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Dec-04
Power surge
P Hensman vs P W Power, 1978

Dec-03
Bac Against the Wall
Bacrot vs Z Almasi, 2015

Dec-02
Housieaux Daddy and What Does He Do?
N Bacon vs D Housieaux, 2009

Dec-01
Bellyupsky
Carlsen vs Beliavsky, 2006

Nov-30
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work
Capablanca vs Leede / Korkus, 1915

Nov-29
They're getting old young these days.
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1991

Nov-28
The Bonnie Early Morra
Kieseritzky vs C W Vitzthum von Eckstaedt, 1846

Nov-27
Lady in Distress
Yurtaev vs S Matveeva, 1987

Nov-26
Duda's draw not in. It onwards a dud.
Giri vs Duda, 2023

Nov-25
Prince of Denmark's March
G Timmerman vs S Pedersen, 1991

Nov-24
The Wisdom of Solomon
S J Solomon vs P Garbett, 1983

Nov-23
Grand - Master
Grand vs Steinitz, 1872

Nov-22
Old MacDonnell Had a Charm
G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1861

Nov-21
Povadis?
N Povah vs P R Kemp, 1975

Nov-20
Capablanca's Endgame Manual
Capablanca vs Reshevsky, 1936

Nov-19
Beware of Greek Gifts
N Theodorou vs Radjabov, 2023

Nov-18
Shred to Pirces
M Parligras vs Jobava, 2004

Nov-17
Spot an aura -Caruana tops
Topalov vs Caruana, 2014

Nov-16
Blood and Gutmayer
Charousek vs F Gutmayer, 1897

Nov-15
Labatt's Blue Ribbon
Capablanca vs L L Labatt, 1909

Nov-14
In dignity unsurpassed
Duras vs Teichmann, 1906

Nov-13
The Dynamic Dudemansky
M Umansky vs D D van Geet, 2006

Nov-12
Men of Charlick
H Charlick vs W F Harrison, 1888

Nov-11
Allen a Knight's Work
P Lalic vs J P Allen, 2023

Nov-10
Colorado Territory
S Kasparov vs T Schulze, 2011

Nov-09
L'Oste in Space
Blackburne vs J B L'Oste, 1885

Nov-08
Noteboom Goes the Dynamite
Spielmann vs Eliskases, 1932

Nov-07
Come On Eline
E Roebers vs E Danielian, 2023

Nov-06
Mind the Gap
D Salinnikov vs I Gaponenko, 2000

Nov-05
Englishman In New York
Blackburne vs J Mason, 1889

Nov-04
Just for the Halibut...
F Cathely vs M Hadzikaric, 1995

Nov-03
The Beast Game Prize
B Adhiban vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, 2023

Nov-03
Q-Mobile
Petrov vs R Grau, 1939

Nov-02
Pina Collida
S Pina Vega vs B Lopez, 2001

Nov-01
Taylor Swift
C H Capon vs J O H Taylor, 1873

Oct-31
The Ghost of Morphy Bids You Move!
Koltanowski vs W Woodbury, 1939

Oct-30
Take my Queen, please
D Lazavik vs Wojtaszek, 2023

Oct-29
Chandler's Unchained Melody!!
Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1889

Oct-28
Through the Rinder
N Gaprindashvili vs E Rinder, 1967

Oct-27
Trompe le Monde
Anand vs Karpov, 1998

Oct-26
Niemann Is An Island
Niemann vs E Amar, 2023

Oct-25
Safarli, So Goodly
E Safarli vs A Moiseenko, 2017

Oct-24
Groß Negligence
B Olsson vs Bronstein, 1990

Oct-23
Check This Out!
Alekhine vs A Popovic, 1930

Oct-22
Sasha nice game
A Belezky vs G Phillips, 2005

Oct-21
Deep Dark Foreest
J van Foreest vs Giri, 2022

Oct-20
The League of Red Heads
Shirov vs S Williams, 2006

Oct-19
The Dubov Abides
Dubov vs Giri, 2019

Oct-18
Mmm!
Yates vs H Mattison, 1929

Oct-17
The Dragon's Tower
S Bouaziz vs Geller, 1967

Oct-16
Permanent Revolution
F Zita vs Bronstein, 1946

Oct-15
The Song of Roland
R Beyen vs Filip, 1971

Oct-14
Quarantined Queen
Jobava vs Grischuk, 2009

Oct-13
Watch this!
A Suleymenov vs Carlsen, 2023

Oct-12
Under Siege
Nakamura vs A Lesiege, 2002

Oct-11
Drop back and punt
G Wall vs W Puntier Andujar, 2012

Oct-10
Rid Me Of This Treybalsome Bishop
K Treybal vs Nimzowitsch, 1923

Oct-09
Boris Good Enough
B Bilunov vs A Kudriashov, 1962

Oct-08
Rook Loose and Fancy Free
A Liang vs Aronian, 2022

Oct-07
You Dohrn Understand! I Coulda Had Class.
Dohrn vs W Class, 1988

Oct-06
Last Knight a DJ Saved My Life
Jakovenko vs I Cheparinov, 2008

Oct-05
Over the horizon
Firouzja vs Bluebaum, 2017

Oct-04
The Torreador
Kasparov vs E Torre, 1980

Oct-03
Scarlet Poupinel
Y Lemieux vs M Poupinel, 1991

Oct-02
Chow Down
E Karklins vs A C Chow, 1982

Oct-01
Milan Soccer Club
M Drasko vs A Evdokimov, 2006

Sep-30
Kras Behavior
Krasenkow vs Sveshnikov, 1992

Sep-29
Leviathan
Mac Hack VI vs D Levy, 1978

Sep-28
French Cooking
Anand vs So, 2023

Sep-27
Basman vs. The Penguin
M Basman vs Keene, 1968

Sep-26
Sparkling Rhine
F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981

Sep-25
Sank like a Brkic
Mamedyarov vs A Brkic, 2012

Sep-24
Babe in the Woods
Niemann vs A Woodward, 2023

Sep-23
X-Factor
S Mlotkowski vs S Factor, 1921

Sep-22
Book him, Panno!
J H Donner vs Panno, 1955

Sep-21
Koba the Dread
A Volokitin vs M Kobalia, 2009

Sep-20
Where There's a Windmill, There's a Way
K Volke vs M Schaefer, 1994

Sep-19
Horatio, I am dead
H Caro vs Lasker, 1890

Sep-18
Null Hypothesis
Moreau vs Albin, 1903

Sep-17
Clubbed Soda
R Seltzer vs J Curdo, 1991

Sep-16
Oll Figured Out
Oll vs G Miralles, 1984

Sep-15
'Cause This Is Schiller, Schiller Knight
E Schiller vs G Schwartzman, 1994

Sep-14
Not-So-Grand Marnier
G Jacoby vs E Marnier, 1977

Sep-13
The Soothsayer
Geller vs Anand, 1987

Sep-12
Dyner Dash
M Oren vs I Dyner, 1952

Sep-11
Hanache in the UK
K Hanache vs P Lalic, 2023

Sep-10
Ay Caruana!
R Leitao vs Caruana, 2010

Sep-09
Fritz 0.0
Steinitz vs A Fritz, 1898

Sep-08
The Thingstad Dreams Are Made Of
de Firmian vs E Thingstad, 2007

Sep-07
Try That in a Small Town
Lasker vs F C Short, 1908

Sep-06
Bleak Haus
J Mieses vs Taubenhaus, 1906

Sep-05
Never Play f6
V Akobian vs Caruana, 2017

Sep-04
Enigmadzianov
Nigmadzianov vs L Kaplun, 1977

Sep-03
AnniNh1lation
P van der Weide vs G Ligterink, 1979

Sep-02
Siege of Inarkiev
E Alekseev vs E Inarkiev, 2010

Sep-01
Queen of Adrenaline
V Gunina vs A Bodnaruk, 2009

Aug-31
Tsatsal Folks!
K Tsatsalashvili vs S Khademalsharieh, 2023

Aug-30
Et in Arcadia Ego
Naiditsch vs Anand, 2013

Aug-29
In Sebag
A Adly vs M Sebag, 2008

Aug-28
We Will Bury You!
A Khruschiov vs Dvoirys, 2008

Aug-27
Fairytal
Tal vs Petrosian, 1975

Aug-26
The Excelsior Game
Shumov vs C Jaenisch, 1850

Aug-25
Bao Constrictor
Q Bao vs H T Tu, 2005

Aug-24
Witch Hunt
A R Saleh Salem vs Smeets, 2013

Aug-23
Get Shorty
Granda Zuniga vs Short, 1997

Aug-22
Sac, sac…stalemate!
D Monokroussos vs L Barcarola, 1999

Aug-21
Nice Finnish!
A Nokso-Koivisto vs A Pyhala, 1988

Aug-20
Penta Gun
Harikrishna vs Van Wely, 2013

Aug-19
Sweet Caro Line
A Muzychuk vs N Salimova, 2023

Aug-18
D5ing all logic
Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2019

Aug-17
Mata of Life and Death
A Matanovic vs Tal, 1958

Aug-16
The Bloody Hole Story
A Flaata vs O Hole, 1994

Aug-15
Sammour Please!
A Passov vs J Sammour-Hasbun, 1991

Aug-14
Pins, but not Safety Pins
Duda vs Caruana, 2023

Aug-13
What the Heck?
T Casper vs K Heckert, 1975

Aug-12
White Goose Chase
Capablanca vs A Chase, 1922

Aug-11
Hrair Raising Experience
T L Petrosian vs H Simonian, 2008

Aug-10
I Left My Harut In San Francisco
V Bhat vs H Akopyan, 1999

Aug-09
Baker's Dozen
P Lalic vs C W Baker, 2023

Aug-08
Femme Fatal
W Ju vs U Fataliyeva, 2023

Aug-07
Javokhir Causin' Havoc Here
Vachier-Lagrave vs Sindarov, 2023

Aug-06
Sarin Attack
Bachmann vs N Sarin, 2023

Aug-05
It Happens
Shankland vs I Schitco, 2023

Aug-04
Pragging Rights
M Lagarde vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2023

Aug-03
Discount Queen Warehouse
Pachman vs Timman, 1977

Aug-02
There Is A Knight That Never Goes Out
C F Smith vs Moffatt, 1850

Aug-01
Play Like a Gurel
E Gurel vs V Ivic, 2023

Jul-31
Goldberg Complications
Polugaevsky vs G Goldberg, 1954

Jul-30
The Brazilian Karpov
E Barbosa vs F de Cresce El Debs, 2011

Jul-29
Antom's Apple
M Kawuma vs G Antoms, 2004

Jul-28
The Hart is a Lonely Hunter
P W Power vs R Hart, 1983

Jul-27
Do you know da wei?
Wei Yi vs G Jones, 2018

Jul-25
Schwaninger's Rat
S Siebrecht vs W Schwaninger, 2007

Jul-24
The War on Vodka
I Smirnov vs D Kutuzov, 2007

Jul-23
A Day Late and a Dollar Short
Short vs Kasparov, 1993

Jul-22
Far Side of Crazy
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2014

Jul-21
Now I Am Become Blind
Breyer vs Oppenheimer, 1921

Jul-20
Safe, Legal, and Rare
Beliavsky vs Timman, 1986

Jul-19
JOHT This Down
J O H Taylor vs NN, 1874

Jul-18
The Maroczy Blind
Maroczy vs G Beihoff, 1926

Jul-17
A Banner With the Strange De Veauce: Excelsior!
L De Veauce vs Speelman, 1975

Jul-16
In The Firing Line
J R Adair vs S Franklin, 2016

Jul-15
Lekhine on the Sixth with a Diamond
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926

Jul-14
Take A Sad Pawn And Make It Benter
Larsen vs J Acers, 1968

Jul-13
Hey Jude, don't make Bc8 bad...
Browne vs J Acers, 1967

Jul-12
Grandmaster Norm
Capablanca vs N Whitaker, 1909

Jul-11
Harry Zirn Floored
Capablanca vs H Zirn, 1912

Jul-10
Talkin' 'Bout my Variation
Geller vs Sveshnikov, 1978

Jul-09
When Harry Met Savielly
Tartakower vs Golombek, 1949

Jul-08
Mora less a draw
J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964

Jul-07
Sufferin' Zukertort
W Kornfeld vs Zukertort, 1865

Jul-06
Abel Was I Ere I Saw Duda
Duda vs D Abel, 2015

Jul-05
Don't Let the Name Fool You
Bijl vs Remis, 1975

Jul-04
The Lyon King
A Shneider vs Kasparov, 1994

Jul-03
Tobler Owned
P Zimmermann vs D Tobler, 1990

Jul-02
No Checks Please, We're British
Adams vs Short, 1992

Jul-01
Danger Ray Robson!
Robson vs Y Hou, 2004

Jun-30
You and Me, Dupre
P Dupre vs P Lalic, 2023

Jun-29
Burying the Pede
Keene vs B Eley, 1964

Jun-28
Bill and Ed's Excellent Adventure
E Mednis vs Lombardy, 1978

Jun-27
Gufeld's Evergreen
Gufeld vs Tal, 1959

Jun-26
One percent inspiration and 99% przepiration
D Przepiorka vs Nimzowitsch, 1930

Jun-25
Ukraine Girls Really Knock Me Out
A Ushenina vs Lagno, 2001

Jun-24
Rough Justus
J D Williams vs S Azarov, 2014

Jun-23
Bogo Cop
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1937

Jun-22
Man of the Match
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996

Jun-21
Royal Flush
T Beerdsen vs S Royal, 2022

Jun-20
Leysens to Kill
Kashdan vs M Leysens, 1932

Jun-19
Lender Bender
A Liang vs Lenderman, 2017

Jun-18
Suleymanli the Magnificent
A Suleymanli vs Indjic, 2020

Jun-17
Karpov Bombing
Karpov vs Van der Wiel, 1980

Jun-16
We Will Rok You
R Hrzica vs J Armas, 2007

Jun-15
No Kost Too Great
Kosteniuk vs I Krush, 2021

Jun-14
Snape, Crackle and Pop
C Rice vs I Snape, 2017

Jun-13
Classico unReal
Barcza vs O Troianescu, 1948

Jun-12
Knap, Crackle and Pop
C Knapton vs Gunsberg, 1884

Jun-11
Much Ado About Notkin
M Notkin vs A Rychagov, 1996

Jun-10
Death Takes a Holliday
J K Holliday vs A Ghasi, 2023

Jun-09
Stopped in His Trax
V Beznosikov vs I Koba, 1995

Jun-08
The Sign of Zorro
Kashdan vs J Gonzalez de Vega, 1951

Jun-07
Memento Mori
P H Mori vs C Duarte, 1966

Jun-05
Cumming Through the Ruy
O Pollack vs R Cumming, 2019

Jun-04
Valar Morgulis
Bronstein vs L Morgulis, 1940

Jun-03
Natural Bjorn Tiller
G Prakken vs B Tiller, 2009

Jun-02
The Diary of Anne Haast
N Paikidze vs A Haast, 2004

Jun-01
OMG, Hay killed Kennedy!
A Hay vs H Kennedy, 1861

May-31
Trial and Error
F Nuernberg vs K Junge, 1941

May-30
Manik Depression
Benjamin vs M Manik, 1993

May-29
Same Oll, Same Oll
Oll vs Anand, 1993

May-28
Oh, Susanna, Don't You Cry for Xie
J Xie vs S Lalic, 1996

May-27
Oh, Vienna!
Martin Perez vs Catalan, 1981

May-26
Rook van Wely
Van Wely vs Svidler, 2007

May-25
Ke2 Brute?
Nakamura vs Ivanchuk, 2011

May-24
The Trouble with Triples
Gledura vs V Kovalev, 2019

May-23
Hot Systhéme
T Kosintseva vs N Kosintseva, 1997

May-22
Wojt is OK!
Wojtaszek vs Carlsen, 2023

May-21
Black is KO!
Adorjan vs B Kouatly, 1982

May-20
Malicious File
Smyslov vs C Kottnauer, 1946

May-19
Come into my parlour
Nakamura vs N Grandelius, 2018

May-18
Hot Poperty
W M Popert vs McDonnell, 1834

May-17
Just a Flesch Wound
Adorjan vs J Flesch, 1975

May-16
The Colle-culator
Colle vs Gruenfeld, 1926

May-15
Viennese Whirl
Spielmann vs Schlechter, 1914

May-14
Black is OK Forever!
G Giorgadze vs Adorjan, 1992

May-13
Dark Side of the Munoz
J L Munoz vs Grischuk, 2012

May-12
Tricks Up My Sliwa
Sliwa vs G Stoltz, 1953

May-11
Pulling a Fast One
W Pulling vs J O'Sullivan, 1845

May-10
Oh My Darling, Clemenz Fine.
Fine vs A Simonson, 1932

May-09
Siege of Milan
M Kolesar vs O Sikorova, 1998

May-08
Palme of Victory
R Palme vs K Junge, 1941

May-07
Nez saw doom. Mood was zen.
R Nezhmetdinov vs E Paoli, 1954

May-06
Milking the GOAT
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992

May-05
Leave it to Bever
V W Bever vs R P Allen, 1948

May-04
Browne Girl in the Ring
S Polgar vs Browne, 1986

May-03
Levon in America
Dominguez Perez vs Aronian, 2022

May-02
Tsay It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
A Diulger vs V Tsay, 2020

May-01
King Liren
Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023

Apr-30
The GG Spot
Giri vs D Gukesh, 2023

Apr-29
The 27 Club
R Smellie vs J A Boucher, 1916

Apr-28
Riders On The Strom
M Yudovich Jr. vs Strom, 1961

Apr-27
Fire on Nord
Shirov vs Carlsen, 2007

Apr-26
Double Lutz
C Lutz vs M Tratar, 1996

Apr-25
Butchering the King's English
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017

Apr-24
The straight line belongs to man, the curve to God.
Lasker vs Albin, 1893

Apr-23
Yuggernaut
A Nicifor vs E Kramer, 1921

Apr-22
The Nepostman Always Dings Twice
Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023

Apr-21
Et tu, Georgi?
G Tringov vs C Juliao, 1974

Apr-20
The woods are lovely, dark and deep
Tal vs Miles, 1983

Apr-19
French Disconnection
Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023

Apr-18
Making Armenia Great Again
Aronian vs Navara, 2017

Apr-17
Too Quick on the Draw
Shirov vs Dominguez Perez, 2010

Apr-16
Bakre worse than his Bite
T Bakre vs B Zawadzka, 2004

Apr-15
The Brother from Another Planet
Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1991

Apr-14
Making Plans for Nigel
Kasparov vs Short, 1993

Apr-13
Perfect Tenner
O Tenner vs O Chajes, 1923

Apr-12
Bull in a China Shop
Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023

Apr-11
Spassibo
Spassky vs A Reshko, 1959

Apr-10
Why does it always rain on me?
E Rains vs H Bennett, 2014

Apr-09
Peace, Peace, Thou Hippopotamus!
Nepomniachtchi vs Wei Yi, 2019

Apr-08
Castle Early and Often?
Negi vs Lagno, 2006

Apr-07
The Long Good Friday
T Foster vs P Lalic, 2023

Apr-06
You Picked a Fine Line to Beat Me, Lucille
W M Byland vs L Kellner, 1958

Apr-05
Ginger Spice
S Williams vs A Rakhmangulova, 2023

Apr-04
Stormy Daniels
NN vs E Daniels, 1842

Apr-03
Veni, Vidi, WC
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006

Apr-02
Flight Risk
Bird vs Lasker, 1890

Apr-01
You Give Love a Bad Name
A J Love vs K Jensen, 1979

Mar-31
Gestalt Mode
Bogoljubov vs Nimzowitsch, 1930

Mar-30
Hararikiri
C Crouch vs Z Harari, 2013

Mar-29
Prosecute F Ouchi
E L Dayton vs F Ouchi, 1952

Mar-28
Jack the Ripper
J Peters vs Lombardy, 1977

Mar-27
Fully Maxinated
Dlugy vs Alburt, 1991

Mar-26
Twilight of the Idols
Spassky vs Fischer, 1992

Mar-25
Via Dolorosa
Ragozin vs Boleslavsky, 1953

Mar-24
Oh, What A Tangled Webb We Weave
M Stean vs S Webb, 1976

Mar-23
Veni, Vidi, Vincius!
T Lehtimaki vs M Goncalves, 2009

Mar-22
Bobby Fischer Teaches Czech
Pachman vs Fischer, 1966

Mar-21
Orange Man Bad!
Capablanca vs J Orange, 1919

Mar-20
Living Dangerously
H Hauptmann vs W Nitsche, 1955

Mar-19
Smothering Sunday
H Reefschlaeger vs C Astengo, 2008

Mar-18
The Way of Walter
Browne vs V Kovacevic, 1970

Mar-17
Bishop, oh sib
D Byrne vs R Byrne, 1958

Mar-16
Duda saw part Q trap was a dud
Duda vs G Gajewski, 2016

Mar-15
K-march vs Q-parade
Gledura vs G Quparadze, 2023

Mar-14
The Price is Wrong
A Zapolskis vs G Price, 2022

Mar-13
Kuzubov Cooks Zubov
Kuzubov vs Zubov, 2014

Mar-12
An American in Paris
Morphy vs de Riviere, 1863

Mar-11
The Baby Smiles
L Rellstab vs Alekhine, 1942

Mar-10
London Blitzkrieg
Nakamura vs Giri, 2014

Mar-09
Braun Over Brain
A Braun vs S Siebrecht, 2005

Mar-08
Stuck in the Middle with Yue
D Howell vs Y Wang, 2012

Mar-07
In the Year 25 25
Nimzowitsch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925

Mar-06
Yikes!
Ikes vs Groncki, 1960

Mar-05
Snooker Lupi
F Lupi vs W Winter, 1946

Mar-04
Lie Back and Think of England
P Lalic vs A Lundback, 2021

Mar-03
A Win, But Not a Safety Win
Karpov vs Timman, 1986

Mar-02
Restrain, Blockade and Lose
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1911

Mar-01
Unseen b4
Carlsen vs Onischuk, 2007

Feb-28
All the Pretty Horses
G Szabo vs N Stepanencu, 2023

Feb-27
Ransom Demands
Lasker vs H R Bigelow, 1926

Feb-26
Still Kiiking myself
K Kiik vs Tal, 1985

Feb-25
The Platz thickens!
Fischer vs J Platz, 1964

Feb-24
Peak Troff
P Vorontsov vs K Troff, 2012

Feb-23
Ice Cold in Alex
M Warmerdam vs A Donchenko, 2023

Feb-22
The chess artist formerly known as Prince
Prince Dadian vs M Bitcham, 1892

Feb-21
German Stock Exchange
Westerinen vs J Dueball, 1971

Feb-20
Fight to the Finnish
Nyback vs Carlsen, 2008

Feb-19
'Guly, Adly, Deeply
Ganguly vs A Adly, 2012

Feb-18
Patty Peper Pinned a Peck of Pearce's Pieces
Patricia Peper vs G E Pearce, 1944

Feb-17
The Game is Afoot!
J L Watson vs Z Fayvinov, 1993

Feb-16
LilienFall
Lilienthal vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1954

Feb-15
I'll Be Bek
Abdusattorov vs J van Foreest, 2023

Feb-14
Jenay on the Block
E Jenay vs Steinitz, 1860

Feb-13
When the Ballon goes up...
Tal vs G Ballon, 1986

Feb-12
Dieterminator
Nisipeanu vs Carlsen, 2008

Feb-11
Homage to Catalonia
Tartakower vs J Torres Caravaca, 1929

Feb-10
Stupak Shaker
C Ponizil vs K Stupak, 2006

Feb-09
Leko of the Passed
Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2011

Feb-08
The Female is Deadlier Than the Male
R M Bruce vs R Bruce, 1957

Feb-07
White Fang
J Fang vs Van Wely, 1993

Feb-06
Starry, Starry Knight
V Skatchkov vs Keymer, 2016

Feb-05
Justin Time
V Kovalev vs Carlsen, 2022

Feb-04
Moose on the loose
H Berliner vs H Bullwinkel, 1955

Feb-03
RIP Van Wynkele
H Van de Wynkele vs S Semina, 1997

Feb-02
Barnes & Noble
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858

Feb-01
Hakki Sac
I Hakki vs D Chen, 1978

Jan-31
Alvis Has Left The Building
Tal vs A Vitolinsh, 1981

Jan-30
I hate those Mieses to pieces.
J Mieses vs Von Bardeleben, 1905

Jan-29
Even Homer Nods
Carlsen vs Abdusattorov, 2023

Jan-28
I'm the Skatman
P Skatchkov vs K Krovelschikov, 2001

Jan-27
Hot Shower, Cold Shower
Geller vs Velimirovic, 1971

Jan-26
Oral Exam
T Oral vs G Vescovi, 1995

Jan-25
Ben There, Done That
S Urusov vs Ben, 1862

Jan-24
On Thynne Ice
G Abrahams vs R Thynne, 1929

Jan-23
Dutch Windmill
M Warmerdam vs J Pechac, 2023

Jan-22
Sting in the Tal
Speelman vs Tal, 1985

Jan-21
Noddy's Tataland Adventures
Abdusattorov vs P Maghsoodloo, 2023

Jan-20
Spare
D Byrne vs R Byrne, 1957

Jan-19
12 Years a Slave
Giri vs Carlsen, 2023

Jan-18
Highway Roebery
E Roebers vs L'Ami, 2023

Jan-17
Honger Games
A Hong vs T Polgar-Shutzman, 2019

Jan-16
A Knight at the Casino
Negi vs A Istratescu, 2014

Jan-15
Aloni in the Dark
I Aloni vs Bronstein, 1956

Jan-14
Cue Bono
G Bono vs R Eberlein, 1978

Jan-13
P Sak His Queen
Psakhis vs E Martinovsky, 1989

Jan-12
The Liem King
Le Quang Liem vs Dominguez Perez, 2011

Jan-11
Angel Dust
Rublevsky vs C Gabriel, 1992

Jan-10
The Art of the Half-Point
V Mamoshin vs V Kolker, 1972

Jan-09
Top to Bottom
Topalov vs S Nadir, 2016

Jan-08
Lord Almaty
Carlsen vs Rapport, 2022

Jan-07
Nak Down Ginger
Nakamura vs S Williams, 2012

Jan-06
Spring Cleaning
J Brach Sr vs J R von Pessler, 1910

Jan-05
And for my final trick...
Tal vs Lautier, 1992

Jan-04
Black Seyboth
Znosko-Borovsky vs H Seyboth, 1903

Jan-03
The Brewing of Soma
Cochrane vs Somacarana, 1855

Jan-02
A Little R & R
V Laznicka vs Rapport, 2018

Jan-01
The Born of a New Variation
Bereziuk vs A Izhnin, 1976

Dec-31
Bogged Down
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928

Dec-30
Pelle!
Rapport vs Pelletier, 2016

Dec-29
Uppercut in Upper Hutt
K Metge vs E Allen, 1980

Dec-28
Please Mr. Postma, Check For Me
S Postma vs A Nijssen, 1958

Dec-27
Great Scott!
S Wastney vs M K A Russell, 2013

Dec-26
Sisson's Beating
Blackburne vs Sisson, 1864

Dec-25
Merry Christmas
E Nakar vs A Merry, 2014

Dec-24
Dasher Don a-Blitzin'
A Donchenko vs M Krzyzanowski, 2022

Dec-23
Miracle on 34th Move
Morphy vs Maurian, 1863

Dec-22
Carroll Zinger
Lasker vs F Carroll, 1898

Dec-21
Supi Causing Kamil Plichta Defense Quite Atrocious
L P Supi vs K Plichta, 2022

Dec-20
The early bird gets the worm
H Keller vs K Janetschek, 1967

Dec-19
The French Come Short. Jesus is not the Messi-ah
Short vs J Nogueiras, 1989

Dec-18
Antiques Roadshow
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992

Dec-17
The Palmer Method
T Palmer vs W Surlow, 1998

Dec-16
I Pod
E Podolchenko vs D Howell, 2010

Dec-15
Now Cracks a Nobel Heart
P W Bridgman vs G W Tucker, 1904

Dec-14
A Wohl New Level
A H Wohl vs Gipslis, 1996

Dec-13
Breaking the Seventh Wall
P Lalic vs G Wall, 2022

Dec-12
This Is What Happens, Larry
P Cleghorn vs Evans, 1977

Dec-11
A Crown of Thorns
G T Crown vs J Thorn Leeson, 1947

Dec-10
What's the Story, Korning Glory?
P Korning vs R Christophe-hayot, 2017

Dec-09
The Rocking Horse
Reshevsky vs S Katz, 1922

Dec-08
Flambéed
F E Lamb vs Steinitz, 1868

Dec-07
Captain Kangaroo
I Rogers vs Huebner, 1988

Dec-06
Keenetic Energy
S J Hutchings vs Keene, 1975

Dec-05
Livin' on a Breyer
L Asztalos vs Breyer, 1913

Dec-04
Arpad Eloquent
Breyer vs A Vajda, 1921

Dec-03
I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide
Jobava vs M Gagunashvili, 2012

Dec-02
Too Wise You Are, Too Wise You Be ...
D Dvirnyy vs R Akesson, 2014

Dec-01
Tick, Tick... Bosboom!
M Bosboom vs V Ouwendijk, 2006

Nov-30
Texas Holdem
Timman vs R Henley, 1983

Nov-29
Hell in a Cell
V Fedoseev vs Carlsen, 2021

Nov-28
Zaws 2: Just When You Thought it was Safe to Take Back in the Center
Zaw Win Lay vs Zaw Oo, 1999

Nov-27
Knocked To The Flohr
Flohr vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1954

Nov-26
Fiorito Bandito
P Zarnicki vs F Fiorito, 2000

Nov-25
Flying Horses and Meri Go Round
P Lalic vs M Grigoryan, 2022

Nov-24
Duel In Banja
M Sibarevic vs E Bukic, 1976

Nov-23
Angelina Pogonina
X Zhao vs N Pogonina, 2015

Nov-22
He's the One They Call Rubens Filguth
R Filguth vs C A A da Silva, 1984

Nov-22
Black Hoek Down
Euwe vs A van den Hoek, 1942

Nov-19
Budapest Bloodbath
Biegler vs Peperle, 1952

Nov-18
Holiday for Kings
L Rellstab vs Kashdan, 1930

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