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Bad rook pawn moves (a3/h3 or a6/h6) There are many games where someone played the rook pawn to a3/h3 (for white) or a6/h6 (for black), and many times this move is a game-ruining waste of time, if not a tactical blunder. This collection features some of those bad cases. 2 games, 1992-1997 Daily Puzzle Candidates Suggestions for the "Daily Puzzle" 17 games, 1907-2008 Games analyzed by YouRang Sometimes, when I see a game, it stirs my interest, so I spend some time posting some amateur analysis (usually with the help of a computer). It benefits me more than anyone else... 126 games, 1880-2016 Games to look at when I have more time... When I see a game that is interesting, but don't have time to really look closely at it, I put it in this collection until I do have time. Games in this collection are (hopefully) there only temporarily, as I will remove them once I've had a chance to look at them. 6 games, 1927-2012 Howling Blunders Horrible moves that lead to an embarrassing loss (or perhaps an embarrassing draw). 7 games, 1988-2006 Instructional games If I were to ever try to teach chess to others, I would like to at least give my unfortunate students a few nice examples of tactics. The games in this collection have nice examples, that IMO are somewhat out of the ordinary. 11 games, 1920-2009 Interesting games Games that feature an unusual or fascinating play 19 games, 1892-2014 Knight better than a bishop Games where I found that a Knight outperformed a bishop in a direct match, and consequently determined the outcome of the game. 6 games, 1867-2013 Miracle saves Fabulous moves that save (draw or win) an apparently lost game 12 games, 1904-2005 Nifty combinations When I see a combination that is impressive, beautiful, and understandable -- and I like it, I may add it to this collection. 13 games, 1890-2007 Promotion Tactics Unusual tactics that involve pawn promotion 23 games, 1890-2008 Puzzles I should have solved, but didn't :-( Daily puzzles that I missed, and after looking at the answer, I decided that I SHOULD have gotten it. This is mostly for my own personal review, but others are welcome to observe. Hopefully this list will grow slowly! 35 games, 1906-2009 Wild games Games that feature wild, unpredictable, sacrificial, unworldly moves. 13 games, 1851-1994 Zugzwang! Games that feature zugzwang. One player would be okay, except that it is his/her turn to move! Unfortunately, there are no acceptable moves. 7 games, 1971-2006