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64 JkIminairons
Compiled by Sergio X Garcia

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"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated." — Confucius

"My crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy." — William Shakespeare

"An important rule for the beginner is the following: if it were possible to develop the pieces without the aid of pawn moves, the pawnless advance would be the correct one, for, as suggested, the pawn is not a fighting unit until in the sense that his crossing of the frontier is to be feared by the enemy, since obviously the attacking force of the pawns is small compared with that of the pieces." — Aron Nimzowitsch

"A game played by men of equal strength, if played accurately, will end in a draw, and it is apt to be dull." — Emanuel Lasker

"Chess is a great game. It's a lot of fun, but sometimes you wonder what else is out there." — Hikaru Nakamura

"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home." ― Anna Quindlen

"The moment we believe that success is determined by an ingrained level of ability as opposed to resilience and hard work, we will be brittle in the face of adversity." — Joshua Waitzkin

"Sometimes the hardest thing to do in a pressure situation is to allow the tension to persist. The temptation is to make a decision, any decision, even if it is an inferior choice." — Garry Kasparov

"There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and who play chess." — Mortimer Collins

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." — Mark Twain

"The older I grow, the more I value Pawns." — Paul Keres

"The path to glory is rough, and many gloomy hours obscure it. May the Great Spirit shed light on your path, so that you may never experience the humility that the power of the American government has reduced me to. This is the wish of a man who, in his native forests, was once as proud and bold as yourself." — Chief Black Hawk

"Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." ― Frederick Douglass

"Counterattack is the soul of the game," wrote Vera Menchik. "In the times of need when we are faced with a very cramped or even a lost game, our best chance of recovering the balance is to introduce complications."

"Nothing is dearer to a chess player's heart than his rating. Well, of course everyone knows he's under-rated, but his rating, its ups and downs, however miniscule, are his ego's stock-market report." ― Lev Alburt

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

Zwischenschach is German for in-between-check which is an important technique in the rook endgame.

Jack Be Nimble Lyrics
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Jack jump over the candlestick
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Jack jump over the apple pie
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Jack fly up into the sky

Skipping skipping like a kite
Bouncing bouncing with delight
Every leap is leaping right

Jack is happy, Jack is spry
Jack be nimble, Jack jump high!
Jack fly up into the sky

Skipping skipping like a kite
Jack jump over the apple pie
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jump jump Jack jump!
Jack is happy, Jack is spry
Every leap is leaping right
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jump!

Jack be nimble, Jack be light
Way way up into the sky
Tumbles up and touches down
Landing like a butterfly
Jack be nimble, Jack jump high!

Jack fly up into the sky
Jump jump Jack jump!

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack jump over the candlestick
Jack be nimble, Jack be spry
Jack jump over the apple pie
Jack be nimble, Jack jump high!
Jack fly up into the sky

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
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Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick

Q: What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet? A: "Supplies!"

"Playing with less space is one of the hardest things to do in chess." – IM John Watson

* General tips have exceptions: https://academicchess.com/worksheet...

* All Openings: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

* Beat the QGD Exchange: Game Collection: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation

* QGD, Vienna: Game Collection: QGD: Vienna

* Black Victories: Game Collection: Dutch defense Hopton attack

* Beauty Prizes
Game Collection: Les Prix de Beauté aux Echecs (I)

* Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t...

* Double B sacrifices: Game Collection: Double Bishop Sacrifices (dedicated to Anatoly K

* Evolution: Game Collection: # Chess Evolution Volumes 51-100

* FIDE Laws of Chess: https://rcc.fide.com/2023-laws-of-c...

* Fine's Passion: Game Collection: Passion for Chess (Fine)

* Forney's Collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Fred Reinfeld could've written this if only they had cell phones back when: https://socialself.com/blog/how-to-...

* KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit

* Lasker's Best: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Lasker Matters: Game Collection: Why Lasker Matters by Andrew Soltis

* Morphy pounds Philidor's Defense: Game Collection: White - Philidor: Morphy

* Play Stockfish 1-10: https://labinatorsolutions.github.i...

* Russians - Chernev: Game Collection: The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev

* Shirov miniatures: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures

* Smyslov Brevities: Game Collection: Smyslov brevities

* SMG Miniatures: Game Collection: Brrilant ideas

* Tactics Explained: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

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

* GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games

NIÑO GENIO nos da UNO de los MEJORES MOMENTOS de la HISTORIA del AJEDREZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ps...

"Dancing Queen" by ABBA (1974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFr...

New Best Game of 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Q...

"Bloody Mary": https://www.historyhit.com/facts-ab...

Q: What did Blackbeard say when he turned 80?
A: "Aye, matey."

"The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc." ― Lev Khariton

Q: What's the most terrifying word in nuclear physics? A: "Oops!"

"Best Day Of My Life" By American Authors (2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y66...

<Principles of Chess

01. Develop your pieces quickly.
02. Control the center.
03. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space. 04. Try to develop your knights towards the center. 05. A knight on the rim is dim.
06. Don't take unnecessary chances.
07. Play aggressive.
08. Calculate forced moves first.
09. Always ask yourself, "Can he put me in check or win a piece?" 10. Have a plan. Every move should have a purpose. 11. Assume your opponent's move is his best move. 12. Ask yourself, "why did he move there?" after each opponent move. 13. Play for the initiative and contolling the board. 14. If you must lose a piece, get something for it if you can. 15. When behind, exchange pawns. When ahead, exchange pieces. 16. If you are losing, don't give up fighting. Look for counterplay. 17. Don't play unsound moves unless you are losing badly. 18. Don't sacrifice a piece without good reason. 19. If you are in doubt of an opponent's sacrifice, accept it. 20. Attack with more that just one or two pieces. 21. Do not make careless pawn moves. They cannot move back. 22. Do not block in your bishops.
23. Bishops of opposite colors have the greatest chance of drawing. 24. Try not to move the same piece twice or more times in a row. 25. Exchange pieces if it helps your development. 26. Don't bring your queen out early.
27. Castle soon to protect your king and develop your rook. 28. Develop rooks to open files.
29. Put rooks behind passed pawns.
30. Study rook endgames. They are the most common and most complicated. 31. Don't let your king get caught in the center. 32. Don't castle if it brings your king into greater danger from attack. 33. After castling, keep a good pawn formation around your king. 34. If you only have one bishop, put your pawns on its opposite color. 35. Trade pawns pieces when ahead in material or when under attack. 36. If cramped, free your game by exchanging material. 37. If your opponent is cramped, don't let him get any freeing exchanges. 38. Study openings you are comfortable with.
39. Play over entire games, not just the opening. 40. Blitz chess is helpful in recognizing chess patterns. Play often. 41. Study annotated games and try to guess each move. 42. Stick with just a few openings with White, and a few openings with Black. 43. Record your games and go over them, especially the games you lost. 44. Show your games to higher rated opponents and get feedback from them. 45. Use chess computers and databases to help you study and play more. 46. Everyone blunders. The champions just blunder less often. 47. When it is not your move, look for tactics and combinations. 48. Try to double rooks or double rook and queen on open files. 49. Always ask yourself, "Does my next move overlook something simple?" 50. Don't make your own plans without the exclusion of the opponent's threats. 51. Watch out for captures by retreat of an opponent's piece. 52. Do not focus on one sector of the board. View thw whole board. 53. Write down your move first before making that move if it helps. 54. Try to solve chess puzzles with diagrams from books and magazines. 55. It is less likely that an opponent is prepared for off-beat openings. 56. Recognize transposition of moves from main-line play. 57. Watch your time and avoid time trouble.
58. Bishops are worth more than knights except when they are pinned in. 59. A knight works better with a bishop than another knight. 60. It is usually a good idea to trade down into a pawn up endgame. 61. Have confidence in your game.
62. Play in as many rated events as you can.
63. Try not to look at your opponent's rating until after the game. 64. Always play for a win.
(If a win is no longer possible, then play for a draw.)>

White giving odds of Ra1 in this game? Boden's mate in center.
Teichmann vs NN, 1914
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Variants / KGA Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0 Sacs into Double B Mate!!
Janowski vs NN, 1895
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
"Throw the Rook at Him" (game of the day May-17-2010)
Morphy vs Maurian, 1858
(000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1
Knight Odds game (1859) (unorthodox), New York, NY USA, Jul-??
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1859
(000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: General (A02) 1-0 En passant triggers beautiful #
Tarrasch vs K Satzinger, 1914
(A02) Bird's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack (A07) 0-1 6...Bxf6+ leads to quick Q&N#.
J Lastovicka vs F Vykydal, 1971
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 0-1
Giancarlo&Sergash analyses Dutch Classical miniature 0-1.
G Abramovic vs Botvinnik, 1924
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Stonewall. Modern Variation (A90) 0-1 Greco's #
Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925
(A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1
"All The King's Horses"
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936
(A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
Cntr Cntr Anderssen Counterattack (B01) 0-1 Pin, Q trap
L Zsiltzova-Lisenko vs T Voronova, 1978
(B01) Scandinavian, 8 moves, 0-1
Cntr Cntr 3...Qd6 Gubinsky-Melts (B01) 0-1 Unsuccessful Unpin
Nilzon vs Garcia, 1980
(B01) Scandinavian, 8 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Defense: Modern Var (B01) 1-0 Common Qside trap
M Pavlov vs D Dragos, 1987
(B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian: Kiel Variation 4.c4 Nb4 (B01) 0-1 Queen Trap
J U Trippe vs B Skonieczna, 1988
(B01) Scandinavian, 10 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Def: 3...Qe8 Ilundain (B01) 1-0 Legall's # variant
J Mieses vs J Ohquist, 1895
(B01) Scandinavian, 7 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Main Lines. Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 Giveaway
G Pankov vs S Galakhov, 1986
(B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian, Panov Transfer (B01) 0-1 Too many W pawn moves
R Sieberg vs B Stanescu, 1987
(B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 0-1
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Main Lines. Mieses (B01) 1-0 Two en prise
Garbap vs I Berezovsky, 1988
(B01) Scandinavian, 12 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawn Attack. Lasker Var (B02) 0-1 N fork
Z Radojevic vs Bagirov, 1973
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 13 moves, 0-1
Pin on King in center open file and Knight smother.
I Rabinovich vs Levenfish, 1927
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def: Scandinavian. Geschev Gambit (B02) 0-1 Legall's #
NN vs G Geshev, 1935
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
A pawn checkmate on f7 in nine moves against the Alekhine Def.
A Powers vs A Dake, 1937
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
A Reir que el Mundo se va a Acabar
G Gibbs vs L Schmid, 1968
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def. Saemisch Attack (B02) 0-1 Lost horse regardless
U Voigt vs J Pribyl, 1996
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
An example of how not to play the 2. Bc4 Nxe4 line for White.
B Hofer vs A Nugteren, 1996
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack (B03) 1-0 Blinded by the Ns
Tal vs NN, 1973
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def. Four Pawns Attack. Main L (B03) 0-1 Q sac, K walk
E Maahs vs W Pajeken, 2001
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def Modern (B22) 1-0 Sting in tail Bxb7
F Kuznetsov vs A Kohut, 2001
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Discovery puts Qc7 under fire
M Simes vs C Scala, 2001
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
Sic Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) Mini: Fischer's Q trap or #
H Humburg vs W Mandel, 1965
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 Unpin for queenside attack
B Thelen vs NN, 1930
(B30) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
Sic Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 The farther you get from home...
E Kostopoulos vs E Kerimov, 2001
(B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
the best defense was 12...Kd8, which does not lose material
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1948
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 12 moves, 1-0
Why 6...Bg7 against the Levenfish is not a good idea
E Pedersen vs A Zografakis, 1950
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
"Bottin Paid For" (game of the day Nov-14-2014)
Morphy vs A Bottin, 1858
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0
Danish.. Con captura en b2 y Salida de Dama Negra
Bird vs Lasker, 1892
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
Danish... Con sacrificio de Dama!
A G Essery vs F H Warren, 1912
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Danish Gambit: Accepted. Copenhagen Defense (C21) 1-0 Deflect
H Lindehn vs L Maczuski, 1863
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 0-1 8...Bxf2+ set up N fork
NN vs P Leonhardt, 1903
(C22) Center Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Baden-Baden was the first event where time control was used.
Steinitz vs J Minckwitz, 1870
(C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 0-1
KGD. Petrov's Def. (C30) 1-0 Alekhine's block w/classic B sac
B Wall vs Bob Brooks, 1973
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 16 moves, 1-0
Wild game ends with queen intrusion
Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1866
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1
Morphy's captures are secondary to some other purpose
Morphy vs G Lyttelton, 1858
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 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
QGD: Chigorin Defense. Main Line (D07) 1-0 probably analysis
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
QGD Albin Countergambit. Normal Line (D08) 0-1 Weak back rank
NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1
QGA Mannheim Var (D23)1-0 Mutual Support: Ng5, Bxf7+, Ne6*
J Sajtar vs Sliwa, 1947
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0
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
Q sac+R sac+minor piece sac = a fantastic game
C Hartlaub vs W Benary, 1911
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Defense (D70) 1-0 The Q is caught on the edge
Gruenfeld vs G Nagy, 1924
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
Loose pieces get forked
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993
(E12) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0
centre g
B Tan vs H Plasman, 2001
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 0-1
centre game
G Halasz vs S P Tanin, 1990
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
cen.g pawn down
W Piegeler vs H Dymek, 1986
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 0-1
cen g
J Bobber vs S Albrecht, 1990
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
cen g
S Albrecht vs J Bobber, 1990
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 0-1
cen g
J Garcia Gutierrez vs T Mueller, 1990
(C21) Center Game, 6 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 gambit from caga 1971
Blackburne vs W Evelyn, 1862
(C21) Center Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Danish Gambit: Accepted 5...Nc6 (C21) 1-0 pin on open e-file
J Penrose vs W Pryer, 1952
(C21) Center Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Danish Gambit: Accepted (C21) 1-0 Bxf7+ means Q is lost
C Gibbs vs C Davie, 1916
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Danish G. Accepted. Classical Def (C21) 1-0 Q forks loose B & #
H Reinle vs Niendler, 1921
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Accepted (C21) 1-0 B pins Q to arrange royal fork
Barnett vs Eastwood, 1949
(C21) Center Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 0-1 Q sac, Dbl B attack
Stevenson vs A Marriott, 1868
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 0-1
H Leeners vs Edwards, 1903
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 0-1
V Svensons vs Aldersons, 1912
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
J DeCon vs NN, 1877
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 1-0
D A Albin vs Horinek, 1922
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 1-0
F Bethge vs Legal, 1930
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
504 Gateway Time-out
Bernhold vs Kreut-Zahler, 1941
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0
Danish Gambit: Accepted (C21) 1-0Discovered attack; BxN follows
W J Lutes vs R Hartenstein, 1962
(C21) Center Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit (C21) · 1-0
G Halasz vs Gritschuk, 1990
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Grozdovsky says this game was played by Alekhine's older brothr
P Vinogradov vs A Alekhine, 1903
(C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0
19. Rxg7! is the solution to Laszlo Polgar's #4913
C Hartlaub vs Testa, 1912
(C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Paulsen Attack Var (C22) 1-0 Threat of Morphy's #
Maroczy vs Moreau, 1903
(C22) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0
centre game
A Agouridis vs N Tepelenis, 2001
(C22) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0
centre game
S Sanchez Castillo vs E Ubiennykh, 2001
(C22) Center Game, 16 moves, 0-1
Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 1-0Pin, Q sac opens h-file R#
R L'hermet vs Hagemann, 1888
(C22) Center Game, 14 moves, 1-0
3, Hobbled Horses (the bishop attack)
Bronstein vs NN, 1950
(C22) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 0-1 Black unpin to win
D Hiermann vs K Pinkas, 1992
(C22) Center Game, 11 moves, 0-1
Scotch Qh4 Horwitz Attack Miniature (C45) 0-1 Pins galore!
NN vs Bird, 1888
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game 4...Qh4 Horwitz Attack (C45) 1-0 Nxc7 is immune
Sakirsjanow vs Usmanow, 1983
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game 4...Qh4 Modern Defense (C45) 1-0 Reti's Mate
L Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1863
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Steinitz 4...Qh4 (C45) 1-0 Q trap
P Frazer vs Taubenhaus, 1888
(C45) Scotch Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: 4...Qh4 Steinitz Var (C45) 0-1 Remove the guard
Prugel vs E Dyckhoff, 1899
(C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Steinitz 4...Qh4 (C45) 0-1Don't go chasin' knights
J A Nunez Vallina vs C Ferron Garcia, 1994
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Blumenfeld Attack (C45) 1-0 Q sac opens back rank
B Blumenfeld vs G Helbach, 1906
(C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 1-0 Q sac opens mating square
J Shoup vs Marshall, 1906
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Classical Var (C45) 1-0 0-0-0 gets the Rb2
Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925
(C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C45) 0-1 Chernev's famous Disc Dbl ++
A Miller vs Chernev, 1928
(C45) Scotch Game, 9 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Classical (C45) 1-0 3-in-1 threats hard to meet
A Khasin vs Lilienthal, 1955
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Potter Var (C45)0-1 B slaps Q in front of everyone
R Meulders vs R Schuermans, 1978
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game 4...Ne7 (C45)1-0 NxNe5 unpin, Legall's Mate threat
Malych vs Eidelberg, 1984
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Potter Var (C45) 0-1 Bxf2+ Decoy, Ne4+ Unpin
E El-Khater vs J Raphael, 1986
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game 4...Ne5 Copycat (C45) 1-0 Black forgot the Bourbon
K Busch vs H Emser, 1987
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 1-0
Scotch, Schmidt 5.Bg5?! (C45) 0-1 White moves 2 minors too much
I P Ferreres vs A Nuevo Perez, 1992
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 0-1
Owen Defense (B00) 1-0 The Ng5-Nxh7 Sac Attack
Alekhine vs V Rozanov, 1908
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 1-0 23.?
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929
(B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
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
French Defense: Exchange (C01) 0-1 back rank threats
M Elyashiv vs Alekhine, 1909
(C01) French, Exchange, 20 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1-0 First cut-off the king
A Nimzowitsch vs G Fluss, 1907
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 19 moves, 1-0
French Def: Advance. Nimzowitsch Gambit (C02) 1-0overprotection
A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922
(C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
"The Other Polish Immortal"
Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929
(C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
one of the finest that ever occurred in any great contest
Mackenzie vs Mason, 1878
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C26) 1-0 Suffocation Mate
Najdorf vs NN, 1942
(C26) Vienna, 20 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Modern Var (C29) 1-0 Q sac
R Persitz vs D V Hooper, 1954
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Gambit accepted, and exploited by Master Chigorin!
NN vs Chigorin, 1875
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 0-1
KGA Muzio Gambit Sarratt Def (C37) 0-1Dumb Q sac rules the day!
B Garfinkel vs F M Wren, 1933
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1
"A Bird in the Hand" (game of the day Aug-14-2006)
Morphy vs Bird, 1858
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
Ewart William Napier (1881-1952)
W E Napier vs NN, 1904
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Sam Lloyd (1841-1911)
Fitzgerald vs S Loyd, 1877
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1
KGA. Allgaier Gambit Thorold Attk (C39) 1-0 Superb Mating Combo
Maroczy vs G Exner, 1894
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Sac a pawn, prevent castling, disable counterplay, resign in 17
Morphy vs T Hampton, 1858
(C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Morphy Attack (C51) 1-0 23.?
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841-1924)
Blackburne vs Leverson, 1885
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
504 Gateway Time-out
A Steinkuehler vs Blackburne, 1863
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 simul
Fischer vs T Rouse, 1964
(C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 1-0
Two Knts Def Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 0-1 Q sac, Greco #
Edelman vs I Mazel, 1928
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
"The Art of the Checkmate" (game of the day Mar-17-2022)
V Kahn vs C Hartlaub, 1916
(C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 16 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 20...?
K Haznedaroglu vs J Isaev, 2010
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
The Most Famous "Noah's Ark Trap"
E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1929
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1
Elephant Gambit: General (C40) · 0-1
M Kobalia vs A Gadimbayli, 2023
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Maróczy won one of the brilliancy prizes for this game.
Marshall vs Maroczy, 1903
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1
7...g2+! is an opening trap in the Vienna
Kolbe vs S Rotenstein, 1921
(C25) Vienna, 9 moves, 0-1
J Finnegan vs R P Allen, 1948
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0
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