https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkmate_pattern M Galyas vs J Bick, 2006  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 1 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Normal?! (C00)/Owen's Def (B00) 0-1 3.Qf3?! Nc6 R Ashley vs R Morton, 1980  (C00) French Defense, 7 moves, 0-1 Fool's Mate out of the gate L Darling vs R Wood, 1983  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1 1...e6 becomes Fool's Mate I Skrypin vs A Glebov, 2007  (A02) Bird's Opening, 2 moves, 0-1 Game 8 in Irving Chernev's The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess A Seppelt vs Leganki, 1950  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Delayed Exchange (C01) 1-0 2 hanging pieces H van Steenis vs T Wechsler, 1947  (C01) French, Exchange, 7 moves, 1-0 French, Rubinstein (C10) 1-0 Fianchetto creates weakness A Kinoshita vs D Jegaden, 2008  (C10) French, 7 moves, 1-0 French Defense: General (C00) 0-1 Standard Q trap f3/f6 by Bs NN vs R Blaine, 1980  (C00) French Defense, 7 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch. Guimard Def (C03) 0-1 Smothered Mate K Grossner vs E Budrich, 1949  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 7 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) 1-0 K exposure D G Baird vs J Mason, 1889   (C01) French, Exchange, 8 moves, 1-0 French Def: Classical. Steinitz (C11) 1-0 Nab pawn grabbing Q B Wall vs N Barsalou, 1980  (C11) French, 8 moves, 1-0 French / Owen Defense (C00) 1-0 She shouldn't have been there K Chernyshov vs Andrejew, 1982  (C00) French Defense, 8 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres (C07) 0-1 Q pin & fork Kmoch vs T Ellison, 1948  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 0-1 Owen's Defense (B00) 1-0 8.Nxe6 creates light square issues F Tahirov vs S Pukkinen, 2006  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Tarrasch Var (C03) 1-0 Double attack h7 & Ra8 D Sermek vs M Varini, 1999  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 9 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer. Advance, Moscow Var (C17) 0-1 The Rb1 is lost N V Pedersen vs L Karlsson, 1996  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 9 moves, 0-1 French Advance Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 0-1 Discovery on Q B Wall vs A Brown, 1972  (C02) French, Advance, 9 moves, 1-0 French, Classical Svenonius Variation (C10) 0-1 Same N&B hit c2 M Pytel vs E Prie, 1990  (C10) French, 9 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Winawer Variation (C15) 1-0 Greedy Q trap J Szily vs Wloch, 1943  (C15) French, Winawer, 9 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) Bone in the throat Greiner vs L Buntin, 1975  (B40) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Fort Knox Variation (C10) 1-0 Q trap Y Kotkov vs Akopjan, 1966  (C10) French, 9 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Advance (C02) 0-1Black rescued his extra kNight K Treybal vs Foltys, 1936  (C02) French, Advance, 9 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10)1-0 10 moves. #39, Discovery B H Wood vs L D H, 1948  (C10) French, 10 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) 0-1 Rabid Rook G Matteucci vs V Castaldi, 1938  (C02) French, Advance, 10 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) 1/2-1/2 Copy that Kotronias vs G Dizdar, 1988 (C01) French, Exchange, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 0-1 Dbl threat crusher! H Lohmann vs R Teschner, 1950  (C10) French, 10 moves, 0-1 See "Forty Years at the Top" for more John Curdo gems. J Curdo vs P Kostrzewa, 1976  (C11) French, 10 moves, 1-0 French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Breyer Var (C13) 1-0 Discovery Velimirovic vs N Ristovic, 1995  (C13) French, 10 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) Bad Boyzz! Wilk vs Neumann, 1956  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 10 moves, 1-0 QGD Harrwitz Attack (D37) 0-1 Q pawn grabber trap J Schenkein vs Schlechter, 1913  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit I (C01) 1-0 N sac, Qf7# Koltanowski vs D Jong, 1960  (C01) French, Exchange, 10 moves, 1-0 French Def. Tarrasch. Guimard Def Main Line (C04) 0-1 Q Trap V Kirillov vs A S Blankstein, 1938  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 10 moves, 0-1 French Def. Tarrasch. Open System (C07) 0-1Bxf2+ Decoy N+ Unpin Westerhuis vs Vinagre, 1989  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 10 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Two Knights Var (C00) 0-1 Miscast Knights D Garrity vs B Wall, 1988 (C00) French Defense, 10 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C06) 0-1Incomplete V Yemelin vs E Berg, 2006  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 11 moves, 0-1 French Advance Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0Main trap by 2 kids J Martinez vs D Rybansky, 1993  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0 French Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0 B Sac, N Outpost B Wall vs H Murtaugh, 1971  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0 French Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Black's Q Trapped! F Perrin vs NN, 1883  (C11) French, 11 moves, 1-0 French Winawer (C15) 1-0 Qxe6+ sacrifice; Boden's mate Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer. Fingerslip, Kunin Double Gambit (C15) 1-0 Opera # R Schwarz vs Labau, 1948  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer. Fingerslip, Kunin Double Gambit (C15)1-0 Reti # w/R K Dekker vs W Erler, 1967  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein (C10) 1-0 Bf6 block is devestating K Blom vs Niels Jensen, 1934  (C10) French, 9 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer. Fingerslip Kunin Double Gambit (C15) 1-0Open d-file Kunin vs Ochsengoit, 1958  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Advance (C02)0-1 It's 3 vs 2 or Qc3+ & fork Ra1 Estrin vs Y Neishtadt, 1938  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Winawer (C15) 1-0 Freebie or Forking N+ B Wall vs F Aparasi, 1973  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 French Advance. Wade Var (C02) 1-0 Right-handed Milner-Barry G B Wall vs Claus, 1974  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Advance (C16) 0-1 Dumb queen trap H Fabian vs J Fichtl, 1963  (C16) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Exchange. Monte Carlo (C01) 1-0 Deflection C Andersson vs F McCluskey, 1993  (C01) French, Exchange, 11 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0 Pin Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 11 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Classical. Tartakower Var (C13) 1-0 Greek Gift Yates vs V Marin y Llovet, 1930  (C13) French, 11 moves, 1-0 French Defense: 2.b3 Horwitz Attack (C00) 1-0 Meet the new boss B Wall vs E Bosse, 1969  (C00) French Defense, 11 moves, 1-0 FR Tarrasch, Guimard Def (C04) 1-0 White threatens # & N LPDO Tal vs Vaganian, 1973  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 12 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein Var (C10) 1-0 Q gets snarred pawn grabbing Steinitz vs Bird, 1866  (C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0 Efim Bogoljubov (1889-1952) gives the Greek gift Bogoljubov vs NN, 1952  (C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein (C10) 1-0 Useless vs. Useful Checks B Wall vs W Wall, 1969  (C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0 French, Mediterranean Defense (C01) 1-0 Greek gift, pawn wedge Greco vs NN, 1620  (C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0 French Exchange Variation (C01) 0-1 White is getting smothered D Hayes vs B Wall, 1980  (C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 0-1 French Classical. Burn Variation (C11) 1-0 Diagonals Raid B Wall vs Z Brown, 1990 (C11) French, 12 moves, 1-0 French Winawer (C15) 1-0 g-pawn stabs at bishops Andersson vs Velimirovic, 1997  (C15) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0 French Defense: NOT Normal (C00) 1-0 Pawn fork on move 4 M Mas vs R Guerrero, 1991  (C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0 French Classical. Frankfurt Var (C13) 1-0The hunter becomes the Velimirovic vs H Ree, 1994  (C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0 French Def 3...b6 vs. Advance (C02) 0-1 Make a bigger threat H Nishimura vs M Wiedenkeller, 1982  (C02) French, Advance, 12 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Double threat E Woehl vs P Krusius, 1920  (C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0 French Exchange. Monte Carlo/Albin CG(C01) 0-1Greed is punished NN vs Livingstone, 1941  (C01) French, Exchange, 10 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch. Guimard Def (C03) 0-1 Messed up Ns E Walther vs L Schmid, 1961  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 0-1 French Def. Tarrasch. Guimard Def. ML (C04) 0-1Royal Discovery+ NN vs Ross, 1974  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 12 moves, 0-1 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection (B00) 1-0 Q trap J Curdo vs S Rabinowitz, 1996  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0 French, Alekhine-Chatard (C13) 1-One pawn grabber beats another Rellstab vs Huber, 1925  (C13) French, 13 moves, 1-0 French Defense Classical (C14) 0-1 Remove the Defender/Deflect Von Gottschall vs Blackburne, 1885  (C14) French, Classical, 13 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein, Blackburne Def. (C10) 0-1 Check & Defend h7 P Charbonneau vs H A Hussein Al-Ali, 2008  (C10) French, 13 moves, 0-1 French Classical Variation. Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Greek gift Pillsbury vs Chaseray, 1902  (C13) French, 13 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1/2-1/2 N blockade IQP Leko vs Z Varga, 1993 (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2 A6 The Korchnoi Queen on g3 piles on the pinned f2 pawn S Tatai vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) · 0-1 Q trap J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Classical. Steinitz (C11)1-0 Pile on the pin J Gallagher vs Korchnoi, 2006  (C11) French, 14 moves, 1-0 French Advance (C02) 1-0 Q gets trapped after failed B sac R Nezhmetdinov vs A I Konstantinov, 1936  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 1-0 P-Q4 Copycat / Reversed Semi-Tarrasch (D04) 0-1 Smothered Mate Ed. Lasker vs I A Horowitz, 1946  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1 French Albin-Chatard G (C13) 1-0 There's a twinkle in his eye B Hedlund vs I Lindqvist, 1981  (C13) French, 15 moves, 1-0 French Advance Var (C02) 1-0 0-0? Greek Gift G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0 The Greek Gift is fatal for Black. 1-0, 15 moves; Wing Gambit F Cirabisi vs V Cugini, 1992  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0 French, Diemer-Duhm Gambit (C00) 0-1 Q trap in 15 moves Sperling vs E Diemer, 1955  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 0-1 French/Owen's Defense (A40) 1-0 15 moves, smothered mate H Namyslo vs R Lau, 1996  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0 French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0Premature resignation Capablanca vs Kostic, 1919  (C11) French, 15 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein Variation (C10) 1-0 3 W pieces on h-file Koltanowski vs D Folkner, 1960  (C10) French, 15 moves, 1-0 French, Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 0-1 14.Nd1? Blunder J Noa vs J Mason, 1883  (C11) French, 15 moves, 0-1 French, Classical. Alapin Var (C14) 1-0 Q sac sets up 2 N mate N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 French, King's Indian Attack (C00) 1-0 Pinned to mating square Shirov vs Bareev, 1994  (C00) French Defense, 15 moves, 1-0 FR Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1/2- Seize open lines, outn Parma vs Petrosian, 1969  (C10) French, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1/2-1/2 15 moves Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1996  (C10) French, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Defense: Winawer (C15) 1-0 kNights take off! F J Perez Perez vs J Fernandez Pereda, 1947  (C15) French, Winawer, 14 moves, 1-0 French Def. Winawer. Poisoned P (C18)1-0 Q can't maintain guard V Liberzon vs Petrosian, 1964  (C18) French, Winawer, 15 moves, 1-0 French, Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Kingside attack M Calzetta vs J Villena Perez, 2005 (C05) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0 FR Tarrasch Closed (C05) 1-0 Tal sacs 3 minor pieces for mate Tal vs Salnikov, 1970  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0 FR Rubinstein Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Both Black N's pinned Tal vs M Strelkov, 1949  (C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0 French, Alapin Gambit (C00) 1-0 Ignore the fork, hunt the king Keres vs Verbac, 1933  (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0 Albin CG / French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 0-1 K walk D Black vs S Rukovci, 2001  (C01) French, Exchange, 16 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Advance Moscow Var (C17) 1-0 Boden's Mate Koltanowski vs M Saura, 1936  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 16 moves, 1-0 Schlecter's Gems; Sling the Bxh7+ Sac, offer the Rook too! Schlechter vs S A Wolf, 1894  (C13) French, 16 moves, 1-0 French Winawer by namesake (C15) 0-1 Well-timed checks Winawer vs De Vere, 1870  (C15) French, Winawer, 16 moves, 0-1 Hippo, anything but normal C00? Trouble on e6 A Csank vs Albin, 1890  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0 French / Owen Defense (C00) 1-0 Pin allows royal family fork Chigorin vs A Skipworth, 1883  (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0 French Def. Alapin Gambit (C00) 0-1Discovery creates 3 isolanis B Searson vs A Parry, 2001 (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Normal Variation?? (C00) 1-0 It's Awful! Steinitz vs Bird, 1866  (C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Poisoned P (C18) 1-0 f6 is a great station I Al-Rufaye vs N Al Jelda, 2001  (C18) French, Winawer, 18 moves, 1-0 French Def. Tarrasch. Open System ML (C09) 1-0 Black drops Ps Kasparov vs J Jaburek, 2008  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 16 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10) 1-0 Deluxe Philidor's Legacy Smirin vs F Ribeiro, 1997  (C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0 French Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Greek gift E Formanek vs W Heidenfeld, 1973  (C11) French, 16 moves, 1-0 French Def. Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Bxh7+ Greek Gift win Foltys vs Mohyla, 1940  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) 1-0 White's N is immune Negi vs A Hobber, 2014  (C18) French, Winawer, 17 moves, 1-0 French Classical Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Greek gift 2x same wk Blackburne vs A Muller, 1894   (C13) French, 17 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Advance Variation (C19) 0-1 BF's Q is trapped! Fischer vs J Dedinsky, 1964  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 17 moves, 0-1 French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 1-0 Black K uncastled A Petrov vs Szymanski, 1853  (C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Exposed files Svidler vs Bareev, 2004  (C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein Blackburne Def(C10) 1-0R decoy sac wins a P Anand vs N Sulava, 2004  (C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0 French Winawer (C15) 0-1 Rook fork interference Woody Young vs A C Ludwig, 1949 (C15) French, Winawer, 17 moves, 0-1 French Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 Critical pin vs Nf6 Spielmann vs R Wahle, 1926  (C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0 Game 10 in Irving Chernev's book "Logical Chess: Move by Move". Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch Guimard Defense ML (C04) 1-0 Pile on the pin T Sorensen vs V Benins, 1991 (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 17 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1/2- B sac or Dbl Attk De la Riva Aguado vs R Pogorelov, 2001  (C10) French, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 1-0 Qxh7+ Spearhead Z Zhao vs Brian Thomas, 2001 (C00) French Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 French Def. Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0Q sac, Opera# B Wall vs J Robin, 1983  (C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0 French Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 1-0 Such moxie! Velimirovic vs B Maksimovic, 1996  (C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Alapin exd5 (B22) 1-0Open center, no castling D Solak vs Velimirovic, 2007  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 17 moves, 1-0 French Def. Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05) 1-0 Interference W Bialas vs K Darga, 1951  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0 French, Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Spielmann (C13) 1-0Deflections Sax vs J H Donner, 1976  (C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Classical Var (C18) 1-0 Weak pawn shield M Ashley vs A Shaw, 2000  (C18) French, Winawer, 18 moves, 1-0 (C18) French, Winawer, 18 moves, 1-0 Pile on the pin to win! A Rombaldoni vs F Bentivegna, 2012  (C18) French, Winawer, 18 moves, 1-0 FR Classical, Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 Notes by AN, others Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914   (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 Unthinkable combo Alekhine vs Von Feldt, 1916  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0 Alexandra Kosteniuk, Chess Queen Kosteniuk vs C P Gouw, 2000  (C00) French Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Advance (C02) 1-0 Black ate everything in sight Greco vs NN, 1620  (C02) French, Advance, 18 moves, 1-0 French Classical Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Greek gift M Pestalozzi vs D Duhm, 1900  (C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0 TC10) French Defense: Rubinstein (C10) 0-1 Seize open lines J Klavins vs Tal, 1949  (C10) French, 18 moves, 0-1 French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Spielmann(C13) 1-0h-file attack Euwe vs Maroczy, 1921  (C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13)1-0 B Martin vs M Hopewell, 1985 (C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Exchange (C01) 1-0 Exchanges bust up P structure Horwitz vs Bird, 1851  (C01) French, Exchange, 18 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Tarrasch (C03) 0-1 Exchange sac opens g-file G Kitts vs Gulko, 1986  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 0-1 Sodium Attack (A00) Direct hits on f7 and h7; odd mate pattern R Durkin vs Spielman, 1957  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1-0 First cut-off the king Nimzowitsch vs G Fluss, 1907  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0 Alekhine’s superiority drove the proud Nimzovich to despair. Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0 FR Tarrasch Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0 Raiding Qs Tal vs Uhlmann, 1971  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) 1-0 The 3rd place prize?! Bologan vs Vaganian, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0 French Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 Efficient White play Short vs G Seletsky, 2012  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0 FR Rubinstein Blackburne Def. C10 1-0 Castled opposite g-file Morozevich vs Van Wely, 2002  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) 0-1 Notes by JHB Englisch vs Blackburne, 1883   (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 0-1 French Advance Paulsen Attack (C02) 1/2-1/2 Queenside exchanges I Golyak vs A Levina, 2001 (C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 h-file destruction Dake vs A De Burca, 1935  (C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Delayed Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 Hangers Koltanowski vs J Blankfort, 1960 (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange. Svenonius Variation (C01) 1/2-1/2 Schlechter vs Teichmann, 1911 (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Def. Tarrasch. Guimard Def ML (C04) 1-0Black hangs his Q D Donchev vs Topalov, 1989  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer (C15) 1-0 Spearheads Zukertort vs J Schulten, 1868  (C15) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer(C15) 1-0 Ignore the threat, check for + J Minckwitz vs S Mieses, 1872  (C15) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Delayed Exchange (C15)1-0 3 Pieces do the trick Blackburne vs J D Grimwood, 1873  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch Chistyakov Def (C07) 1-0 Boden's Mate is coming P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch. 8...g5 Morozevich Var (C03) 0-1Exposed White K S Gaffagan vs C Holt, 2011  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 0-1 Alekhine wins ... but his opponent misses the best defense. Alekhine vs Sik, 1943  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit (C01) 0-1 Too much space P Orlov vs V G Kostic, 2005  (C00) French Defense, 19 moves, 0-1 French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Maroczy Var (C13) 1-0Sac attack Nisipeanu vs A Florean, 1995  (C13) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French A-C Attk, Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0 She offered S Khader vs A El Arousy, 2010  (C13) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Poisoned Pawn ML (C18) 1-0 kNight robs the pin Nijboer vs Timman, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0 French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 She got in but Henry Thomas vs J Kulbacki, 1992 (C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1/2-1/2 N+ perpetual Gelfand vs Ivanchuk, 1985  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Advance. 6.Be2 f6 Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Zwischenzugs sting Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986  (C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0 Tarrasch Def. Classical. Advance (D34) 1/2- Perpetual N threat J Saladino vs C Cranbourne, 1986  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2 FrenchNc6 Exchange (C01) 0-1 Copycat first 8 moves wins in 19. Zukertort vs W Potter, 1875  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Invading N blast Yanofsky vs J Therien, 1947  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Advance Var (C17) 1-0 R sac on move 6?! Petrosian vs Kelendzheridze, 1945  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0 19.? (Thurs/Fri) See notyetagm's post for the finish. V Iordachescu vs Raul Schmidt, 2010  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Wing Gambit (C00) 1-0 Q trap on Qside E Tate vs Takemoto, 1993  (C00) French Defense, 19 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch Variation (C03) 1-0 USSR blitz tournament Tal vs Petrosian, 1975  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0 18.Qh6!, trapping the king instead of check Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916  (C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. PP (C18) 1-0 Miniature Q+ & fork LPDO Rook Kotov vs V Chekhover, 1935  (C18) French, Winawer, 20 moves, 1-0 French Def: Two Knights Var (C00) 1-0 Dbl B sacs, R lift E E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0 French Advance, Milner-Barry Gambit (C02)1-0 Stunning sacs F A Foulds vs Lang, 1956  (C02) French, Advance, 20 moves, 1-0 FR, Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0Chomping Minors, then Majors A Kaspersky vs I Mazel, 1925  (C13) French, 20 moves, 1-0 Coordinate your pieces on a loose square near the enemy king! Khalifman vs Bareev, 2002  (C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0 French Winawer (C15) 1-0 Remove the defender, N fork Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs A S Sergeev, 1924  (C15) French, Winawer, 20 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Bogoljubow (C17) 1-0 1Rook was enough Saemisch vs NN, 1934 (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 20 moves, 1-0 French Def. Exchange (C01) 0-1 Black threatens mate, rescues B M Elyashiv vs Alekhine, 1909  (C01) French, Exchange, 20 moves, 0-1 French Exchange. Monte Carlo (C01) 0-1 Rook just takes the pawn K Weissenbach vs A Graf, 2008  (C01) French, Exchange, 20 moves, 0-1 French Tarrasch. Pawn Center Variation (C05) 0-1White K exposed E Kengis vs R Djurhuus, 1991  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 0-1 French Adv Nimzowitsch G 4.Qg4 cxd4 5.Nf3 Nc6(C02) 0-1Landslide B Mudongo vs A Hamza, 2008 (C02) French, Advance, 20 moves, 0-1 French Def. Tarrasch. Closed (C05)1-0 B sac, R lift, Lawnmower# G Spain vs G Thornton, 2008  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0 Game 13: "Logical Chess: Move by Move" by Irving Chernev J Dobias vs J Podgorny, 1952  (C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0 Deutsche Schachzeitung 1880, p. 346; Gueridon Mate in 2 J De Soyres vs A Skipworth, 1880  (C13) French, 20 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0White offers Dbl B s Janowski vs Gunsberg, 1902  (C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0 French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1Na4 has 3 guards Kovalenko vs W Zhou, 2009  (C11) French, 20 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0Gain time on the Q Topalov vs Bareev, 2002  (C11) French, 20 moves, 1-0 Game 34 in Soviet Chess 1917-1991 by Andrew Soltis N Grigoriev vs B Verlinsky, 1929  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 20 moves, 0-1 Alexander Fritz (1857-1932) A Fritz vs J Mason, 1883   (C13) French, 21 moves, 1-0 French Exchange. Monte Carlo (C01) 0-1 Royal fork off the menu Velimirovic vs Uhlmann, 1976  (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 0-1 French Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 White does not 0-0? J Garcia vs Shirov, 2001  (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 0-1 "That which does not kill us makes us stronger" E Mortensen vs L Karlsson, 1988  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 0-1 French X$ Russian Game: Classical Attk. Staunton Var (C42) Draw M Muzychuk vs A Muzychuk, 2009  (C42) Petrov Defense, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2 Perhaps way "over-rated", but plenty of action for debate Fischer vs Tal, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Rubinstein (C10) 1-0 Miniature: = PM's Opera House Game Najdorf vs Glucksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0 sigi6 French Winawer. Delayed Exchange (C01) 0-1 Bone in throat A Druckenthaner vs S Kindermann, 2002  (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 0-1 French Winawer Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15) 0-1 h-file bomb K O'Brien vs D Salter, 2008  (C15) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 0-1 French, Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Dbl R sitting sacs Torre vs E Z Adams, 1920  (C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0 French Defense: McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 1-0 Sliced Euwe vs J W te Kolste, 1921  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 21 moves, 1-0 French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0! K Spraggett vs R Bedard, 1972  (C13) French, 21 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Advance Var (C18) 0-1 N Umudova vs E Paehtz, 2015  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 0-1 French Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0The Wizard of Riga Tal vs I Nei, 1958  (C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein, Capablanca Line (C10) 1-0 Kside attack I Nyzhnyk vs D Baider, 2006  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0 French Advance. Wade Variation (C02) 1-0 Self-inflicted hole J Nun vs M Brodsky, 1994  (C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange (C01) 1-0 Pile on the pin Blackburne vs J A Huckvale, 1875  (C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 1-0 French Advance 6.Be2. Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Steady Kside march Kasparov vs K Klimczok, 1993  (C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0 French Def. Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0 Another fine mess Bogoljubov vs J H Donner, 1951  (C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0 French Def. Advance 6.a3 Main Line (C02) 0-1 Loose pieces Y Santiago vs A J Walton, 2015  (C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 0-1 Nifty central sequence J Rigo vs Gulko, 1988  (C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 e7 under fire; remove the guard J Stopa vs S Greanias, 2009  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Normal 3...h6 (C10) 1-0 Blunder finish Ponomariov vs N A Legky, 2005  (C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Reversed Philidor Formation (C00) 0-1 Dbl B Sac J Horvath vs S Polgar, 1981  (C00) French Defense, 22 moves, 0-1 French Exchange (C01) 0-1 Surprising Nxg2 wins J Novkovic vs N Zhukova, 2013  (C01) French, Exchange, 22 moves, 0-1 French Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Black exchange sac cracks white H Klip vs Barsov, 1995  (C11) French, 21 moves, 0-1 FR Trsch (C08)1-0A great burger is not necessarily a "Big Mac" Carlsen vs P Nikolic, 2005  (C08) French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed, 22 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 LPDO, overworked J Szekely vs Breyer, 1911 (C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Poisoned Pawn Var (C18) 1-0 Bxh6 starts # race L Vogt vs Uhlmann, 1989  (C18) French, Winawer, 22 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Kasparov Attack(C10) 1-0Knighted (or Pinned) G Vescovi vs Karpov, 2004  (C10) French, 22 moves, 1-0 French Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 Full force Kside! Mackenzie vs J Mason, 1878  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 0-1 Up a piece S Zojer vs S Arslanov, 2013  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 0-1 French Classical. Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Just take it! Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1885   (C13) French, 22 moves, 1-0 French Def. Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Rook forks Royalty Tal vs Granda Zuniga, 1987  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0 French, Diemer-Duhm Gambit (C00) 1-0 N fork follows mess J Heikkinen vs R Davies, 1996 (C00) French Defense, 22 moves, 1-0 TC5) French Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 0-1 Black's Greek Gift W Bialas vs Uhlmann, 1951  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Positional Var (C19) 1-0 Pawn truly poisoned Karpov vs Vaganian, 1972  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0 Shams5 French Classical. Burn Variation (C11) · 0-1 Topalov vs Bareev, 1994  (C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) 0-1 Raid half-open files F Libiszewski vs Rozentalis, 2010  (C18) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 0-1 Frank James Marshall (1877-1944) The Gold Coin Game S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 Black had resources he didn't use in time Naiditsch vs T T Hoang, 1998  (C14) French, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0 French Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0 Notes by Reti Alekhine vs H Fahrni, 1914   (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0 FR Classical, Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Greek gift, rob the pin Blackburne vs H Charlick, 1885  (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0 Albin CG / French Exchange. Monte Carlo Var(C01) 0-1Back Ranked B Gross vs M Kastor, 2000  (C01) French, Exchange, 23 moves, 0-1 French Advance (C02) 0-1 It wasn't easy gettin' there Wemmers vs Metger, 1877  (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Winawer (C15) 1-0 Rob the pin that can no longer defend A Wojciechowski vs H Weiss, 1936  (C15) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch Modern System(C03) 0-1 Discovery attack on f2 Smirin vs Dreev, 1988 (C03) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Alapin / French Advance (C02) 0-1 K walk C Richey vs B Wall, 1991 (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Advance 5...f6 (C02) 0-1 Pins are a problem. A Romero Holmes vs Korchnoi, 1991  (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Advance. Euwe Var (C02) 0-1 Tactical play on queenside R Schreiner vs Hertneck, 1990 (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Classical. Burn ML (C11)1-0 Ns fixin' 2bust up the joint Ponomariov vs Ivanchuk, 2002  (C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0 French Def 3...b6 vs. Advance (C02) 0-1Bold B sac, tumbling Ns J A Hedman Senarega vs Romanishin, 1977  (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Def 3...b6 vs. Advance (C02) 0-1 Sac open the g-file M Larrea vs B Roselli Mailhe, 2007  (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Def 3...b6 vs. Advance (C02) 0-1 Know when to exchange D Egorov vs A Ulanov, 2013  (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Defense / Owen Def (C00) 1-0 Notes by JHB Blackburne vs Tinsley, 1899   (C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 French Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 N-Q-R sacs to Boden's # H Tirard vs A Silvert, 2000  (C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0 French Advance Milner-Barry Gambit 9...f6 (C02) 1-0 open f-file J Pokojowczyk vs Ivkov, 1971  (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Advance Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 0-1Black rips up Qside N A Savic vs D Antic, 2013 (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance. Euwe 6.Be2 f6 (C02) 0-1 N sac, Bxf2+ Y Afek vs S Williams, 2008 (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein. Kasparov Attack(C10) 1-0Sac attack, Q on 7th So vs V Akobian, 2016  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Adv (C19) 1-0 Occupy the 6th w/half-open files J Dueball vs G Jacoby, 1976  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Advance (C16) 0-1 Pawn lever, pile on the pin Smyslov vs Tolush, 1939  (C16) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Reinfeld # puzzle Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0 Chess Informant's Best Game of 2003 Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003  (C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0 FR Advance. Wade Var (C02) 1-0 Undeveloped Kside into Boden's # Y Yu vs A Zatonskih, 2013  (C02) French, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0 The Immortal Overprotection Game Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927   (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 Bogo's most famous and convincing win over Alekhine Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1937  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Poisoned Pawn 7.Qg4 Main Line (C18) 1/2-1/2 K Dolzhykova vs E Sedina, 2009  (C18) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Winawer. Retreat, Armenian Line (C18) 1-0 W diagonals M Szelag vs A Berelowitsch, 2015 (C18) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Fingerslip Var (C15) 1-0 Q trap E Schiller vs B Smythe, 1985  (C15) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Odd R lift -> Pin A Muzychuk vs M Delgado Crespo, 2006 (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0 French Exchange (C01) 0-1 Castle opposite, pawn storm C Hovind vs Alekhine, 1930  (C01) French, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1 French Advance. Euwe Var (C02) 0-1 Snare the wayward White Q M Labra Carreno vs A Rodriguez Vila, 1992  (C02) French, Advance, 24 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Classical (C18) 1-0 Possible Opera House combo Suetin vs J H Donner, 1968  (C18) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 1-0 Lasker-like Don Quixote-understands his windmills (#) Lasker vs E Delmonte, 1906  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) Smothered Mate B Koester vs R Gralla, 1971  (C10) French, 24 moves, 0-1 Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Variation (C43) · 1-0 A Volokitin vs K Maslak, 2010  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 24 moves, 1-0 French Exchange (C01) 0-1 sKorching counterattack on f2 L M Kovacs vs Korchnoi, 1969  (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Poisoned P (C18) 1-0 Qs parade heats it up! Geller vs Sokolsky, 1950  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer Positional (C19) 1-0 Notes by Bill Melvin. > combo! B Melvin vs R Cunningham, 1994   (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer PP (C18) 0-1 Dbl R Sacs; 3 pieces beat 2 in a K hunt C Canoba vs Eliskases, 1957  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein, Wrong Variation (C10) 1-0 W has 2 more Ps Kotronias vs D Canda, 1986 (C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0 French Classical Var Richter Attack (C13) 0-1 0-0-0 King walk E Sobernheim vs S A Langleben, 1895  (C13) French, 25 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0The mating square Tal vs Barcza, 1962  (C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein Kasparov Attack (C10) 1-0 Centralization Adams vs V Akopian, 2004  (C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0 21...Rxf2+ is the start of a mating combination with Q,B D Kagramanov vs S Ernst, 2007  (C02) French, Advance, 25 moves, 0-1 FR Rubinstein. Blackburne (C10) 1-0 Precise play by JT Timman vs Korchnoi, 1991  (C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0 This game made Nunn's 101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures Ljubojevic vs Kasparov, 1983  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1 French Exchange (C01) 1/2-1/2 4.Bf4 Bd6 R Hess vs L B Hansen, 2007 (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2 French Defense: Tarrasch. Pawn Center (C05) 0-1 c5 & f6 breaks Ljubojevic vs M Gurevich, 1991  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 French Tarrasch Guimard Def ML (C04) Discovered+, pin, remove G Dubois vs J M Lanz Calavia, 1973  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 25 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch. Chistyakov Def(C07) 1-0R sac, B+ & fork LPDO R Adams vs Bareev, 2004  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0 French Exchange 5.c4 (C01) 0-1 Bishop sac destroys pawn shield Jakovenko vs Grischuk, 2012  (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Petrosian Var (C16) 1-0 Discovered Double Check L Mista vs J Fichtl, 1974  (C16) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Schlechter 3.Bd3?! (C00) 1-0 Remove the Guard Carlsen vs I A Abusdal, 2003  (C00) French Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 French Alekhine-Chatard Attack (C13) 0-1 White retreats Bishop? E Hansen vs J Stocek, 2017  (C13) French, 25 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Precision Spassky vs Y Porat, 1968  (C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0 FR Winawer. Poisoned Pawn ML (C18) 0-1 26...Xe2 either way! S J Hooker vs Short, 1975  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1 French Classical. Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Knight on the 6th Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931  (C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0 KIA Sicilian, French Var (B40) 1-0 Keen B sac, pawn breakthru Leko vs W Heckel, 1989  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 KIA vs FR (A08) 1-0 Outnumbered 2 attackers, 1 defender = N sac Bronstein vs Uhlmann, 1971  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 15 moves, 1-0 Traditional 9.e5 KIA (A07) 1-0 Q Sac leads to Arabian Mate A Stukopin vs B Hasenohr, 2008  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0 Frenchman builds a house on sand A Durao vs S Horta, 1954  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0 Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 Fast 3 piece attack M Sabol vs J Votava, 1995  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0 Benoni / Franco-Sicilian Defense (A43) 1-0 3 simultaneous pins Morphy vs A Meek, 1857  (A43) Old Benoni, 12 moves, 1-0 Franco-Sicilian Def: Marshall Gambit (C10) 1-0 Qside Discovery+ B Wall vs J Lippert, 1980  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 1-0 Marshall Gambit T Bittner vs B Menge, 1988  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 11 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Closed Korchnoi Def (B23) 1-0 Greed is a sin. Blatny vs M Werner, 1988  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 11 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: Marshall Gambit (B23) 1-0Backwards Legall's # O Bernstein vs NN, 1927  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) · 1-0 Smothered Mate Margave vs NN, 1976  (B40) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0 Sicilian, French Var (B40) 1-0 Smothered Mate, good as it gets H Pollmaecher vs A Saalbach, 1861  (B40) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Defense: French Variation. Normal (B40) 1-0 Spearhead Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1861  (B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0 Sicilian / French. Westerinen Attack (B40) 1-0Bishop pair rules T Fogarasi vs N Medvegy, 2003  (B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Def: French Var. Normal (B40) 0-1 Dbl R sac & more! Dr Van B vs W Gudehus, 1910  (B40) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1 King's Indian Attack 3.Qe2 (A07) 1-0 Black boo-boo H Richards vs G Suez-Panama, 2018 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 19 moves, 1-0 French Def. Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 0-1 Discovered+ C Hatherill vs B Wall, 1980  (C02) French, Advance, 8 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance Var (C02) 0-1 N# Semi-Smothered Mate J Tkacova vs V Bracjunova, 1993  (C02) French, Advance, 10 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance (C02) 0-1 B-Q# Support Mate next V Mallien vs G Strenzke, 1989 (C02) French, Advance, 10 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance (C02) 0-1 The next blow... V Lorand vs B Snyder, 1981  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance. Nimzowitsch Attack (C02) 0-1 P fork H Pusch vs G Kern, 2000 (C02) French, Advance, 13 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance (C02) 0-1 B pins B to mating square Somacarana vs Cochrane, 1856  (C02) French, Advance, 13 moves, 0-1 French Defense: General (C00) 1-0 Don't think like Benny Hill!? A van Weersel vs F Kuijpers, 2000  (C00) French Defense, 10 moves, 1-0 French Advance 6.a3. ML (C02) 1-0 Kside P roller, interference M Boe vs C Yeuillaz, 1991  (C02) French, Advance, 20 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer. Advance (C18) 1-0 Now that's a catch! D Derakhshani vs D Andersen, 2014  (C18) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 French Def. Winawer. Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15) 1-0 Nxf7 I Marks vs A Berlin, 1990  (C15) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0 French Def. Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10) 1-0 Nxf7 sac exposes K A Fier vs N Getz, 2011  (C10) French, 13 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer (C15) 1-0 Bxh7+ Greek gift Capablanca vs F C Hoffman, 1922  (C15) French, Winawer, 13 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) 1-0 Greek gift R Oortwijn vs A Pope, 1997  (C18) French, Winawer, 13 moves, 1-0 French Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 0-1 He got better! S Noorda vs Timman, 1964  (C02) French, Advance, 9 moves, 1-0 French Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 0-1 g-pawn poison V Rudak vs Y Kruppa, 1998  (C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit (C01) 0-1 Hanger NN vs M Basman, 1982  (C01) French, Exchange, 10 moves, 0-1 French Advance. 5.Bd7 Euwe Var (C02)1-0 R sac puts K on platter V Muratov vs Makarov, 1981  (C02) French, Advance, 18 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 0-1 Remove the Guard P B Petersen vs Timman, 2013  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 15 moves, 0-1 FR Winawer. Fingerslip Variation Kunin Double Gambit (C15) 1-0 Serebriany vs Ivanov, 1959 (C15) French, Winawer, 22 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Gipslis vs A Darznieks, 1962  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Advance. Nimzowitsch Attack (C02) 0-1 Qside mess I Nei vs Gleizerov, 1995  (C02) French, Advance, 16 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch. Guimard Def Main Line (C04) 0-1 U20 R Garbarino vs Short, 1982 (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 20 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Rubinstein Var (C10) 1-0 Stockfish notes Pillsbury vs A Schwarz, 1898  (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Overworked defender W Gwin vs B Wall, 1983 (C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 0-1 French Def: Winawer. Classical 7.Qg4 f5 (C18) 0-1 Qc3+ & fork R S M Rahman vs N Murshed, 2007  (C18) French, Winawer, 10 moves, 0-1 French Def: Winawer. Advance Var (C18) 0-1 24.Qf1 is playable G Finnlaugsson vs M Antonsen, 2007 (C18) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Chigorin 2.Qe2 (C00) 1-0 retreat traps Q F Bohatirchuk vs A Darznieks, 1946  (C00) French Defense, 19 moves, 1-0 French 3.c3? (C00) 1-0 The horse ran off from his K V Hergert vs G Handke, 1988  (C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Steinitz Attack (C00) 0-1 Correspondence F R DiPaula vs L Taro, 1947  (C00) French Defense, 13 moves, 0-1 French Def: 2.Qe2 Chigorin Var (C00) 1-0 Nxe6 ruins Black P Baki vs J Frank, 2005  (C00) French Defense, 14 moves, 1-0 French Defense: King's Indian Attack (C00) 0-1 Premature resign O Sepp vs J Kraai, 2008  (C00) French Defense, 18 moves, 0-1 French Def: 2.Qe2 Chigorin Var (C00) 1-0 Kside pawn roller F Bohatirchuk vs E Sadovsky, 1946 (C00) French Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 French Def: Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 Simul Kside smash Alekhine vs Gutkevich, 1910  (C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 Bxh6 & Lateral Q fork I Nikolayev vs K Mannisto, 1990  (C01) French, Exchange, 13 moves, 1-0 French Def: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 Q+ & fork N Mackenzie vs P Ware, 1871  (C01) French, Exchange, 20 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 Amen A Miladi vs Patience Tsuses, 2016  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0 Petrov/French Exchange (C01) 0-1N the hole gets pinned to his Q Short vs Harikrishna, 2007  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Advance. Paulsen Attack (C02) 1-0 15.? Grischuk vs Bareev, 2001  (C02) French, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0 French Def: Advance Var (C02) 1-0 Havana Q trap next Steinitz vs A C Vazquez, 1888  (C02) French, Advance, 20 moves, 1-0 French Def: Tarrasch Var (C03) 1-0 Double Sacs on e6!! M Tissir vs M Jimenez Algora, 2004  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0 French Def: Tarrasch. Guimard Def (C03) 1-0Raking Bs, Ns Invade Euwe vs NN, 1947  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0 French Def: Tarrasch. 3...f5 Haberditz Var (C03) 0-1 Greco's I Zdanovs vs M Brakmanis, 1938  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 0-1 French Def: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1-0 Nxf7 sac F Bahr vs V Zukaitis, 1960  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 14 moves, 1-0 French Def: Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Stockfish notes T Palmer vs W Surlow, 1998  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 French Def: Tarrasch . Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0 Y Zinchenko vs M Bronowicki, 2009  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch. Chistyakov Def Modern Line (C07) 1-0 Fork S Rachels vs A A McManus, 1987 (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Tarrasch. Open System (C07) 0-1 Down a piece W Hoyt vs S Bilyap, 1970 (C07) French, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 0-1 French Def. Tarrasch. Open System Main Line (C09) 0-1 Undermine E Paoli vs Bronstein, 1976  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 20 moves, 0-1 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 White piles on pins J Misiuda vs P Graul, 1976  (C10) French, 15 moves, 1-0 Annihilation of Defense. Game #4490 in Laszlo Polgar's brick. L Engels vs A Tsvetkov, 1936  (C10) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Def: Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Crack the 0-0 V Atlas vs S Tomezack, 2006  (C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0 French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Nimzowitsch notes Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1916   (C10) French, 19 moves, 1-0 Game 62 in Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess F S Blackall vs Christian, 1942  (C10) French, 10 moves, 1-0 French Def: Rubinstein Var (C10) 1-0 Entangled N Milevskis vs W Sohn, 1899  (C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0 French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 blindfold Kramnik vs Shirov, 2003  (C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 00 vs 000 fire! S Abu Sufian vs B Lalic, 2008  (C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1 French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1Get out of the way G Menke vs Keres, 1935  (C11) French, 14 moves, 0-1 French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 misfortunate 13 T Spanton vs S Williams, 1993  (C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: McCutcheon Var (C12) 1-0 "Cole's Law" A Coles vs J T Westbrock, 1951  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 18 moves, 1-0 French Def: Classical. Richter Attk (C13) 1-0 Insufficient comp Charousek vs Maroczy, 1895  (C13) French, 15 moves, 1-0 FR Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0 17.? Keres vs R G Wade, 1954  (C13) French, 17 moves, 1-0 #5015 on p.969 of CHESS: 5334 Problems, etc. by Laszlo Polgar K Richter vs K Darga, 1950  (C13) French, 19 moves, 1-0 17...? from John Emms' Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book Set 3 O Loskutov vs D Chuprikov, 2000  (C13) French, 20 moves, 1-0 French Def: Classical. Alapin Var (C14) 1-0 Discovered+ awaits E Steiner vs D Przepiorka, 1924  (C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 French Def: Classical. Tarrasch Var (C14) 1-0 Greek gift Schlechter vs Stubenrauch, 1901  (C14) French, Classical, 16 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer Var (C15) 1-0 Poke the pin w/a pawn B Wall vs R J Lovegren, 1980  (C15) French, Winawer, 7 moves, 1-0 French Def: Winawer. Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15) 0-1 Simul Smyslov vs F Kohn, 1976  (C15) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Winawer Var (C15) 1-0 Q forks EAD h7 & LPDO B L Christiansen vs C Madsen, 1975  (C15) French, Winawer, 17 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Advance Var Moscow Var (C17) 0-1 6th Corresp WC S Aarseth vs H Rittner, 1968  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Winawer. Bogoljubow Var (C17) 0-1 13.? J Friedman vs Gulko, 1993  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 16 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn Var (C18) 0-1 Blitz R Seiffert vs Uhlmann, 1954  (C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 0-1 French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn General (C18) 1-0 11.? E Ilfeld vs Halb, 1993  (C18) French, Winawer, 16 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Winawer. Positional Var (C19) 1-0Correspondence M Napolitano vs A Cuadrado, 1950  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 17 moves, 1-0 Colle 5.c3 (D05) 0-1 14.h3? gives the initiative to Black N Riumin vs A Polyak, 1929  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Exchange (C01) 0-1 Exchange sac attack! Burn vs De Vere, 1870  (C01) French, Exchange, 16 moves, 0-1 French Def. Exchange (C01) 0-1 She snatched b-pawn, uncastled K F Berend vs S Coffey, 1982  (C01) French, Exchange, 18 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation (C03) 0-1 blitz I Koper vs Nepomniachtchi, 2011  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 0-1 S Vajda vs Ganguly, 2016  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch Var (C03) 1-0 Castled into it J Klavins vs A Makarov, 1956  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 15 moves, 1-0 French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 0-1 beauty L Meyer vs S Polgar, 1981  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 0-1 French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 0-1 16...? F Lequoy vs D Julliard, 1982  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 0-1 Black avoided one trap. If 5...Qxd4? then 6.Bb5+ wins loose Q. W Ivanov vs P Martynov, 1973  (C10) French, 6 moves, 1-0 French, Classical. Steinitz (C11) 1-0Greek gift, P wedge, Q+ Steinitz vs C Golmayo, 1888  (C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) 1-0 17.? Sherrard / Wilmot vs Burn, 1898  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Classical. Burn (C11) 1-0 g7 is weak, can't fix Anand vs Korchnoi, 2000  (C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0 TAL got Burn-t by Petro Tal vs Petrosian, 1962  (C11) French, 20 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 P fork Svidler vs Morozevich, 2007  (C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Classical. Richter Attack (C13) 0-1 P Mross vs Bogoljubov, 1941  (C13) French, 17 moves, 0-1 French Def: Classical. Richter Attk (C13) 1-0 earthquake M Ostovic vs B Rogulj, 2012  (C13) French, 19 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Winckelmann-Riemer G. (C15)1-0 Q sac for K walk C Toerber vs G Menke, 1950  (C15) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0 Game 64 Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev Dake vs F R DiPaula, 1935  (C15) French, Winawer, 9 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Winawer Var (C15) 1-0 N+ royal fork looms J van Mil vs Nijboer, 1992 (C15) French, Winawer, 15 moves, 1-0 French Def: Winawer. Petrosian Var (C16) 0-1 17.Rf2 is playable P Cleghorn vs P Koploy, 1972  (C16) French, Winawer, 16 moves, 0-1 French Winawer. Retreat Var Armenian Line (C18) 1-0Handy Bishop C Cranbourne vs Timoshenko, 1991  (C18) French, Winawer, 14 moves, 1-0 French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn, Paoli Var (C18) 0-1 Corresp H W Jordan vs G Fawbush, 1977  (C18) French, Winawer, 20 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Winawer. Advance Var (C18) 1-0 Bxh7+ Greek gift Tal vs E W Jaggs, 1964  (C18) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0 French, Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0 B sac, Dovetail# Milner-Barry vs A H Trott, 1951  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0 French Def: Classical. Richter Attk (C13) 1-0 Greek gift, no # Marshall vs W P Shipley, 1915  (C13) French, 20 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Advance Var (C02) 1-0 Pseudo-Boden's Mate B Zavodnik vs B Karg, 1982  (C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0 French Def: Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 weak dark sqrs Yates vs M Censer, 1927  (C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0 French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn Main Line (C18) 0-1 Aronian vs Duda, 2021  (C18) French, Winawer, 18 moves, 0-1 Sicilian Def: Marshall Gambit (B23) 1-0 Five straight P moves? A J Mackenzie vs C W Wilkins, 1908  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 13 moves, 1-0 French Def: Normal Var (C10) 0-1 U12 extended Scholar's check Y Burdot vs Amanzhan Suraganov, 2016 (C10) French, 13 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch Var (C03) 0-1 Stockfish notes T Abrahamyan vs Timman, 2014  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 1-0 Stockfish N Abdusattorov vs R Reshetnikov, 2016  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0 French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 H Seidman vs Shainswit, 1956  (C01) French, Exchange, 14 moves, 1-0 French Def: Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Balestra # var R Woegerer vs N Froehlich, 1938  (C10) French, 18 moves, 1-0 T Jenkins vs D Vives, 1954  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 M Narciso Dublan vs J Jurado Martinez, 1989 (C02) French, Advance, 18 moves, 1-0 H Pilaj vs W Hook, 2004  (C10) French, 18 moves, 1-0 French Def: Steinitz. Gledhill Attack (C11) 1-0 Rook ramrod # M Lu vs L Mkrtchian, 2022  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0 A Matoussi vs A Houli, 2001 (C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1 French Def: Advance. Nimzowitsch Attk (C02) 1-0 h-file assault A Tschetter vs Mike Haskins, 1968  (C02) French, Advance, 18 moves, 1-0 French Def: Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 1-0 sockdolager Sawyer Tom vs Ilya Stetsenko, 2018  (C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0 Y Kather vs S Williams, 2023  (C11) French, 24 moves, 0-1 French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C14) 0-1 Can that move be? D Winslow vs J Wehener, 1981  (C14) French, Classical, 11 moves, 0-1 420 games