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Siccilian Cllosed the Door on Fredthebear
Compiled by fredthebear

Thank you syuanjiang for the Grand Prix games by Gawain Jones.

See Grand Prix Attack compiled by takasumi.

You're welcome bruce and mneuwirth.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." ― Lao Tzu

"God has given you one face, and you make yourself another." ― William Shakespeare

"I started chess around the age of seven. I was inspired by the game, but soon legends like Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Anand and many other world champions captivated me." ― Anish Giri

"Chess is a game where all different sorts of people can come together, not a game in which people are divided because of their religion or country of origin." ― Hikaru Nakamura

"In chess, you have to bring all the pieces into the game. It is about development. In writing, you have to develop the story." ― Gza

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." ― Albert Einstein

Richard the Lionheart only spent six months of his ten-year reign in England.

"Chess is a lot of fun for me. Football is a physical game, and in chess you can just beat someone mentally - you outwit somebody, outmaneuver them, think ahead of them." ― Larry Fitzgerald

"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." ― Archimedes

"The most powerful weapon in chess is to have the next move." ― David Bronstein

"Young men preen. Old men scheme." ― Mason Cooley

"Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego." ― Bobby Fischer

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." ― Henry David Thoreau

"Chess is the art of analysis." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Patience is the companion of wisdom." ― Saint Augustine

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

"There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things." ― Gerald R. Ford

"My biggest competitor was my mum. I used to try to beat her at Chinese chequers, chess, carrom, volleyball, badminton, football, wrestling." ― Sunil Chhetri

"Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances." ― Thomas Jefferson

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak." ― Alan Dundes

"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." ― Albert Einstein

"The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost." ― Viktor Korchnoi

"In chess, you should be as cool as a cucumber." ― Yuliya Snigir

"O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!" ― Walter Scott

"It is a profound mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned." ― Richard Reti

"To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." ― Steve Prefontaine

"I love to play chess. The last time I was playing, I started to really see the board. I don't mean just seeing a few moves ahead - something else. My game started getting better. It's the patterns. The patterns are universal." ― Forest Whitaker

"God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?' " ― William Arthur Ward

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." ― Epictetus

"I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days." ― Anna Kendrick

Never judge a book by its cover.

"You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport." ― Garry Kasparov

"My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose." ― Bette Davis

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ― Winston Churchill

"I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up." ― Magnus Carlsen

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." ― Mark Twain

Napoleon took 187,600 horses with his army as he rode into Russia in 1812, only 1,600 came back.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." ― Eleanor Roosevelt

"I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be." ― Joyce Meyer

"Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment." ― Jim Rohn

"I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one." ― Will Rogers

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach prepares for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

The game of Chess is a battle between two armies, numerical equal, of which the two players are the generals. - Leopold Hoffers

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* Early Vasily: Game Collection: Vasily Smyslov, the early years

* Extensive Spassky Collection:
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* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
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* Don't Steal: https://www.openbible.info/topics/s...

* Failing is a part of life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nja...

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* French According to... Game Collection: The French According to ...

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* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)

* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit

* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...

* King Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/to...

* Everlasting L4U: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jNMN... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ObeV...
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* Make a Stand: https://www.history.com/topics/amer...

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* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki)

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* Opening Ideas/Novelties: Game Collection: Great opening ideas

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* 107 battles: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine

* 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga...

* Black ...d6 Resources: Game Collection: 1...d6. A very interesting opening with no name

* Common Checkmate Patterns:
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* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256...

* Fried Fox is awful: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* Fork Overload (Remove the Defender): Game Collection: FORK-OVERLOAD OR HOOK-AND-LADDER TRICK

* Glossary P: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...

* Good historical links: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/in...

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* Miniatures: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (III)

* Monday Puzzles: Game Collection: Monday Puzzles, 2011-2017

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

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* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

>Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." - Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

In 1913 Stalin, Hitler, Trotsky, Tito all lived in Vienna for a couple of months.

Alabama: Mobile
Established in: 1702

The city of Mobile is a port city on the Gulf Coast in Alabama that has a lot of French influence (which makes sense, since it was founded by the French). Mardi Gras celebrations originated there, and you can experience the history of the holiday at the Mobile Carnival Museum.

* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...

* Short history: Game Collection: A history of chess

* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch...

Here's a poem a dad wrote:

<ODE TO CHESS

Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls

and was pitched into the pit of defeat.

But, heedless of humiliating falls,

I clambered bravely back onto my feet

and charged again, again to be down thrust

onto the scrap heap of people who lose

onto the mound of mortifying dust

whilst my opponent sat without a bruise

upon his pedestal. We changed sides

and fought again, but I was defeated

whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides

took the throne upon which I had been seated.

Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.

But I would like to beat him just the same.>

"Chess can be described as the movement of pieces eating one another." — Marcel Duchamp

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." — Being Caballero

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." — Ernest Hemingway

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." ― Albert Einstein

"When in doubt, don't." ― Benjamin Franklin

A Fallen Leaf
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A trusting little leaf of green,
A bold audacious frost;
A rendezvous, a kiss or two,
And youth for ever lost.
Ah, me!
The bitter, bitter cost.

A flaunting patch of vivid red,
That quivers in the sun;
A windy gust, a grave of dust,
The little race is run.
Ah, me!
Were that the only one.

Of the eight planets in the Solar System, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn were observed by Babylonian astronomers as early as the 2nd millennium BC. The Greek Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 bc) also correctly observed the position of Earth in relation to the planets – known as the heliocentric model.

Below is the acrostic poem by Mrs T.B. Rowland:

Tears now we sadly shed apart,
How keenly has death's sudden dart
E'en pierced a kingdom's loyal heart.

Dark lies the heavy gloomy pall
Upon our royal bower,
Kings, queens, and nations bow their heads,
Each mourn for England's flower.

Oh! God, to her speak peace divine,
For now no voice can soothe but thine.

Ah, why untimely snatched away,
Loved Prince – alas, we sigh –
Before thy sun its zenith reached
Athwart the noonday sky.
Noble in heart, in deed, and will,
Years hence thy name we'll cherish still.

That poem was published on pages 140-141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884)

Select a good chess move:

1. Is my king and queen safe? Am I absolutely sure?

2. Why did my opponent make that move?

3. What just changed?

4. What is now en prise / un/under-defended?

5. Any immediate risks / opportunities? (If no, go to default) - Opening: Develop
- Middle game: Improve, build attack, pawn breaks. - End game: Assure the best outcome

6. What are ALL the candidate moves?

7. For each, what is likely to happen? New risks/opportunities?

8. Which is best?

9. Does it improve my position?

10. Sanity check, sure it's not a mistake?

The Will Explained by Aesop

If what old story says of Aesop's true,
The oracle of Greece he was,
And more than Areopagus he knew,
With all its wisdom in the laws.
The following tale gives but a sample
Of what has made his fame so ample.
Three daughters shared a father's purse,
Of habits totally diverse.
The first, bewitched with drinks delicious;
The next, coquettish and capricious;
The third, supremely avaricious.
The sire, expectant of his fate,
Bequeathed his whole estate,
In equal shares, to them,
And to their mother just the same, –
To her then payable, and not before,
Each daughter should possess her part no more.
The father died. The females three
Were much in haste the will to see.
They read, and read, but still
Saw not the willer's will.
For could it well be understood
That each of this sweet sisterhood,
When she possessed her part no more,
Should to her mother pay it over?
It was surely not so easy saying
How lack of means would help the paying.
What meant their honoured father, then?
The affair was brought to legal men,
Who, after turning over the case
Some hundred thousand different ways,
Threw down the learned bonnet,
Unable to decide on it;
And then advised the heirs,
Without more thought, t" adjust affairs.
As to the widow's share, the counsel say,
"We hold it just the daughters each should pay
One third to her on demand,
Should she not choose to have it stand
Commuted as a life annuity,
Paid from her husband's death, with due congruity." The thing thus ordered, the estate
Is duly cut in portions three.
And in the first they all agree
To put the feasting-lodges, plate,
Luxurious cooling mugs,
Enormous liquor jugs,
Rich cupboards, – built beneath the trellised vine, – The stores of ancient, sweet Malvoisian wine,
The slaves to serve it at a sign;
In short, whatever, in a great house,
There is of feasting apparatus.
The second part is made
Of what might help the jilting trade –
The city house and furniture,
Exquisite and genteel, be sure,
The eunuchs, milliners, and laces,
The jewels, shawls, and costly dresses.
The third is made of household stuff,
More vulgar, rude, and rough –
Farms, fences, flocks, and fodder,
And men and beasts to turn the sod over.
This done, since it was thought
To give the parts by lot
Might suit, or it might not,
Each paid her share of fees dear,
And took the part that pleased her.
It was in great Athens town,
Such judgment gave the gown.
And there the public voice
Applauded both the judgment and the choice.
But Aesop well was satisfied
The learned men had set aside,
In judging thus the testament,
The very gist of its intent.
"The dead," Said he, "could he but know of it,
Would heap reproaches on such Attic wit.
What! men who proudly take their place
As sages of the human race,
Lack they the simple skill
To settle such a will?"
This said, he undertook himself
The task of portioning the pelf;
And straightway gave each maid the part
The least according to her heart –
The prim coquette, the drinking stuff,
The drinker, then, the farms and cattle;
And on the miser, rude and rough,
The robes and lace did Aesop settle;
For thus, he said, "an early date
Would see the sisters alienate
Their several shares of the estate.
No motive now in maidenhood to tarry,
They all would seek, post haste, to marry;
And, having each a splendid bait,
Each soon would find a well-bred mate;
And, leaving thus their father's goods intact,
Would to their mother pay them all, in fact," – Which of the testament
Was plainly the intent.
The people, who had thought a slave an ass,
Much wondered how it came to pass
That one alone should have more sense
Than all their men of most pretence.

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/KMMrJvE1

* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century

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'Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer

The Words Of Socrates

A house was built by Socrates
That failed the public taste to please.
Some blamed the inside; some, the out; and all
Agreed that the apartments were too small.
Such rooms for him, the greatest sage of Greece!

"I ask," said he, "no greater bliss
Than real friends to fill even this."
And reason had good Socrates
To think his house too large for these.
A crowd to be your friends will claim,
Till some unhandsome test you bring.
There's nothing plentier than the name;
There's nothing rarer than the thing.

The human body is made up of 206 bones.
Surprisingly, babies are born with 300! Babies' bones only fuse together and harden as they get older.

Fools look to tomorrow. Wise men use tonight. ~ Scottish Proverb

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him. ~ Scottish Proverb

The Thieves and the Ass

Two thieves, pursuing their profession,
Had of a donkey got possession,
Whereon a strife arose,
Which went from words to blows.
The question was, to sell, or not to sell;
But while our sturdy champions fought it well,
Another thief, who chanced to pass,
With ready wit rode off the ass.

This ass is, by interpretation,
Some province poor, or prostrate nation.
The thieves are princes this and that,
On spoils and plunder prone to fat, –
As those of Austria, Turkey, Hungary.
(Instead of two, I have quoted three –
Enough of such commodity.)
These powers engaged in war all,
Some fourth thief stops the quarrel,
According all to one key,
By riding off the donkey.

Yue Fei Helped Save The Southern Song Dynasty
<Yue Fei> was a Han Chinese general during the Southern Song dynasty. He was the main commander of the Southern Song armies during the wars in the 12th century that were fought between the Southern Song and Jin dynasty. Fei grew up as an impoverished farmer and joined the military in 1122.

Proving his military prowess over the years, Yue Fei was named general of the Song military in 1133. He led numerous successful counter and offensive attacks against northern China, saving the Southern Song dynasty. He remained undefeated up until his death when he was executed in what was believed to be false charges.

"Risk" by Anais Nin

And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to blossom.

"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

<<<chess writer and poet <Henry Thomas Bland>

Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:>

I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up

He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.>

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force.

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." ― Leonardo da Vinci

The Frogs Asking A King

A certain commonwealth aquatic,
Grown tired of order democratic,
By clamouring in the ears of Jove, effected
Its being to a monarch's power subjected.
Jove flung it down, at first, a king pacific.
Who nathless fell with such a splash terrific,
The marshy folks, a foolish race and timid,
Made breathless haste to get from him hid.
They dived into the mud beneath the water,
Or found among the reeds and rushes quarter.
And long it was they dared not see
The dreadful face of majesty,
Supposing that some monstrous frog
Had been sent down to rule the bog.
The king was really a log,
Whose gravity inspired with awe
The first that, from his hiding-place
Forth venturing, astonished, saw
The royal blockhead's face.
With trembling and with fear,
At last he drew quite near.
Another followed, and another yet,
Till quite a crowd at last were met;
Who, growing fast and strangely bolder,
Perched soon on the royal shoulder.
His gracious majesty kept still,
And let his people work their will.
Clack, clack! what din beset the ears of Jove?
"We want a king," the people said, "to move!"
The god straight sent them down a crane,
Who caught and slew them without measure,
And gulped their carcasses at pleasure;
Whereat the frogs more wofully complain.
"What! what!" great Jupiter replied;
"By your desires must I be tied?
Think you such government is bad?
You should have kept what first you had;
Which having blindly failed to do,
It had been prudent still for you
To let that former king suffice,
More meek and mild, if not so wise.
With this now make yourselves content,
Lest for your sins a worse be sent."

Fromper said:
<When my sister and I were kids, chess was one of several board games that our parents gave us. The set we had was one of those cheapy plastic sets with the instructions in the box top that didn't cover everything. That's how I learned how to move the pieces and what checkmate is, but it didn't cover things like castling, pawn promotion, en pessant, etc. I played a couple of times with that over the years, but never really seriously.

I became somewhat of a "gamer" in high school, back when D&D was big in the 80's. The concept that there were books on chess strategy and people took it so seriously always fascinated me, but I didn't know where to start in looking into it, so it was a little intimidating, too. So I never got around to looking into it seriously until I was an adult. One day, I played a casual game of chess against a friend, and it reminded me of my earlier curiousity. Wanting to make sure I knew all the rules of the game and learn something about the strategy, I checked a local used bookstore and found an old copy of "An Invitation to Chess" by Chernev and Harkness for under $2, which is pretty much the 1948 version of Chess for Dummies. I started playing on the internet, eventually joined USCF, and the rest is history. --Fromper >

Bears have a high IQ
Perhaps one of the lesser-known facts about bears is that they are among the most intelligent land animals in North America. They have the largest and most complex brains compared to other land mammals their size, and they rely on this brain for a number of behaviors.

For example, grizzly bears can remember hotspots for food even after ten years, and some have even been observed covering their tracks or hiding behind rocks and trees to avoid detection by hunters. Grizzly bears have also learned to camouflage their scent by rolling around in rotting flesh to sneak up on prey.

littleman said:
<I learned chess from an old chess book called Hoffers if i remember correctly because i asked my brother to teach me since he was the best at it my family and he just gave me a chess set travel one and that book and said here u go if u want to learn go for it and then i went from there played in a chess club 6mths later and of course got beaten a lot and i just kept learning from my mistakes and studying the game and playing against pc's and all that stuff u do to get better and that's basically it from my story anyway.>

Reference: https://www.bing.com/images/search?... and: Wikipedia article: Leopold Hoffer

Read <Leopold Hoffer's "Chess"> book for free w/your free sign-up: https://archive.org/details/chess00... Note: A lengthy explanation of the Giuoco Piano, Evans Gambit, Hungarian Defense and Two Knights Defense from pages 57-101. Each of these openings begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4, the Italian Game. The Spanish Game/Ruy Lopez is also prominent. (FTB preferred to use the enlarged single page option/one rectangle on the lower right, and scroll down while reading.)

A Song of Heroes
by Anonymous

Our country calls for heroes,
And who is a hero now
With no fear in his eyes,
With no shade of disguise,
With a purpose upon his brow?
The wide world calls for heroes,
And who will a hero be.
With a love for the whole
And a clear, steady soul
And a spirit brave and free?
High heaven calls for heroes,
And who is a hero there,
With a will for the best,
And a mind for the test,
And a heart that knows to dare?
But never mind the heroes,
Nor herald the hero's worth:
For our land we will die
And for God on high,
And for all the groaning earth!

<There are distinct situations where a bishop is preferred (over a knight). For example, two bishops are better than two knights or one of each. Steven Mayer, the author of Bishop Versus Knight, contends, "A pair of bishops is usually considered to be worth six points, but common sense suggests that a pair of active bishops (that are very involved in the formation) must be accorded a value of almost nine under some circumstances." This is especially true if the player can plant the bishops in the center of the board, as two bishops working in tandem can span up to 26 squares and have the capacity to touch every square.

Bishops are also preferable to knights when queens have been exchanged because, Grandmaster Sergey Erenburg, who is ranked 11th in the U.S., explains, "Bishops and rooks complement each other, and when well-coordinated, act as a queen." Conversely, a knight is the preferred minor piece when the queen survives until the late-middlegame or the endgame. Mayer explains, "The queen and knight are able to work together smoothly and create a greater number of threats than the queen and bishop."

When forced to say one is better than the other, most anoint the bishop. Mayer concludes, "I think it's true that the bishops are better than the knights in a wider variety of positions than the knights are better than the bishops."

He continues, "Of course, I'm not sure this does us much good, as we only get to play one position at a time.">

Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

God is great and God is good,

Let us thank Him for our food;

By His blessings, we are fed,

Give us Lord, our daily bread.
Amen.

<greersome wrote:

There once was a woman from Mizes

Who had chess sets of two different sizes

One was quite small

Almost nothing at all

But the other was large and won prizes!>

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with." — Billy Graham

"I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right." — Billy Graham

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

Oct-04-10
I play the Fred: said...
You're distraught
because you're not
able to cope
feel like a dope
when Lasker hits
Puttin on (the Fritz)

* Riddle-xp-scree: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Never reply to an anonymous letter." ― Yogi Berra, MLB Hall of Fame catcher

"Even Napoleon had his Watergate."
― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

"Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

"One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today." ― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

"The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots." — The Revenant

Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !!

"Chess is the gymnasium of the mind." — Blasie Pascal

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

"Don't trust everything you see. Even salt looks like sugar." – Unknown

The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell

Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play,

And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried,

Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.

A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what...

"Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves."

page 136 of Amy Lowell: Selected Poems edited by Honor Moore (New York, 2004):

Moonlight Striking upon a Chess-Board

I am so aching to write
That I could make a song out of a chess-board
And rhyme the intrigues of knights and bishops
And the hollow fate of a checkmated king.
I might have been a queen, but I lack the proper century; I might have been a poet, but where is the adventure to Explode me into flame.
Cousin Moon, our kinship is curiously demonstrated, For I, too, am a bright, cold corpse
Perpetually circling above a living world.
Our correspondent notes that in 1926, the year after her death, Amy Lowell was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

She was a cousin of Robert Lowell, two of whose works were given on pages 67-68 of The Poetry of Chess edited by Andrew Waterman (London, 1981).

French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)

Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."

Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

"Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

"those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" is often cited as originating in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde written in 1385.

"Friend, you don't have to earn God's love or try harder. You're precious in His sight, covered by the priceless blood of Jesus, and indwelt by His Holy Spirit. Don't hide your heart or fear you're not good enough for Him to care for you. Accept His love, obey Him, and allow Him to keep you in His wonderful freedom." — Charles F. Stanley

from the simpleton poet:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

Play cheater_1, with engine.
Or OTB, all in your head.

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon

The cat's play is the mouse's death. ~ German Proverb

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." ― Theodore Roosevelt

Ah, St. Marher, 1225:
"And te tide and te time þat tu iboren were, schal beon iblescet."

2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier.

"Debt is dumb. Cash is king." — Dave Ramsey

A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events.

During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences.

Silence is the best reply to a fool. ― Joker

Always Remember, the beginning is the hardest part. ― Joker

Did you hear about the mathematician who's afraid of negative numbers? He'll stop at nothing to avoid them.

Praseodymium Pr 59 140.908 1.1

.oo.

A Game of Chess -
by T. S. Eliot
II. A GAME OF CHESS

The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines
From which a golden Cupidon peeped out
(Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, Unguent, powdered, or liquid — troubled, confused And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air That freshened from the window, these ascended
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, In which sad light a carved dolphin swam.
Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale
Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues, " Jug Jug " to dirty ears.
And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
Footsteps shuffled on the stair.
Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair
Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. " My nerves are bad to-night. Yes, bad. Stay with me. " Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak.
— " What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? " I never know what you are thinking. Think. "

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

" What is that noise? "
The wind under the door.
" What is that noise now? What is the wind doing? " Nothing again nothing.
" Do
" You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember " Nothing? "

— I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
" Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head? " But
O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag —
It's so elegant
So intelligent
" What shall I do now? What shall I do? "
" I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
" With my hair down, so. What shall we do to-morrow? " What shall we ever do? "
The hot water at ten.
And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said —
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself,
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart. He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there. You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set,
He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.
And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert, He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time, And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said. Oh is there, she said. Something o' that, I said. Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look. H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said. Others can pick and choose if you can't.
But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling. You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique. (And her only thirty-one.)
I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face,
It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said. (She's had five already, and nearly died of young George.) The chemist said it would be all right, but I've never been the same. You are a proper fool, I said.
Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don't want children? H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon, And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot — H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
H URRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill. Goonight Lou. Goonight May. Goonight. Ta ta. Goonight. Goonight.
Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

St. Paul

Sicilian Closed (B23) 0-1 Double ++ on open e-file is decisive
Puck vs Troll, 1961
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 0-1
Miniature found in "The Massive Book of Chess" shows 9...Bh3!
P A Rasmussen vs E Brondum, 1995
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 9 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Closed Variation (B23) Miniature: 0-0 or Capture??
P A Ursell vs A T Watson, 1953
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 1-0
Game 94, "Anatoly Karpov - My 300 Best Games"
Karpov vs Quinteros, 1980
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 351 in Boris Spassky's 400 Selected Games
Spassky vs Gufeld, 1988
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0
Sic Closed Chameleon 6.Be3 (B23) 0-1Hole/Smothered Mate
Marjanovic vs I Zhivanov, 1946
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 6 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon Var (B23)0-1 A brawl from the start
T Rakic vs I Nemet, 1966
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon Var (B23) 1-0 e-file opens quickly
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Chameleon (B35) 0-1 He gave her away
J Radovanovic vs M Quinn, 2004
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Sicilian GP 3f4 5Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Add attacker to EAD creates pin
P Theon vs G Andruet, 1986
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 13 moves, 1-0
Sic Grand Prix Attk (B23)0-1 Qa5+ forks LPDO B shooting gallery
F Smrcka vs K E Engel, 1965
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack 5.Be2>Bb3 (B23) 1-0 Crossfire w/Qh4
N Minev vs Z Doda, 1963
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Impressive Sac Attack
J F Villarreal Felix vs N Ristic, 1975
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
Grand Prix Attack (B23) Q decoy sac then discovery ala Harrwitz
K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) · 1-0
G Kasparian vs Bronstein, 1947
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Discovery+
Reto Buerge vs Tukmakov, 1997
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1/2-1/2 Squeezed too tight
C El Idrissi vs A Laaroussi, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack Bb5 (B23) 0-1 Q+ & fork LPDO Bishop
P Herzman vs B Vuckovic, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 3.f4 5.Bb5+ Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Irritating Q
J Wegerle vs Y Solodovnichenko, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 46 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 3.f4 5.Bb5+ Grand Prix Attk (B23) 0-1Dbld Isolanis win
M Thesing vs Ftacnik, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 3.f4 5.Bc5 Grand Prix Attk (B23) 0-1 White drops Ps
M Thesing vs M Parligras, 2011
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 3.f4 5.Bc5 Grand Prix Attk (B23) 0-1 White is up 4 Ps?
Short vs Karjakin, 2008
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 60 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 5Bc4 Grand Prix Attk. Schofman Var (B23) 0-1 Push back
J Edeling vs H van Kooten, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Grand Prix 3.f4, 5.Bc4 (B23) 0-1 Passer, R+ fork
M Al-Modiahki vs Ivanchuk, 2014
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 0-1
Sicilian unClosed opens, traps Black queen using minors
Blackburne vs J Loye, 1913
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 1-0
Sicilian unClosed (B23) 1-0 Pins w/a pesky knight
von Bardeleben vs Paulsen, 1887
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Un-Closed. Traditional (B34) 1-0 Eventual passer
Lasker vs Bird, 1890
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 57 moves, 1-0
Sicilian unClosed Qxd4 (B23) 1/2-Wrong colored B
V Gashimov vs Karjakin, 2008
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian unClosed. Chameleon Var (B23) 0-1 Space is weak behind
A Soltis vs I Ivanov, 1992
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 45 moves, 0-1
Sicilian unClosed (B23) 0-1 Rook ending
Adams vs Hydra, 2005
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 0-1
King's Indian Attack 7.Be3 (A07) 1-0 h-file attack, Deflection
Capablanca vs J C Rather, 1936
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
How to defeat these Closed Sicilian attacks
Fedorov vs Kasparov, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 More like a Sicilian Closed
K Shanava vs N Umudova, 2010
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
KIA/Hungarian / Sicilian Closed vs Dragon (A07) 1/2-1/2
B Maryasin vs Vasiukov, 2013
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
KIA vs Sic/French Adv (A07) 1-0Furious Kside attk, Arabian# w/Q
Fischer vs Panno, 1970
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Sic Dragon (A07) 1-0 "Outrageous" mating net!
Fischer vs J Durao, 1966
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Be3 (A07) 0-1 Penetrating Ns generate a K walk
E Bone vs L Dubeck, 1971
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
KIA e5, Qe2 vs French (A08) 1-0 Pawns expand, tactical MG
Fischer vs U Geller, 1968
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
French 2.c4/Sicilian Closed(C00) 1-0 N hot foots it to the back
Keres vs K Ozols, 1937
(C00) French Defense, 42 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24)1-0 A masterpiece
L Day vs T Koliada, 1994
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
Sic Closed. Fianchetto 9.Be3 (B24) 1-0 #68 on Soltis Top 100
Smyslov vs Kotov, 1943
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Be6(B24) 1-0 Clown Knights Mischief
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Sic Closed. Fianchetto 7.Be3 (B25)1-0 Qside advance, Kside mate
Spassky vs Lobron, 1987
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 1-0 N support and N fork
Karpov vs Fedin, 1964
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 0-1 Black tears up Qside
Spassky vs Sax, 1989
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Var (B24) 1-0 4 Queens, Standing O
Burn vs O Chajes, 1911
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 115 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 0-1 Q sac mating attack
M Rogan vs J Rizzitano, 1989
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 6Be3, Ne2 Fianchetto(B24) 1-0 N sac boosts attk
G T Crown vs Kotov, 1947
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 6.Be3 (B26) 0-1 Fine Defense!
Adams vs Kasparov, 1999
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 59 moves, 0-1
Sic O'Kelly Variation. Yerevan System (B23) HOLYMOLYKASMOLY
Kupreichik vs J Sunye Neto, 1989
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Closed (B26) 0-1 Notes by Raymond Keene
H Hecht vs Keene, 1972
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed (B23) 0-1 Delicious Q sac, Discovered Double++
Svidler vs Khismatullin, 2015
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 29 moves, 0-1
Sic Closed Traditional (B23) 1-0 "Emil Fit For A King"
Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Traditional (B23) 1-0 Black is a strong player
T L Petrosian vs Jakovenko, 2004
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 75 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed (B23) 1-0 Simplify to a won ending
Nakamura vs Karjakin, 2004
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 55 moves, 1-0
Intro 2.f4 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
A Valles vs Kasparov, 1988
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 0-1
Intro 2.f4 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
Short vs Kasparov, 1990
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 52 moves, 1-0
Kside crush"Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
G Jones vs D Abhishek, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Premature "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
F Hellers vs Gelfand, 1990
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1
Qside plan "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
I Rogers vs V Johansson, 2006
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 51 moves, 1-0
Game 5 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
Benjamin vs B G Smith, 2006
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 7 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
Macieja vs P K Wells, 2005
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 54 moves, 1-0
Game 8 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
G Jones vs M Agopov, 2007
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Game 9 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
G Jones vs T Gelashvili, 2007
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 10 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
Adams vs Anand, 1997
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 11 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
G Jones vs Van Wely, 2007
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 12 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
J Polgar vs Topalov, 1996
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0
Game 32 "Starting out: S.Grand Prix Attack" by G. Jones 2008
G Jones vs J Sarkar, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 69 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed (B23) 0-1 Find good squares, form batteries
Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2006
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 3.g4 (B23) 1-0 Odd start, 0-0-0, N fork
Nakamura vs A Zhigalko, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional NxBb3 (B25) 0-1 White Q diverted
Tiviakov vs Shirov, 2010
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed (B23) 1-0Castled K wins again w/help from Q pin
W N Watson vs T Karolyi, 1986
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Bg2, Nge2, 10.Be3 (B23) 0-1 Unbalanced
Spassky vs J Sunye Neto, 1986
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 78 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed (B23) 0-1 Notes by Bogoljubov
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed Bg2, f4, Nf3 (B23) 0-1 Intermezzo Q+ adds defen
M Salami vs Epishin, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Botvinnik Def II (B25) 1-0 0-0-0, control cntr
Spassky vs A Ostl, 1990
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Grand Prix Attk 5.Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Pin, Distract K as Defender
T Farley vs M Kawuma, 2004
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
Grand Prix Attack 5.Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Brutal Kside onslaught
J Johnson vs L Kaufman, 1979
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Grand Prix Attack 5.Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Clever demolition sac 21.Nxe6
Anand vs Gelfand, 1996
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Grand Prix Attk 5.Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Sac attack into discovered+
G Welling vs Kappler, 1983
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 2...d6 3.f4 Grand Prix Attk (B23) 1-0Pawn gifts
Nakamura vs W M Buehl, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Anti-Sicilian Grand Prix Attk 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 then play 3 Bb5
S Iuldachev vs A Fier, 2006
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Anti-Sicilian Grand Prix Attk 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 then play 3 Bb5
H Simonian vs I Lutsko, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0
Anti-Sicilian Grand Prix Attk 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 then play 3 Bb5
A Kovacevic vs N Djukic, 2002
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0
Always consider En Prise moves as possible 2-movers.
N Gaprindashvili vs A Blagidze, 1963
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 15 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Korchnoi Def (B23)1-0 P rollers opposite wings
Blatny vs N Ioseliani, 1988
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 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 Closed. Korchnoi Def (B23) 1-0 Rs use half-open g-file
A Sabani vs Adorjan, 1990
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Korchnoi Def (B23) 0-1 Blitz trap
E Bamber vs D Bryson, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Closed. Korchnoi Def (B23) 1/2-1/2 N&Ps ending
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Closed Var (B23) 1/2-1/2
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Closed (B23) 1-0 26.Nh7# Smothered Mate
A Bodnaruk vs V Gunina, 2006
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed (B25) 1-0 The thinnest chance
Spassky vs Geller, 1968
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed f4, Nf3 (B25) 1-0 Open g-file
Spassky vs Geller, 1968
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed f4, Nf3 (B25) 1-0 Exchange sac
A Boog vs Van Wely, 1993
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed Nf3, delayed f4 (B26) 1/2-1/2 OCB ending
Smyslov vs Fischer, 1970
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Closed. Botvinnik Def I Edge (B25) 1-0 Open g-file
Short vs C Zhu, 2002
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Botvinnik Def. I Edge Var (B25) 1-0Pile on pin
I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Closed (B25) 1-0 Missed combo. White wins anyway.
Smyslov vs Larsen, 1958
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Botvinnik Def. II (B25) 1/2-1/2 missed the win
Adams vs Topalov, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Closed Variation 6.Be3 (B26) 1-0 Nice lil' combo
Ljubojevic vs Quinteros, 1981
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 6.Be3 (B26) 1-0 See 10th move notes
Adams vs Anand, 1998
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 9.Be3 (B25) 1-0 Astonishing central battle!
Navara vs Sasikiran, 2009
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Sic Closed. Fianchetto (B25) 1-0 Chernev's Most Instructive G34
Panov vs Taimanov, 1952
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 55 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 6.f4 7.Nf3 8.Be3 (B25) 0-1 Triple on d-file
W Walz vs Fischer, 1956
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Sic Closed. Fianchetto N climb (B25) 1-0 Resign in won position
V Bilinski vs I David Glaz, 1982
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Bg2, f4, Nf3 (B25) 1-0Black's last rook is lost
Balashov vs Pigusov, 1990
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Bg2-f4-Nf3 (B25) 1-0 R does more harm than good
Bronstein vs Keres, 1953
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 58 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix Attk f4-Nf3-Be2 (B23) 1-0 Closed breakthru
L Day vs J Yoos, 1996
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 55 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Nf3-Bg2-No f4 (B23) 1-0 Ne5xNg6 sac
Adams vs P Mellier, 1995
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed f4-Nf3-Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Video link
Short vs Gelfand, 1991
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Bg2-Ne2-f4 (B23) 1-0 Kside pawn thrust
E Degerstedt vs R Vik-Hansen, 2007
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 R vs B ending
L Day vs A Kuznecov, 1983
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 68 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional (B34) 1-0 10.Nc7+, outnumber h7
Keres vs I Raud, 1931
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Var (B23) 0-1 As the board opens, Keres thrives
G Kasparian vs Keres, 1947
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 4.Bg2, f4 (B26) 0-1 Black N tour security for Q
R Hawkes vs K Spraggett, 1986
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. 3.Bb5 Traditional (B25) 0-1Remove the Defender
L Ptacnikova vs H Steingrimsson, 2015
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed Bb5-Bc4. Traditional (B25) 1-0 2Rs vs 3 Minors
F Armbrust vs Shirov, 2014
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0
Closed Sicilian Bc4. Anti-Sveshnikov. Kharlov-Kramnik(B30) 1-0
Shirov vs M Roiz, 2006
(B30) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack 6...Nd4xBb5 (B23) 1/2- R ending awry
E Bamber vs I Gourlay, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 91 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Grand Prix Attk 7...Nd4xBb5 (B23) 1-0 Passer issue
M Hebden vs O Thorsson, 1994
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional BxN(B25) 1-0 Intermezzo discipline
I Makka vs A Papathanasiou, 2008
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional 9.BxNc6 (B25) 1-0 Yugoslav-like
L Cooper vs R Fesalbon, 2008
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 18 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional 4.BxNc6 (B23) 1-0 f-file pin
M Petraki vs G Kouloumbis, 2001
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional 4.BxNc6 (B25) 1-0 Central passer
M Bakalarz vs H Woehrel, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 6.BxNc6 (B23) 1-0 Sac Exchange & Sac Exch offer
Plaskett vs K Bischoff, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix Attk BxNc6(B23) 1-0 Slick Queen harrassment
V Borovikov vs R Vazquez Igarza, 2000
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional NxNd4 (B25) 1-0 Spearhead on f7
R Hess vs F Perez, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional NxNd4 (B23) 1-0Don't help opponent
M Petraki vs A Stiri, 2001
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional NxNd4 (B23) 1-0 Spearhead, Rob Pin
K Bulski vs E Momeni, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional Nd4xBb3 (B25) 1-0 Pawns fall
F Vallejo Pons vs J M Sprenger, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 18 moves, 1-0
White's 23. RxNf6! initiaties a pretty Knight fork combination.
S Sale vs B Jankovic, 1999
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Bg2, Be3 (B26) 1-0 R sac for two passers
Short vs H Stefansson, 2002
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Var (B24) 0-1 N sac for Kside attk
Smyslov vs Szabo, 1949
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
Game 41 in The Golden Dozen by Irving Chernev
Smyslov vs Denker, 1946
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Traditional 8...NxBb3 (B25) 0-1 Heavy Artillery
S Iuldachev vs Aronian, 2004
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. Closed. Fianchetto Var (B24) 0-1 2 Hogs on 2nd
Capablanca vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1925
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 6.f4 7.Nf3 (B25) 0-1 Close but costly loss
Spassky vs Portisch, 1980
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 6.f4 7.Nf3 (B25) 0-1 Doubled Rs on g-file
Spassky vs Portisch, 1982
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 43 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 6.f4 7.Nf3 (B25) 0-1 47...Bb4 is not foolish
Spassky vs J Polgar, 1994
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 47 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 6.f4 7.Nf3 (B25) 0-1 More pawns
Spassky vs J Polgar, 1995
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed Ne2-Ng3-Be2 (B23) 1-0 White chews up the Kside
Short vs Karjakin, 2008
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Andy Soltis' book The Inner Game of Chess
Ljubojevic vs Kasparov, 1991
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 43 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack 6...NxBb5 (B23) 1/2-1/2
A Cabrera vs V Malakhov, 2005
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack 6...NxBb5 (B23) 1/2-1/2
G Jones vs R Edouard, 2010
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack 6...NxBb5 (B23) 0-1 Up the exchange
R Yang vs Y Wang, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack f4, Nf3, Bb5 vs Qb6 (B23) 0-1
S Weeramantry vs A J Atia, 2006
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 47 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack f4, Nf3, Bb5 vs Nd4 (B23) 0-1
J Hawes vs F Handke, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed Bg2, Nf3 (B25) 0-1 Black gets the open files
A Medina Garcia vs Botvinnik, 1969
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 56 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Chameleon Var (B23) 1-0 Queenmate
Yurkov vs Salov, 1979
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 14 moves, 1-0
The 14th and last round of the 1978 Olympiad. Time trouble.
Spassky vs Timman, 1978
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Def. Closed. Traditional (B23) 0-1 Routine castling
Steinitz vs H G Voigt, 1885
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed Bb5-Bc4. Traditional (B25) 1-0 Blistering thrts
Y Gozzoli vs L Delorme, 2006
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix vs Dragon Ne7, Bg7 (B23) 1-0 Prep Mayet's #
P Jaracz vs K Rudolph, 2000
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed Bc4 (B23) 0-1 Royal family fork#
A Hugaert vs B Gundavaa, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 0-1
Sicilian UnClosed f4, Nf3 Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Blitz outnumbering, pin
Nepomniachtchi vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
Closed Sicil. Anti-Sveshnikov Var Kharlov-Kramnik Line(B30) 1-0
Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007
(B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0
Closed Sicilian. Anti-Sveshnikov Kharlov-Kramnik Line (B30) 1/2
Ponomariov vs Shirov, 2002
(B30) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Closed 7.Be3 d6 (A07) 1-0 extorting Black pawns
Tartakower vs V Halberstadt, 1930
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed Bg2. Korchnoi Def (B23) 1-0 Raking Bs
Gulko vs A Kremenietsky, 1983
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 46 moves, 1-0
"Are you smarter than a fifth-grader?"
Carlsen vs P Royset, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicil Closed. Traditional (B25) 1-0 Fishin' Pole Attk Declined
A Muzychuk vs M Sebag, 2020
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 5.Bg2 Korchnoi Def (B23) 1-0 Zugzwang P ending
S Fillion vs H Masse, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 65 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional 4.BxNc6 (B25) 1-0 Mity Kside Attk!
N Mitkov vs S Smetankin, 2006
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed. Traditional (B25) 1-0 Up the exchange
R Thollin vs P Hughes, 2008
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional 6.NxNd4 (B23)1-0 K stuck uncastled
E Najer vs N Vink, 2000
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed (B25) 1-0 Kside assault withers to R ending
Gligoric vs Pirc, 1949
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Traditional 3.Bb5 Nd4 (B25) 1-0
Tiviakov vs Jansa, 2012
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Traditional 3.Bb5 g6 (B25) 1-0
E Safarli vs R Shcherbakov, 2019
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Traditional 3.Bb5 Nd4 (B25) 1-0
Vocaturo vs R Pereira, 2020
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 47 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 (B25) 1-0 R retreat traps Black Q
T Tian vs Z Nemeth, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Closed 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 (B24) 1-0 Rs & Ns EG
G Thomas vs C Kottnauer, 1947
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Grand Prix Attack 6...NxBb5 (B23) 0-1 P fork
T Hisler vs M Eriksson, 2005
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 0-1
(B25) Sicilian, Closed 0-1 Black's Rook robs the pin for mate!
C Orbaan vs H Kramer, 1950
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1
B26: Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
Smyslov vs Boleslavsky, 1945
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian, Closed (B26) 1-0 Bishop pair rules
J Houska vs A D Harley, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Closed. Korchnoi Def (B23) 0-1Fred's Miniature Advice
Y Boukhris-Ferre vs Portisch, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1
Vol 128, Game 3; Chess Evolution Volumes 101-150
Carlsen vs Wojtaszek, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 (B23) 1-0 3 pieces on 7th
J Degraeve vs A Platel, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Ng (B25) 1-0 Stockfish
Spassky vs Larsen, 1968
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 48 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed (B25) 1-0 If 23...BxRg1 Lolli's Mate next
H Seidman vs K Burger, 1954
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0
"How Many Nebolsina Byte?" (game of the day Nov-19-2020)
M Muzychuk vs V Nebolsina, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 68 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Closed 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.f4 (B25) 0-1 Stockfish
J Davidsson vs O L Einarsson, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 0-1
KEG explains
Chigorin vs von Popiel, 1902
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 54 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Closed 2...a6 3.f4 b5 (B23) 0-1
R Amgalanbaatar vs A Mastrovasilis, 2017
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
B26: Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3
Smyslov vs Bronstein, 1951
(B26) Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3, 39 moves, 1-0
B24: Sicilian, Closed, Smyslov variation
M Aigner vs R de Guzman, 2008
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 79 moves, 1-0
KIA / Grand Prix Attack w/Nxc3 (A07) 1-0 Back rank threat
V Sanal vs N Lubbe, 2021
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed Var (B23) 1-0 internet
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed. Traditional (B25) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
A Robinson vs Lasker, 1892
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Closed Var (B23) · 1-0
E Guo vs Ghazala Begum, 2010
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed Var (B23) 0-1
F Pancevski vs S Sjugirov, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Closed. Fianchetto Var (B24) 0-1 Vladi penetrates
V Krylov vs V Belous, 2012
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3 (B26) 1-0 It's REAL!
G T Crown vs R Broadbent, 1947
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 8.Be3 (B26) 1-0 Super cool sac mating attack!!
R Vassar vs Bill Wirth, 1975
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed. Fianchetto Var 5.f4 d5 (B24) 1/2-1/2
Aronin vs Bronstein, 1966
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian, Closed. Fianchetto Bg2 vs Bg7 (B24) 1-0 Middle Greco#
H J Reichstein vs O Prestel, 1989
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: UnClosed Var (B23) 1-0
A Sandrin vs A Suraci, 1948
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 1-0 R Single-Dbl finish
G Sanders vs J Gonzalez de Vega, 1982
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 51 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed 3.Bb5+ Nd7 (B23) 0-1 sharp
J Vidarsson vs Nakamura, 2004
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 27 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: UnClosed. Fianchetto Var (B24) 1-0 25.?
A Kubbel vs Ragozin, 1929
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Traditional (B25) 1-0 19.?
H Hamdouchi vs A Simutowe, 2001
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed (B23) 1-0 21.Qxb2?
H Charlick vs J Witton, 1887
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
B26: Sicilian Defense, Closed Variation 6.Be3
V Artemiev vs Dubov, 2018
(B26) Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3, 35 moves, 1-0
simple exchange
A Abdisalimov vs V Schetchikov, 2019
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Closed (B23) 0-1 Not as comfortable as it looked
A Ezquerro Luque vs D Alsina Leal, 2022
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Gliglinos vs N Sideris, 2001
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 0-1
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