mate in 2 by a KNIGHT - 21. Qxg7! J Lechtynsky vs J Kubicek, 1968  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 take my Queen K Rogoff vs Portisch, 1976  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1 A Bombshell indeed...(GOTD) Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 Nc8+ Kupreichik vs Tseshkovsky, 1976  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 27 moves, 1-0 White to move, 41. '?' (Thursday / Oct 27th, 2011.) J Sajtar vs M Dietze, 1943  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 1-0 McShane vs V Mirumian, 1999  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 0-1 W Hug vs S Halkias, 2005  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1 Meins field G Meins vs E Schiller, 1996   (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 1-0 37. Nxe5+! initiates mate-in-five J Zhou vs Fedorchuk, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 1-0 Farrukh's Far Rooks F Amonatov vs A Timofeev, 2007  (B89) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0 Bf6! punishes Black's "win of the Queen" Z Almasi vs Smeets, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0 four horsemen of the apocalypse H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0 32 Rg1-g7+!! deflects f7-king so no support for e7 interposing Aronian vs H Stevic, 2010  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1-0 Little Jack Horner's Revenge Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1970   (E97) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1 Underpromoted Game R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1 23.? Fischer vs S Schweber, 1970  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0 J Polgar vs Anand, 1991  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0 23...? (November 7, 2011) Tseshkovsky vs Parma, 1979  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 Queen Sac + Double Check I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960  (A56) Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk vs Leko, 2011  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 41 moves, 0-1 21... Bf3! B Lengyel vs Mikhalevski, 1993  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 22 moves, 0-1 Gligoric vs Stein, 1962  (E70) King's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1 D Mastrovasilis vs Short, 2011  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 26 moves, 1-0 25 Ng5xf7! exploits advanced position of White e5-,g5-knights Nepomniachtchi vs Kharitonov, 2009  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 48 moves, 1-0 45 c3xQd4?: White did not even bother to examine 45 Rb1,f2xb2+! Le Quang Liem vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 68 moves, 0-1 October 14: Rather Not Capablanca vs J C Rather, 1936  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0 positional sacrifices Carlsen vs Aronian, 2011  (A36) English, 85 moves, 0-1 Geller's Masterpiece Geller vs Smyslov, 1965  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 Unzicker vs Saemisch, 1949  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 23 moves, 1-0 24 Rxd2 Bf3+ 25 Bxf3 Qf1 mate R Janssen vs I Sokolov, 2002  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 0-1 C-mate with a pawn Hodgson vs S Agdestein, 1986  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0 monster knights maneuver Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 0-1 underpromotion wins it for black S Atalik vs Miles, 1993  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1 27.h5! A brilliant Queen sacrifice by Kaspy Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0 35.? white to move . calculate precisely D Leroy vs I Snape, 2009  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 Veselin Toppled Off Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2004  (E17) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 0-1 indonesian bomber H Wang vs S Megaranto, 2007  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 0-1 Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0 Rubinstein brilliancy prize Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0 The Arabian mate Stahlberg vs Keres, 1936  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1 Cavallier Kavalek B Larsen vs Kavalek, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 1-0 Keres vs D Allan, 1975  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 "Squeeze Play" (game of the day Apr-14-12) Adams vs R Polzin, 2010  (C02) French, Advance, 54 moves, 1-0 ding ding Ding Liren vs Onischuk, 2012  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 1-0 87.? (June 6, 2012) Karpov vs Timman, 1986  (A15) English, 105 moves, 1-0 11.? (March 25, 2004) Kasparov vs G West, 1977  (B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0 October 15: Gata Catch 'em All Jobava vs Kamsky, 2012  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 58 moves, 0-1 "King Leer" (game of the day Apr-16-09) Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 68 moves, 0-1 Pacman KO punch Pachman vs Eckert, 1940  (C13) French, 24 moves, 1-0 "General Pratten's small army" Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 "Sittin' on Topalov the World" (game of the day Oct-24-12) Topalov vs Bareev, 2002  (C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0 "Pontus in the Right Direction" (game of the day Jan-14-08) Negi vs P Carlsson, 2008  (B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 36 moves, 0-1 "Soor Loser" (game of the day Nov-08-12) S Soors vs A R Saleh Salem, 2012  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 35 moves, 0-1 Queen sacrafice leads to 13 move forced mate Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857   (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1 4. Bxf7?! (Kentucky) NN vs Blackburne, 1884   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1 "Igordian Knot" Seirawan vs I Ivanov, 1991  (E12) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1 28 Rc1xBc5! yayks Tarrasch vs Janowski, 1896  (C25) Vienna, 32 moves, 1-0 "The Wizard of Oz" (game of the day Jul-09-09) I Rogers vs G Milos, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0 13.? (Sunday, March 17) nasty mating net Rossolimo vs I Romanenko, 1948  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 17 moves, 1-0 Yussupov's Brussels gem Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1 beating smyslov with the positional winawer R Byrne vs Smyslov, 1976  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 37 moves, 1-0 NERVES OF STEEL Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1 "Bent on Destruction" (game of the day Apr-19-13) B Larsen vs Geller, 1960  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0 Shredder vs Gull, 2013  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2 Bacrot's Mate Bologan vs Bacrot, 2001  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 30 moves, 0-1 Leko's Gem Leko vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2001  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 27 moves, 1-0 Yurgis is as Good as Mine A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931  (A15) English, 37 moves, 0-1 Trompowsky Attack: Shirov lost it in 13 moves! P K Wells vs Shirov, 2006  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0 Najdorf Demolition Nakamura vs Van Wely, 2010  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 17 moves, 1-0 Kavalanche of pawns Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 PONO ACE Ponomariov vs Kramnik, 2010  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0 french cooking Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1971  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 34 moves, 1-0 Weakness on the Laz Rank V Laznicka vs Mamedyarov, 2009  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 49 moves, 0-1 oll u know Oll vs T Shaked, 1997  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 35 moves, 1-0 mateuz M Bartel vs V Laznicka, 2015  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 30 moves, 1-0 Kg1! Khismatullin vs Eljanov, 2015  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 57 moves, 1-0 31...? (May 21, 2015) S Martinovic vs Marjanovic, 1980  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1 "A Slav to Tradition" (game of the day May-24-15) Kasparov vs Anand, 1993  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 65 moves, 1-0 sharp tie Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2014  (C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2 taimanov beats karpov, d 1st Karpov vs Taimanov, 1977  (B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1 dufresne 13th warrior Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1 34...? (December 12, 2015) A Galliamova vs V Gunina, 2014  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 0-1 Janowski's Masterpiece Janowski vs Alapin, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1-0 December 31: 2015: Liren Review Ding Liren vs E Inarkiev, 2015  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0 "Rock the Csaba" (game of the day Jan-10-16) 13. d4 ouch! So vs C Balogh, 2015  (A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0 "So Now You Know" So vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0 "Latchkey KID" (game of the day Jan-17-16) Spassky vs Evans, 1962  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 26 moves, 1-0 "So Alive" (game of the day Feb-05-16) So vs Ding Liren, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 60 moves, 1-0 "Wei to Go!" (game of the day Feb-02-15) Wei Yi vs A Haast, 2015  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0 GUN FOR WEN V Gunina vs W Ju, 2013  (A21) English, 30 moves, 1-0 Twelfth Night - Magnus beat Naka again... Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2015  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 78 moves, 1-0 "Czech Engine" (game of the day Mar-10-16) Navara vs Sasikiran, 2009  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0 Kidslayer - Nak So vs Nakamura, 2015  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1 what a game .... Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1-0 9.Qe2 grrr Fischer vs B Larsen, 1970  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 52 moves, 0-1 "Tiger Trap" Fischer vs Petrosian, 1970  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0 Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0 Daniel's tiger claws Dubov vs A Brkic, 2016  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 griz .. Grischuk vs Rublevsky, 2007  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 1-0 just fab Caruana vs Nakamura, 2016  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0 "Das Boot" (game of the day Jan-28-13) M Paragua vs Debashis Das, 2012  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1 pressing the advantage E Torre vs Gufeld, 1994  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 66 moves, 1-0 105 games