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19w Seventeens
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by Fredthebear.

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"Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote. The gloomy soul aggravates misfortune, while a cheerful smile often dispels those mists that portend a storm." ― Lydia Sigourney

"It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit." ― Harry S Truman, 33rd President of the United States, and former Colonel in the U.S. Army

"All of the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters either. Every single man in this Army play a vital role. Don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant. Every man has a job to do and he must do it. Every man is a vital link in the great chain." ― General George S. Patton, U.S. Army

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils

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

"Curious, how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want." — Spock

"One man cannot summon the future. But one man can change the present!" — Spock

"To all mankind — may we never find space so vast, planets so cold, heart and mind so empty that we cannot fill them with love and warmth." — Garth

"You know the greatest danger facing us is ourselves, and irrational fear of the unknown. There is no such thing as the unknown. Only things temporarily hidden, temporarily not understood." — Captain Kirk

"A species that enslaves other beings is hardly superior — mentally or otherwise." — Captain Kirk

"Now, I don't pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive, because the days and the years ahead are worth living for!" — Edith Keeler

"Live long and prosper!" — Spock

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

"Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given." ― Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game

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"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

The Wishes

Within the Great Mogul's domains there are
Familiar sprites of much domestic use:
They sweep the house, and take a tidy care
Of equipage, nor garden work refuse;
But, if you meddle with their toil,
The whole, at once, you're sure to spoil.
One, near the mighty Ganges flood,
The garden of a burgher good
Worked noiselessly and well;
To master, mistress, garden, bore
A love that time and toil outwore,
And bound him like a spell.
Did friendly zephyrs blow,
The demon's pains to aid?
(For so they do, it's said.)
I own I do not know.
But for himself he rested not,
And richly blessed his master's lot.
What marked his strength of love,
He lived a fixture on the place,
In spite of tendency to rove
So natural to his race.
But brother sprites conspiring
With importunity untiring,
So teased their goblin chief, that he,
Of his caprice, or policy,
Our sprite commanded to attend
A house in Norway's farther end,
Whose roof was snow-clad through the year,
And sheltered human kind with deer.
Before departing to his hosts
Thus spake this best of busy ghosts:
"To foreign parts I'm forced to go!
For what sad fault I do not know; –
But go I must; a month's delay,
Or week's perhaps, and I'm away.
Seize time; three wishes make at will;
For three I'm able to fulfil –
No more." Quick at their easy task,
Abundance first these wishers ask –
Abundance, with her stores unlocked –
Barns, coffers, cellars, larder, stocked –
Corn, cattle, wine, and money, –
The overflow of milk and honey.
But what to do with all this wealth!
What inventories, cares, and worry!
What wear of temper and of health!
Both lived in constant, slavish hurry.
Thieves took by plot, and lords by loan;
The king by tax, the poor by tone.
Thus felt the curses which
Arise from being rich, –
"Remove this affluence!" they pray;
The poor are happier than they
Whose riches make them slaves.
"Go, treasures, to the winds and waves;
Come, goddess of the quiet breast,
Who sweet'nest toil with rest,
Dear Mediocrity, return!"
The prayer was granted as we learn.
Two wishes thus expended,
Had simply ended
In bringing them exactly where,
When they set out they were.
So, usually, it fares
With those who waste in such vain prayers
The time required by their affairs.
The goblin laughed, and so did they.
However, before he went away,
To profit by his offer kind,
They asked for wisdom, wealth of mind, –
A treasure void of care and sorrow –
A treasure fearless of the morrow,
Let who will steal, or beg, or borrow.

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! ― Fort Minor

Lasker's Secret Principle:

"He (Emanuel Lasker) told me that this principle of controlling as many squares as possible was his guide at every stage of the game.

He said "In the majority of cases it is probably best to have Knight and Bishop on squares of the same color, because then they control squares of opposite colors."

― Edward Lasker, Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters

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"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe." ― Indian Proverb

"For beginning chess players, studying a Carlsen game is like wanting to be an electrical engineer and beginning with studying an iPhone." ― Garry Kasparov

"All warfare is based on deception." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"Opportunities multiply as they are seized." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

Adapt on the fly. "A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week." — General George S. Patton

The Deserted Village
BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1730-1774)

Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain,
Where health and plenty cheared the labouring swain, Where smiling spring its earliest visit paid,
And parting summer's lingering blooms delayed,
Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease,
Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green,
Where humble happiness endeared each scene!
How often have I paused on every charm,
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm,
The never-failing brook, the busy mill,
The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made!
How often have I blest the coming day,
When toil remitting lent its turn to play,
And all the village train, from labour free,
Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree,
While many a pastime circled in the shade,
The young contending as the old surveyed;
And many a gambol frolicked o'er the ground,
And slights of art and feats of strength went round; And still as each repeated pleasure tired,
Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspired;
The dancing pair that simply sought renown
By holding out to tire each other down;
The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,
While secret laughter tittered round the place;
The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,
The matron's glance that would those looks reprove! These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these, With sweet succession, taught even toil to please; These round thy bowers their chearful influence shed, These were thy charms—But all these charms are fled. Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled, and all thy charms withdrawn; Amidst thy bowers the tyrant's hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green:
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;
No more thy glassy brook reflects the day,
But, choaked with sedges, works its weedy way;
Along thy glades, a solitary guest,
The hollow-sounding bittern guards its nest;
Amidst thy desert walks the lapwing flies,
And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.
Sunk are thy bowers, in shapeless ruin all,
And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay:
Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade;
A breath can make them, as a breath has made;
But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,
When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
A time there was, ere England's griefs began,
When every rood of ground maintained its man;
For him light labour spread her wholesome store, Just gave what life required, but gave no more:
His best companions, innocence and health;
And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
But times are altered; trade's unfeeling train
Usurp the land and dispossess the swain;
Along the lawn, where scattered hamlets rose,
Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose;
And every want to oppulence allied,
And every pang that folly pays to pride.
Those gentle hours that plenty bade to bloom,
Those calm desires that asked but little room,
Those healthful sports that graced the peaceful scene, Lived in each look, and brightened all the green; These, far departing seek a kinder shore,
And rural mirth and manners are no more.
Sweet Auburn! parent of the blissful hour,
Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power.
Here as I take my solitary rounds,
Amidst thy tangling walks, and ruined grounds,
And, many a year elapsed, return to view
Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew, Remembrance wakes with all her busy train,
Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. In all my wanderings round this world of care,
In all my griefs—and God has given my share— I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown,
Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down;
To husband out life's taper at the close,
And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
I still had hopes, for pride attends us still,
Amidst the swains to shew my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening groupe to draw,
And tell of all I felt, and all I saw;
And, as an hare whom hounds and horns pursue,
Pants to the place from whence at first she flew, I still had hopes, my long vexations past,
Here to return—and die at home at last.
O blest retirement, friend to life's decline,
Retreats from care that never must be mine,
How happy he who crowns, in shades like these
A youth of labour with an age of ease;
Who quits a world where strong temptations try,
And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
For him no wretches, born to work and weep,
Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep;
No surly porter stands in guilty state
To spurn imploring famine from the gate,
But on he moves to meet his latter end,
Angels around befriending virtue's friend;
Bends to the grave with unperceived decay,
While resignation gently slopes the way;
And, all his prospects brightening to the last,
His Heaven commences ere the world be past!
Sweet was the sound, when oft at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose;
There, as I past with careless steps and slow,
The mingling notes came soften'd from below;
The swain responsive as the milk-maid sung,
The sober herd that lowed to meet their young,
The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool,
The playful children just let loose from school, The watch-dog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind,
These all in sweet confusion sought the shade,
And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
But now the sounds of population fail,
No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale,
No busy steps the grass-grown foot-way tread,
For all the bloomy flush of life is fled.
All but yon widowed, solitary thing
That feebly bends beside the plashy spring;
She, wretched matron, forced in age, for bread,
To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread, To pick her wintry faggot from the thorn,
To seek her nightly shed, and weep till morn;
She only left of all the harmless train,
The sad historian of the pensive plain.
Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden-flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose.
A man he was, to all the country dear,
And passing rich with forty pounds a year;
Remote from towns he ran his godly race,
Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place; Unpractised he to fawn, or seek for power,
By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour;
Far other aims his heart had learned to prize,
More skilled to raise the wretched than to rise. His house was known to all the vagrant train,
He chid their wanderings but relieved their pain; The long-remembered beggar was his guest,
Whose beard descending swept his aged breast;
The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud,
Claim'd kindred there, and had his claims allowed; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,
Sate by his fire, and talked the night away;
Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done,
Shouldered his crutch, and shewed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe;
Careless their merits, or their faults to scan,
His pity gave ere charity began.
Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,
And even his failings leaned to Virtue's side;
But in his duty prompt at every call,
He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries,
To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies; He tried each art, reproved each dull delay,
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Beside the bed where parting life was layed,
And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns, dismayed
The reverend champion stood. At his control
Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul;
Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise. At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks adorned the venerable place;
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
The service past, around the pious man,
With steady zeal, each honest rustic ran;
Even children followed, with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown, to share the good man's smile. His ready smile a parent's warmth exprest,
Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distrest: To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay,
There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule,
The village master taught his little school;
A man severe he was, and stern to view,
I knew him well, and every truant knew;
Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day's disasters in his morning face;
Full well they laughed, with counterfeited glee, At all his jokes, for many a joke had he:
Full well the busy whisper circling round,
Conveyed the dismal tidings when he frowned;
Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught,
The love he bore to learning was in fault;
The village all declared how much he knew;
'Twas certain he could write, and cypher too;
Lands he could measure, terms and tides presage, And ev'n the story ran that he could gauge.
In arguing too, the parson owned his skill,
For even tho' vanquished, he could argue still;
While words of learned length and thundering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics ranged around;
And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.
But past is all his fame. The very spot
Where many a time he triumphed, is forgot.
Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high,
Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where grey-beard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talked with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.
Imagination fondly stoops to trace
The parlour splendours of that festive place;
The white-washed wall, the nicely sanded floor,
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door; The chest contrived a double debt to pay,
A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day;
The pictures placed for ornament and use,
The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose;
The hearth, except when winter chill'd the day,
With aspen boughs, and flowers, and fennel gay;
While broken tea-cups, wisely kept for shew,
Ranged o'er the chimney, glistened in a row.
Vain transitory splendours! Could not all
Reprieve the tottering mansion from its fall!
Obscure it sinks, nor shall it more impart
An hour's importance to the poor man's heart;
Thither no more the peasant shall repair
To sweet oblivion of his daily care;
No more the farmer's news, the barber's tale,
No more the woodman's ballad shall prevail;
No more the smith his dusky brow shall clear,
Relax his ponderous strength, and lean to hear;
The host himself no longer shall be found
Careful to see the mantling bliss go round;
Nor the coy maid, half willing to be prest,
Shall kiss the cup to pass it to the rest.
Yes! let the rich deride, the proud disdain,
These simple blessings of the lowly train;
To me more dear, congenial to my heart,
One native charm, than all the gloss of art;
Spontaneous joys, where Nature has its play,
The soul adopts, and owns their first-born sway; Lightly they frolic o'er the vacant mind,
Unenvied, unmolested, unconfined.
But the long pomp, the midnight masquerade,
With all the freaks of wanton wealth arrayed,
In these, ere triflers half their wish obtain,
The toiling pleasure sickens into pain;
And, even while fashion's brightest arts decoy,
The heart distrusting asks, if this be joy.
Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey
The rich man's joys encrease, the poor's decay,
'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand
Between a splendid and a happy land.
Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore, And shouting Folly hails them from her shore;
Hoards even beyond the miser's wish abound,
And rich men flock from all the world around.
Yet count our gains. This wealth is but a name
That leaves our useful products still the same.
Not so the loss. The man of wealth and pride
Takes up a space that many poor supplied;
Space for his lake, his park's extended bounds,
Space for his horses, equipage, and hounds:
The robe that wraps his limbs in silken sloth,
Has robbed the neighbouring fields of half their growth; His seat, where solitary sports are seen,
Indignant spurns the cottage from the green:
Around the world each needful product flies,
For all the luxuries the world supplies.
While thus the land adorned for pleasure, all
In barren splendour feebly waits the fall.
As some fair female unadorned and plain,
Secure to please while youth confirms her reign, Slights every borrowed charm that dress supplies, Nor shares with art the triumph of her eyes.
But when those charms are past, for charms are frail, When time advances, and when lovers fail,
She then shines forth, solicitous to bless,
In all the glaring impotence of dress.
Thus fares the land, by luxury betrayed:
In nature's simplest charms at first arrayed;
But verging to decline, its splendours rise,
Its vistas strike, its palaces surprize;
While, scourged by famine from the smiling land, The mournful peasant leads his humble band;
And while he sinks, without one arm to save,
The country blooms—a garden, and a grave.
Where then, ah where, shall poverty reside,
To scape the pressure of contiguous pride?
If to some common's fenceless limits strayed,
He drives his flock to pick the scanty blade,
Those fenceless fields the sons of wealth divide, And ev'n the bare-worn common is denied.
If to the city sped—What waits him there?
To see profusion that he must not share;
To see ten thousand baneful arts combined
To pamper luxury, and thin mankind;
To see those joys the sons of pleasure know,
Extorted from his fellow-creature's woe.
Here while the courtier glitters in brocade,
There the pale artist plies the sickly trade;
Here while the proud their long-drawn pomps display, There the black gibbet glooms beside the way.
The dome where Pleasure holds her midnight reign, Here, richly deckt, admits the gorgeous train;
Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square,
The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare.
Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy!
Sure these denote one universal joy!
Are these thy serious thoughts?—Ah, turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies.
She once, perhaps, in village plenty blest,
Has wept at tales of innocence distrest;
Her modest looks the cottage might adorn
Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn:
Now lost to all; her friends, her virtue fled,
Near her betrayer's door she lays her head,
And, pinch'd with cold, and shrinking from the shower, With heavy heart deplores that luckless hour
When idly first, ambitious of the town,
She left her wheel and robes of country brown.
Do thine, sweet Auburn, thine, the loveliest train, Do thy fair tribes participate her pain?
Even now, perhaps, by cold and hunger led,
At proud men's doors they ask a little bread!
Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene,
Where half the convex world intrudes between,
Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Far different there from all that charm'd before, The various terrors of that horrid shore;
Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray,
And fiercely shed intolerable day;
Those matted woods where birds forget to sing,
But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling;
Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crowned, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around;
Where at each step the stranger fears to wake
The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake;
Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey,
And savage men, more murderous still than they;
While oft in whirls the mad tornado flies,
Mingling the ravaged landscape with the skies.
Far different these from every former scene,
The cooling brook, the grassy vested green,
The breezy covert of the warbling grove,
That only shelter'd thefts of harmless love.
Good Heaven! what sorrows gloom'd that parting day, That called them from their native walks away;
When the poor exiles, every pleasure past,
Hung round their bowers, and fondly looked their last, And took a long farewell, and wished in vain
For seats like these beyond the western main;
And shuddering still to face the distant deep,
Returned and wept, and still returned to weep.
The good old sire the first prepared to go
To new found worlds, and wept for others woe.
But for himself, in conscious virtue brave,
He only wished for worlds beyond the grave.
His lovely daughter, lovelier in her tears,
The fond companion of his helpless years,
Silent went next, neglectful of her charms,
And left a lover's for a father's arms.
With louder plaints the mother spoke her woes,
And blessed the cot where every pleasure rose;
And kist her thoughtless babes with many a tear, And claspt them close, in sorrow doubly dear;
Whilst her fond husband strove to lend relief
In all the silent manliness of grief.
O luxury! thou curst by Heaven's decree,
How ill exchanged are things like these for thee! How do thy potions, with insidious joy,
Diffuse their pleasures only to destroy!
Kingdoms, by thee, to sickly greatness grown,
Boast of a florid vigour not their own;
At every draught more large and large they grow, A bloated mass of rank unwieldy woe;
Till sapped their strength, and every part unsound, Down, down they sink, and spread a ruin round.
Even now the devastation is begun,
And half the business of destruction done;
Even now, methinks, as pondering here I stand,
I see the rural virtues leave the land:
Down where yon anchoring vessel spreads the sail, That idly waiting flaps with every gale,
Downward they move, a melancholy band,
Pass from the shore, and darken all the strand.
Contented toil, and hospitable care,
And kind connubial tenderness, are there;
And piety with wishes placed above,
And steady loyalty, and faithful love.
And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid,
Still first to fly where sensual joys invade;
Unfit in these degenerate times of shame,
To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame;
Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried,
My shame in crowds, my solitary pride;
Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe,
That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide by which the nobler arts excell,
Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Farewell, and O where'er thy voice be tried,
On Torno's cliffs, or Pambamarca's side,
Whether were equinoctial fervours glow,
Or winter wraps the polar world in snow,
Still let thy voice, prevailing over time,
Redress the rigours of the inclement clime;
Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain,
Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain;
Teach him, that states of native strength possest, Tho' very poor, may still be very blest;
That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away;
While self-dependent power can time defy,
As rocks resist the billows and the sky.

Banana peels have almost no friction.
Banana peels have felled many cartoon characters, Mario Kart players, and average people alike. However, what makes it so slippery in the first place? To answer this, four Japanese scientists measured the amount of friction between a shoe, a banana skin, and the floor. Turns out, the friction coefficient was at an almost nonexistent 0.07 – walking with the banana peel was 6 times slippier than normal friction between a shoe and the floor.

Game 220 of 500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower & Du Mont
McDonnell vs NN, 1830 
(000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0

page 66 of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games, volume 1
La Bourdonnais vs W Pulling, 1834 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA (000) 1-0 Morphy is short-handed 2 pieces but wins in 17!
Morphy vs T Knight, 1856 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

variants/Evan's Gambit (000) 1-0 Zwischenzug 16.e6 threat
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1858 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

variants/Scotch Game (000) 1-0 K walk
Morphy vs NN, 1857 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

variants/Evans Gambit (000) 1-0 Plenty o' Pins
Morphy vs J Thompson, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

variant/Scotch Gambit 000 1-0 "The Austrian Morphy" shows why!!
Steinitz vs Holstein, 1863 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

Morphy plays 1.b3 Dbl Fianchetto Bird Opening
Morphy vs Maurian, 1869 
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0

Variants /KGA Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0Remove the Guard, Pin, etc.
S Rosenthal vs Count Isouard, 1871 
(000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0

Chess variants / Vienna Gambit (000) 1-0 Fantastic finish!!
Tarrasch vs Fiedler, 1892 
(000) Chess variants, 16 moves, 1-0

Van't Kruijs Opening (A00) 0-1Rapid development but no center P
Turochamp vs Kasparov, 2012 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 0-1

Game 19 in Dynamic Chess Strategy by Mihai Suba
Suba vs Sax, 1984 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID formation (A15) 1-0 En prise Bs
Polugaevsky vs R Simic, 1988
(A15) English, 16 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical (A33) 1-0 Can u finish what u start?
Ganguly vs Wei Yi, 2019 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0

Horwitz Def (A40) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 15.?
Topalov vs T Paehtz Sr, 2017 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Hippopotamus spotted in Philly (A00) 1-0 Pin
J Curdo vs B Einarsson, 1995 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 1-0 Correspond
A Dronov vs N Joao, 2011
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Def: Janowski Var. Grinberg Gambit (A53) 1/2- odd
V Sakalauskas vs V Georgiev, 1999 
(A53) Old Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Indian Game: London System (A48) 1-0 Black has 3 en prise
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2007 
(A48) King's Indian, 17 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A04) 0-1 Anastasia's mate
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Colle-Zuk / Indian Game (A46) 0-1 Blackburne's Mate in one
Flohr vs R Pitschak, 1930 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Get the Queen in close!
R Chytilek vs R Wiesinger, 2001 
(A09) Reti Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

World Rapid Championship (2014) Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack
A Moiseenko vs S Lu, 2014 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) 0-1 Dropped a kNight
Adorjan vs Csom, 1969 
(A13) English, 17 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Notes by JHB
Bird vs Blackburne, 1886  
(A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Dutch Staunton G. (A83) 1-0 Simple yet effective, intermezzo+
A Stefanova vs R Tozer, 1997 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

K's English. Troger Defense (A21) 1-0 B zwischenzug capture w/+
R Satterlee vs J Kulbacki, 1992 
(A21) English, 17 moves, 1-0

White's e-pawn does everything a pawn can do.
B Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

Budapest Defense (A52) 0-1, 17 moves. Dbl R sacs, K walk
Helmer vs J Krejcik, 1917 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Creepy Crawly miniature more like a Polish
G Welling vs F Obers, 1992 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Fajarowicz Var (A51) 0-1 "Black & Becker" pin
P Lukacs vs W Becker, 1998 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

King's English Variation (A23) 1-0 Next White N move traps Q
J Hanken vs J Yehl, 2004 
(A20) English, 17 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 No ordinary game
Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1975 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense (A80) 0-1 Pin, Bf3 outpost, Q sac opens h-file
G Abramovic vs Botvinnik, 1924 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 0-1

KIA vs C-K (A07) 1-0 Form battery to pile on the pin
U Eliseev vs A Sarana, 2016 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 17 moves, 1-0

English Opening Symmetrical (A36)1-0 R sac exposes dark-squares
B Jacobsen vs Van der Wiel, 1983 
(A36) English, 17 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) 1-0 King walk
M Geveke vs R Storm, 1983 
(A04) Reti Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Horwitz Defense / Dutch vs Zuke (A40) 0-1 Kside crusher
P Deshmukh vs B Thipsay, 2008 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Friendly Blitz - Bronstein only managed to defeat Spassky once
Bronstein vs Spassky, 1961 
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

eng 0-1 Snygg Matt. damoffer, sen tornschack m.mSPELA!
S Lorenz vs A Orlov, 2001 
(A25) English, 17 moves, 0-1

Torre Attk vs Qb6 Qb3 Spielmann-Indian (A46) 1-0 back ranker
Kamsky vs Anand, 1994 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit: Accepted. Dlugy Var (A57) 1-0 Q sac for promo!
Dlugy vs S Polgar, 1987 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Colle c3 System (D05) 1-0 Greek gift, overworked N
G Lamberts vs M Bellatty, 1988
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

KIA: Yugoslav Var (A07) 0-1 NxB and White is better
D Bojkov vs Robson, 2008 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. Q's Knight Var (A16) 0-1
W Toikka vs T G Cook, 1987 
(A16) English, 17 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann, Classical (B18) 1-0Dubious but playable if corrected
B Perenyi vs S Buecker, 1984 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 16 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense (B10) 0-1 Greco Mate on h-file is coming!
I Berzina vs B I Franco Valencia, 2014 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Delayed Alapin(B50) 1-0Remove the Guard, Outnumber Be3
Kasparov vs L Evers, 1988 
(B50) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf Poisoned P Accepted (B97) 1-0 Ns hammer 6th
Radjabov vs Anand, 2006 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 16 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Normal (B03) 0-1 Fishin' Pole Counter Attack
A Ghaderi vs V Thorell, 2012
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Modern Def Bxf7+ (B06) 1-0 The power of check w/3 en prise!!
Rublevsky vs C D'Amore, 2000 
(B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Classical. 2Knights (B08) 0-1 Ruin the K's shield
Schiffler vs Kramnik, 1996 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 16 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Levenfish (B71) 1-0 Slain quickly
J Cervenka vs Z Mladek, 1994 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 16 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def., Scandinavian Var (B02) 0-1 White is BUTT UGLY
M Kislov vs Gipslis, 1970 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def. Four Pawns Attack (B03) 0-1 Discovery #
A Deloup vs J Dubois, 1989 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Wing Gambit. Carlsbad (B20) 1-0 Dbl Discovered Check
A Gorbunova vs E Sapojnikov, 2001 
(B20) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0

Sic Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var (B87) 1-0 Sharp Q sac eye pop
J Arizmendi Martinez vs Yagupov, 2003 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 0-1 Bxf7+ Unpin action
Alshouha Basil vs Grischuk, 2014 
(B50) Sicilian, 16 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance (B12) 1-0 minor piece trap
Bologan vs A Campanile, 1994 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Four Knights (B45) 1-0 Black K caught in center
D Kostakiev vs S Erofeev, 1998 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: unClosed (B23) 1-0 Swift punishment
Spassky vs D Hepner, 1986 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 16 moves, 1-0

Czech Defense: General (B07) 1-0 Pawn fork
E Alekseev vs G Guseinov, 1998
(B07) Pirc, 16 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Var (B10) 0-1 B sac busts P shield
S Voitsekhovsky vs I Khairullin, 2013 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Steiner Var (B02) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 14...?
F Frenkel vs C Lakdawala, 1987 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

3...Qa5 4.Nf3 e5?! is hard to hold (B01)1-0 Exchanges, N fork+
H Suechting vs F Englund, 1906
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 minor piece "mate No. 19A"
Leo Xiang Yu Li vs R Taylor, 2017 
(B32) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Var (B88) 1-0 R sac
Fischer vs P Dely, 1967 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (B40) 1-0 Killer pawn
A Wagner-Michel vs A Fischer, 1994 
(B40) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk Fio (B31)1-0 N sac for N#
Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Standard (B06) 0-1 3 Piece Travelin' Band
J N Sugden vs Keene, 1962 
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation. Lasker Simul Gambit (B02)1-0
R Nezhmetdinov vs V Mikenas, 1948 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B94) The Black Q pays for snatching b-pawn
Nakamura vs Van Wely, 2010 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 17 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

"Self-taught chess 4beginrs & intermediates"-Milton Finkelstein
Aronin vs V Mikenas, 1951 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) 1-0 Miniature
V Malakhov vs Areshchenko, 2005 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 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

Modern Defense: Standard Def (B06) 1-0 13 captures mini; Hook #
T Goutali vs O Lima, 2010 
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian, Marshall Variation (B01) 0-1 W has 2 LPDOs
C G Hilton vs A Hollis, 1963 
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Marshall Variation (B01) 0-1 Piling on the pin
R Kause vs E McCormick, 1959
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) 0-1 W loses center
L Zhu vs T Reilly, 2016
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Classical (B64) 1-0 Greek Gift
Hort vs I Radulov, 1974 
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 17 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern Var (B04) 1-0 Q shocker; N fork awaits
Hort vs S Buecker, 1987 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 17 moves, 1-0

Modern Def. Two Knights. Suttles Var Tal Gambit (B06) 1-0 Tal!
Tal vs G Tringov, 1964 
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 1-0

Sic Accelerated Dragon Maroczy Bind (B39) 1-0Beware Q&B battery
N Gaprindashvili vs R Servaty, 1974 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Bronstein-Larsen Var (B16)1-0 Discovered+ awaits
J Vesely vs K Opocensky, 1962 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses 6.d5 Nb4 (B01) 1-0 He's no fool
Fischer vs H Seidman, 1959 
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Discovered Dbl++
F Windekilde vs D B Jensen, 2001 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Alapin Var (B22) 1-0 Open center, no castling
D Solak vs Velimirovic, 2007 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Paulsen. Szen Var (B44) 1-0 Notes by Lowenthal
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  
(B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Var (B00) 0-1 No Q trap
G Ligterink vs Miles, 1984 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B20) 1-0 Legall's Mate extended
T Behlau vs H Krueger, 1987 
(B20) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def Modern Line (B22) 1-0Remove the Def
C Scheerer vs F Bindrich, 2004 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 17 moves, 1-0

The Queen is the flying ace of the chessboard! Get her busy!
A Zatonskih vs N Adams, 2004 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Grand Prix vs Dragon Ne7, Bg7 (B23) 1-0 Prep Mayet's #
P Jaracz vs K Rudolph, 2000
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0The Last Laugh in Blitz
Tal vs Kasparov, 1992 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Variation (B42) 1-0 Teenagers
A Rombaldoni vs J Johannsdottir, 2009
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Keres Attack (B81) 1-0 16.?
M Antipov vs Y Schwartz, 2018 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 17 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Exchange Var (B03) 0-1 Up the exchange
H Petersen vs E Torre, 1972 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 Spearhead, Boden's #
M Fico vs D Guerrini, 1981 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

French, Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Kingside attack
M Calzetta vs J Villena Perez, 2005
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Declined. Sorensen D(C21) 0-1Monte Carlo French
B Tan vs H Plasman, 2001 
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 0-1

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

KGD. Petrov's Defense (C30) 1-0 Pin allows N+ fork coming next!
S Polgar vs C Selles, 1991 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10) 1-0 Deluxe Philidor's Legacy
Smirin vs F Ribeiro, 1997 
(C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0

Albin CG / French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 0-1 K walk
D Black vs S Rukovci, 2001 
(C01) French, Exchange, 16 moves, 0-1

Danish Gambit 4.Bxd3 (C21) 1-0 f4 singles N retreat, f5 B trap
M Ebeling vs J Killane, 2007 
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical (C45) 1-0 Consider the alternatives
Van der Wiel vs A David, 1991
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA. King's Knight Gambit (C34) · 1-0
M Grant vs R A Roth, 1994 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 1-0 Nxg7!
V Gashimov vs Gelfand, 2009 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 16 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 0-1 Greed
F Quiroz Astudillo vs I Landa, 2005 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 0-1 Pin to back
Sverre Hestholm vs M Trost, 2017 
(C56) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA. Becker Defense vs Bb2, 0-0-0 (C34) 1-0 N on 6th!
O Popovych vs E Karklins, 1989 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: 2Kts Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 Cadets U10
V Strejc vs V Sipek, 1994 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0 Under 10 yrs
T L Petrosian vs Le Tien Dung, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA. King's Knight Gambit vs 3...Qe7 (C34) 1-0 Discovery next
W Rohricht vs T E Sawyer, 1984 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian Four Knights (C50) 0-1 Greco's Mate
Ulrich Lang vs R Gralla, 2003 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 0-1

Game 10 in Irving Chernev's book "Logical Chess: Move by Move".
Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def (C65)0-1 Multiple sacs open the g-file to K
J Baddeley vs Blackburne, 1879 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical (C53) 1-0 A terrible hangover
Z Andriasian vs M Litwiniec, 2010 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

White nabs overworked pawn, Black offers Q sac to expose pin
M Kloss vs E Diemer, 1959 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

French Def. Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Bxh7+ Greek Gift win
J Foltys vs Mohyla, 1940 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 0-1 Kside attack
Reti vs Spielmann, 1913 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

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

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Mini K walk
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Declined. Classical (C30) 0-1 Blindfold; Pin the Q
Blackburne vs J P Lea, 1890 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 0-1

FR Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) 1-0 White's N is immune
Negi vs A Hobber, 2014 
(C18) French, Winawer, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Closed (C53) 1-0 The Black Q is lost
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 91: Comprehensive Chess Course V2
Alekhine vs Hoelscher, 1933 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 0-1 Bouncing N like Pac-Man
Charousek vs G Makovetz, 1893 
(C22) Center Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit (C25) 1-0 Stunning K hunt
Blackburne vs H Stelling, 1886 
(C25) Vienna, 17 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening, Pseudo Evans G (44) 1-0 I didn't see that #
Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945  
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed Variation (C84) 0-1 Pick on back rank defenders
M Radojcic vs P Trifunovic, 1947 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attack (C54) 1-0 BFTC
Euwe vs S van Mindeno, 1927 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA Wild Muzio Gambit (C37) 1-0 Q sac into royal fork!
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical 4.0-0. Albin Gambit (C50) 1-0 Non-stop
I K Sukandar vs M Pleim, 2004 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1/2- B sac or Dbl Attk
O de la Riva Aguado vs R Pogorelov, 2001 
(C10) French, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Fried is right
M de Lourdes Ferraz Ramos vs S Cubas, 1995 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Def (C39) 1-0 Pinned to # square
Morphy vs G Lyttelton, 1858  
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game (C45) 1-0 Count the number of mistakes.
A Burns vs R Smith, 1872 
(C45) Scotch Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 92 in Take My Rooks by Minev and Seirawan
Blackburne vs Burn, 1870 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 0-1

K's Gambit Declined. Q's Knight Def (C30) 1-0Chained himself in
Blackburne vs E Bonachea, 1891 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

Three Knights Opening (C46) 1-0 Discovery, piece trap?
M Czerniak vs J H Donner, 1954 
(C46) Three Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. ML (C29) 0-1 Q deflection sac
NN vs L Lowy, 1905 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Var (C55) 1-0 R deflection
Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

KGD Petrov's Defense (C30) 1-0Slashing diagonal attack on Kside
Bronstein vs J Kostro, 1969 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Breyer Var (C29) 1-0 Boden's Mate threat
M Marmorosh vs Polani, 1928 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Four Knights, Halloween Gambit (C46) 1-0 Where's the Hulk?
D Falcon vs D Hogan, 1999 
(C46) Three Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Elephant G. Paulsen Countergambit (C40) 0-1R sac sets Boden's #
Reshevsky vs E D Duncan, 1921 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 1-0 8.Re1+ Kf8
C Wreford-Brown vs Gibbs, 1918 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Fried Liver (C57) 0-1 Black takes over
H Brehmer vs F Menz, 1999 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Falkbeer CG. Accepted 3...Qxd5 (C31) 1-0 Featuring both Qs
Tolush vs Alatortsev, 1948 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Z12 Check forces self-pin; exchange removes the Q defender
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Vienna Game: Stanley Var(C26) 1-0 3 possible checkmate patterns
Fischer vs M McDermott, 1964 
(C26) Vienna, 17 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch owns the open files
Tarrasch vs Landau, 1880 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

"the one book Bobby didn't go through"
A Hoffmann vs Fischer, 1963 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Bomb f7...the tail of the combination has a stinger: Qh5+
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1899 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Muzio Gambit by Nimzovich's father features 2 N sacs, Q sac
S Niemzowitsch vs NN, 1899 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit Compromised Defense (C52) 1-0 Deflect the defender
Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 51 in The Golden Treasury of Chess by Wellmuth & Horowitz
J Smith vs G Derrickson, 1860 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Var (C29) 0-1 Pawn grabbing slows devel
R Steel vs Blackburne, 1882 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51) 0-1 Bf3 Block
Albin vs Blackburne, 1897 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Two Knts Def Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 0-1 Q sac, Greco #
Edelman vs I Mazel, 1928 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 0-1 Boden's #
Ajeeb vs C Devide, 1888 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Modern Bishop's Opening (C55) 1-0 Slaughter
P Ricardi vs J Faustino, 2001 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit (C51) 0-1 Blistering Bishops & Q Battery
Lasker vs F Dickens, 1908 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Def (C36) 0-1 Raking Bishops
R J Fontinha vs W Nash, 1988 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Variation / Evan's Gambit (C50) 1-0 Spearhead on f7
Kolisch vs Winawer, 1883 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Bird Variation (C61) 1-0 Deflection
Short vs B Kimber, 1975 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

White briskly shears off Black
Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein Blackburne Def(C10) 1-0R decoy sac wins a P
Anand vs N Sulava, 2004 
(C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) 1-0 Wham! Bam!
Ponomariov vs Gelfand, 2008 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

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

French Winawer (C15) 0-1 Rook fork interference
Woody Young vs A C Ludwig, 1949
(C15) French, Winawer, 17 moves, 0-1

2Knights Def. Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57) 0-1 K walk
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 1-0 Gain time&space
F Palmiotto vs R Hirsch, 1988 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 1-0 Black K uncastled
A Petrov vs Szymanski, 1853 
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 17.Qf7#
A Davis vs C F Tears, 1944 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open Variation (C80) 1-0 Q sacs, P mate miniature
D Duhm vs A Duhm, 1900 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0

KG Accepted. Fischer Defense (C34) 0-1 Q sac, N fork
A Harju vs M Liimatta, 1986 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

KGD Classical Variation (C30) 1-0 Reinfeld puzzle mate in 3
G Neumann vs Dufresne, 1863 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

A Black Evan's Gambit: Q+ sac, Dbl check, Reti's # before Reti
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Sac a pawn, prevent castling, disable counterplay, resign in 17
Morphy vs T Hampton, 1858 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 0-1 Notes by JHB; Q batteries
J Colborne vs Blackburne, 1894  
(C22) Center Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Leonhardt Var (C40)1-0 2 big threats
Smyslov vs M Kamyshov, 1945 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

KG: Double N Sacrifice & Q Sac -- as good as it gets!
W Napier vs NN, 1904 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Schliemann Dyckhoff (C63) 1-0 Target the heavy pieces
Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1919 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Qside Greek Gift
D Waterman vs R Samo, 1974 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical Var (C53) 1-0 B-N-Q mating pattern vs. h6
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 0-1 8.Re1+ Kf8
Rubinstein vs G Bartoszkiewicz, 1897 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

French Classical Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Greek gift 2x same wk
Blackburne vs A Muller, 1894  
(C13) French, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA Rosentreter Gambit Bird Gambit (C37) 1-0 Sac Rh1 Nxc7+
Schoeler vs Zirlacher, 1966 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA Allgaier Gambit Thorold Attack (C39) 1-0 White Ns kick it
B Wall vs R Illorde, 1988 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGD Classical Var (C30) 1-0 Discovered Check w/Capture Bites
Stollar vs A Serebrisky, 1945 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def: Lion. Sozin Var (C41)1-0 Q sac->royal family fork
B Savchenko vs S Yudin, 2010 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit Accepted (C38)0-1 JHB simply the best g-file opener
J Burt vs Blackburne, 1869  
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

French Def. Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0Q sac, Opera#
B Wall vs J Robin, 1983 
(C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0

Philidor Countergambit. Zukertort Var (C41) 1-0 Factor that!
S Factor vs F M Currier, 1923 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

KG Declined. Classical (C30) 0-1 Devestating Discovered+
Lasker vs J Hanham, 1901 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Pianissimo 4d3 d6 5Ng5 Qf6 (C50) 0-1 f3 is futile
NN vs P Stamma, 1737  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 0-1

French Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 Critical pin vs Nf6
Spielmann vs R Wahle, 1926 
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0

G32The Modern Chess Instructor: Part I by W. Steinitz. 21st ed.
J Minchin vs W Wayte, 1866 
(C45) Scotch Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Apparently the second time 5...Qf6 defence played vs Scotch
A Schottlaender vs F Riemann, 1879 
(C45) Scotch Game, 17 moves, 0-1

G58: The Modern Chess Instructor: Part I by Wilhelm Steinitz
L Goldsmith vs F Esling, 1880 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Four Knights, Double Spanish (C49) 1-0 Cross pins are a bitchew
A Nimzowitsch vs Tartakower, 1911 
(C49) Four Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 Greco's Mate w/Q next
J Barendregt vs R Teschner, 1965 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 17 moves, 0-1

KGA. B's Gambit Greco Var (C33) 1-0 Great German players
Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

French Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 1-0 Such moxie!
Velimirovic vs B Maksimovic, 1996 
(C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA. Salvio Gambit Cochrane Gambit (C37) 0-1 Springer
Jouy vs La Bourdonnais, 1838 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 1-0Central P roller
F Adeyemi vs Z Ahmadov, 2008 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Defense. Polerio Defense (C57) 0-1 15...?
M Amini vs R Gralla, 2010 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

KGD. Classical, General (C30) 0-1 Remove the Defender (Q vs Q)
E Prandstetter vs J Augustin, 1974 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 0-1

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

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1 The other RJF
F Edel vs R Fischer, 2016 
(C28) Vienna Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Three Knights Opening: Center Pawn Fork Trick (C46) 1-0
Glek vs Romanishin, 1996 
(C46) Three Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 Royal family fork+
T Held vs P Meier, 1988 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

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

French Defense: Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 1-0 15.?
Grischuk vs Bareev, 2001 
(C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Declined. Classical Var (C30) 1-0 Remove the Guard
B Wall vs J Latell, 1986
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch . Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0
Y Zinchenko vs M Bronowicki, 2009 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0

Pseudo-Catalan (D02) 1-0 Phat Philidor's Legacy!
Moulaye Brahim Hemam vs G Berardi, 2018 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

QGD Exchange. Positional Variation (D35) 0-1 K walk deflection
Fedorowicz vs E Rosen, 2009 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 0-1

Game 91 in 'Three Hundred Chess Games' by Siegbert Tarrasch.
Tarrasch vs G Irion, 1887 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

QGD. Central Var. McDonnell Def (D20) 1-0 Q+ lands en prise
Shirov vs Huebner, 1992 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack Nb4xBd3 (D00) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Rubinstein vs Reti, 1908  
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

2.P-Q4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1-0 I'll be dogged ?!?
F Vass vs P Hogarty, 2006 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Q's Gambit Declined: Marshall Def (D06) 1-0 P grabbing traps Q
Alekhine vs A B Ward, 1933 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

Better think twice before aligning queen with king
Andres vs F M Wren, 1933 
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 17 moves, 0-1

Colle System (D05) 1-0 Dusseldorf 1908 brilliancy
Alekhine vs F Koehnlein, 1908 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Bxh7+ Greek Gift leads to King Walk; 12...Kh6 is better!
C W Hrissikopoulos vs R S Underwood, 1938 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted, Gunsberg Def. 1-0 17 moves pile on pin
Janowski vs E Schallopp, 1896 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Slav, Czech Classical System Main Line (D19) 1-0Chess blindness
Kasparov vs Anand, 1992 
(D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

London vs Dbl Fio Hedgehog (A48) 0-1 Minors target White Q
A Jadrijevic vs Z Kozul, 2011 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Schlechter drew a World Championship Match with Lasker in 1910.
Schlechter vs D Przepiorka, 1906 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow. Studier Attk (B01) 1-0 6th
E Diemer vs Spohn, 1970 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening/Colle-Zukertort (D05) 1-0 Rake the Qside
A Yusupov vs T Storai, 2012
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Colle System 7.e4 vs Copycat (D05) 1-0 Rapid attk w/Greek gift
Swiderski vs J Moquette, 1899 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

A great game by Anand - and a miniature as well!!!
Anand vs Gelfand, 2012 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack (D00) 0-1 N Outnumbers N
G Grimsson vs H Stefansson, 2003 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

QGD. Tartakower Defense. General (D58) 1-0 Q to the 7th, pin
M Hebden vs F N Stephenson, 2001 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 17 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Krause Var (D02) 1-0 Black must give material to stop mate
Teichmann vs Spielmann, 1909 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

KID Averbakh. Benoni Advance (E75) 0-1 W castled the wrong way
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1982 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 16 moves, 0-1

Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Var (E12) 0-1 B is trapped
Zvjaginsev vs V Chekhov, 1991 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 17 moves, 0-1

Pawn chains are made to be broken
Carlsen vs L Drabke, 2003 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Accepted. Breyer Gambit (C33) 1-0 Overworked pawn
Euwe vs G Kroone, 1919 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin Barmen Defense (B22) 1-0 R sac for discovered+
S Collins vs M Figueroa, 2004 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 20 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian (B34) 1-0 B's for N's, sitting R sacrifice
M W Dejmek vs C Dingle, 2000
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 20 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch Variation (C03) 1-0 USSR blitz tournament
Tal vs Petrosian, 1975 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0

Not in the Art of Attack, but in CT-ART
R Nezhmetdinov vs V Sergievsky, 1966 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 20 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 1-0 Decoy, Remove Guard
A Beliavsky vs Bacrot, 1999 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0

Van Geet (Dunst) Opening (A00) 1-0 Discovered check looms
D van Geet vs W Litmanowicz, 1964 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening: Tartakower Gambit (A00) 1-0 Fascinating Finish
A Sokolsky vs L Strugach, 1958 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01) 0-1 Boden's Mate
G Morrison vs G Chandler, 1978 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 16 moves, 0-1

Congres international des echecs, 1869; Q trapped in the center
H Czarnowski vs E D'Andre, 1867 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 16 moves, 0-1

Yeah, don't develop, move pawns! Hilarious mate!
NN vs E Diemer, 1984 
(A04) Reti Opening, 16 moves, 0-1

Tennison Gambit 2.e4?! (A06) 0-1 Candidate for worst game.
K Kanakari vs M Bartel, 2006 
(A06) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Var(A07) 1-0 Black Q trapped
Movsesian vs S Gramlich, 2005 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 16 moves, 1-0

KIA Qe2 vs Sic (A07) 0-1Smyslov's shortest loss in the database
Smyslov vs Hjartarson, 1995 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 16 moves, 0-1

Closed Sicilian Nge2, Bg2 vs Bg7, Nge7 (B25) Overworked Bishop
C Pilnick vs H Seidman, 1954 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Spearhead
G Koelsche vs Woody Young, 1949 
(A09) Reti Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Torre System (A12) 0-1 h-pawn lever
A Ostl vs G Hertneck, 1985 
(A12) English with b3, 16 moves, 0-1

Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var (A18) 1-0 Enticement
Smyslov vs I Farago, 1977 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 17 moves, 1-0

King's English. Two Knights, Reversed Dragon (A22) 1-0 Pin
Euwe vs A Rueb, 1923 
(A22) English, 17 moves, 1-0

King's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 1-0Gone shopping
L Oepen vs S Maus, 1988 
(A25) English, 16 moves, 1-0

King's English. Four Knights General (A28) 0-1 13...?
J Schenkein vs Spielmann, 1913 
(A28) English, 16 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Fianchetto (A34) 1-0 Qside Q trap
L Christiansen vs P Cleghorn, 1976 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Four Knights (A30) 1-0 B & R sac for Qh5+
Kramnik vs NN, 1999 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical - Not for long(A36) 1-0Pile on pin
C Garcia Palermo vs M Andres Mendez, 2001 
(A36) English, 16 moves, 1-0

Horwitz Def (A40) 1-0 Grab 2 Ps, lose time w/Q, vulnerable f7
Kasparov vs Timman, 1987 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Kingside Fianchetto (A48) 1-0 Early 150 Attack
Torre vs H E Jennings, 1924 
(A48) King's Indian, 16 moves, 1-0

Old Benoni. Russian Variation (A44) 1-0 Sitting duck
J H Donner vs W Balcerowski, 1962 
(A44) Old Benoni Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Tartakower Attk vs NY System (A45) 1-0 Gain time
G Laco vs M Centofante, 2011
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Omega Gambit (A45) 1-0 Likeit or Not
T Liket vs M Frank, 1932 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 0-1 Three on the h-file
W Henschel vs M Karff, 1946 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1

Budapest Defense: Adler Variation (A52) 0-1 blitz blunder
A Sibriaev vs P Ponkratov, 2013
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Budapest Defense: Adler Var (A52) 1-0 Mutual capture sequence
H Steiner vs H Fajans, 1946
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Def: Two Knts Var (A54) 1-0 Pin, Remove the Guard
L Schmid vs Westerinen, 1968 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 17 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit (A57) 1-0 White steamrolls up the board
H Enevoldsen vs R Beyen, 1958 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit: Accepted. P Return Var (A57) 1-0 Greco Mate in 2
Suba vs O Peters, 1993 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fully Accepted Var (A58) 0-1
R Holzinger vs Browne, 1973 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Hopton Attack (A80) 0-1 Swarming Ns, threat of pin
A Donchenko vs C van Oosterom, 2011
(A80) Dutch, 16 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def Blackmar's Second Gambit (A80) 0-1 Kside smasher
S Belavenets vs Simagin, 1937 
(A80) Dutch, 19 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Var (A84) 0-1 Skewer+
M van 't Kruijs vs Anderssen, 1861 
(A84) Dutch, 16 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Rubinstein Var (A84) 1-0 too late to safely castle
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1920 
(A84) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Var (A84) 1-0 Greco's # w/a pin
A Pomar vs L Gallegos, 1944 
(A84) Dutch, 16 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense/Dbl Fio vs 6 Pawns Attk (B00) 1-0 h-file Spearhead
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense: Matovinsky Gambit (B00) 1-0 Remove the Guard next
C Fisher vs R Smith, 1873 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def.: Scandinavian. Exchange (B00) 1-0 1 N# 1 N def
R Runau vs Schmidt, 1972 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr Gambit Bd3 vs Bg4 (B01) 1-0 Threaten royalty, the 7th
Lasker vs NN, 1901 
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 Main Lines (B01) 1-0 Central build-up rebuffs NxNe4
Alekhine vs Kohler, 1933 
(B01) Scandinavian, 16 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Anderssen Cntrattk (B01) 1-0 Castled K wins
G Wheatcroft vs H C Christoffersen, 1937 
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Var (B02) 1-0 c2 attack backfires
Pillsbury vs E Chatard, 1900 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Nobody plays chess like the late GREAT Mikhail Tal!
Tal vs NN, 1973 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Exchange Var (B03) 0-1
T Wippermann vs A Baburin, 2005 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 17 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Modern. Larsen Variation (B04) · 1-0
W J Adam vs M Rohde, 1979 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 17 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense 1...g6 2.h4 (B06) 1/2-1/2 Castle into Q sac?!
J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964 
(B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Modern Defense: Two Knights (B06) 0-1 Two en prise
F Rodriguez vs Spassky, 1991
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 0-1

Mongredien Def/Hippo (B06) 1-0 Central sac attack for prize
F S Anderson vs W Adams, 1941 
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Austrian Attk (B09) 1-0Kside P roller, find the finis
Tarrasch vs Charousek, 1896 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 17 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Notes by AA
Alekhine vs I Naharro, 1941  
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Accelerated Panov Attk. Open Var (B10) 1-0 Taken
Tal vs G Garcia Gonzalez, 1986 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attk. Modern Def (B13) 1-0 Nxf7, battery
Alekhine vs Benitez / Vidal, 1939 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 16 moves, 1-0

C-K Panov Attk. Modern Def Reifir-Spielmann Line (B13) 1-0X-ray
I A Zaitsev vs NN, 1970 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 16 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 1-0 Blitzkrieg!!
Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1910 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 1-0

"New in Chess - Tactics Training - Bobby Fischer"
Fischer vs R H Steinmeyer, 1963 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Italian Gambit (B20) 1-0 Bxf7+, Ne5+, Qh5+, etc.
Cochrane vs Saumchurn, 1855
(B20) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Kieseritzky vs Anderssen, 1851 
(B20) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Morphy Gambit (B21) 0-1Pile on the pin w/a Pawn
B Lyubimov vs Alekhine, 1908 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 16 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Morphy Gambit (B21) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Morphy vs P Journoud, 1858 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Scheveningen (B21) 0-1 Bs
L Prins vs Saemisch, 1936 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Alapin. General (B22) 1-0 17.?
Tkachiev vs Ponomariov, 2008 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Closed. Chameleon (B23) 0-1Notes by Stockfish
J van den Bosch vs Euwe, 1936 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian 2...Qc7 Quinteros Var (B27) 1-0 Rabid White Octopus
Gonzalez vs Quinteros, 1971 
(B27) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Nimzowitsch. Closed (B29) 0-1 Siberian Trap variation
P Johner vs Tartakower, 1928 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 15 moves, 0-1

Q decoy sac for back rank mate by 12-year old Judit Polgar!
J Polgar vs P Chilingirova, 1988 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 White pounds the center
E Post vs Swiderski, 1906 
(B32) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Pin Var (B40) 0-1 Shortest game of the tournament
A Rabinovich vs Schlechter, 1911 
(B40) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights. Exchange (B45) 0-1 Simul upset
Lasker vs J Dimer, 1904 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Paulsen. Normal (B45) 1-0 Q takes poisoned b-pawn
Mackenzie vs E Alberoni, 1876 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 16 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. American Attk (B45) 0-1 Fishin' Pole
Zukertort vs E Schallopp, 1881 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 16 moves, 0-1

it can be instructive to see great players lose a miniature
Petrosian vs Kotov, 1952 
(B50) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B50) 0-1 b-pawn buster
G Stoltz vs V Ciocaltea, 1953 
(B50) Sicilian, 17 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) 1/2-1/2 Perpetual
M Stean vs Geller, 1975 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B90) 0-1 N robs the lateral pin
Short vs Anand, 2002 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 17 moves, 0-1

Queen sac leads to double discovered check and beautiful mate
Keres vs Verbac, 1933 
(C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

French / Owen Defense (C00) 1-0 Simultaneous pin & fork
Chigorin vs A Skipworth, 1883 
(C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

French Def: Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 Simul Kside smash
Alekhine vs Gutkevich, 1910 
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange (C01) 0-1 Exchange sac attack!
Burn vs de Vere, 1870 
(C01) French, Exchange, 16 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed(C05) 1-0Sac 3 minors for mate
Tal vs Salnikov, 1970 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0

"Unbareevable"
Svidler vs Bareev, 2004 
(C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0

French Def: Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Crack the 0-0
V Atlas vs S Tomezack, 2006 
(C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0

French Def: Classical. Tarrasch Var (C14) 1-0 Greek gift
Schlechter vs Stubenrauch, 1901 
(C14) French, Classical, 16 moves, 1-0

French Winawer by namesake (C15) 0-1 Well-timed checks
Winawer vs de Vere, 1870 
(C15) French, Winawer, 16 moves, 0-1

French Winawer. Advance Moscow Var (C17) 1-0 Boden's Mate
Koltanowski vs M Saura, 1936 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 16 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer. Positional Var (C19) 1-0Correspondence
M Napolitano vs A Cuadrado, 1950 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0

Damiano Def. Chigorin Gambit (C40) If 3...Qe7 MUST RETREAT Nf3
J Westman vs E Havansi, 1964 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit 3...Qe7 4.cxd4 (C21) 1-0 She gets the run-around
Alekhine vs A Cheron, 1925 
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Danish G. Accepted. Copenhagen Def (C21) 1-0 Reinfeld # puzzle
H Lindehn vs L Maczuski, 1863 
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Game 45 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch.
J Schwarz vs Tarrasch, 1883 
(C21) Center Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 1-0 Q trap
A Agouridis vs N Tepelenis, 2001 
(C22) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 0-1 Q trap
S Sanchez Castillo vs E Ubiennykh, 2001 
(C22) Center Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 1-0Just moving a piece is bad
Maroczy vs Moreau, 1903 
(C22) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0

16 move mate: King goes for a walk in the Frankenstein-Dracula
E Book vs A Hiidenheimo, 1924 
(C27) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: MacDonnell Dble Gambit (C23 ) 1-0Kside smash
S Dubois vs L Lecrivain, 1855 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Vienna, Stanley. 4Qg4 Qf6 Meitner-Mieses G. (C23)1-0 Smothered#
Alekhine vs Goluvsky, 1930 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0 Ne6 pow!
Y Neishtadt vs NN, 1950 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 Keep threatening #
Marshall vs B Forsberg, 1924 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Anderssen Def (C25) 1-0 N on 6th bests N on 8th
Steinitz vs A Hodges, 1891 
(C25) Vienna, 17 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 0-1 Good one, yes siree!
V Vorotnikov vs I Ivanov, 1977 
(C26) Vienna, 16 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Falkbeer Var (C26) 0-1 Unstoppable mate threat
Chigorin vs Janowski, 1895 
(C26) Vienna, 16 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 0-1 Dbl R sacs fail
A Fox vs Marshall, 1906 
(C26) Vienna, 16 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game (C25) 1-0 Bh6 sac blows the doors off
Buchty vs Schandalik, 1937 
(C27) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game (C27) 1-0Creepy Black queen didn't develop her army
Steinitz vs S Loyd, 1867 
(C27) Vienna Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 1-0 Really??
C Hartlaub vs Lasker, 1908 
(C27) Vienna Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit (C26) 1-0 Longer, more elegant Legall's Mate
Zukertort vs NN, 1877 
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Pierce Gambit (C28) 1-0 Unstoppable Rook
W Pierce vs W Nash, 1885 
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C28) 1-0 Extended Legall's Mate!
Zukertort vs NN, 1884 
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C28) 1-0 weak squares on the 6th
B Nielsen vs Moller Jensen, 1926 
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Lilienthal makes goulash out of Boros's Vienna Gambit
S Boros vs Lilienthal, 1932 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

KG Miniature: 9.Bxh7+ and 12.Rf6 Alekhine's Block
B Wall vs Bob Brooks, 1973 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

KGD. Classical Rotlewi Countergambit (C30) 0-1 4Ns & 4Bs
L Loewy Jr vs Schlechter, 1904 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 0-1

KGD Falkbeer Cntrgambit. Staunton (C31) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy
G Schaaff vs C Hartlaub, 1907 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

Falkbeer CG. Blackburne Attack (C31) 0-1 Forked; weak back rank
Lasker vs E F Schrader, 1902 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

KGD. Falkbeer Countergambit. Staunton Line (C31) 1-0 DISCOVERY
Blackburne vs J Waltham, 1876 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

KGD: Falkbeer CG. Blackburne Attk (C31) 0-1Mate threat into pin
Marshall vs Duras, 1913 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit Accepted(C32) 1-0 B pair, Q on7th
Alapin vs Marshall, 1905 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

KGD Falkbeer Countergambit. Charousek Gambit Keres Var (C32)1-0
P Firmenich vs Keune, 1942 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Anderssen was deadly from distance!
F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA. B's Gambit Lopez (C33) 0-1 Q sac slashes unknown Nietsche
Nietsche vs S Factor, 1928 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA. B's Gambit Bogoljubow Var (C33) 0-1 DEFLECTION
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

KGA. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 0-1 Squeezed
Bronstein vs A Beliavsky, 1982 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA. B's Gambit Maurian Def (C33) 0-1Black infiltrates, + lurks
Flamberg vs Duras, 1912 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

KGA. B's Gambit Bogoljubow Def (C33)1-0 10 yr old BF is blitzed
D Mayers vs Fischer, 1953 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA. Bishop's Gambit Cozio Def (C33) 0-1 Four Queens
H R Gold vs M McNabb, 1998 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

KGA. Schallop Def (C34) 0-1 Dbl N sac opens lines for Greco's #
P McEvan vs G Kito, 1967 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA Modern Defense (C36) 1-0 Improve a piece w/a threat
J Malia Ramirez vs C Jacobsen, 2010 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA. Abbazia Defense (C36) 1-0 Discovered + looms for Q trap
Bronstein vs I A Zaitsev, 1969 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Double Muzio Gambit (C37) Just when you think...
S Brady vs M Heidenfeld, 1991 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA. Salvio Gambit Cochrane Gambit (C37) 1-0 Octopus wins
Chigorin vs Winawer, 1881 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA. Muzio Gambit Wild Muzio Gambit (C37) 1-0 Open f-file
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Tschigorin sacrifices two pawns, one knight, bishop, and rook.
Chigorin vs I Miasnikov, 1876 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA. Greco Gambit (C38) 1-0 Attack on f-file for Support Mate
Philidor vs NN, 1750 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA Greco Gambit Calabrese Gambit (C38) 1-0 Look B4 U Leap!
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA. Greco Gambit (C38) 1-0Not so Presidential but Kingside-ish
T Bush vs A Carter, 1976 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA. Muzio Gambit Accepted From Def (C37) 1-0 Similar2Immortal
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1872 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA Allgaier Gambit Thorold Attack (C39) 1-0 Deflect Q, P mate
Maurian vs NN, 1866 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 0-1 Q&N work well
NN vs S Dubois, 1859 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

KGA. Allgaier Gambit (C39) 0-1 tpstar notes
Anderssen vs C Mayet, 1855 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

KGA. Allgaier Gambit Thorold Attack (C39) 1-0 13.?
H Delaire vs NN, 1901 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Rice Gambit (C39) 1-0 Raking Bs, Pins
Reece vs Walton, 1903 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Morphy 'miniature' (age 12) w/clever rook sac, immune knight
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Def (C39) 0-1 Clobbering Corres
Kendernai vs J Spodny, 1966 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

G115 in Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Boleslavsky vs Lilienthal, 1941 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: Mason Countergambit (C40) 0-1 Blazin' h-file
J W te Kolste vs Spielmann, 1925 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Fraser Def (C40) 0-1 Mutual Kside attacks
Allies vs Dadian / Marcoran, 1881 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Elephant Gambit: Paulsen CG (C40) 0-1 Discovered + & #
Kozelek vs Eliskases, 1928 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 Gain time, Remove the Guard
V Castaldi vs Tartakower, 1937 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 16.? Clincher!
Van der Wiel vs J van Baarle, 1983 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Russian Game, Cozio (Lasker) Attack (C42) 1-0 miniature
Petrosian vs Nersesov, 1944 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Russian Game 3.Bd3?! (C42) 0-1 White is cut to pieces
Moheschunder vs Cochrane, 1855 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Three Knights Game (C42) 1-0 Rob the Pin
K Kopetzky vs I Engert, 1942 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 0-1 Q pawn grab gets trapped
Jobava vs Grischuk, 2009 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 16 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit. Cochrane-Anderssen Var(C44) 0-1His pet defense
Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1860 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Scotch Gambit. London Def (C44) 0-1 Poor development invites f2
Staunton vs Horwitz, 1846 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Double Pawn Sac (C44) 1-0 Spearhead
A Macias vs M E Jozami, 1970 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 0-1 Perfect Black Attack!
E Delmar vs Lipschutz, 1888 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: 4...Qh4 Modern Def (C45) 1-0 Remove the Defender
T Oral vs M Kantorik, 2000 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit (C44) 0-1 Capture pawns, trade down
Anderssen vs L Eichborn, 1853 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Scotch, Classical. Intermezzo (C45) 1/2- "Greco's #" perpetual
Rublevsky vs Onischuk, 2002 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Scotch Game: Classical (C45) 0-1 Black knight is executioner
NN vs Lasker, 1919 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Comprehensive Chess Course V2, Game 3 Draw by perpetual+
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1914 
(C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

Deutsche Schachzeitung 1873, page 363. Casual game.
Paulsen vs Steinitz, 1873 
(C46) Three Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Scotch. Belgrade Gambit (C47) 1-0No castling
J Curdo vs W P M Mitchell, 1948 
(C47) Four Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Spanish. Classical Var (C48)1-0 P fork trick works
P Leonhardt vs Spielmann, 1906 
(C48) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0

Game No.18 in Barden and Heidenfeld's 'Modern Chess Miniatures'
Posch vs Dorrer, 1958 
(C48) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish. Classical (C48) 1-0
Lasker vs MacLaren, 1895 
(C48) Four Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Ranken Var (C48) 1-0 Q sac or not for mate
I Abonyi vs G Lovas, 1915 
(C48) Four Knights, 17 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Spanish. Symmetrical (C49) 1-0 Copycat BUSTED!
Traxler vs J Samanek, 1900 
(C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1-0

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

Evans Gambit. Morphy Attk (C51) 0-1 N&Q sac opens h-file Greco#
Tennant vs Steinitz, 1862 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

Game 61 in The Golden Treasury of Chess by Wellmuth & Horowitz
Paulsen vs H Schneider, 1864 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 Q trap & mate
Blackburne vs Wylde, 1875 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Compromised Defense (C52) 1-0 Just take it!
F Riemann vs Koeltsch / Pfeiffer / Roesner, 1873 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Mieses Def (C52) 1-0 Blindfolded
S Rosenthal vs Allies, 1887 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 16 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 Blindful simul; royal half-pin
Paulsen vs Kelly, 1858 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Pierce Def (C52) 1-0 Reti Mate before Reti
M R Kaldegg vs G Zeissl, 1903 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 1 in Chernev's "Logical Chess Move by Move."
von Scheve vs Teichmann, 1907 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Traditional (C54) 1-0Bxh6
Keres vs G Karring, 1934 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 0-1 8.Re1+ Kf8
Teichmann vs S R Wolf, 1910 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

2 Kts Traxler Counterattack Bishop sac (C57) 0-1 3 piece mate
L Larsson vs C Erlandsson, 1966 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 1-0 Sizzlin'
Niesche vs G Fahnenschmidt, 1955 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57)0-1 Two deadly bishops
Apartsev vs I A Zaitsev, 1963 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Traxler Counterattack N sac line (C57)0-1Sharp as a cat's claws
Y Estrin vs J Nun, 1965 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

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: Bird Variation (C61) 0-1 A Tour de Force!!
V Kahn vs C Hartlaub, 1916 
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Steinitz Def 5.0-0 f6? (C62) 1-0 h-file pin, battery
F Young vs Pillsbury, 1893 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

Spanish Schliemann Def. Exchange (C63) 0-1 En Passant+
B Becker vs Short, 2011 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Classical. Central Var (C64) 1-0 Pawn rampage, Q sac
G Neumann vs J Schulten, 1865 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 16 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Classical. Cordel Gambit (C64) 0-1 Lovely Lolli's #
B Magnusson vs P J Sowray, 1990 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 17 moves, 0-1

Spanish Berlin Def. Beverwijk Var (C65) 0-1 B sac to expose
E Hofmann vs H Lambert, 1947 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Berlin Def. Beverwijk Var (C65) 1-0 Bustin' Black Ps
Lasker vs G A Fehmers, 1933 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

A neat Bishop & Rook mate combo in Spanish Exchange
A Volchok vs R Kreslavsky, 1970 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 0-1 Recapture?
O Bernstein vs Alekhine, 1933 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 16 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0 Q trap
F Bohatirchuk vs S von Freymann, 1934 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

How to Win Chess Games Quickly by Fred Reinfeld (Nxd4 loses)
C Kottnauer vs K Whyld, 1953 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 16 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 0-1 Mate in 4
N Karaklajic vs G Pfeiffer, 1957 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 16 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 0-1 Open g-file w/Qh3
P Meitner vs Schlechter, 1895 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 16 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0
Z Almasi vs Kasimdzhanov, 2008
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 59 in "The Art of the Checkmate" by Renaud & Kahn
NN vs Tarrasch, 1932 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 0-1

Game 213 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Taubenhaus, 1891 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 Outnumber - Qe4 awaits
Euwe vs J G Baay, 1921 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 16 moves, 1-0

Svidler's beautiful 17.Qg4!!
Svidler vs Z Almasi, 2003 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 17 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Center Attack (C84) 1-0 Prevent castling
K Richter vs F Nuernberg, 1949 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 16 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Both go after the c2/c7 squares
J Sarratt vs NN, 1818 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Black grabs the pawn instead of castling
E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0

QGD Baltic Defense (D02) 0-1 Pesky kNight
E Steigum vs J Acers, 2011 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 0-1

London System vs Chigorin Bf5 Var (D02) 0-1 Semi-Smothered #
Smith vs F Wenman, 1938 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Symmetrical. Pseudo-Catalan (D02) 1-0 Barda's Knight Blast
O Barda vs E Book, 1947 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Colle 5.c3 (D05) 0-1 14.h3? gives the initiative to Black
N Riumin vs A Polyak, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1

QGD Austrian Defense. Gusev CG (D06) 1-0 Pinned to check square
Szabo vs O'Kelly, 1946 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

QGD. Chigorin Def (D07) 0-1 knights, pins and f3
Reshevsky vs M Godena, 1988 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

QGD: Chigorin Def. Janowski Var (D07) 1-0Bone in throat w/Bxf7+
Nyback vs A Vihmand, 2012
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

QGD Albin Countergambit (D08) 0-1 Very, VERY unique mate!!
S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Var (D08) 0-1 Q+ & fork next
S Erdelyi vs J Nielsen, 1935 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 17 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: General (D10) 0-1 Upset miniature
Azmaiparashvili vs R Sergejev, 2001 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 17 moves, 0-1

Slav Def. Modern Line (D11)1-0 Two piece counterattack by email
D de Leeuw vs A Moreno Roman, 1998 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 16 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Exchange. Schallopp Var (D12) 1-0Trouble on light sqs
Alekhine vs R L Bornholz, 1929 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 16 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

Slav Defense: Three Knights (D15) 1-0 Castle, then N raid
Kasparov vs P Schuerer, 1988 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 16 moves, 1-0

QGA. Normal (D25) 1-0 Fred Reinfeld's favourite game.
F Reinfeld vs J Battell, 1940 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

QGA: Classical Def. Rubinstein Var (D27) 1-0 It's still burning
Gligoric vs Myagmarsuren, 1966 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 17 moves, 1-0

Black opens the e-file and the diagonal to his uncastled king
B Gruber vs M Radojcic, 1947 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional (D30) 1-0 Up the exchange
A Donegan vs M Kirschen, 1911 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

QGD. Queen's Knight Var (D31) · 1-0
Rubinstein vs D Przepiorka, 1907
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights Var (D32) 1-0
Dreev vs V Yemelin, 2006 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Def. Prague Var (D33) 0-1 That loose horse will kick
P Wallis vs R G Wade, 1959 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Defense: Prague Variation. Main Line (D34) · 1-0
Marshall vs J Corzo, 1913 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0

The f7 pawn is overworked, allowing the battery to penetrate
Tal vs L Kiriakov, 1965 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Rubinstein (Anti Meran) System (D45) 1-0 g-file
Tartakower vs H J van den Heuvel, 1933
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 1-0

Game 39 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1921 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Def (D46) 1-0 Give to get
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1921 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Levenfish Var (D97) 1-0 17.?
Kmoch vs L Prins, 1940 
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 17 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Closed (E01) 1-0 Zwischenzug capture w/check
Smyslov vs L Prins, 1952 
(E01) Catalan, Closed, 16 moves, 1-0

The Theme of Obstruction (-patzer) (17?)
Smyslov vs Tolush, 1961 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Def Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 1-0 Pin, R sac, Spearhead
Marshall vs Petrov, 1930 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

After being tricked, Uhlmann wriggled out w/a neat perpetual
Uhlmann vs O Kinnmark, 1963 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) · 1-0
Dreev vs Adams, 1988 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 17 moves, 1-0

QID. Spassky System (E14) 1-0 Nc7xe6 fork
Bogoljubov vs P Leepin, 1941
(E14) Queen's Indian, 17 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical. Berlin Var (E38) 1-0 Fishin' Pole
Carlsen vs N Ibraev, 2004 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 17 moves, 1-0

William Winter (1898-1955)
G Thomas vs W Winter, 1927 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 17 moves, 0-1

NID. Classical. Berlin Var (E38) 0-1 Incoming
P Hostalet vs Karpov, 1968 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 17 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def Normal (E40) 0-1 Aim 1 of yours at 2 of his
D Rivera vs Fischer, 1962 
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 16 moves, 0-1

NID. St. Petersburg Var (E43) 0-1 Nippy Knights
Fine vs A Dake, 1931 
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 17 moves, 0-1

Black comes out worse no matter how he recaptures
Gligoric vs C Pritchett, 1967 
(E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

IM Jeremy Silman's "How to Reassess Your Chess" p. 144-146
Csom vs Korchnoi, 1965 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 16 moves, 0-1

KID. Normal. Rare Defenses (E90) 0-1
A Sohraby vs Bacrot, 2004 
(E90) King's Indian, 17 moves, 0-1

Careless Zwischenzug
S Tatai vs R Debarnot, 1977 
(E92) King's Indian, 16 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange Var (D85) 0-1 Free isn't always free
M Hockx vs P Baltus, 1993 
(D85) Grunfeld, 16 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def: Marshall Gambit (D31) 1-0 delayed fishin' pole
F Rhine vs NN, 2022 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0

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

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