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Games of the Day Archive

May-16
Gawain Down
G Jones vs A David, 2012

May-15
Stoneware Cooking
Nakamura vs R Hess, 2012

May-14
Blackburne Singing in the Dead of Knight
Blackburne vs W J Knight, 1877

May-13
How I Met Your Mother
D Fridman vs A Zatonskih, 2010

May-12
The Quiet Variation
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006

May-11
Hungarian Rhapsody
Leko vs Kramnik, 2004

May-10
And the Rest is History
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886

May-09
A Brawl with Tal
Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960

May-08
Such Hubris!
M C Huber vs Topalov, 2012

May-07
Marshalling his Forces
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004

May-06
Mira Mira on the Wall, Houska Fairest of Them All
H Mira vs J Houska, 2007

May-05
Bath and Beyond
Karpov vs Miles, 1983

May-04
Giga Bites
G Quparadze vs V Bachin, 2003

May-03
The Pin is Mightier
Gelfand vs A Graf, 2003

May-02
Oll Systems Go
Oll vs Y Kruppa, 1987

May-01
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
M Papa vs J LeBon, 1987

Apr-30
Gel Nails
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994

Apr-29
Vishy Pawn a Star
Anand vs Morozevich, 2007

Apr-28
Mini Max
Euwe vs H Van Hartingsvelt, 1920

Apr-27
White Castle Slider
Morphy vs A Meek, 1857

Apr-26
Subramanian Homesick Blues
W So vs P Arun, 2008

Apr-25
When the Cohen Gets Tough
Capablanca vs S Cohen, 1924

Apr-24
Lastin Line
A Lastin vs K Maslak, 2008

Apr-23
Acers High
A Spiller vs J Acers, 1968

Apr-22
One Night in Bangkok
Liu Qingnan vs Short, 2012

Apr-21
Sixth Sense
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923

Apr-20
Morphy's Law
Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857

Apr-19
Asleep at the Wheel
Bisguier vs Fischer, 1963

Apr-18
Dispatch Adams
Carlsen vs Adams, 2006

Apr-17
Shredded Parimarjan
F Caruana vs Negi, 2011

Apr-16
Playing the Harp
J Harp vs V Smirnov, 2009

Apr-15
Gilbert Got Fried
Gilbert vs Vaysleder, 1964

Apr-14
Squeeze Play
Adams vs R Polzin, 2010

Apr-13
Reti or Not, Here I Come!
Reti vs Lasker, 1908

Apr-12
The Treybal with Troubles
K Treybal vs V Petrov, 1933

Apr-11
The Vue is Great
Alekhine vs Magazine Vue team, 1935

Apr-10
Ding Ate My Baby
Ding Liren vs Lu Shanglei, 2012

Apr-09
Unger Games
Unger vs W Orbach, 1924

Apr-08
Easter King Hunt
G Machate vs Bogoljubov, 1936

Apr-07
Can I Buy a Vowel?
Ftacnik vs O Cvitan, 1997

Apr-06
Piano in Harmony
Gunsberg vs Harmonist, 1887

Apr-05
Fixing a Hole
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1935

Apr-04
The Milman Always Rings Twice
S Peric vs L Milman, 2006

Apr-03
Who's the Man?
Timman vs Khalifman, 2000

Apr-02
Lev-erage
G Zaitshik vs Psakhis, 1980

Apr-01
Problem?
Puck vs Troll, 1961

Mar-31
Killing Two Birds with One Stonewall
Bird vs J Mason, 1876

Mar-30
Death of a Salesman
Loman vs Alekhine, 1913

Mar-29
Don't Do Anything Rash
Nezhmetdinov vs V Mikenas, 1948

Mar-28
Bad Luck
Keres vs L Luck, 1935

Mar-27
Achim's Razor
Hebden vs A Illner, 2012

Mar-26
Xtreme Chess
E Liu vs A Barnett, 2012

Mar-25
Super Mario
A Vajda vs M Monticelli, 1926

Mar-24
Play It Again, Sam
Reshevsky vs Capablanca, 1935

Mar-23
Kitchlew on the Flip Side
M Hemmings vs A Kitchlew, 2001

Mar-22
Brooklyn Lager
Fischer vs Stein, 1967

Mar-21
Loman Mythology
Lasker vs Loman, 1903

Mar-20
Moves Like Ragger
M Ragger vs R S Jones, 2007

Mar-19
Car-Nak the Magnificent
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011

Mar-18
Loek Spin
T Gareev vs Van Wely, 2011

Mar-17
Couldn't Take the Grillin
H MacGrillen vs C Silva Sanchez, 1974

Mar-16
The Red Baranov
K Baranov vs N Grigoriev, 1919

Mar-15
Beware the Zeids of March
Koblents vs T Zeids, 1955

Mar-14
In Soviet Russia, Bishop Takes Pawn
Tal vs Ghitescu, 1963

Mar-13
Norwegian Would
Carlsen vs Bacrot, 2010

Mar-12
Bridge Over Treybal Water
Alekhine vs K Treybal, 1923

Mar-11
Chicago Hotdog
Lindehn vs W B Haughton, 1870

Mar-10
Center of Gravity
M Stolberg vs Botvinnik, 1940

Mar-09
Jiro Scope
M Jirovsky vs R Kempinski, 2007

Mar-08
Imperia Stormtrooper
F Cirabisi vs V Cugini, 1992

Mar-07
The Not-Talented-Enough Mr. Ripley
Tal vs J M Ripley, 1974

Mar-06
Tamara Never Dies
T Chistiakova vs N Pogonina, 2007

Mar-05
The X Factor
Factor vs Gilg, 1928

Mar-04
Can You Break a Tenner?
H Helms vs O Tenner, 1942

Mar-03
Hell's Engels
K Helling vs L Engels, 1936

Mar-02
Bottom Board Barnburner
I Sokolov vs Morozevich, 2005

Mar-01
Tetris
Nakamura vs McShane, 2009

Feb-29
Gash and Burn
V Gashimov vs R Kempinski, 2011

Feb-28
Merry Old Englund
P Larsson vs Englund, 1942

Feb-27
Spirit of '76
Ljubojevic vs Ulf Andersson, 1976

Feb-26
Don't Trust Ne1
A Giri vs Aronian, 2012

Feb-25
A Closed Book
Keres vs Book, 1937

Feb-24
Face the Muzio
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1872

Feb-23
Playing Like a Fish
R Swinkels vs A Zatonskih, 2008

Feb-22
The Immortal Draw
Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872

Feb-21
Like Father Like Son
Weeramantry vs T Spanton, 2012

Feb-20
Tromp and Circumstance
Carlsen vs Ganguly, 2004

Feb-19
Topping It Tal Off
Tal vs Beliavsky, 1989

Feb-18
Hitting the Botterill
Vaganian vs G Botterill, 1974

Feb-17
Bosboom Shakalaka Boom!
Kasparov vs M Bosboom, 1999

Feb-16
Stunned Speechless
Bronstein vs Browne, 1990

Feb-15
Bitte!
Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945

Feb-14
Love Shak
V Erdos vs Mamedyarov, 2012

Feb-13
A Shot Anastasian
A Anastasian vs Tiviakov, 1999

Feb-12
Yudasin It If You Looked
Dreev vs Yudasin, 1990

Feb-11
Cowabunga!
Van der Wiel vs Vaganian, 1993

Feb-10
Pinspiration
Yusupov vs Shirov, 2012

Feb-09
A Game of Shadows
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966

Feb-08
Everlasting Grobstopper
M Basman vs Keene, 1981

Feb-07
The $10,000 Game
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1938

Feb-06
Giants Beat Patriots
Morphy vs T J Bryan, 1859

Feb-05
Arkansas Traveler
Grider vs F Pratt, 1964

Feb-04
Worst. Move. Eversole.
Tal vs Eversole, 1988

Feb-03
Howell Can He Attack?
D Howell vs G Gislason, 2012

Feb-02
Hedgehog Day
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008

Feb-01
Boom Boom Out Go The Lights
Noteboom vs A Gromer, 1931

Jan-31
Flis in the Face of Reason
J Flis vs Z Szymczak, 1983

Jan-30
The Strength of Gibraltar
Judit Polgar vs V Ikonnikov, 2012

Jan-29
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Sax vs H Kestler, 1974

Jan-28
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go
Short vs Mamedyarov, 2012

Jan-27
Eurozone Crisis
Movsesian vs I Chirila, 2010

Jan-26
Gedeon Little Dogies
G Barcza vs Smyslov, 1956

Jan-25
Merry-Go-Round Charousel
Charousek vs Skultety, 1891

Jan-24
Soos-Sussudio
Soos vs Geller, 1962

Jan-23
Petrobras
Petrosian vs Mecking, 1971

Jan-22
Two Ladies
Kramnik vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2011

Jan-21
China Girl
Zhao Xue vs T Sachdev, 2011

Jan-20
Turov Duty
A Haast vs M Turov, 2012

Jan-19
Vas Right Wing Conspiracy
Kotronias vs Xiu Deshun, 2011

Jan-18
America's Next Top Model
Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2011

Jan-17
Garry's Kids
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011

Jan-16
Jun is Busting Out All Over
Zhao Jun vs Xiu Deshun, 2011

Jan-15
Cooking with Gass
C Schulz vs U Gass, 1972

Jan-14
Tata For Now
I Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura, 2011

Jan-13
Take Two and Call Me in the Morning
R Hermansen vs Bayer, 1994

Jan-12
Maroczy Bound
Maroczy vs Charousek, 1896

Jan-11
Alian Invasion
Aganalian vs Petrosian, 1945

Jan-10
Rook Before you Leap
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924

Jan-09
Vlad the Impaled
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994

Jan-08
Anish Market
Nakamura vs A Giri, 2012

Jan-07
Nezhmet Kismet
Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958

Jan-06
Browne Out
Browne vs A Taha, 1972

Jan-05
The World Is Not Enough
The World vs Karpov, 1996

Jan-04
Like a Hot Knife Through Baadur
Gelfand vs Jobava, 2011

Jan-03
G Force
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965

Jan-02
Ladies First
Judit Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002

Jan-01
Time Waits for No One
Vallejo-Pons vs Nakamura, 2011

Dec-31
'21 It Was a Very Good Year
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921

Dec-30
Yelena Something New Every Day
Y Dembo vs A Muzychuk, 2011

Dec-29
Socko to Him
B Socko vs V Tregubov, 2011

Dec-28
The KIDs Are Alright
Larsen vs Fischer, 1971

Dec-27
Art of Darkness
I Nepomniachtchi vs K Miton, 2011

Dec-26
Saved by the Bell
Ivanchuk vs Kamsky, 2009

Dec-25
Merry Christiansen
Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978

Dec-24
Hou, Hou, Hou!
Yifan Hou vs M Sebag, 2011

Dec-23
It's Awonder Full Life
A Liang vs D Fernandez, 2011

Dec-22
Chesney Roasting on an Open File
B Chesney vs Gulko, 1986

Dec-21
b4 It's Too Late
Sokolsky vs Strugatsch, 1958

Dec-20
Smokin' Hot
K Smokina vs Pokorna, 2007

Dec-19
Grivas Injury
E Grivas vs A Braun, 2008

Dec-18
Harestad Development
H Harestad vs H Olafsson, 2001

Dec-17
Forster and Seven Sacs Ago
Efimenko vs R Forster, 2011

Dec-16
Raubit in the Headlights
Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, 1906

Dec-15
Tartar Sauce
Topalov vs Kamsky, 2011

Dec-14
The Daly News
Alekhine vs H Daly, 1929

Dec-13
Old Shatterhand
E Kulovana vs Huebner, 2011

Dec-12
Burn Burns Burne
Blackburne vs Burn, 1868

Dec-11
Drawma Queen
Akobian vs The World, 2011

Dec-10
Ten Years After
A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2001

Dec-09
Spell Czech
Hromadka vs M Schreiber, 1936

Dec-08
I Can c4 Miles
Plaskett vs Miles, 1986

Dec-07
The All American KID
Anand vs Nakamura, 2011

Dec-06
Too Big To Fail
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1948

Dec-05
Tennis, Anyone?
B Becker vs Short, 2011

Dec-04
Leko My ECO
Leko vs R Fontaine, 1995

Dec-03
Day Tripper
L Piasetski vs L Day, 1975

Dec-02
Right, Mr. Thomas!
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1961

Dec-01
Just Walk Away, Rene
Letelier vs M Czerniak, 1948

Nov-30
I Shot the Shirov
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2011

Nov-29
Bounced Czech
Tal vs Simagin, 1956

Nov-28
Red Baron
Junior vs The Baron, 2011

Nov-27
Ragnar Rock
R Krogius vs A Ojanen, 1944

Nov-26
Levon Conditioner
Aronian vs Svidler, 2011

Nov-25
Pride and Prejudice
Tarrasch vs Yates, 1910

Nov-24
Macie's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macieja vs A Zapata, 2002

Nov-23
Hard Pruessed
D Mackenzie vs D Pruess, 2006

Nov-22
Good Knight Saigon
Short vs Le Quang Liem, 2008

Nov-21
Occupy Frank Street
T Weinberger vs F Street, 1976

Nov-20
Put a Sok in It
I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1999

Nov-19
That's Gotta Hort
Spassky vs Hort, 1977

Nov-18
Walking Into Treybal
B Kurz vs K Treybal, 1904

Nov-17
The Players Club
Zukertort vs C W Phillips, 1884

Nov-16
dead every enormous piece
D Cummings vs G Basanta, 1999

Nov-15
The Hecht With It
Hecht vs B Kristjansson, 1970

Nov-14
It's Only Me
Miles vs Bisguier, 1973

Nov-13
I Can't Beliav It!
Beliavsky vs Christiansen, 1987

Nov-12
To Beat a Queen Just b1
Judit Polgar vs Carlsen, 2008

Nov-11
Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm vs Tarrasch, 1913

Nov-10
Dressed to Kill
M Kill vs J Gustafsson, 1999

Nov-09
The Old Man and the Z
Zsofia Polgar vs Smyslov, 2000

Nov-08
Down Goes Frazier
Paschall vs P Frazier, 2001

Nov-08
Simply Irresistible
Chigorin vs M Judd, 1889

Nov-07
Brinkmanship Sunk
A Brinckmann vs Nimzowitsch, 1927

Nov-06
Norton Security
W Norton vs P L Cordue, 1977

Nov-05
Cold War
Reshevsky vs Botvinnik, 1955

Nov-04
Teacher and Lerner
Kasparov vs K Lerner, 1979

Nov-03
The Book of Sandrin
F Borges vs A Sandrin, 1954

Nov-02
I'm Too Sexy for Milan
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1946

Nov-01
Weakie
Fischer vs L H Weaks, 1964

Oct-31
I Was a Teenage Ware Wolf
J Grundy vs P Ware, 1880

Oct-30
The Headless Horseman
Nakamura vs Harikrishna, 2008

Oct-29
Better Holmes and Guardin'
D A Holmes vs Hebden, 1989

Oct-28
Schwept Away
Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970

Oct-27
The Masked Grandmaster
R Catig vs M Mills, 1974

Oct-26
King Arthur's Court
Feuerstein vs Bennett, 1955

Oct-25
Weapons Arsenault
N Arsenault vs G Welling, 2005

Oct-24
Hans on Experience
Carlsen vs H Harestad, 2003

Oct-23
Sour Bauer
C Bauer vs Alekhine, 1926

Oct-22
Chill Pill
Pillsbury vs Steinitz, 1894

Oct-21
The Wayward Queen
Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913

Oct-20
I Am Not a Rook
R Nixon vs A Anselmo, 1973

Oct-19
Gusev's Immortal
Y Gusev vs Averbakh, 1946

Oct-18
Burn Baby Burn
Bird vs Burn, 1886

Oct-17
L'Aminated
Van Wely vs E L'Ami, 2004

Oct-16
Back in the Sadler
Sadler vs S Ernst, 2011

Oct-15
Dragon Lady
B Yildiz vs Yifan Hou, 2011

Oct-14
Rather Not
Capablanca vs Rather, 1936

Oct-13
Bills, Bills, Bills
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969

Oct-12
Deacon Blues
Steinitz vs F Deacon, 1862

Oct-11
Malinin Aforethought
V Malinin vs D Gurevich, 1967

Oct-10
Short Sharp Shock
Short vs Kasparov, 2011

Oct-09
Hasta La Vista, Babu
Anand vs N Babu, 1988

Oct-08
Think Different
Purdy vs G McIntosh, 1937

Oct-07
Fool Me Once...
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982

Oct-06
Don't Svet the Small Stuff
Petrosian vs Gligoric, 1970

Oct-05
Suba Diver
Suba vs Portisch, 1984

Oct-04
Insane in the Ukraine
Krogius vs Stein, 1960

Oct-03
A Common Peeve: Bxg6!
K Commons vs P Peev, 1976

Oct-02
Stean Roller
Tal vs M Stean, 1975

Oct-01
Denis the Menace
D Khismatullin vs I Kurnosov, 2011

Sep-30
Have Guns, Pill Travel
Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895

Sep-29
Nice-mate-dinov
Lilienthal vs Nezhmetdinov, 1951

Sep-28
St. Petersburg Spilled Blood
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912

Sep-27
Living Under a Rook
Piket vs Smirin, 1993

Sep-26
Triple Play
Saidy vs I Szabo, 1957

Sep-25
WCC Smackdown
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908

Sep-24
Novotny Yo Got Me
R Fuchs vs Korchnoi, 1965

Sep-23
Use the Horse, Luke
Navara vs McShane, 2004

Sep-22
Emory and Ivory
DeFirmian vs E Tate, 2001

Sep-21
Home of Lagrave
Kasparov vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2011

Sep-20
Get Smart
Zsofia Polgar vs K Smart, 1988

Sep-19
Giuoco Fortissimo
Chigorin vs Charousek, 1896

Sep-18
Win Len Stein's Money
Petrosian vs Stein, 1961

Sep-17
Tell Me Anothai
J Freyre vs A Rittiphunyawong, 1984

Sep-16
Not Worth a Second Rook
Reti vs Euwe, 1920

Sep-15
They that Dance Must Pay the Svidler
Morozevich vs Svidler, 2005

Sep-14
Uh Oh, Spraggettios!
K Spraggett vs G Spraggett, 1976

Sep-13
History Written by the Viktor
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1994

Sep-12
Show Me Vitiugov
A Timofeev vs N Vitiugov, 2007

Sep-11
Don't Cha Wish Your Gelfand...
Mamedyarov vs Gelfand, 2011

Sep-10
The King Returns Home
Tal vs Akopian, 1992

Sep-09
A Fine Mess
Fine vs M Yudovich Sr., 1937

Sep-08
Sviddy Cent
Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011

Sep-07
Thus Spoke Zherebukhstra
Y Zherebukh vs Mamedyarov, 2011

Sep-06
Shipov to War
Carlsen vs S Shipov, 2006

Sep-05
Emanuel Labor
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889

Sep-04
Opening the Ludgates
Pachman vs A Ludgate, 1976

Sep-03
Leave Your Keres Behind
Reshevsky vs Keres, 1948

Sep-02
Lima Beaned
A Zapata vs D Lima, 2001

Sep-01
Knaak is OK
R Knaak vs Adorjan, 1985

Aug-31
Sorry e5 Made You Cry
Keres vs B Malich, 1962

Aug-30
Broken Hort
Hort vs Petrosian, 1970

Aug-29
The SMERSH Gambit
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960

Aug-28
Oll is Lost
Oll vs J M Hodgson, 1993

Aug-27
Angry Bird
Bird vs M Judd, 1876

Aug-26
The Pruess is Right
D Pruess vs W Shipman, 1998

Aug-25
Sejer Later
Tal vs S Holm, 1970

Aug-24
Ladies Gagra
Smyslov vs Keres, 1953

Aug-23
Josef and the Amazing Technicolor Sacrifices
S Fulkerson vs J Friedman, 1970

Aug-22
Bases Loaded
Balk vs Barnes, 1926

Aug-21
The Black Dog Calls
D Gormally vs S Williams, 2006

Aug-20
The Boy Who Would be King
Capablanca vs Botvinnik, 1925

Aug-19
Boy George
G Kramer vs G Drexel, 1946

Aug-18
One to Nunn
Nunn vs W Westerveld, 1973

Aug-17
Not To Braga
F Braga vs Timman, 1982

Aug-16
Fresh as a Deysi
P V Nandhidhaa vs D E Cori Tello, 2011

Aug-15
Best of Oll
Oll vs Shaked, 1997

Aug-14
e=Nc4
Einstein vs Oppenheimer, 1933

Aug-13
Donald Duck
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1958

Aug-12
First Crush
Bisguier vs Nakamura, 1998

Aug-11
Gorge Forman
Kavalek vs E Formanek, 1970

Aug-10
The Lenderman Dance
Lenderman vs F Jonker, 2011

Aug-09
Joy in Mudville
M Craven vs K Casey, 1994

Aug-08
Lower the Boom
Bosboom-Lanchava vs W Spoelman, 2005

Aug-07
Drop and Give Me 20
Spassky vs H Niedermayr, 1986

Aug-06
Marc of Excellence
M Esserman vs Van Wely, 2011

Aug-05
Thud and Blunder
Morozevich vs Radjabov, 2007

Aug-04
Greek Gift
London vs Athens, 1897

Aug-03
My Three Sons
Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1924

Aug-02
Built Ford Tough
J Main vs A F Mackenzie, 1880

Aug-01
Em-Baris
Akobian vs B Esen, 2010

Jul-31
Nunn Expects the Spanish Inquisition
Timman vs Nunn, 1983

Jul-30
Gold General
P Nikolic vs Y Habu, 2007

Jul-29
Hagen Can't Cope
G Bishop vs A G Hagen, 2009

Jul-28
Castling Into It
A Malachi vs A Bjornsson, 1969

Jul-27
Some Like It Hort
Hort vs Portisch, 1973

Jul-26
The Comeback Kid
Radjabov vs Kamsky, 2011

Jul-25
Try as He Meitner
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899

Jul-24
G'day Mate
Sydney vs Melbourne, 1913

Jul-23
I'm Busted
Ray Charles vs Larry Evans, 2002

Jul-22
Paper Shredder
D Steinwender vs Shredder, 1996

Jul-21
Eyes Wide Schutt
W Philipp vs I Schuett, 1980

Jul-20
Killaneliness is Next to Godleyness
J Killane vs S Godley, 2009

Jul-19
The Ties That Bind
Team White vs Team Black, 2011

Jul-18
Surya Want to Play That?
Ganguly vs Judit Polgar, 2011

Jul-17
Landa Big One
K Landa vs E Shaposhnikov, 2005

Jul-16
The Nutty Professor
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918

Jul-15
Dream of Me Two Knight
Znosko-Borovsky vs J A Seitz, 1931

Jul-14
Face Book
Book vs A Hiidenheimo, 1925

Jul-13
Too Much Boden to Schulder
R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853

Jul-12
Om Nom Nom
A Sulypa vs Kupreichik, 1989

Jul-11
Present Danger
D Norwood vs A Maier, 1989

Jul-10
Join the Club
Euwe vs Menchik, 1930

Jul-09
Pawn of the Devil
Alekhine vs N Schwartz, 1926

Jul-08
Marshalling his Forces
Marshall vs W Napier, 1902

Jul-07
Taimanov to Win
Tal vs Taimanov, 1954

Jul-06
Does Not Compute
HIARCS vs Jonny, 2009

Jul-05
Don't Rook Now
Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2008

Jul-04
American Idol
Fischer vs E Travis, 1964

Jul-03
Levon a Whim
Aronian vs V Popov, 2005

Jul-02
Such Amini
I Schomann vs M Amini, 2007

Jul-01
You Don't Know Jacques
Mieses vs J V Ohquist, 1895

Jun-30
Fried on the Board
I Efimov vs Shirov, 1991

Jun-29
Royal Succession
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902

Jun-28
Sleeping Beauty
Kholmov vs Tseshkovsky, 1978

Jun-27
Lemon Speel
Tal vs Speelman, 1988

Jun-26
Chuk Waggin'
Ivanchuk vs B Moran, 1985

Jun-25
Mrs. Colombo
C Colombo vs C Steinbacher, 2008

Jun-24
Tag, You're It
B Tagmann vs Benko, 1947

Jun-23
When Pushin Comes to Shove
V Pushin vs M Rusanov, 2010

Jun-22
Magnus, How Does He Work?
Carlsen vs O Hole, 2005

Jun-21
Bitanov More Than He Can Chew
Bitanov vs Schmidt, 1971

Jun-20
Beni and the Jets
A Beni vs I Anagnostou, 1954

Jun-19
Texas Twister
V Aluyen vs E Malazarte, 2009

Jun-18
Topology
Topalov vs Anand, 2005

Jun-17
Felix the Cat
F Gomez vs Y Gonzalez Vidal, 2001

Jun-16
Tales from the Crypt
A Rasmussen vs Robson, 2009

Jun-15
The Tomb Game
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971

Jun-14
Horseless Buggy
Janowski vs NN, 1895

Jun-13
Prepare to Die
I Montoya Irigoyen vs I Cheparinov, 2001

Jun-12
Find the Worst Move
Beliavsky vs L E Johannessen, 2002

Jun-11
Angels Fear to Tread
M Romi vs C Staldi, 1954

Jun-10
The Rushin' Game
Ponomariov vs Gelfand, 2008

Jun-09
Lazy vs Rushy
Szabo vs Reshevsky, 1953

Jun-08
Ignatz is Bliss
Von Popiel vs G Marco, 1902

Jun-07
Sound FX
F X Lambert vs H Howe, 1875

Jun-06
Much to his Chigorin
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892

Jun-05
...and Stirred
Shaked vs Kasparov, 1997

Jun-04
Jerzy Sure
W Schmidt vs J Lewi, 1968

Jun-03
Stagger Lee
Spassky vs P N Lee, 1965

Jun-02
Gyozo Dumpling
Charousek vs G Exner, 1897

Jun-01
The Incredible Hulak
A Planinc vs K Hulak, 1977

May-31
Nimzo Indian
Sultan Khan vs Nimzowitsch, 1930

May-30
Pulverised
Pulvermacher vs Capablanca, 1907

May-29
Gelfand the White
Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2011

May-28
Hikaru Dikaru Dock, Jan Ran Down His Clock
Nakamura vs J Smeets, 2011

May-27
Robbing Fine Gold
Robson vs B Finegold, 2011

May-26
There be Dragons
Panov vs Simagin, 1943

May-25
Oh Henry!
H E Atkins vs H Jacobs, 1915

May-24
The Battle of Britain
F Collins vs W Prytys, 1941

May-23
Steal This Rook
M Hoffmann vs L Seres, 1999

May-22
The End of the World as we Know It
N Pogonina vs The World, 2009

May-21
Nunn on the Run
Kasparov vs Nunn, 1982

May-20
100 Year Old Scotch
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904

May-19
gg
Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2002

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