the final mating idea knocked me over with a feather Kavalek vs W Pietzsch, 1967  (A22) English, 30 moves, 1-0 Groken Blaas. S Blaas vs P Pancras, 1996  (C58) Two Knights, 59 moves, 0-1 white pulls out a mate in three H Koskinen vs S Zamit, 2001  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0 good game,great notes Y Dembo vs D Driamin, 2000   (C05) French, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0 Falkbeer mates in nine! J Matschego vs Falkbeer, 1853  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 0-1 epaulette mate combinaed with back row mate Navara vs Z Kozul, 2006  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 31 moves, 1-0 quiet rook move closes queen trap Z Domnitz vs Pachman, 1973  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 24 moves, 0-1 first seventeen white moves:all pawns. E Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0 an odd,brilliant,surprise ending to this miniture C Mansfield vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1928  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1 queen is sacrificed in THREE straight turns. V Gonsiorovsky vs Alekhine, 1918  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 novel "castling" ,sharp finish Karpov vs A Zaitsev, 1970  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 72 moves, 1-0 a bishop can't stop four pawns! C Otten vs B de Jong-Muhren, 2000  (B40) Sicilian, 52 moves, 1-0 ...certainly five can't I Solonar vs K Darga, 1997  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 51 moves, 0-1 in the end....Lasker rules again Euwe vs Lasker, 1934  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1 white sacs queen to turn 7th rank into bowling alley for R Rublevsky vs Harikrishna, 2006  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 28 moves, 1-0 Another brand of Epaulette mate. S Nyysti vs O Sisatto, 2002  (A06) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 1-0 another eppy Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2001  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 0-1 white forces black into a self-block V Georgiev vs V Petko, 2002  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0 sudden death L Bruzon Batista vs Anand, 2006  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0 checking pieces attacked five ways,six flight squares=no escape E Williams vs M Wyvill, 1851  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 1-0 Maroczy misses mate-3M Spielmann vs Maroczy, 1931  (D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 48 moves, 0-1 Gosta busted G Stoltz vs Kashdan, 1931  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 0-1 block and clearence Y Yakovich vs M Schepetkova, 2004  (B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0 Tal's training video Koblents vs Tal, 1957  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2 Rook is left as roadkill to obstruct a queen Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 1-0 thou speakest with a forked tongue Chigorin vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1903  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0 a partie of forks,double checks,and sacs Nakamura vs J Sarkar, 2006  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0 Great last minute save by Marshall! W Napier vs Marshall, 1896  (C02) French, Advance, 75 moves, 1/2-1/2 watch for cat and mouse games on the queen side Plachetka vs P Peev, 1974  (A58) Benko Gambit, 46 moves, 0-1 a Boden type mate in a miniture O Balk vs R J Barnes, 1926  (C58) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1 queen lost-queen regained,but white wins anyway. Seirawan vs Wojtkiewicz, 1992  (E77) King's Indian, 60 moves, 1-0 The king's horse couldn't stop the flood of pawns. R Nokes vs V Ravikumar, 1981  (C15) French, Winawer, 75 moves, 0-1 199 miles but not 200 T L Petrosian vs D Milanovic, 2005  (B30) Sicilian, 199 moves, 0-1 when a bishop is equal to a monkey wrench Shabalov vs L Basin, 1989  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 29 moves, 0-1 a misjudged masterpiece Svidler vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 bishop and knight windmill L Passmoor vs L Warstad, 1999  (C46) Three Knights, 16 moves, 1-0 roll on ROOKS!! Hort vs Alburt, 1977  (A58) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1 Nimzo finishes with a flair! R P Michell vs Nimzowitsch, 1925  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 40 moves, 0-1 Tal drained by Penrose J Penrose vs Tal, 1960  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 39 moves, 1-0 Czech,and reczech! Navara vs J Helbich, 1998  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 27 moves, 1-0 Grob it-or Spike will bite Grob vs Lenherr, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0 the queen "Seidels" up in little baby steps N Seidel vs Nehl, 1956  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0 neat stalemate trap in a miniture ending Schlechter vs H Wolf, 1906  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 hopscotch with rolling rooks Carlsen vs A Diamant, 2003  (B37) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 31 moves, 1-0 Bird caged! Morphy vs Bird, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0 white's grim choice:stalemate,or perpetual sidle. Miles vs S Rachels, 1989  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2 the bishop throws a block A J Mestel vs Miles, 1979  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 43 moves, 0-1 Brilliant!! unsalvagable game for both sides ends in a draw!!! B Kreiman vs L Christiansen, 2002  (C49) Four Knights, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2 White didn't have a "GOSTA've a chance B Rabar vs G Stoltz, 1941  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 57 moves, 0-1 STUCK!!! Black has no viable moves! Ftacnik vs R Florjancic, 1998  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 1-0 a classic king hunt-from 2006! I Sokolov vs D Howell, 2006  (D85) Grunfeld, 44 moves, 1-0 both players can mate-but it's black's turn. Y Visser vs Speelman, 2006  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 28 moves, 0-1 Wells drown Speelman P K Wells vs Speelman, 2006  (B06) Robatsch, 20 moves, 1-0 high level sibling rivalry Polgar vs S Polgar, 1993  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1-0 Happy Birthday Gorns! Double play! Fine vs Dake, 1933  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 black sacs queen and rook to mate quickly C H Capon vs J O H Taylor, 1873  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1 white king is doomed to be tombed J Costa vs Kramnik, 1992  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 0-1 ep mate G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0 a windmill bishop! how quaint Polgar vs I Rogers, 1993  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 final knight move gums up black's works A Haik vs S Skembris, 1981  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0 9/10/06 GOTD-queen sac on my birthday! A Ostapenko vs S Kurkin, 1970  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 1-0 Pillsbury rescues himself with a rook sac Pillsbury vs Schiffers, 1898  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0 Alapin's opening-queen sac-king chase Charousek vs Englander, 1894  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0 white finds a quick ending-with a discovered check F Amonatov vs D Gochelashvili, 2006  (B50) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0 overworked queen gets blocked out of business Eliskases vs Hoelzl, 1929  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 1-0 white forced to cry "WOLFF" at black's sacs P Wolff vs Gulko, 1992  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 53 moves, 0-1 a long,dog day for me B Kouatly vs Tseshkovsky, 1988  (A80) Dutch, 22 moves, 0-1 the "original two bishop sac" Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 king wanders,pieces captured at home=victory!!! R Steel vs R Macdonald Ross, 1884  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2 pawn avalanche-better than that hockey team Polgar vs Bacrot, 1999  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 75 moves, 0-1 white's attack stopped by brilliant tactical strokes D Neukirch vs I Radulov, 1964  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 0-1 a smothered mate in procedure-if not in position Hendriks vs G Welling, 1977  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1 great king hunt-tho black missed the quick ko Korchnoi vs J Arnason, 1987  (A20) English, 55 moves, 0-1 a quiet clearence move I Rogers vs V Arapovic, 1985   (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0 underpromotion-and still a loss Morozevich vs F Vallejo Pons, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 70 moves, 0-1 two rook sac ends this one quickly P Lebel vs M Arwanitakis, 2006  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 0-1 sharp combinational,trappish play by Tal-in the ending Tal vs Vasiukov, 1964  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 58 moves, 1-0 Stewie's faves #1 Karjakin vs Malinin, 2002  (C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0 Stewie's faves #2-at least,that's what I heard Showalter vs Gossip, 1889   (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1 surprize sac puts monkey wrench it white's works Sjestov vs Krovatkin, 1997  (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 34 moves, 0-1 game,Seth,and match S Homa vs E Formanek, 2006  (C16) French, Winawer, 54 moves, 1-0 Pieces to BYRNE V Kozomara vs R Byrne, 1967  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1 high VOLT-age chess! a powerful ending! Kraussold vs Volt, 1921  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1 Funk-y king chase to his doom. P Strauss vs P Funk, 2000  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 0-1 outstanding fortress (lace curtain) protects white's king Morozevich vs Pelletier, 2006  (C10) French, 34 moves, 1-0 champ can use a rook like a scalple Kramnik vs Deep Fritz, 2002  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 57 moves, 1-0 checks and balances:a stalemate trap Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 black has choice of ways to stalemate :( Eliskases vs Bogoljubov, 1939  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bronstein's bag o tricks Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 Game of the day-on CHESSGAMES.com's 5th bd A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2002  (B01) Scandinavian, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 good attack for black-hopeless ending (B vs PPPP) for White K Grimm vs C Leotard, 1997  (B30) Sicilian, 56 moves, 0-1 burn,baby,burn-Byrne vs Bernstein Bronstein vs R Byrne, 1952  (D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1 a modified Reti-Tartokower mate Velimirovic vs Szabo, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 0-1 pawn intermezzo allows for two courses of bishop gobbling H Rossetto vs J Sherwin, 1958  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 45 moves, 0-1 black pieces guard the black squares with an iron hand G L Kubach vs M Gessat, 1999  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 0-1 overworked defense means no defense Adorjan vs G Glatt, 1982   (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 24 moves, 1-0 queen sac,si-fork,no Panno vs H Bravo Sedamanos, 1975  (A35) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1 white gives up piece for two passed pawns-good deal Fischer vs Taimanov, 1971  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 71 moves, 1-0 Caro-Kann two days old as of today:2/20 Y Hou vs A Riazantsev, 2007 (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 50 moves, 0-1 brand new game---black has horrible choice at the end Sutovsky vs Bologan, 2007  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 77 moves, 1-0 I love to go a wandering... Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 raise your hands-If you're SHUR M Shur vs A Rinberg, 2001  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 35 moves, 1-0 a wild two piece sac that eventually falls short. J Boudy Bueno vs Szabo, 1979  (B56) Sicilian, 75 moves, 1-0 Capablanca gives up queen for dbl check and mate next Capablanca vs T A Carter, 1909  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0 Capa vs Ossip Bernstein-a good one Capablanca vs O Bernstein, 1914  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0 knight enter position like bomb. M Ghinda vs C Partos, 1975  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 27 moves, 1-0 queen rounded up by a pair of nimble bishops E O'Hare vs P Dillon, 1966  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 0-1 Peter Potamus as move 11-position is just SO SO J Geller vs O Huguenin, 2004  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0 Nathan's solution:attack two squares instead of just one Chiburdanidze vs V Malaniuk, 1982  (D85) Grunfeld, 26 moves, 1-0 13 hxg5!!! a Polgar Petal B Jonsson vs S Polgar, 1988  (B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1 toothless Lyons B Lyons vs K A Hynes, 1991  (A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1 white square ballet by the white pieces S Boros vs Szabo, 1937  (B83) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0 king hunt ignited by queen sacrifice Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1 Leonhardt gambit-and some queen play win for white Kaidanov vs Bareev, 1987  (C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1-0 the ugly bishop Kamsky vs K Georgiev, 2007  (C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 54 moves, 1-0 Black's king is entombed-he or the queen will fall. Q Gong vs X Zhao, 2006  (B53) Sicilian, 47 moves, 1-0 Santa... gives away exchange,but opponent can't take it.r Santasiere vs S E Almgren, 1942  (A06) Reti Opening, 46 moves, 1-0 neat way to win the queen Lisitsin vs Smyslov, 1944  (A06) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 a snappy ending-black must sub N for R and loses line control. S Haslinger vs A Jaunouby, 2008  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0 Kramnik wins battle of wills. R+BP+RP vs R Kramnik vs Aronian, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 110 moves, 1-0 a queen sac leads to a mate by pawn Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 a good parry and thrust-back-to- back mate threats E Bukic vs Tal, 1967  (A79) Benoni, Classical, 11.f3, 40 moves, 1-0 Arabian mate threats lead to back row mate Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 28 moves, 1-0 black must check or else white must mate Shirov vs Fedorov, 2001  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 bishop intermezzo Fischer vs R Shocron, 1959  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 40 moves, 1-0 a discovered check conquers all! A Shashin vs Korchnoi, 1973  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 35 moves, 1-0 black attacks with queen-loses. White does-wins Dlugy vs J Bonin, 1984  (E15) Queen's Indian, 24 moves, 1-0 fur fliez in this one Speelman vs Sheriff El Assiouti, 1992  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 1-0 both sides have pawns on 7th-one helps,the other hinders Plaskett vs W N Watson, 1983  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 28 moves, 0-1 oops,white misses a winning fork Kasparov vs N Rashkovsky, 1979  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2 the attack goes on...and on... Breyer vs J Esser, 1917   (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0 a space advantage is worth a rook! S Brzozka vs Bronstein, 1963  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 70 moves, 0-1 knight is like a block of granite vs the impudent pawn. F Blatny vs J Pise, 1971  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0 the unmistakeble,Bill Melvin B Melvin vs R Cunningham, 1994   (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0 white's destiny:mate at h8 Robson vs B Finegold, 2011  (B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0 thrust and counterthrust B Tagmann vs Benko, 1947  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2 a deadly quiet move ends this one. Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0 queen sac-followed by king chase to mate. Lilienthal vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1951  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 28 moves, 0-1 black forks,black threatens,black loses. Short vs Le Quang Liem, 2008  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 36 moves, 1-0 white sacs the queen for the cause Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 bishops conquer queen. K Baranov vs N Grigoriev, 1919  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 0-1 white's king chased,but he wins! Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007  (B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0 crazy x-change two rooks for queen K Arkell vs A Jaunooby, 2012  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0 sacrifice circus. L Spassov vs T Porrasmaa, 1966  (B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 0-1 21...Qxc3 brings home the bacon. Shirov vs Kramnik, 1993  (B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 back rank weakness is exploited by queen sacs. V Laznicka vs Mamedyarov, 2009  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 49 moves, 0-1 overwhelming attack by discovery. Vachier-Lagrave vs A Vaisser, 2014  (A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0 147 games