Face the muzio
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1872  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
A closed book
Keres vs E E Book, 1937  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Sunday 20?
Ivanchuk vs Tiviakov, 2008  (B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0
Dont trust Ne1
Giri vs Aronian, 2012  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
Karpov and the dragon
Karpov vs E Gik, 1968  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
19...Rd3!
K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Tal peels a lemon
Tal vs Speelman, 1988  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0
The not so talented mr. ripley
Tal vs J M Ripley, 1974  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 33 moves, 1-0
17?
Najdorf vs L Frenkel, 1926  (B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 20 moves, 1-0
center of gravity
M Stolberg vs Botvinnik, 1940  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 41 moves, 0-1
Miles to go!!
Keene vs Miles, 1976  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0
How a chess game saved a life-through Treybal
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Lasker, 1909  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0
Fool me once...
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
Norwegian Would
Carlsen vs Bacrot, 2010  (C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1-0
In Soviet Russia, Bishop Takes Pawn
Tal vs T Ghitescu, 1963  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
17? Thursday puzzle
W Reichenbach vs H Pfleger, 1960  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
22...? Good puzzle and nice story by Once
Vitacek vs Duras, 1900  (C22) Center Game, 26 moves, 0-1
11? Nd5! in the sicilian
A Karklins vs A Sandrin, 1990  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 15 moves, 1-0
Loek Spin
T Gareyev vs Van Wely, 2011  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
Loman Mythology
Lasker vs R Loman, 1903  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
Brooklyn Lagger
Fischer vs Stein, 1967  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0
Kitchelew on the flip side
M Hemmings vs A Horton-Kitchlew, 2001  (B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 0-1
79? Friday puzzle
Bogoljubov vs G A Thomas, 1922  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Interesting bishop versus knight endgame
Capablanca vs Reshevsky, 1936  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 58 moves, 1-0
Play it again, Sam
Reshevsky vs Capablanca, 1935  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 1-0
17? Saturday puzzle
Smyslov vs Tolush, 1961  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
22. Nb6! Ne2!? 23. Qf8+!! Sunday puzzle
Short vs Miles, 1984  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 46 moves, 1-0
Super Mario!
A Vajda vs M Monticelli, 1926  (E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
Xtreme Chess
E Liu vs A Barnett, 2012  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 27 moves, 1-0
killing two birds with one stone
Bird vs J Mason, 1876  (A02) Bird's Opening, 41 moves, 0-1
17. Qh5! Saturday puzzle
A Alavkin vs V Diu, 2002  (C48) Four Knights, 29 moves, 1-0
72? April fools?
McShane vs H Ni, 2005  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 76 moves, 0-1
45? A great game!
Duras vs Spielmann, 1912  (C11) French, 49 moves, 1-0
Ding ate my baby
Ding Liren vs S Lu, 2012  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
44?
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0
Reti or not here I come!
Reti vs Lasker, 1908  (C56) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1
25...? Great saturday puzzle!
A Ozsvath vs K Honfi, 1953  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 56 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's Immortal
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein's immortal
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Nei Deep. A beautiful tactical shot
I Nei vs Petrosian, 1960  (A56) Benoni Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
One night in bangkok
Liu Qingnan vs Short, 2012  (B32) Sicilian, 51 moves, 0-1
16...? Wonderful Sunday puzzle
Van Wely vs P Acs, 2002  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 18 moves, 0-1
Giga Bites
G Quparadze vs V Bachin, 2003  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 64 moves, 1-0
Etude in g7!
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
The Quiet Variation
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2006  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0
40? Lasker endgame genius
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1914  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Taming the Tiger
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0
In the Dead of Knight
Blackburne vs W Knight, 1878  (B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0
Stoneware cooking
Nakamura vs R Hess, 2012  (C51) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
Bh6! Beat's Kaspy's nadjorf
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1994  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 39 moves, 1-0
8...Na5? Gets crushed by Fischer
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Nakamura slowly improves to a winning position!
Nakamura vs Kaidanov, 2012  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 70 moves, 1-0
Kengis gone
Kasparov vs E Kengis, 1995  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
39. Rxh6!!! Brilliant Bronstein!
Bronstein vs Korchnoi, 1962  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 39 moves, 1-0
20...? Sunday puzzle
Tarjan vs Ljubojevic, 1969  (B56) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
Plan 9 from outer space
Granda Zuniga vs Seirawan, 1993  (A15) English, 56 moves, 1-0
Knight fever
Botvinnik vs Robatsch, 1966  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
47? Famous puzzle
Zukertort vs Englisch, 1883  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1-0
Nez to meet you!
R Nezhmetdinov vs P Ermolin, 1946  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 15 moves, 1-0
39? Garry wins
Kasparov vs Bacrot, 2000  (C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 1-0
"The Tightrope Game"!
V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1
53?? King trap!
S Agdestein vs Nunn, 1985  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
15? Insane sunday puzzle Nxf7!!
H Seidman vs Santasiere, 1939  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 24 moves, 1-0
the evolution of chess
D Yang vs B Finegold, 2010  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 1-0
One Flew Over the Kingside Nest
Cambridge vs Bedlam Asylum, 1883  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 25 moves, 0-1
Skorched Earth Policy
Taimanov vs Korchnoi, 1950  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 35 moves, 0-1
Keres beats Korchnoi
Keres vs Korchnoi, 1952  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 22 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi and Bronstein
Korchnoi vs Bronstein, 1952  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 53 moves, 0-1
9. Bxf7+! Always be on the lookout for bishop sacs!
E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Bishop sac on f7!
W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
Bishop sac and queen trap!
Philidor vs NN, 1990  (C41) Philidor Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
Smelting Iron Tigran
Smejkal vs Petrosian, 1981  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 42 moves, 1-0
America's Got Talent
Nakamura vs Robson, 2012  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 49 moves, 1-0
The SMERSH Gambit
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
29? Sunday puzzle
S Yudin vs O Loskutov, 2004  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 33 moves, 1-0
Walk on the Wild Side
R Cardoso vs Petrosian, 1975  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 0-1
Naum Naum Naum
Tal vs N Levin, 1970  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
Emil Fit for A King
Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
Baked a Lasker
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
A Good Time Was Had by Oll
Oll vs Azmaiparashvili, 1993  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 40 moves, 1-0
25? Sunday puzzle
W N Watson vs M Stangl, 1998  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Wild and Woolly
J Woollard vs M Woollett, 1889  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Pictures at an Exhibition
Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Torre de Force
Karpov vs E Torre, 1976  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 48 moves, 0-1
Tiger in the Tank
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Correspondence Game
A Sundin vs Erik Andersson, 1964  (C16) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1-0
Some People Call Me Maurice
M Ashley vs A Lein, 1989  (A28) English, 34 moves, 0-1
23? Saturday puzzle
D Khamrakulov vs S Abu Sufian, 2010  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0
Sherwin's Forced!
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
Pinteresting
Radjabov vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2008  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi and the "comedy of errors" game
Simagin vs Korchnoi, 1956  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 37 moves, 0-1
28? puzzle "Bologan Sandwich"
Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Weird Al Jankovic: minor pieces beat queen
A Jankovic vs R Zelcic, 2005  (C00) French Defense, 59 moves, 1-0
Gawain's World (Grand Prix Attack)
G Jones vs Van Wely, 2007  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
To Kill a Mocking Bird
Morphy vs Bird, 1859  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 46 moves, 1-0
37...? Friday Puzzle
Smyslov vs E Jimenez Zerquera, 1965  (A16) English, 59 moves, 0-1
Passed Pawns Must Be Pushed
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1
17? Sunday puzzle
H Olafsson vs J Levitt, 1990  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 1-0
Gataraid
Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007  (B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0
Paige Won
W Paige vs E Formanek, 1993  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 1-0
Horseplay
V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0
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