great finish on the bias AND on the file Qg6!! J Zawadzka vs L Schut, 2010  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0 Paul Keres "Valitud Partiid" Stahlberg vs Keres, 1936  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1 Nakamura vs Ivanchuk, 2011  (D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1 Anastasia's mate with 30 Qxh7+ Kxh7 31 Rh4# Lasker vs A Fortuyn Harreman, 1908  (B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1-0 "Reti-mate" before Reti J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1 Adam's Grapple Adams vs Topalov, 2006  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 42 moves, 1-0 31 Qb4!! forks rook and knight! S Vaibhav vs M Panchanathan, 2008  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 31 moves, 1-0 21.Brilliant game culminating in a forced mate in 13, seen OTB. H Danielsen vs C Hansen, 1997  (A56) Benoni Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 White wins with 19. Bxf7+! Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0 Carlsen play the king gambit! Carlsen vs Y Wang, 2010  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 54 moves, 1-0 Alekhine vs H Daly, 1929  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1 Round Thirteen, Game #91 Van der Wiel vs H Olafsson, 1991  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0 Furious KID with Anastasia's Mate G Andruet vs Van der Wiel, 1985  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 33 moves, 0-1 Another set of quadruple pawns Van der Wiel vs Hort, 1981  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 Ingenious mating combinations I Rabinovich vs Levenfish, 1927  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 0-1 "Levon For Good" (game of the day Jun-03-08) Aronian vs Anand, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0 than tanned T T Hoang vs Z Tan, 2011  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1 Novotny, 33th move. Qg4!! E MacDonald vs Burn, 1910  (C41) Philidor Defense, 49 moves, 0-1 So You Think You Can Dance Karpov vs Andersson, 1975  (B44) Sicilian, 79 moves, 0-1 Smothered mate Burn vs Owen, 1898  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0 43...e5!! uses decoy, deflection, double attack & king hunt G Gauglitz vs C Horvath, 1987  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 0-1 65...Ba4! Nepomniachtchi vs G Sargissian, 2007  (C22) Center Game, 73 moves, 0-1 Shirov vs Caruana, 2011  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 63 moves, 1-0 "Max Out" (game of the day Jun-23-06) Euwe vs Lasker, 1934  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1 New York 1924 (First brilliancy prize) Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924   (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0 A Case of the Wrong Queen Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1898  (C00) French Defense, 45 moves, 0-1 July 15: Caro Bungle Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 a brilliant stalemate trap!! Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2 Towers of Strength Averbakh vs Bondarevsky, 1948  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 45. Rxf5! enables White to build a fortress & hold the draw Salov vs Korchnoi, 1997  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2 Underpromotion that saves!!! Adams vs Miles, 1993  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 122 moves, 1/2-1/2 "At Daggers Drawn" J W Baird vs Spielmann, 1905  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 b4 It's Too Late Sokolsky vs Strugatsch, 1958  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0 "Trial and Ara" (game of the day Sep-15-07) T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0 "Wild Horses" (game of the day Feb-25-06) 7 sacs Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0 "Juicy Gossip" (game of the day Apr-21-09) Showalter vs Gossip, 1889   (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1 December 22: Chesney Roasting on an Open File B Chesney vs Gulko, 1986  (C16) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 0-1 Astounding Double Rook Sac L Christiansen vs Seirawan, 1978  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1994  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 39 moves, 1-0 "Kavalanche" Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 Gufeld's Immortal Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1 38 ... Bc5xf2! turns Black d2-,e4-,f3-pawn mass into passers Shirov vs Gelfand, 2009  (E15) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1 McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 larseny Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 D Sitnikov vs Giri, 2011  (B40) Sicilian, 49 moves, 1-0 23...Rg6! sets up a smothered mate I Balanel vs A Pytlakowski, 1951  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1 34. .... Be3! interference V Osnos vs J Yuchtman, 1969  (A56) Benoni Defense, 34 moves, 0-1 May 11: Van de Loo Industries C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0 Miles' Swindle S Bouaziz vs Miles, 1979  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 49 moves, 0-1 Dutch Massacre V Kahn vs R B Estera, 1939  (A84) Dutch, 18 moves, 0-1 R Nezhmetdinov vs V Sergievsky, 1966  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 20 moves, 1-0 vitiugov's endgame prowess Vitiugov vs Morozevich, 2012  (A16) English, 67 moves, 1-0 20 b5xa6! Capablanca's play is based on creating passed a-pawn Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 September 2: Geza Stripped Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1 Ding catches Kamsky in a horrible sequence of pins Kamsky vs Ding Liren, 2011  (C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1 Kramnik Epic 2: A Beautiful Fantasia Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2011  (A15) English, 87 moves, 1-0 Jun is Busting Out All Over Zhao Jun vs D Xiu, 2011  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 1-0 "Know It Tal" Tal vs Leonov, 1949  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0 Rook, Line and Sinker Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 31. Rf6! Anand vs Bareev, 1993  (C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0 "KID in a Candy Store" Shirov vs Radjabov, 2007  (E97) King's Indian, 47 moves, 0-1 "David and Goliath" Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003  (C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1 A Zinkl vs Metger, 1897  (C49) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0 15.? (January 27, 2012) M Fette vs R Storm, 1991  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 17 moves, 1-0 22.Bxd5! exd5 23.Rxg7+! Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0 February 8th, 2012; (WED): White to move, 26. '?' V Laznicka vs K Kulaots, 2012  (D85) Grunfeld, 28 moves, 1-0 nagle's defeat F Rhine vs S Nagle, 1997  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0 pekka pekkachu!!! P Pietinen vs C Randlov, 2012  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 32 moves, 0-1 41.? white to move A A Lopez vs E Schiller, 2012  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 47 moves, 1-0 28. Bxg6 Mamedyarov vs N Huschenbeth, 2012  (E12) Queen's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0 White to play after 32...Qxg2 Polgar vs L B Hansen, 1989  (C16) French, Winawer, 33 moves, 1-0 29.? (February 16, 2012) Chigorin vs J Kotrc, 1896  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0 unzipped Unzicker vs V Mikenas, 1960  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 23 moves, 1-0 awesome M Wahls vs S Bjarnason, 1985  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 20 moves, 1-0 24...Ng4!! A Lastin vs Bareev, 2004  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 0-1 21. Bxf5!! Short vs Timman, 1988  (C18) French, Winawer, 26 moves, 1-0 20.? (February 26, 2012) Ivanchuk vs Tiviakov, 2008  (B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0 "Don't Trust Ne1" (game of the day Feb-26-12) Giri vs Aronian, 2012  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1 13.? (Tuesday, February 6) Koltanowski vs A Dunkelblum, 1923  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 karjakin's mona lisa Karjakin vs Malinin, 2002  (C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 1-0 Unexpected rook sacrifice J Aagaard vs P A Rasmussen, 1996  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0 18.? (Sunday, October 31) Keene vs Miles, 1976   (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0 57. ...? V Malakhov vs Ponomariov, 2009  (D85) Grunfeld, 57 moves, 0-1 22...? (Saturday, March 17) Vitacek vs Duras, 1900  (C22) Center Game, 26 moves, 0-1 11. Nd5! made possible by a discovered check threat A Karklins vs A Sandrin, 1990  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 15 moves, 1-0 45...Re5+! picks off an unprotected Rook A Timofeev vs G Guseinov, 2007  (B27) Sicilian, 48 moves, 0-1 Uhlmann's check E Gereben vs Uhlmann, 1959  (E61) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1 Uhlmann A F Ludvigsen vs S Sorensen, 1872  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 22 moves, 0-1 All The King's Horses Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1 'Twas the Knight Before Christmas H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 A f8 Worse than Death Velimirovic vs Csom, 1974  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0 Emanuel Labor Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 kaz attacks Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1982   (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 17. fxe6! Sokolsky vs Navrodsky, 1944  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0 Frizzed out Fressinet vs V Akopian, 2012  (E14) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0 D Kokarev vs H Wang, 2012  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1 26...c4!-zugzwang J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975  (C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1 "The Tomb Game" B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 17...? (April 15, 2012) Huebner vs A S Segal, 1969  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 51 moves, 0-1 "Fahrni Rubble" Alekhine vs H Fahrni, 1914   (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0 Berlin's gpawn Nakamura vs Giri, 2012  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 64 moves, 1-0 Alonso - Morning has Broken Y Bacallao Alonso vs V Fedoseev, 2017  (B10) Caro-Kann, 36 moves, 1-0 102 games