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Fischer vs Benko, 1959
Check It Out: Here's some wonderful background on today's GOTD: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?si=Rq9...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Aronian vs So, 2025
DaltriDiluvi: This was a draw, but not a boring one.
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| Aug-25-25 |
G Botterill vs NN, 1977
kingscrusher: Haha I was wondering what the comments were about Psakhis - so this game was in fact mistattributed to Botvinnik vs Psakhis. Funny stuff.
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| Aug-25-25 |
G Botterill vs R Thomas, 1974
kingscrusher: Very interesting punishment of black's Nge7 in Scotch game.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Monte Carlo (1903)
mifralu: Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
< [...] According to the final results, the prizes were distributed as follows: The first prize of 4,500 francs and a work of art went, as noted, to Dr. Tarrasch, the second prize of 2,250 ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
E Cosma vs J Hajkova-Maskova, 1992
cocker: Yes, 39 Re2 would have saved White.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Bogo-Indian Defense (E11)
VerySeriousExpert: Here is one of the most recent grandmaster games with Nimzowitsch variation in Bogoljubow Indian defence E11, where a new contribution into its theory was made: GM Olga A. Girya - Yury V. Bukayev (simul, Moscow, 2025, July 13) ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Avrukh vs R Ibrahimov, 2001
VerySeriousExpert: Here is one of the most recent grandmaster games with Nimzowitsch variation in Bogoljubow Indian defence E11, where a new contribution in its theory was made: GM Olga A. Girya - Yury V. Bukayev (simul, Moscow, 2025, July 13) ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
saffuna: <What if Jimi Hendrix were alive, today?> He would have been playing righthanded?
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| Aug-25-25 |
Lipton
MissScarlett: A correction slip suggests this is <Michael Lipton> ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha... ) but the details of the Crown game are too vague to be confident.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Sinquefield Cup (2025)
Atterdag: Round 6 was full of missed opportunities.
Sevian gave Caruana a draw in a very promising attacking position. Firouzja was unable to execute a superior position vs Gukesh - the game suffered from Zeitnot on both sides. MVL once again ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Raymond Keene
ray keene: Botvinnik v Hardinge. The date looks to be correct. Just after Hastings. The venue would probably have been St Brides in London, though it’s possible it might have been Cambridge University.
As for my book on Petrosian , I strongly ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Capablanca vs Gracie Square Pharmacy, 1931
Prabhat Mukherjea: The position after 36...Qc4 is the subject of one of the most annoyingly difficult intermediate level puzzles in the Woodpecker Method training book. When you're not just playing through the game, this puzzle is a lot harder ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Fay Spain.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Euwe vs H van Hartingsvelt, 1925
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 27. ?
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| Aug-25-25 |
Benko vs J Peters, 1978
NM JRousselle: 39 Bg5 was the losing move. The rook on a8 was safe before Bg5.
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| Aug-25-25 |
D Przepiorka vs L Steiner, 1925
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 29. ?
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| Aug-25-25 |
Levenfish vs S von Freymann, 1925
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 38. ?
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| Aug-25-25 |
Max J Herzberger
GrahamClayton: Article from September 1979 issue of 'New Orleans' magazine:
https://www.davidbellugi.com/herzbe...
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| Aug-25-25 |
R Praggnanandhaa vs D Gukesh, 2025
Lassannn: He played this like Capablanca.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Clarence Kraszewski
GrahamClayton: Clarence "Jerome" Kraszweski (b. May 24 1917, Natrona, PA; d. September 9, 2001, Beaver Dam, WI). Obituary: https://koepsellfh.com/obituary/jer...
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| Aug-25-25 |
C Smith vs Yanofsky, 1943
GrahamClayton: Smith and Yanofsky had both recorded perfect 10-0 records when they met in the final round.
Smith's blunder with 55.Qe3? (55. Qf2 would protect the d4-pawn and also attack Yanofsky's bishop, giving Smith time to play Kc2 and unpin ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Barsov vs S Vokhidov, 2019
Saniyat24: Brilliant sacrifice by Vokhidov, he also had to navigate through a treacherous endgame...!
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| Aug-25-25 |
S Khan vs Capablanca, 1930
Parzival08: Black's 32nd move here is 32...Qa4. This is a curious anomaly as the move in Daniel King's book is 32...Qh3. I have checked three other databases where the move is the same as in King's book. All the video analyses available on ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
M Fallone vs G Cappello, 1966
GrahamClayton: "I'd often wondered how I would play if ever Scotland were drawn against Italy. My grandfather was Italian, and I didn't know where my loyalties would lie. "The following game shows that my fear of defeat overcame my fear of not ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Alejandro Maass
GrahamClayton: "Oscar Alejandro Maass, 7, of Juarez, Mexico has been taken by his chess teacher to several open tournaments in Texas where he has been gaining experience and impressing knowledgeable experts as a chessplayer with a great feature ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Caruana vs Firouzja, 2025
Fanques Fair: Firouja has an obvious weakness : he can´t wait in a worse but solid position. In this game the whole c4? plan was all that White needed to make use of the d-passed pawn.
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| Aug-25-25 |
William H Lacey Jr.
GrahamClayton: =1st 1940 Michigan Junior champion with Joseph Moore - both players finished with an 11-1 record. It was reported that Lacey and Moore had planned a playoff match to determine the champion, but no records of such a match were found.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Euwe vs Keres, 1948
KEG: Post III
10... Bd6
[DIAGRAM] "Black's main objective in this position is NOT protecting the e-pawn...but to keep White's knight away from the important e5-square. The text-move initially wins a tempo as White is forced to protect his ...
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| Aug-25-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
HeMateMe: Hmm...both the Mets and Yanks appear to be headed for the playoffs as wild cards. Neither will win their division, they won't catch the Jays or Phils.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Stockfish (Computer)
ColdSong: I highly recommend Stockfish's games in the TCEC 2025.New and stunning ideas in all classical openings.
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| Aug-25-25 |
Lvov Zonal Playoff (1979)
perfidious: In the comments at Riga Interzonal (1979) , it is stated that Hort was unwell and was indeed replaced by Romanishin.
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| Aug-24-25 |
P Garriga Cazorla vs A Fier, 2017
Saniyat24: A bit of an unusual English...!
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| Aug-24-25 |
Kasparov vs Unzicker, 2001
perfidious: <aazqua....He looks amateurish compared to Kaspy.> Aged 76, I should like to be going head-to-head with a legend. <Peter Nemenyi....Unzicker's openings were utterly conventional for his era--Ruy with White and Black, Sicilian ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: I'm also seeking the identity of a Boston Chess Club member who used the pseudonym "Nox" in 1859.
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| Aug-24-25 |
Vyzmanavin vs A Guseinov, 1985
Breunor: I had the same idea in mind - but I tried Ne6 first and then Bx g6. To they looked identical. But the computer insists you need Bxg6 first. :-(. Now I’m trying to find out why …. Sigh.
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| Aug-24-25 |
G Marco vs Maroczy, 1905
Breunor: I started by looking at Qh5, with the threat of Nxe6; but then I saw Nxe6 was devastating!. Key move though is 12 f5 which really opens everything up, not Q x g5 ch.
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| Aug-24-25 |
Rowland Taylor
jnpope: Ok, I found the death notice in the <Birmingham Post>, Midland Edition, 1955.01.01, p4:
"Taylor.—On December 30, at Cambridge, Rowland Hand Taylor, in his 92nd year."
So I'm guessing the probate record was based on Q4 and ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
P Cramling vs S Kindermann, 1991
OhioChessFan: Nice game. Pun is definitely a play on "peer pressure".
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| Aug-24-25 |
Carlsen vs Abdusattorov, 2023
Straclonoor: So, it's armageddon game but rook ending quite interesting [DIAGRAM] Here is drawn and was drawn till
[DIAGRAM] <77....Ra3??> 77....Re7 or 77....Re8 keeps the draw. <78.Ke4!! (only move to win!) Ra4 79.Kf3 Ra3+ 80.Kg2 Ra2+ ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
J Gadalinski vs Sliwa, 1946
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending won for black.
<48.Rf7 Rf2!! (only move to win) 49.Kg3 Rf1!! (only move to win again) 50.Kh2 Kd5??> Mistake! Wins only 50....f4!! 51.Rf5+ Kc4 52.Re5 b5 53.Re4+ Kc3 54.g4 fxg3+ 55.Kxg3 b4 ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
Sutovsky vs V Akopian, 2005
plang: 13..Rb8?! had been played in Leko-Svidler San Luis 2005 where Black was fortunate to draw; 13..bxc was new and a clear improvement. White developed a promising initiative after 22..c5?!; 22..Bb4 was suggested as an improvement (22..Nxb6 23 ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
J Schulz Sr vs Koltanowski, 1924
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces ending drawn only in cases 52.Kc4 or 52.Kb4
After <52.b6??> it's lost for white. <52....Ne5!! (only move to win) 53.b7 Nd7! (for sure only move to win again) 54.Kc4 g5??> Black returned th favor ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
A Powers vs A Dake, 1937
Granny O Doul: Re FSR's statistical post of Sep-26-22, I once essayed the line with 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 at the suggestion of the late Brian McCarthy, who called it the "you suck" defense. Ron Burnett described it more genteely as a good ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
Botvinnik vs Dzindzichashvili, 1967
Granny O Doul: It's too bad Botvinnik didn't stop by the tables when he was in town for the World Computer Championship in 1983 and maybe exchange some trash talk with Vinnie or Big Ralph.
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| Aug-24-25 |
Denis Lazavik
Albertan: Denis Lazavik won the 2025 Abu Dhabi Masters chess Tournament .He won on a tie-break over GM Chongsheng Zeng,GM Arkadij Naiditsch,GM Alexy Grebnev,and IM Maksim Tsaruk.All thèse players had finished the tournament with scores of 7 ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
Blackburne vs W R Taylor, 1889
stone free or die: Thanks - always nice to have.
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| Aug-24-25 |
Chessgames - Music
offramp: I watched the song by Joe Temperley, posted by <OCF>. That jogged my memory about a deceased singer from <Timperley>, Cheshire UK. The singer was Frank Sidebottom.
Here is a very short song by him: 1m 4s. It is a cover of ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
M Christoffel vs Larsen, 1961
K Any: If 41.Qe5 Nd6 42.Kd3 Qb4 is winning.
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| Aug-24-25 |
Blackburne vs R H Taylor, 1892
John Saunders: Contributors to the English Chess Forum have identified this player as Roland Taylor (born 1863, West Bromwich, Staffordshire). He later seems to have added a middle initial 'H' and by 1899 he was using the name 'Rowland Hand ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
Giri vs Leko, 2013
offramp: Surveillance video of an empty car park is a more educational way to spend 10 minutes.
<Egregious> is way too kind of a word for this piece of garbage. And to think, players actually had to get out of bed in the morning and waste ...
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| Aug-24-25 |
D B Pritchard vs M Basman, 1973
offramp: In this game there are no <Mad Rook Device>s, that's the stalemate thing. But in this game there are two crazy rook moves. 37. Kg1.
[DIAGRAM]
37...Re3? This could be a time-trouble error, or a simple miscalculation. Later, there
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| Aug-24-25 |
B Gurgenidze vs Kotov, 1954
BlizzardOfOzz: white did not want to resign on move 9, and decided to drag the game to save face.
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| Aug-24-25 |
Vyzmanavin vs M Sorokin, 1985
mikealando: <the good anarchist Sorokin fought until the bitter end. No one can rightly claim otherwise.>🤣🤣 True that. What a game. Such fighters.
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| Aug-24-25 |
J Redding vs Zukertort, 1884
Chessmusings: This is a fascinating game between two interesting chess personalities. See the game explained in detail and discover the fascinating story of California's own chess legend, Joseph Redding! https://dailychessmusings.com/2025/...
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| Aug-24-25 |
British Championship (1973)
kingscrusher: Basman played "normal openings" and technically came 1st equal - great stuff.
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| Aug-24-25 |
Marshall vs I Rabinovich, 1925
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 29. ?
if 29...♖e7 30.♗xg7+
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| Aug-24-25 |
Alekhine vs K Meck, 1925
WTHarvey: White mates in 3.
[DIAGRAM] 39. ?
if 39...♔xg6 40.♕xg5+
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| Aug-24-25 |
Levenfish vs Teichmann, 1911
Stolzenberg: The careless move 13. ... Nbd7? would be answered with 14. Rxd6 Kxd6 15. Nxf7+ Ke7 16. Nxh8.
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| Aug-24-25 |
J H Morrison vs F C Short, 1925
WTHarvey: Black mates in 2.
[DIAGRAM] 21. ... ?
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| Aug-24-25 |
Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical (D27)
Stolzenberg: <7. dxc5> became popular in the recent past, but after 7. ... Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 the solid continuation 9. a3 proved to be a little harmless, as many games ended in draws, some of them very quickly. Instead 9. Nbd2, 9. Be2 or ...
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Adams vs N Yakubboev, 2025
Williebob: "Fortune Favors the 'Boev"
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H Wirthensohn vs Jansa, 1977
FM David H. Levin: After <47...Rd8>, a winning line that's long but forcing goes <48. Kc4 Kb6 49. Rd6+ Kc7 50. Kd5> (Threatening 51. Ke6.) <50...Rxd7 51. Rxd7+ Kxd7 52. b4!> [DIAGRAM] The idea is that if Black's king were to take
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| Aug-24-25 |
Duda vs D Gukesh, 2025
Saniyat24: Agadmator's video on this great match- https://youtu.be/hZul4TUhV4Y?si=sh8...
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