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May-01
Two Little Combinations
Aronian vs A Ipatov, 2013

Apr-30
So He Shall Open, And None Shall Shut
Bronstein vs Pilnik, 1954

Apr-29
Götterdämmerung
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927

Apr-28
Cool Runnings
A Lundqvist vs J Coolen, 1962

Apr-27
House of the Rising Sunye
Balashov vs J Sunye Neto, 1979

Apr-26
Semetey Tologontegin: "Ge Got Me Too Intensely"
G Harutjunyan vs S Tologontegin, 2019

Apr-25
Petrosian's Mortal
Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956

Apr-24
Post Mortem
M I Botvinnik vs T L Petrosian, 1998

Apr-23
Gorin, Gorin, Gone
Mason vs Chigorin, 1889

Apr-22
Loeked In a Cage
Vasiukov vs Van Wely, 2002

Apr-21
Don't Hook Back in Anger
Dominguez Perez vs C Yoo, 2025

Apr-20
Baby you can drive my car
Short vs J Polgar, 1993

Apr-19
Easter Bonnet
E Bonnet vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2000

Apr-18
Fish or Fowl?
W Pollock vs Bird, 1886

Apr-17
Sorry, We're Closed
Bronstein vs Szabo, 1950

Apr-16
Hey Ju, Don't Make it Bad
Z Tan vs W Ju, 2025

Apr-15
The Klear Has Coasted
E Koksal vs K Gountras, 2015

Apr-14
The Silicon Immortal
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017

Apr-13
Endgame Art
E German vs A Bisguier, 1962

Apr-12
Menchik Clubbed
W Fairhurst vs Menchik, 1935

Apr-11
Playing Like a Pirate
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959

Apr-10
The Archbishop of Can't Unbury
V Buerger vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927

Apr-09
Schliemann Says
M Bednarska-Bzdega vs M Rachunek, 2001

Apr-08
Fridrik the Great
Smejkal vs F Olafsson, 1978

Apr-07
Bullet Train to Nowhere
Firouzja vs Nepomniachtchi, 2022

Apr-06
The Noble Art of Self-Defense
Reshevsky vs Petrosian, 1953

Apr-05
You don't Euwe me anything
Euwe vs D Przepiorka, 1928

Apr-04
Anatoly of a Murder
Karpov vs B Larsen, 1978

Apr-03
Loss of Sanitt, E
E Sanitt vs P Lalic, 2025

Apr-02
Paradise Lost
B Wall vs J Milton, 1977

Apr-01
Fool's Paradise
Niemann vs Kramnik, 2023

Mar-31
Home Arrests
Schlechter vs Janowski, 1900

Mar-30
People Under the Stairs
J Piket vs R Douven, 1988

Mar-29
BritBox
Bronstein vs Keene, 1975

Mar-28
Out of the Loop
A Becker vs Spielmann, 1926

Mar-27
Teim To Go Rad!
Motylev vs Radjabov, 2010

Mar-27
That Check-Hintikka Massacre is Pirtti Spicy
E Hintikka vs T Pirttimaki, 1988

Mar-26
For, Thou Betraying Me, I Do Betray
J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1906

Mar-25
Hammond Egg
Mackenzie vs G Hammond, 1864

Mar-24
If the Szu fits...
N Szuveges vs M Ninchich, 1999

Mar-23
One In a Million
Van Wely vs J van Mil, 1994

Mar-22
Taking Chances and Khavin Fun
Boleslavsky vs A Khavin, 1944

Mar-21
Chess School of Pollock
W Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson, 1893

Mar-20
Golden Shauer
Capablanca vs C Shauer, 1909

Mar-19
No Breyer Knowledge
A Medina Garcia vs Spassky, 1955

Mar-18
Friends with Benefits
A L'Ami vs L'Ami, 2012

Mar-17
Einstein's Bagel
E Almeida vs C Martins, 1991

Mar-16
The Fast & The Fluryous
D Flury vs V Kost, 1990

Mar-15
Aerodynamic Queen
A Davtyan vs M A Tabatabaei, 2025

Mar-14
Vile Sac in Sackville
K Ramaswamy vs R Love, 2001

Mar-13
The Binding of Isaak
Stein vs I Birbrager, 1966

Mar-12
O Bloody Obadiah
J Cazenove vs O Tomalin, 1819

Mar-11
Naj: Not On, Jan!
Najdorf vs Timman, 1980

Mar-10
The Fink is a King!
S Rubinstein vs A J Fink, 1916

Mar-09
Catch 22
Aronin vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1947

Mar-08
Martz Mednis
E Mednis vs W Martz, 1972

Mar-07
Axing the Ex
Carlsen vs Karpov, 2008

Mar-06
A Grand Prie
Y Gruenfeld vs E Prie, 1990

Mar-05
Ash Wednesday
I Ash vs A Regen, 1938

Mar-04
Under Duras
Vitacek vs Duras, 1900

Mar-03
The Ballad of Gay Tony
S Bouaziz vs Miles, 1979

Mar-02
Disappearing Assets
Aronian vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2022

Mar-01
Passed but not forgotten
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969

Feb-28
She's a maniac, maniac...
N Yakubboev vs R Vaishali, 2025

Feb-27
The Elephant in the Room
Reshevsky vs E D Duncan, 1921

Feb-26
My Queen, Dom, for a Horse
G Kallai vs D Laurain, 1990

Feb-25
You're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
H Quint vs P Goossens, 1978

Feb-24
Shman Magic
Spassky vs Shman, 1948

Feb-23
Out for a Duk
A Zatonskih vs P Dukaczewski, 2013

Feb-22
Redemption!
G Lasya vs D S Shashaank, 2012

Feb-21
Lawrence Fisch Burn
Fischer vs L Noderer, 1964

Feb-20
Hillbilly Elegy
S Williams vs G Jones, 2011

Feb-19
Hanging by a pin
Anand vs Kamsky, 1994

Feb-18
To the Viktor go the spoils
V Laznicka vs Short, 2010

Feb-17
Hash Brown
Golombek vs Brown, 1949

Feb-16
Headbanger
J Polgar vs L Gutman, 1987

Feb-15
I nail a dim Karpov
Karpov vs V Akopian, 2006

Feb-14
Valentin's Day
V Arbakov vs Kupreichik, 1996

Feb-13
My Pet Fish, Eric
Lobron vs Dzindzichashvili, 1979

Feb-12
Why must the good die, Young?
D Rensch vs Z Young, 2007

Feb-11
Bargan Hunter
S Bargan vs K Rathnakaran, 2012

Feb-10
Navara's Immortal
Navara vs S Rodrigue-Lemieux, 2024

Feb-09
Giuoco Giocondo
K Mona vs L Schut, 2012

Feb-08
A little bit of Morphy.
Blackburne vs Younger, 1871

Feb-07
Yippee Ki Yay!
C Yip vs G Tokhirjonova, 2024

Feb-06
Hurts, Donchev?
D Donchev vs S Nikolov, 1987

Feb-05
Marco So Low
Carlsen vs M Baldauf, 2022

Feb-04
KID Vicious
F Olafsson vs Fischer, 1959

Feb-03
All Around Good Guy
Adorjan vs G Glatt, 1982

Feb-02
Bye-bye, birdies!
I Gudju vs K Behting, 1924

Feb-01
Buda Pests
Forintos vs Portisch, 1955

Jan-31
Hung Dury
E Dury vs Jensen, 1975

Jan-30
Hedgehog Roast
D Howell vs Grischuk, 2019

Jan-29
Dance of the Knights
Alekhine vs A Aviles, 1932

Jan-28
Constantinople Falling
Rapport vs Mamedyarov, 2022

Jan-27
A Study in Scarlett
H W Scarlett vs B Hayden, 1951

Jan-26
The Unknown Immortal
Panke vs Kranenberg, 1941

Jan-25
The Girl With the Dragon Snafu
S Polgar vs Averbakh, 1993

Jan-24
Frizzel Fry
C Bloodgood vs H Erwin, 1972

Jan-23
Bart of Darkness
So vs B van der Zwet, 2015

Jan-22
Colle it a Wrap
Alekhine vs Colle, 1925

Jan-21
Trompomania Running Wild, Sister!
Hodgson vs S Polgar, 1989

Jan-20
Dubious, Therefore Best
Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960

Jan-19
Jobravo!
Jobava vs Carlsen, 2010

Jan-18
Fine Young Canibal
J Canibal vs H Schorra, 1998

Jan-17
Shakhespearean Sonnet
Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2022

Jan-16
The Jeaned Genie
Carlsen vs A Tari, 2024

Jan-15
Bacardi on ice
Fischer vs J Fermoselle-Bacardi Sr, 1956

Jan-14
Venit VD Vicit
V Dydyshko vs Kasparov, 1978

Jan-13
The Morra the Merrier
J Torres Santiago vs T Kahn, 2016

Jan-12
Kanndemonium
I Nataf vs Karpov, 2002

Jan-11
From Bhat to Worse
V Bhat vs Kudrin, 2010

Jan-10
Hard Target
Ivkov vs R Hartoch, 1969

Jan-09
La Cosa Nostra
M Erdogdu vs Morozevich, 2010

Jan-08
Spanish Knights
G Schories vs H Pinkerton, 1911

Jan-07
Nervous Energy
Tal vs Huebner, 1979

Jan-06
Khismat
Svidler vs Khismatullin, 2015

Jan-06
Deutschland Huebner Alex
A Prameshuber vs Huebner, 1970

Jan-05
The Crying Game
Ivanchuk vs Naroditsky, 2024

Jan-04
In Deep Doudou
W Doudou vs Q Guo, 2012

Jan-03
Bravo!
Panno vs H Bravo Sedamanos, 1975

Jan-02
The Greek Geek
Caruana vs N Theodorou, 2024

Jan-01
I'll Take Manhattan
Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2024

Dec-31
Last Kasp
J Polgar vs Kasparov, 2006

Dec-30
Blitzin' Donner
C van den Berg vs J H Donner, 1965

Dec-29
Happy Chrismas
J O'Hanlon vs J Waterman, 1912

Dec-28
Jesus' Gift of Ubiquity
J Diez del Corral vs J Rodriguez Gonzalez, 1960

Dec-27
O Tanenbaum
Z Tanenbaum vs T Shi, 2020

Dec-26
Ho, Ho, Hou!
Y Hou vs N Dzagnidze, 2014

Dec-25
Joyeux Noel
N Studer vs D Borner, 2009

Dec-24
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
F Rhine vs NN, 2018

Dec-23
Let It Snow
B Snow vs P Mueckenberger, 1990

Dec-22
Chris Misses Song
R Song vs C Morrison, 2003

Dec-21
Rudolph the red knows pain, dear.
B de Jong-Muhren vs A Rudolph, 2007

Dec-20
Call the Boctor
C Lakdawala vs W Boctor, 1993

Dec-19
Dean of Students
T Wall vs D Ippolito, 1998

Dec-18
Pun: Dore's Box
Dlugy vs D Sheppard, 1993

Dec-17
Deus won. Now sued.
Carlsen vs Niemann, 2024

Dec-16
Lost to Achilles, but not to Plato
P Galperin vs J Hector, 2024

Dec-15
Browne v. the Board
Browne vs Benjamin, 1980

Dec-14
The boy who would be King
D Gukesh vs Carlsen, 2022

Dec-13
Nobody Puts Bishop in the Corner
Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024

Dec-12
Wells Farago
P K Wells vs I Farago, 1989

Dec-11
Fearful Symmetry
NN vs M Wahlund, 2007

Dec-10
The Dingmaster
Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024

Dec-09
Pass the Torch, Korch.
Kasparov vs Korchnoi, 1983

Dec-08
The Heat of Battle
Keres vs Fischer, 1962

Dec-07
Wei So Serious?
Wei Yi vs So, 2018

Dec-06
Dorian White
D Rogozenco vs G Fish, 2012

Dec-05
Heracles and The Hydra
Fischer vs F Olafsson, 1961

Dec-04
Hanging Around
Petrosian vs Y Kotkov, 1946

Dec-03
Gyula My Dreams
H Groffen vs G Horvath, 1997

Dec-02
The Notebook
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859

Dec-01
Foul Play
D Howell vs S Feller, 2010

Nov-30
Grande Arche de Le Défense
Le Quang Liem vs X Bu, 2010

Nov-29
Reign of Taher
Smyslov vs F El Taher, 1990

Nov-28
He Ain’t Heavy. He’s M Brody
Marshall vs M Brody, 1900

Nov-27
Radioactive Man
V Malakhov vs Movsesian, 2012

Nov-26
Who Dares Wins
C H Erickson vs D D Barkuloo, 1915

Nov-25
Gunga Ding!
Ding Liren vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023

Nov-24
Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun
Kamsky vs R Prasca Sosa, 2012

Nov-23
Reeders, I mated him.
J C Reeders vs O Nauta, 1917

Nov-22
Electric Bill
W Hartston vs A Whiteley, 1974

Nov-21
Swan Song
Hermelin vs Swan, 1970

Nov-20
Pun: Submission, Page
Capablanca vs G Page, 1919

Nov-19
Windmill-Savvy Errant Knight
R Schmaltz vs A Vouldis, 2002

Nov-18
The Queen of the Dead
M Bab vs F Duz-Khotimirsky, 1911

Nov-17
The Birthday Boys
A Bisguier vs R Toran, 1958

Nov-16
And Don't Call Me Shirley
D Shirley vs J Kay, 1983

Nov-15
Moribund The Burgermeister
N Chapman vs M Burgermeister, 2012

Nov-14
Polgarheist II: The Cardinal Sin
M Cardinali vs S Polgar, 1989

Nov-13
The Envy of Evry
B Kouatly vs Kasparov, 1989

Nov-12
Going Down to the McGuire
Capablanca vs M McGuire, 1911

Nov-11
Grigorian No-Chance
Tal vs K Grigorian, 1982

Nov-10
Fool Me Twice...
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1930

Nov-09
Don't Feed the Trolls
T Ernst vs Shirov, 1990

Nov-08
Aleksandra the Great
B Munguntuul vs Goryachkina, 2024

Nov-07
Maga!
L Tito Ausan Jr vs M Maga, 2007

Nov-06
Calm B4 The Storm
Khalifman vs E Ermenkov, 1994

Nov-05
The Jos That Bites, The Klaus That Catches
K Junge vs J Rejfir, 1942

Nov-04
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Carlsen vs Dolmatov, 2004

Nov-03
Immoral Draw
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993

Nov-02
The thin white line
G M Kovacs vs R Barth, 1994

Nov-01
We Have a Gwinner!
R Barnett vs H Gwinner, 1887

Oct-31
Legal Brief
F Bethge vs Legal, 1930

Oct-30
On the Horns of a D Lima
D Lima vs B Esen, 2010

Oct-29
Send Him Psakhing
N Murshed vs Psakhis, 1988

Oct-28
Chekh and Over
V Makogonov vs V Chekhover, 1937

Oct-27
Witz End
J Gocher vs Harrwitz, 1859

Oct-26
Attacking Pruess
Kamsky vs D Pruess, 2005

Oct-25
Rombaldoni Devices
A Rombaldoni vs E Arlandi, 1983

Oct-24
Paint it Black
A Steinkuehler vs Blackburne, 1863

Oct-23
Simply Susan
Smirnov vs S Polgar, 1981

Oct-22
Forever and Ever, Amin
B Amin vs TransWarp, 2009

Oct-21
Live Wang and Prosper
H Wang vs E Inarkiev, 2008

Oct-20
Sultan of Swindle
de Firmian vs K Shirazi, 1986

Oct-19
It’s Late, It’s Tate, It’s Great
E Tate vs Yudasin, 1997

Oct-18
Fist of Fury
C Yoo vs Caruana, 2024

Oct-17
The Fall of Jerichow
S Bowles vs M Jerichow, 1987

Oct-16
Yip, Yip, Hurray!
I Krush vs C Yip, 2024

Oct-15
SOS Golden Cross
F Oro vs E Sos Andreu, 2024

Oct-14
Diet Kula
K Kulaots vs Nisipeanu, 1996

Oct-13
The Light Horse of Alexandria
N Alexandria vs M Litynska, 1974

Oct-12
Skip to my Lu
M Kobalia vs S Lu, 2015

Oct-11
Win one for the Gaw Paw
A Skripchenko vs P Cramling, 1996

Oct-10
Big Yellow Taxi
L Barden vs Rossolimo, 1950

Oct-09
When You're Good to Mamed
Aronian vs Mamedyarov, 2018

Oct-08
Like Deja Vu All Over Again
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2020

Oct-07
Jack of All Trades
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2003

Oct-06
Downing the Ante
A Bulat vs A Lukic, 1954

Oct-05
A Knightmare on Ulmenweg
Alekhine vs Tarrasch, 1914

Oct-04
Duda Did It
Duda vs V S Gujrathi, 2024

Oct-03
The Old Man and the So
So vs Anand, 2020

Oct-02
Nepo Man
Nepomniachtchi vs S Hautot, 2006

Oct-01
De Virtuosi. Robert: I did it! (Re: Boris Outrived)
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992

Sep-30
Top Saeed
Tal vs S Saeed, 1985

Sep-29
Damn the Kibitzers! Full Speed Ahead!
P Romanovsky vs Levenfish, 1920

Sep-28
Judit with the Head of Julio Ernesto
Granda Zuniga vs J Polgar, 1992

Sep-27
Kingside Ftac
Ftacnik vs J Sikora-Lerch, 1984

Sep-26
Rorrer Schach Test
N Yan vs G Rorrer, 2024

Sep-25
Machado Man
H A Machado Jr vs A Resende, 1988

Sep-24
Epstein Didn't Kill Herself
A Zatonskih vs E Epstein, 2008

Sep-23
Pins in Boxes
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1978

Sep-22
How much Gris could Onischuk Chuck?
Onischuk vs Grischuk, 2007

Sep-21
Every Girl Crazy ‘Bout a Sharp Esserman
M Esserman vs C Tsai, 2003

Sep-20
Dancing in the Dark (Squares)
M Gluzman vs Bareev, 2001

Sep-19
You Are NOT That Geller, But I'M The Fischer
Fischer vs U Geller, 1968

Sep-18
The Exlercist
M Mbo vs V Exler, 2016

Sep-17
Ungentle Ben
B Raphael vs H Montgomery, 1856

Sep-16
Easy peasy Levon in Tbilisi
Aronian vs Ding Liren, 2017

Sep-15
Enter the Dragan
D Barlov vs E Rayner, 1974

Sep-14
Elementary, My Dear Watson
T Sachdev vs G Watson, 2024

Sep-13
Great Escape
A Mendez Machado vs Aronian, 2024

Sep-12
He Speaks of the Pompatus of Love
J A Campbell vs M Kennefick, 1976

Sep-11
Tromp-ed All Over
Vaganian vs Kupreichik, 1974

Sep-10
El Niño
M Socko vs N Batsiashvili, 2014

Sep-09
Not quite Reshcued
V Faibisovich vs A Reshko, 1972

Sep-08
Rhythm of the Knight
A Haik vs S Skembris, 1981

Sep-07
Silicon Dioxide
Shredder vs C Garcia Palermo, 2005

Sep-06
The Masterplan
A Planinc vs Matulovic, 1965

Sep-05
Gone Fishin'
M Lee vs B Wall, 2007

Sep-04
Worrall There's a Will, There's a Way
Short vs Karpov, 1992

Sep-03
Oops!... I Did It Dufresne
Dufresne vs Harrwitz, 1847

Sep-02
Nice Troy But No Thanks
Miles vs Ljubojevic, 1986

Sep-01
Central Dominance
Lasker vs NN, 1903

Aug-31
Never Iuld the Initiative!
S Iuldachev vs Aronian, 2004

Aug-30
Armageddon outa here
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019

Aug-29
All Along the Watched Towers
J Hendrix vs R Stern, 2016

Aug-28
The Two Bishops
Kuznetsov vs D Losev, 1978

Aug-27
Doing the Lampert Walk
J Lampert vs F Levin, 2016

Aug-26
Overpromotion
S Boden vs J Owen, 1858

Aug-25
Dzindzi Vitus
Dzindzichashvili vs B Larsen, 1980

Aug-24
Bruehl and Unusual Punishment
J Bruehl vs Philidor, 1783

Aug-23
The Return of the Queen
Schlechter vs W Napier, 1902

Aug-22
Difesa, Good On Ya
Hodgson vs M Godena, 2000

Aug-21
Cwned
E Cohn vs A Nimzowitsch, 1907

Aug-20
Overcoming Sin Requires Sacrifice
A Saveliev vs D Sin, 2017

Aug-19
The Most Incredible Thing
M Andersen vs K Szabo, 2013

Aug-18
Nothing Burger
K Burger vs Nunn, 1983

Aug-17
The Sacrifice of Isaacs
E Michelsen vs L Isaacs, 1942

Aug-16
With Malich Aforethought
B Malich vs J Kort, 1971

Aug-15
Best of Baku
V Gazarian vs Kasparov, 1974

Aug-14
Navara c4 caravan
Navara vs Svidler, 2006

Aug-13
2, 4, 6, 8, Homer's Win Was Very Great!
J Fritsvold vs H Jones, 1971

Aug-12
Out, out, brief Kendall.
R Kendall vs J McGrouther, 1900

Aug-11
Ba-Da-Ba-Ba-Ba, I'm Losin' It
R MacDonald vs H Jacobs, 1904

Aug-10
A Scholarly Rebuke
Nakamura vs Sasikiran, 2005

Aug-09
Shampion Soup
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1997

Aug-08
Release Your Inner Petrosian
M Muzychuk vs Kosteniuk, 2021

Aug-07
The Lady is a Champ
A Virkud vs S Foisor, 2017

Aug-06
Getting Ziggy with Miggy
Najdorf vs C Guimard, 1943

Aug-05
Howard Asks: "A Draw, Oh?"
Staunton vs Saint-Amant, 1843

Aug-04
King Crimson
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961

Aug-03
Impost-Or Syndrome
O Bronstein vs M I Botvinnik, 2019

Aug-02
Rube Goldberg Machine
Lasker vs A Goldberg, 1905

Aug-01
It's a Karpov, It's a Kasparov, It's Karpeshov!
O Karpeshov vs Vasiukov, 1994

Jul-31
Rated PG
Pg Hj Jaafar Pg Omar Baki vs Pg Hj Mohd Limbang, 2001

Jul-30
Diamonds Are Forever
Fischer vs S Hamann, 1968

Jul-29
Brilliancy in Belgrade
Kramnik vs A Beliavsky, 1995

Jul-28
Dead Letter
F Halwick vs R Pe Ang, 1997

Jul-27
The Disaster Artist
Duchamp vs R Crepeaux, 1925

Jul-26
Five Rings
W Heidenfeld vs N Kerins, 1973

Jul-25
Parsley, sage, and rosemary, but no time.
A Ivanov vs Yermolinsky, 1993

Jul-24
Twixt Cup and Lip
Lipschutz vs W Pollock, 1886

Jul-23
Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
C Rugabira vs B E Mission, 2014

Jul-22
Beat of My Hort
Hort vs Korchnoi, 1967

Jul-21
No Rest for 0rest
Spassky vs O Averkin, 1973

Jul-20
The Miseducation of Leonard Hill
L Hill vs Fischer, 1957

Jul-19
A Pin but not a safety pin
P Wang vs A Maric, 1992

Jul-18
Bennifer
B Finegold vs J Shahade, 2003

Jul-17
Madam I'm Adam
A Hunt vs Y Hou, 2012

Jul-16
The Bach of Chess
V M Vehi Bach vs K Shirazi, 1990

Jul-15
Nepo saw K was open
Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011

Jul-14
Mukhin love out of nothing @Tal
M Mukhin vs Tal, 1972

Jul-13
This Is How Chess Works
L Trent vs T Abergel, 2020

Jul-12
Fried on Board
A Esipenko vs Shirov, 2018

Jul-11
Bring Me the Head of Gildardo Garcia
Shabalov vs G Garcia, 2005

Jul-10
Golden Boy
R Makarian vs F Oro, 2023

Jul-09
The Hungary Games
J Polgar vs Leko, 1996

Jul-08
Object of Desire
Alekhine vs D Danczowski, 1929

Jul-07
Russian Roulette
N Krogius vs O Chernikov, 1970

Jul-06
A Big Mate
M Bagi vs Zvjaginsev, 2019

Jul-05
Roczy and Roll!
Maroczy vs J Perlis, 1907

Jul-04
Holy Pawn Roller, Batman!
Van Kampen vs M van der Werf, 2011

Jul-03
Buy High, Sell Low
Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885

Jul-02
Parranoia
R G Wade vs F Parr, 1955

Jul-01
Bail Me Out
G Bailey vs E Fischvogt, 1999

Jun-30
The Devil Is in the Detail
L Steiner vs K Helling, 1928

Jun-29
Be Still, my Beaten Heart
R Hart vs S Conquest, 1999

Jun-28
Rueb Euwe Out
A Rueb vs Euwe, 1925

Jun-27
Vlad, Save the Queen!
Kramnik vs E Ubilava, 1992

Jun-26
Pawnstorm over the South Seas
I Rogers vs H van Riemsdijk, 2000

Jun-25
Niuk, Niuk, Niuk
Carlsen vs Kosteniuk, 2009

Jun-24
The Camera Adds 10 Pounds
S Bouaziz vs Karpov, 1982

Jun-23
Orgy for g4
M Weiss vs M Burschowsky, 1995

Jun-22
Rook goes Br
S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963

Jun-21
Santasiere's Jolly
Santasiere vs Fischer, 1957

Jun-20
Shortcut by Village Genius
Short vs Nakamura, 2010

Jun-19
Diminishing Returns
K Rogoff vs Evans, 1974

Jun-18
Squaring Off
J Snuverink vs M Apicella, 2011

Jun-17
Ciao Chao
C Li vs Aronian, 2013

Jun-16
Feather your own Nestler
Euwe vs V Nestler, 1950

Jun-15
We Wo'n. Ze Goalz were Peaches
W Pietzsch vs W Golz, 1960

Jun-14
9 on the Richter Scale
K Richter vs G Alexandrescu, 1936

Jun-13
Sad But True
Kramnik vs Sadvakasov, 2001

Jun-12
Lord of the Rings
Mason vs Dr. S, 1882

Jun-11
A Whiter Shade of Pale
Fischer vs C Garcia Palermo, 1970

Jun-10
Think Like a World Champion
Smyslov vs Kotov, 1943

Jun-09
In Praise Uff Folly (Bye Rasmus)
U Rasmussen vs R Andersen, 2000

Jun-08
The Samshank Redemption
Leko vs Shankland, 2011

Jun-07
Breaking the Benk
Benko vs Petrosian, 1959

Jun-06
Kick The Kan
Botvinnik vs I Kan, 1939

Jun-05
Kengis Can!
E Kengis vs Shabalov, 1985

Jun-04
And The Wolf Drew and Drew
H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1907

Jun-03
Wham Sam, Thank You Mam!
Mamedyarov vs Shankland, 2021

Jun-03
Don't Let the Fier-Gao Out
A Fier vs R Gao, 2015

Jun-02
The Shrinking Box
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930

Jun-01
Popping Korn
B Jerratsch vs T Korn, 2000

May-31
A Pin, Or Is It?
C El Idrissi vs A Laaroussi, 2001

May-30
Hi, I'm Chucky. Wanna play?
C Cadman vs S A Taylor, 2001

May-29
Hello Darko, My Old Friend
A Planinc vs D Gliksman, 1968

May-28
A Lastin Impression
P Maletin vs A Lastin, 2009

May-27
Preis for the great werk against Lasker
Lasker vs W Preiswerk, 1916

May-26
Suba-Mann
Suba vs S Kindermann, 1985

May-25
Checkmate now or forever hold your piece
Ding Liren vs Giri, 2015

May-24
May the Fork be With You
McShane vs Wojtaszek, 2011

May-23
Oh My God! Day Killed Kenny!
K Winterton vs L Day, 1971

May-22
Hou On 'til The Knight
Korchnoi vs Y Hou, 2007

May-21
Cold Cuts Before Pasta
M Mascheroni vs M Salami, 2001

May-20
Church And State
F Bohatirchuk vs N Zubarev, 1925

May-19
Work in Ne5(what a way to make a killin')
V Fedoseev vs A R Saleh Salem, 2024

May-18
Low GPA
G P Arnaudov vs E Moser, 2013

May-17
Jeepers Crepeaux
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923

May-16
Loek at this miniature!
Van Wely vs L'Ami, 2014

May-15
Dark Antic
D Anic vs B Larsen, 1989

May-14
Stahl Crazy After All These Years
Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1934

May-13
Levitt to Beaver
D Howell vs J Levitt, 2005

May-12
Baron Rausch's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia
K Raush vs I Rabinovich, 1912

May-11
Yo Adrian - I did it!
Kasparov vs A Negulescu, 1977

May-10
Love the Sin, Mate the Sinner
M Sinner vs N Miezis, 1997

May-09
Davide and Conquer
K Kamer vs D Arcuti, 2018

May-08
Breakin' Down The Walls Of Art Dake
Miles vs A Dake, 1973

May-07
The Meek Shall Inherit
A Meek vs NN, 1855

May-06
A Taste of Honfi
Portisch vs K Honfi, 1963

May-05
Birdie Num Num
Bird vs Blackburne, 1879

May-04
The Bourne Nemesis
J O Bourne vs C G Heydon, 1872

May-03
Pun: "Anupama: 'I Won! Now I Am A Pun, Anup!'"
A Gokhale vs A Deshmukh, 1994

May-02
Feast in Time of Hague
B Hague vs M Steadman, 2013

May-01
Das Rhinegold
F Rhine vs A Boerkoel, 1996

Apr-30
A Miss Is As Good As a Miles
Chiburdanidze vs Miles, 1989

Apr-29
The Tal Err They Come
Tal vs I Platonov, 1969

Apr-28
Got Erdos Number
V Erdos vs Firouzja, 2021

Apr-27
Varlam Renaissance
V Vepkhvishvili vs Sikovsky, 1992

Apr-26
London Is Burning
Shirov vs Sakaev, 1986

Apr-25
In Flagrante Delekta
P Delekta vs Geller, 1992

Apr-24
Whatever Happened to Baby Jan?
Timman vs Huebner, 1967

Apr-23
Nihal Diamond, Lev on the Rocks
N Sarin vs Aronian, 2023

Apr-22
Double Dutch
Aronian vs Van Wely, 2014

Apr-21
The Prospect of Whitby
Browne vs K Bachmann, 1968

Apr-20
A Lublin Drubbin'
J Tomczak vs Navara, 2016

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