 1987 (E70) King's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Yates Defense (E83) 1-0
Portisch vs J Pinter, 1975  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury vs E Delmar, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury vs D G Baird, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
L Van Vliet vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1907  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
L Van Vliet vs Nimzowitsch, 1907  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar, 1907  (A06) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rubinstein vs Reti, 1908  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs B V Lyubimov, 1909  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Yates vs Schlechter, 1912  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Maroczy vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1924  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Game 11 from The King Hunt in Chess by Cozens, Nunn.
P Ware vs M Weiss, 1882  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack faces Dutch Classical Def (A80) 1-0
P Ware vs B Fleissig, 1882 (A80) Dutch, 34 moves, 1-0
Mason Attack faces QGD Tartakower (D00) 1-0
P Ware vs Meitner, 1882  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Mason Attack faces Orthodox Def (D00) 1-0
P Ware vs V Hruby, 1882 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Mason Attack (Soltis 4)
P Ware vs J Mason, 1882 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein Opening: Classical Defense; The 1st Colle-Zuckertort
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Sacrificing the Pillsbury N, before HNP did it 23 Rf 1! 25.Re2!
Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Raking Bishops
Pillsbury vs Taubenhaus, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
A bravura performance by Pillsbury.
Pillsbury vs J M Hanham, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack 3.Bd3 Bg4 4.f3 Bh5
Pillsbury vs N Jasnogrodsky, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack w/6.c4 (D00) 1-0 Black's Q is trapped
Lipke vs A Zinkl, 1894  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
5.Nf3 NxBd3+ Pillsbury's play exudes vitality and spark
Showalter vs Pillsbury, 1897  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Game notes
F J Lee vs J Mason, 1899  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn ~ Stonewall Attack 3) ... Nc6 4) f4 g5
F J Lee vs Teichmann, 1901  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1
Stonewall Attack 5.Nf3 NxBd3+
Marshall vs Teichmann, 1908  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Colle c3 to 7.Qf3 Stonewall Attk; Notes by Carl Schlechter
Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack with 3) ... Bg4 & ... O-O-O
Marshall vs Showalter, 1909  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
appears to be the original Alekhine's block
Alekhine vs V Ostrogsky, 1910  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
13. My Chess Career - Capablanca
Capablanca vs R Illa, 1911  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack 7.Qf3 faces QGD Orthodox Def (A40) 1-0
A Brinckmann vs B Moritz, 1923 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Game 76 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs J H Pannekoek, 1926  (A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Double Stonewalls A46
Kupchik vs Capablanca, 1926  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Game 21 from Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch)
Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1927  (A04) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stonewall / Colle-Rubinstein (A45) 1/2-1/2 Dry race to exchange
Marshall vs Euwe, 1929  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen Pawn Game: Krause Variation (D02) 1-0
Sultan Khan vs Rubinstein, 1931  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0
A46-D00 Stonewall Attack
Sultan Khan vs H Mattison, 1931  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
2nd Game in "How to Think Ahead in Chess" by H/R
R Kujoth vs C C Crittenden, 1949  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Bird/Stonewall Attack faces Anti-Bird Bg4 (A02) 1-0
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1958  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Colle System to Stonewall (Soltis 2)
F Parr vs R Baxter, 1962  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
"Kotov Arms"
Kotov vs Kholmov, 1971  (E14) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein Opening/Stonewall faces Bogoljubow Def (D05) 1-0
V Kovacevic vs G Dizdar, 1983  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1-0
Colle-Zukertort faces Double Fianchetto A40
V Kovacevic vs J Klinger, 1988 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 1-0
Colle faces Double Fianchetto A40
V Kovacevic vs M Drasko, 1989  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
Colle into stonewall-setup A40
Kamsky vs E Prie, 1990  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack faces Orthodox Def (D00) 1-0 Use open file
K Paterek vs M Zajac, 2001  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 h-file attack w/doubled rooks
V Polonski vs T Metsalu, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Colle-Zukertort Stonewall (D05) 1-0 Suffocation Mate
Yusupov vs L Adasiak, 2005  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack faces QGD Tartakower (A40/D00) 1-0
M Sharbaf vs J Lavasani, 2006  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
Queen goes after the back rank defender
B Kouatly vs Tseshkovsky, 1988  (A80) Dutch, 22 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik was 13 when this game was played.
G Abramovic vs Botvinnik, 1924  (A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 0-1
Bg2, Bd2 vs Dutch Defense: Be7 Classical (A84) 0-1
O Saenko vs Y Kruppa, 1998  (A84) Dutch, 38 moves, 0-1
"The Polish Immortal"
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad Warsaw 7) ... c6
Beliavsky vs Yusupov, 1988  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 24 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad Warsaw 7) ... c6
T Franke vs A Graf, 2006  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 21 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad Warsaw 7) ... c6
P Hitzler vs Cmilyte, 2005  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 25 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad Warsaw 7) ... c6
A Poluljahov vs Bologan, 2002  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 25 moves, 0-1
Notes by Florian from Informant
I Farago vs P Poutiainen, 1975  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 21 moves, 0-1
game 53 Richard Reti's Masters of the Chessboard
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0
"Running into the Stonewall"
Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1
Game 96 from Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games
H Steiner vs Botvinnik, 1946  (A90) Dutch, 28 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation 7...Qe8 youth
S Guliev vs Bacrot, 1992  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Dutch Classical Be7 Stonewall (A95) 0-1 Q+ & fork LPDO B
I Johannsson vs Larsen, 1958 (A92) Dutch, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 26 from Pawn Power in Chess (Hans Kmoch)
Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 30 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Classical. Buenos Aires Variation
A Cooper vs S Williams, 1999  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
The damage a team of two knights can inflict is just incredible
I A Horowitz vs Fine, 1934  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 28 moves, 0-1
Dutch, Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation Modern Main Line
E Zinner vs Flohr, 1936  (A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 29 moves, 0-1
Dutch, Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation Modern Main Line
O Friedman vs Rossolimo, 1949  (A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 35 moves, 0-1
Dutch, Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation Modern Main Line
Larsen vs F Olafsson, 1956  (A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 24 moves, 0-1
Dutch, Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation Modern Main Line
M Franett vs A Zaradic, 1971 (A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 37 moves, 0-1
Dutch, Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation Modern Main Line
J Bellin vs F Aghasiyeva, 2006  (A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 30 moves, 0-1
Stahlberg vs Keres, 1967  (A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 26 moves, 0-1
Double attack & Queen sac by Adamski (18 Qxc3!!!)
J Lewi vs J Adamski, 1969  (A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
518 18.? from * CT-ART
Csom vs P Ostojic, 1969  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Game 94 from 125 Selected Games by Vasily Smyslov
Smyslov vs Polugaevsky, 1970  (A05) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
"Piece Offering"
D Przepiorka vs L Steiner, 1925  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
"The Devil Went Down to Gheorghiu"
Gheorghiu vs Uhlmann, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
"Knight and Day"
L Day vs A Sundar, 2007  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Very nice annotations by Keene
D King vs Keene, 1982  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1
Averbakh vs Kupreichik, 1981  (D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 29 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Khalifman vs Serper, 1994  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Keres, 1948  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
Robatsch vs Jansa, 1974  (A10) English, 14 moves, 1-0
V Doroshkievich vs Tukmakov, 1970  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 0-1
Furman vs Polugaevsky, 1969  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Balashov vs Gulko, 1976 (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0
"Botvinnik and Paid For"
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1933  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 12 moves, 1-0
Y Porat vs Bronstein, 1964  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs Tolush, 1961  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
Speelman vs Short, 1983  (A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0
L Aronson vs Tal, 1957  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 36 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Positively stupendous combination--words can hardly do it justi
Polugaevsky vs I Bilek, 1969  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0
P H Nielsen vs C Hansen, 2004  (E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
E B Edgar vs T W Lott, 1915  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
J Krejcik vs Reti, 1922  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0
F Kraus vs V Costin, 1913  (A43) Old Benoni, 8 moves, 1-0
Venert vs V Mechkarov, 1970  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1
"Discovery Channel"
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A43) Old Benoni, 36 moves, 1-0
C M Saulson vs H M Phillips, 1907  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
"Tan Your Hide" (game of the day May-26-2015)
L Trent vs D Tan, 2002  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 Connected passers
M Yudovich Sr. vs K Klaman, 1947  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
S Danailov vs Kasparov, 1980  (E92) King's Indian, 30 moves, 0-1
Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1855  (D94) Grunfeld, 21 moves, 1-0
Burn vs Owen, 1898  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Dake vs J Schmitt, 1949  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
C Bloodgood vs B Evans, 1961  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Alekhine gives a textbook example of beating the Budapest
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1932  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Benko vs I A Horowitz, 1968  (A12) English with b3, 20 moves, 1-0
Timman vs Short, 1990  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
K Bischoff vs K Mueller, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
Henricksen vs Bjarne Pedersen, 1937  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A56) 0-1 thematic exchange sac
Vaganian vs Velimirovic, 1972  (A56) Benoni Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
P Hultin vs T Fromm, 1992  (A57) Benko Gambit, 9 moves, 1-0
E Diemer vs NN, 1979  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
30, 1987, New York Open,(A57) Benko Gambit
B Leverett vs Polgar, 1987  (A57) Benko Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1
T Mantia vs T Trogdon, 1979  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 6 moves, 0-1
B Corneliussen vs Martin Jensen, 1991  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky vs Z Margalit, 1958  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 9 moves, 0-1
Sanahuja vs Fernandez, 1983  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 8 moves, 1-0
J van der Linden vs L Svensson, 1993  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Amberger vs Sprecher, 1924  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 1-0
W Henschel vs M Karff, 1946  (A47) Queen's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1
A Dunkelblum vs Keres, 1937  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
S Takacs vs J Krejcik, 1920  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1
Vasiukov vs Razuvaev, 1972  (B06) Robatsch, 8 moves, 1-0
L Monosson vs M Fauque, 1935  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Koneru vs C Waters, 1999  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
J Cukierman vs NN, 1934  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
S Knott vs D M Adams, 2004  (D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0
G A Thomas vs W Winter, 1927  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 17 moves, 0-1
P Belmondo vs G Gilardi, 1989  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs H Mattison, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
J Brach Sr vs J R von Pessler, 1910  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0
O Bjarnason vs V Dittler, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
H Berliner vs A Rott, 1956  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
F A Stroud vs A M Fraser, 1961  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1
Schlechter vs Maroczy, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
K Junge vs C Kottnauer, 1942  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Pachman vs O Neikirch, 1958  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 26 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Miles vs Browne, 1982  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik - Bronstein World Championship Match (1951), Moscow U
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951  (A91) Dutch Defense, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Dizdarevic vs Miles, 1985  (E14) Queen's Indian, 18 moves, 0-1
L Filatov vs S F Mayer, 2000  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
N Gamboa vs Blatny, 1996  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Koltanowski vs M Defosse, 1936  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs J Jones, 1964  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 1-0
Ragozin vs P Noskov, 1930  (B40) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs P Acs, 2002  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 18 moves, 0-1
Larsen vs Najdorf, 1968  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 39 moves, 0-1
Dreev vs K Georgiev, 2002  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
Andersson vs L Winants, 1993  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1-0
F Braga vs G Gruen, 1988  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Rublevsky vs G Chepukaitis, 2001  (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0
Janowski vs Saemisch, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
S Atalik vs Miles, 1993  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
"Cavalry Never Retreats"
Tal vs Simagin, 1956  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
Polgar vs Smirin, 2000  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Santasiere vs E B Adams, 1926  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Santasiere vs B Blumin, 1939  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1912  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
G Andruet vs Van der Wiel, 1985  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 33 moves, 0-1
M Ghorbani vs H Faryad, 2003  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 33 moves, 1-0
Keene vs Briant, 1988  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
S J Hutchings vs Keene, 1973  (A16) English, 22 moves, 0-1
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
R Slobodjan vs R Prasca Sosa, 2004  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Keene vs Miles, 1976  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0
Reti vs H Wolf, 1922  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Winawer (C15) 0-1 28...?
J Barle vs I Jelen, 1979  (C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1
"Schwept Away"
Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0
D02 Anti-Torre Attack [Black]
Owen vs Blackburne, 1888 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Chapter 4: Beating the Anti-Colle Systems. Game 33
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack. Gossip Variation (D03) 1/2-1/2
L Day vs J Berry, 1984  (D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense. Main Line (D07)
Showalter vs Chigorin, 1896  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 73 The Modern Chess Instructor - Part I (Steinitz)
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 77 The Modern Chess Instructor - Part I (Steinitz)
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1889  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
C5 Complex Focal Points pg 114
Euwe vs Flohr, 1939  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: Charousek (Petrosian)(D31) 1-0
Knaak vs Geller, 1982  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 49 The Game of Chess (Golombek)
Szabo vs Kotov, 1946  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0
"Camp Out" (game of the day Jan-23-2007)
Kasparov vs D H Campora, 1988  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
"Bringing In the Scheve" (game of the day Mar-06-2020)
Tarrasch vs Von Scheve, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
"The World Turned Opsahl Down"
Evans vs H Opsahl, 1950  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 81 moves, 1-0
"Chess Genius Karpov" - Victor Baturinsky
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 35 moves, 1-0
QGD Orthodox Defense Rubinstein (D61) 1-0 29.?
S Slipak vs F Braga, 1998  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Game 139 from The Soviet School of Chess (Kotov/Yudovich)
V Chekhover vs Alatortsev, 1934  (D80) Grunfeld, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 20 in 'Modern Chess Brilliancies' by Larry Melvyn Evans
Pachman vs Uhlmann, 1966  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0
"Vishy Regime"
Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
61. Immortal Games of Capablanca by Fred Reinfeld
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
"The Full Monti"
Bogoljubov vs M Monticelli, 1930  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Line (E40) 1-0
Lilienthal vs B H Wood, 1946  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 29 moves, 1-0
"The Blossoming Brilliance of Botvinnik"
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
"Lebedev-Dub, Three Pieces In a Tub"
A Kots vs P Lebedev, 1937  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 34 moves, 1-0
KID Saemisch. Steiner Attack (E80) 0-1 Award winning brilliancy
A J Mestel vs Gufeld, 1987  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 27 moves, 0-1
King's Indian Defense: Larsen Variation (E90) 1-0
Sultan Khan vs Flohr, 1931  (E90) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0
KID. Orthodox. (E91) 0-1 31...?
K Aseev vs V Nevostrujev, 2002  (E91) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Bird vs Blackburne, 1888  (A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
Adorjan vs G Glatt, 1982  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 24 moves, 1-0
I Ivanov vs V Mezentsev, 2000  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Van der Sterren vs Korchnoi, 1984  (C14) French, Classical, 28 moves, 0-1
I Blek vs Tal, 1955  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 0-1
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 54 moves, 0-1
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
A beautiful combination by Tarrasch.
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Muzio gambit brilliancy by Steinitz giving Knight odds
Steinitz vs Van der Meden, 1865  (000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0
Harmonist vs Tarrasch, 1887  (C14) French, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1
Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1889  (C11) French, 49 moves, 0-1
M Yudovich Sr. vs Botvinnik, 1934  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 47 moves, 0-1
I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1927  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 42 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs V Malaniuk, 2005 (A81) Dutch, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov vs V Beim, 2008  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 22 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs B Bidalis, 2001 (A90) Dutch, 64 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Z Zhang, 2000  (A81) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs M Cwiek, 2000 (A91) Dutch Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Nakamura, 2008  (A80) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
R Kozlov vs B Amin, 2006  (A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 45 moves, 0-1
Ritson-Morry vs P List, 1936 (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
H R Steel vs J Hickman, 2008 (B08) Pirc, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
M Santo-Roman vs M Gurevich, 1993 (B07) Pirc, 31 moves, 0-1
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1945  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
NN vs E Canal, 1935  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1
Vasiukov vs A Lein, 1961 (C00) French Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs Bronstein, 1961 (C12) French, McCutcheon, 26 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs Vasiukov, 1961  (A57) Benko Gambit, 57 moves, 1-0
B Vladimirov vs Smyslov, 1961  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 43 moves, 1-0
Keres vs A Lein, 1961 (C10) French, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2016  (E15) Queen's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1
V Winz vs I Pleci, 1935 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1
L Palau vs J W te Kolste, 1927  (A48) King's Indian, 15 moves, 1-0
C Guimard vs L Piazzini, 1938  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs Quinteros, 1985  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 40 moves, 0-1
S Mareco vs R Claverie, 2009 (A90) Dutch, 31 moves, 0-1
D Valerga vs D Lemos, 2008  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 38 moves, 1-0
S Tatai vs R Debarnot, 1977  (E92) King's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1
Quinteros vs I Morovic Fernandez, 1985 (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 1-0
M Feigin vs Najdorf, 1941 (E72) King's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
E Gerbelli Neto vs C A Martinez, 2001 (C05) French, Tarrasch, 37 moves, 0-1
H Rossetto vs Stahlberg, 1947  (C13) French, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
C Garcia Palermo vs G Vescovi, 1995 (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Bolbochan vs A C Rocha, 1966  (E15) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0
Ftacnik vs O Cvitan, 1997  (E97) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1
Geller vs Karpov, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0
Seirawan vs I Ivanov, 1991  (E12) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
Kotov vs Boleslavsky, 1945  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
S Erenburg vs Korchnoi, 2004  (C02) French, Advance, 40 moves, 0-1
P Cramling vs A Galliamova, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
B Lalic vs Khalifman, 1997  (A57) Benko Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
Khalifman vs E Ermenkov, 1994  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0
Ribli vs Adorjan, 1983  (A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
I Radulov vs L Spassov, 1974  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 0-1
A Anastasian vs Tiviakov, 1999  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Vaganian vs Kupreichik, 1974  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Vaganian vs Forintos, 1975  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi vs A Petersons, 1965  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0
Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0
Lautier vs Vaganian, 2004  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1
Kotov vs Keres, 1950  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 33 moves, 1-0
I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
M van der Werf vs Nijboer, 2001  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 37 moves, 0-1
KID. Saemisch. Normal Defense (E81) 1-0 terrific checkmate
D Dengler vs H Olschok, 2000  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 24 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Schara Gambit (D32) 0-1Discoveries heat up a3
Pirc vs Alekhine, 1931  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 0-1
B xf7!!, N smothers Q, N forks Q or Qc4+ # @ f7
B Wall vs R Gantt, 1978  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 8 moves, 1-0
QGD: Pillsbury Attack (D55) 1-0 Stockfish notes; KEG annotates!
Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Dutch Staunton Gambit. General (A83) 0-1 One K 0-0, one K fails
I Camousseigt Vera vs A Rodriguez Vila, 1992  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 21 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad (A87) 0-1 Nb5?! Why it doesn't work
A Heikkila vs M Dzhumaev, 2006 (A86) Dutch, 15 moves, 0-1
40...♕e2 is a remarkable Zugzwang position.
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Torre Attack: Classical Def Qxb2 PP (A46) 1-0 Stockfish
Salov vs J de la Villa Garcia, 1987  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
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