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1920s Roar by Fredthebear
Compiled by fredthebear
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SU'MAE!

World War I or the First World War lasted four years from 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918. The Spanish flu pandemic struck in 1918.

Prohibition of Liquor Triggered Crime, Social Changes Under Prohibition, effective from 1920 and through to 1933, the USA banned alcohol manufacture, sale, and transportation. This law gave way and "inspired" organized crime and speakeasies. Speakeasies were secret bars where people could drink in private.

"Winning needs no explanation, losing has no alibi." ― Greg Baum.

"A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop." ― Robert Hughes

"Chess is a fairy tale of 1,001 blunders." ― Savielly Tartakower

"Pawns are the soul of the game." ― François-André Danican Philidor

"The king pawn and the queen pawn are the only ones to be moved in the early part of the game." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"There is no such thing as an absolutely freeing move. A freeing move in a position in which development has not been carried far always proves illusory, and vice versa, a move which does not come at all in the category of freeing moves can, given a surplus of tempi to our credit, lead to a very free game." ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"I learned that you have to study more to keep improving (to avoid plateauing). (...) I also realized I had to move slower because I was moving very quickly and making easy blunders." ― 13-year-old FM Brewington Hardaway from New York

"The future reshapes the memory of the past in the way it recalibrates significance: some episodes are advanced, others lose purchase." ― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men

"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." ― General Douglas MacArthur

<The Suffragettes Won Voting Rights The decade of the 1920s saw significant improvements in women's rights. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, officially giving American women the right to vote on August 18, 1920. Most ♗lacks would not be able to vote until the 1965 Voting ♖ights Act. This right coincided with an increasing sense of independence among women in the country, many of whom held jobs and were much more daring in their fashion sense. The 1920s saw a wide relaxation of attitudes regarding fashion and sexuality, as well as gender roles.

Many women joined the "flapper" movement. The classic image of a flapper is a young woman who parties a lot. They smoked, drank alcohol, and danced at jazz clubs. Flappers had a freedom that was shocking to the morality of many people.

Flappers wore dresses that showed their legs but were not tight. They liked shoes with high heels and stopped wearing corsets. Flappers liked short hair like the bob style. They put makeup on their face and rouge, lipstick, and mascara on their eyes. These outgoing and fun-loving women became some of the most recognizable participants in the decadent '20s. >

This was an interesting collection but an underhanded CGs operator has deliberately slashed it to fragments as no one is minding the store. It's so unfair that Fredthebear's account is continually cyberstalked by the dishonest privileged in power. Replacement poems have been inserted for the deliberately destroyed material.

* 1927 Chess World's Championship games:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

Where did this go???

* Find Forcing Moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2v...

* What happens AFTER the capture? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQG...

* Bad bishops are...bad: https://lichess1.org/game/export/gi...

* Malagueña: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2...

* Modern Masterpieces: Game Collection: Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces ~ Stohl

* Matovinsky Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF7...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* Lasker's Manual: Game Collection: Manual of Chess (Lasker)

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

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

* Nunn's Chess Course: Game Collection: Lasker JNCC

* Pinch of... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_...

* POTD 2023: Game Collection: Puzzle of the Day 2023

* Not so simple: Game Collection: Simple Chess by Michael Stean

* N vs RPs: Game Collection: KNIGHTS *HATE* ROOK PAWNS!

* Terminology: https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...

* Those Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* Undefended pieces: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

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

<The Great Crash of 1929
The end of the 1920s saw one of the most significant economic downturns in history. The Wall Street Crash, also known as Black Tuesday, saw the collapse of share prices on the New York Stock Exchange. The $26 billion loss was the beginning of a total meltdown of financial markets, ending a period of prosperity and leading to the Great Depression in the following decade.

This inspired one of the most well-known weird facts about the 1920s: the now-legendary rumor of Wall Street bankers and brokers leaping out of building windows en masse to their deaths. Actually, this didn't happen.

Also notable was the bloody 1929 ‘Saint Valentine's Day Massacre', during which seven people were killed as a result of gang rivalry and police intervention.>

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members who understand that chess is but a game.

Chess is but a Game

As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate, still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate, the sky broke open with an array of incredible light. and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight. I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast. Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky nova set about explaining through the word the how and why. He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game.

<The Birth of Jazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y4... The 1920s was also known as the "Age of Jazz." The jazz age was indirectly powered by the prohibition of alcohol. The pioneer of the new style of music was Louis Armstrong. Jazz became the music of choice in the popular but illegal –<speakeasies> of the day. Hence, the older generation saw the Jazz genre as a representation of the sinful decadence of the Twenties. Today Jazz is now considered to be one of America's most monumental cultural achievements. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6...

Dancing also bloomed. The ‘Jitterbug' was the name given to what many consider the most famous dance of the 1920s. Its original name was the ‘Lindy Hop' and it remained popular into the 1950s.

The ‘Charleston' was a hugely popular piece of music named after its composer, Charles Johnston. The Charleston dance followed the upbeat rhythm of the music and became iconic in the west during this time.>

"Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly."
― Langston Hughes

"In blitz, the knight is stronger than the bishop." — Vlastimil Hort (1944- )

"He who takes the Queen's Knight's pawn will sleep in the streets!" — anonymous

"Quem brinca com fogo, queima-se"

Old Russian Proverb: "Ride slower, advance further." (Тише едешь — дальше будешь.) Don't hurry up, you will reach further distances by going slower.

"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination." — Napoleon Bonaparte

<Rise of Automobile Ownership The 1920s was a decade of change when many Americans owned cars, radios and telephones for the first time. The cars brought the need for good roads.

Sold until 1927 the Model T vehicle by the Ford Motor Company pretty much defined the 1920s. The Ford Model T cost $260 in 1924. Cars could be put together in just 93 minutes rather than half a day in the 1920s. By the end of the decade, one-fifth of Americans drove automobiles. The affordable car helped rural Americans connect to other parts of the country. This led to the creation of the numbered highway system throughout the US that's still known today. The 1920s oversaw a massive construction of roads, highways, and bridges to give motorists more places to drive and accommodate all the new cars.

2,940 Rolls Royce cars were manufactured and sold between 1922 and 1929. These cars were aimed at a market of ‘owner drivers' instead of the more expensive, and bigger chauffeur-driven models.>

The Top Ten Chess Games of the 1920s: https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopel...

Notable Chess Games of the 1920s: Notable Chess Games of the 1920s

New York 1924 by Aleksander Alekhine, 21st Century edition: https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...

Chess School - Richard Reti: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...

The Golden Dozen: https://archive.org/details/goldend...

Chessmetrics Summary 1920 - 1950: http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/...

< <<Charlotte Chess Center Tuesday Night Action

Charlotte Chess Center

EVENT OVERVIEW
Tuesday Night Action-Weekly Rated Play
The CCC conducts a weekly US Chess rated game every Tuesday night. This is a great way for players to get weekly practice without committing a whole weekend to play a tournament. The Top Section also FIDE-rated - offering the only free weekly FIDE-rated game in the country! In addition, there is a free lecture before the games begin.

HOW IT WORKS
CCC opens Tuesdays at 5:45pm

Lecture with FM Peter Giannatos prior to rated games from 6:00pm-6:45pm

Players must register weekly and in advance using the online registration system

Each Tuesday evening will be limited to the first 62 players to register

TNA registration will close at 6:30pm if not already full

Once spots are filled, players may email events@charlottechesscenter.org to be placed on the waitlist.

​
REQUIREMENTS
Players must be members of the CCC

Players must have a US Chess membership

Open to all players in grades 9-12 and adults

Students in grades K-8 must be rated over 1000

​K-8 players rated under 1000 - See Wednesday Action Quads and Friday Action Quads

​
START TIME
Lecture: 6:00pm

Game: 7:00pm

GAMES
1 Round Weekly, Rated After 4 Rounds/Weeks

​
SECTIONS
TOP (1600+)

Under 1600

Under 1200

"Playing up" not permitted in TNA

TIME CONTROL
Top Section: G/85 mins; inc/5 - FIDE and US Chess Rated

U1600 & U1200 Sections: G/60 mins; inc/5 - US Chess Rated

ENTRY FEE
Free, must be a CCC Member​ - CCC membership only $40/year - join today!​

OTHER NOTES​​
Top Section is FIDE-rated - FIDE rules apply, except for US Chess penalties for cell phone infractions.

Tournament Directors will accelerate pairings to pair players close in rating when possible

Most recent "live" US Chess regular ratings used for all sections to ensure close matchups

Open to high schoolers and adults of any rating, including unrated

Students in grades K-8 must be rated 1000

Players in grades K-8 and rated under 1000 - see Wednesday Action Quads and Friday Action Quads

For all CCC events, bookmark our events calendar

All players must use CCC equipment - wooden sets and digital clocks provided

Address:
10700 Kettering Drive
Unit E
Charlotte, NC 28226 > >>

Fast rode the knight
by Stephen Crane

Fast rode the knight
With spurs, hot and reeking,
Ever waving an eager sword,
"To save my lady!"
Fast rode the knIght,
And leaped from saddle to war.
Men of steel flickered and gleamed
Like riot of silver lights,
And the gold of the knight's good banner
Still waved on a castle wall.
. . . . .
A horse,
Blowing, staggering, bloody thing,
Forgotten at foot of castle wall.
A horse
Dead at foot of castle wall.

"Make peace with imperfection." ― Richard Carlson

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

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." — Babe Ruth

The Weaver
by Herman Melville

For years within a mud-built room
For Arva's shrine he weaves the shawl,
Lone wight, and at a lonely loom,
His busy shadow on the wall.

The face is pinched, the form is bent,
No pastime knows he nor the wine,
Recluse he lives and abstinent
Who weaves for Arva's shrine.

<Shifting of the American Landscape The U.S. population in 1920 saw a significant migration of people from rural areas to crowded urban centers. By the end of 1920, more than half of the population reported to be living in urban areas. Modern-day America was beginning to take shape. The number of states in 1920 within the contiguous United States was already complete (only Hawaii and Alaska were missing).

In 1920, the average person would live to be 54 years old. Students spent 75 days in school each year instead of 180 days we spend today in school every year.>

Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans? A: Puss 'n' Toots!

Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!

Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!

Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!

Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!

Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A: A sand-witch!

Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope? A: Holy Guacamole!

<Advances in Aviation
The world of aviation in the 1920s paved the way for airplanes to become a mainstream way to travel. In November 1920, Qantas, the Australian Airline, was founded. Great feats took place in the decade. On February 18th, 1920, the first recorded crossing of the Sahara Desert was completed by a French Military aircraft. Aviator Charles Lindbergh successfully flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris in May 1927. Lindbergh became the first pilot to achieve a non-stop, solo flight across the Atlantic flying for 33.5 hours in a single-engine airplane called the "Spirit of St. Louis". In 1927 Lindbergh was awarded the French Legion of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross for this great achievement. The next year, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly the same route when she kept the flight log as a passenger while two men flew across the Atlantic. In 1922, Earhart was the first woman pilot to fly solo above 14,000 feet.>

The Cat, the Weasel, and the Young Rabbit

John Rabbit's palace under ground
Was once by Goody Weasel found.
She, sly of heart, resolved to seize
The place, and did so at her ease.
She took possession while its lord
Was absent on the dewy sward,
Intent on his usual sport,
A courtier at Aurora's court.
When he had browsed his fill of clover
And cut his pranks all nicely over,
Home Johnny came to take his drowse,
All snug within his cellar-house.
The weasel's nose he came to see,
Outsticking through the open door.
"You gods of hospitality!"
Exclaimed the creature, vexed sore,
"Must I give up my father's lodge?
Ho! Madam Weasel, please to budge,
Or, quicker than a weasel's dodge,
I'll call the rats to pay their grudge!"
The sharp-nosed lady made reply,
That she was first to occupy.
The cause of war was surely small –
A house where one could only crawl!
And though it were a vast domain,
Said she, "I had like to know what will
Could grant to John perpetual reign, –
The son of Peter or of Bill, –
More than to Paul, or even me."
John Rabbit spoke – great lawyer he –
Of custom, usage, as the law,
Whereby the house, from sire to son,
As well as all its store of straw,
From Peter came at length to John.
Who could present a claim, so good
As he, the first possessor, could?
"Now," said the dame, "let's drop dispute,
And go before Raminagrobis,
Who'll judge, not only in this suit,
But tell us truly whose the globe is."
This person was a hermit cat,
A cat that played the hypocrite,
A saintly mouser, sleek and fat,
An arbiter of keenest wit.
John Rabbit in the judge concurred,
And off went both their case to broach
Before his majesty, the furred.
Said Clapperclaw, "My kits, approach,
And put your noses to my ears:
I'm deaf, almost, by weight of years."
And so they did, not fearing anything.
The good apostle, Clapperclaw,
Then laid on each a well-armed paw,
And both to an agreement brought,
By virtue of his tusked jaw.

This brings to mind the fate
Of little kings before the great.

"Don't trust the person who has broken faith once." ― William Shakespeare

"A liar will always be a liar. They will only get better at it." ― Unknown

"Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God." ― Lawrence Welk

"We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive." ― Lord Byron

"Trust is built when someone is vulnerable and not taken advantage of." ― Bob Vanourek

The Classic American Novel Was Published American author F. Scott Fitzgerald rose to prominence with a string of successful novels in the 1920s. But none has proven to be more enduring, or endearing, than The Great Gatsby. His tragic novel gives us a glimpse into the highs and lows of the Roaring Twenties.

Below is a Morphy acrostic by C.V. Grinfield from page 334 of the Chess Player's Chronicle, 1861: Mightiest of masters of the chequer'd board,
Of early genius high its boasted lord!
Rising in youth's bright morn to loftiest fame, Princeliest of players held with one acclaim;
Host in thyself – all-conquering in fight: – Yankees exult! – in your great champion's might.

Riddle Question: I break, but never fall. And I fall, but never break. What are we?

The Philippines consists of 7,641 islands
The Philippines is an archipelago, which means it's made up of a group of islands—7,641 islands, to be exact. That figure does not include the thousands of sandbars and other landforms that emerge during low tide.

Riddle Answer: Day and night.

<Household Brand Names Came to Be As mass production took hold, many of our beloved food brands began during the 1920s. This includes favorites like Kool-Aid, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Velveeta Cheese, and Baby Ruth Candy Bars, among plenty of others.

In 1912, only 16% of American households had electricity. This went up by the 1920s to 63%. That means that people could have vacuum cleaners, refrigerators, and washing machines.>

The Lion and the Gnat

"Go, paltry insect, nature's meanest brat!"
Thus said the royal lion to the gnat.
The gnat declared immediate war.
"Think you," said he, "your royal name
To me worth caring for?
Think you I tremble at your power or fame?
The ox is bigger far than you;
Yet him I drive, and all his crew."
This said, as one that did no fear owe,
Himself he blew the battle charge,
Himself both trumpeter and hero.
At first he played about at large,
Then on the lion's neck, at leisure, settled,
And there the royal beast full sorely nettled.
With foaming mouth, and flashing eye,
He roars. All creatures hide or fly, –
Such mortal terror at
The work of one poor gnat!
With constant change of his attack,
The snout now stinging, now the back,
And now the chambers of the nose;
The pigmy fly no mercy shows.
The lion's rage was at its height;
His viewless foe now laughed outright,
When on his battle-ground he saw,
That every savage tooth and claw
Had got its proper beauty
By doing bloody duty;
Himself, the hapless lion, tore his hide,
And lashed with sounding tail from side to side. Ah! bootless blow, and bite, and curse!
He beat the harmless air, and worse;
For, though so fierce and stout,
By effort wearied out,
He fainted, fell, gave up the quarrel.
The gnat retires with verdant laurel.
Now rings his trumpet clang,
As at the charge it rang.
But while his triumph note he blows,
Straight on our valiant conqueror goes
A spider's ambuscade to meet,
And make its web his winding-sheet.

We often have the most to fear
From those we most despise;
Again, great risks a man may clear,
Who by the smallest dies.

Riddle Question: I am easy to lift but hard to throw. What am I?

The world's first animated feature film was made in Argentina Even if you know a lot of Disney trivia, you might assume that the honor of first animated feature film belongs to Walt Disney's 1937 movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. But 20 years earlier, a full-length animated feature film was made in Argentina. It was a political satire called El Apóstol made up of 58,000 drawings and had a running time of 70 minutes, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

Riddle Answer: A feather. (A piece of paper or a leaf would certainly qualify too!)

The Television was Invented but Uncommon A little-known 1920s fact is that the decade saw the invention of what eventually became a staple in American culture: television. However, TV sets back then were bulky, blurry, and very expensive. It took until the late 1950s for TVs to become a staple of living rooms across the U.S. (thanks to significant price drops).

‘The Unchecked Pawn': A Chess Poem by Julian Woodruff

Quickly Black castled king-side and planned his attack. White then countered with confidence, primed for a sack, with the sneakiest strategy he could contrive:
nonchalantly he pushed his f-pawn to rank 5.
I'll just nab it, thought Black, but wait … what's going on? Devil take it, I'm sure that's a poisonous pawn!

Black surveyed the board carefully. Ah, yes! I see, that white bishop is poised to attack from c3.
Black was pleased with himself: he was using his head in advancing his own pawn to g5 instead.
In response White paused briefly to stifle a yawn, then dispatched the black bishop with his cheeky pawn.

Now White's move left that pawn hanging, out on e6, over-ripe for the picking; but oh, what a fix
Black was in, with a troublingly weakened back rank, and good reason, besides, to beware his left flank. Delay now, and the chance to fight back will be gone. Black played rook to a5, disregarding White's pawn.

Well, there's pawn to b4 … White considered a while. An attack on Black's rook would be showing some style. No, it's better I simply play pawn to e7:
Remember Alekhine in 1911!
What a nuisance! thought Black, frowning. Oh, how I long To be rid of that confounded d7 pawn!

But there's also White's queen, lurking there … what a fright! I'll block her with the bishop while threatening his knight. With a faint smile, White then replied, sealing Black's fate: pawn takes knight and promotes to queen—instant checkmate! Black stared down at the board, his face pallid and drawn; he'd been crushed through ignoring White's bantam-weight pawn.

Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (1892 – 1946) was a Russian and French chess champion. In 1927 Alekhine defeated Jose R. Capablanca, the reigning world champion, in a match that lasted for 34 games to become the fourth official world chess champion. After eight years, he lost the championship title to Max Euwe from the Netherlands, but he reclaimed it from Euwe in 1937. In 1924, 1925, and 1933, Alekhine surpassed the global blindfold chess record three times. Ten of Alekhine's best games: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

"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

"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.

<The Rise of Cinema!
As the popularity of ‘moving pictures' matured in the early 1920s, movie ‘palaces' capable of seating thousands were launched in major cities across the US. A ticket for a double feature and a live show cost 25 cents, enabling Americans to escape from their problems and lose themselves in the magic of film.

The movies were attended far more than today. People were often going more than once per week. By the end of the decade, weekly movie attendance increased to 90 million people.

The rise to the first generation of movie stars happened with the silent movies of the early 1920s. Charlie Chaplin captured the attention of the American viewing public more than any other star. Chaplin was the top box office attraction of his time known for his sad-eyes moustache, baggy pants, and his cane.

However, the silent movie wouldn't last forever. The world of the silent movie began to fade away with the New York release of the first ‘talkie'—The Jazz Singer In 1927.>

"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates." ― George Orwell, 1984

"mãos frias, coração quente". In English, it means "a cold hand, a warm heart"

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"You don't have to show up to every argument you're invited to." —Someonetobetoday

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

"mais vale um passarinho na mão do que dois a voar"

<The Scopes Trial
One of the more controversial cases of the decade of the 1920s was the Scopes Trial, best known as the Scopes Monkey Trial. The defendant in question was John Scopes, a public school science teacher in Tennessee. His crime was teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, something that was prohibited at the time by a law called the Butler Act.>

The Chess Poem by Ayaan Chettiar

8 by 8 makes 64
In the game of chess, the king shall rule
Kings and queens, and rooks and knights
Bishops and Pawns, and the use of mind

The Game goes on, the players think
Plans come together, form a link
Attacks, checks and capture
Until, of course, we reach a mate

The Pawns march forward, then the knights
Power the bishops, forward with might
Rooks come together in a line
The Game of Chess is really divine

The Rooks move straight, then take a turn
The Knights on fire, make no return
Criss-Cross, Criss-Cross, go the bishops
The Queen's the leader of the group

The King resides in the castle
While all the pawns fight with power
Heavy blows for every side
Until the crown, it is destroyed

The Brain's the head, The Brain's the King,
The Greatest one will always win,
For in the game of chess, the king shall rule,
8 by 8 makes 64!

Question: What are the next three letters in this sequence: O, T, T, F, F, S, S—what comes next?

The circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long If a child's entire circulatory system—we're talking veins, arteries, and capillaries—were laid out flat, it would stretch for more than 60,000 miles, according to the Franklin Institute. By the time we reach adulthood, our bodies have become home to approximately 100,000 miles of blood vessels.

Answer: E, N, T. The letters are the first letters of the written numbers: one, two, three, four, five, etc. "Eight, nine, ten" are next.

The Earl of Sandwich, John Montagu, who lived in the 1700s, reportedly invented the sandwich so he wouldn't have to leave his gambling table to eat. (pbs.org)

Question: What is considered the first reality TV show? Answer: The Real World

The tallest man ever recorded was American giant Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), who stood 8 feet 11 inches. Wadlow's size was the result of an abnormally enlarged pituitary gland. (guinnessworldrecords.com)

Question: Who was Russia's first elected president? Answer: Boris Yeltsin

Experiments in universities have actually been carried out to figure out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, both with machine and human lickers (because this is important scientific knowledge!). The results ranged from 252 to 411. https://tootsie.com/howmanylick-exp...

"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.

* Pawn Endgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUq...

* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, "Don Quixote"

Cajun: Joie de vivre (Jhwa da veev) – Joy of living.

<the limerick. Here is one from page 25 of the Chess Amateur, October 1907:

A solver, who lived at Devizes,
Had won a great number of prizes –
A dual or cook,
He'd detect at a look,
And his head swelled up several sizes.>

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.'

"Lightning strikes the Earth more than 4 million times a day," said Maher Dayeh, a research scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.

<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'.>

Q: How do poets say hello?
A: "Hey, haven't we metaphor?"

Thank you, Qindarka!

Q: What do you call a cow jumping on a trampoline? A: A milkshake.

'Ask no questions and hear no lies

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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.

Il n'y a pas le feu au lac | no hurry

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

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

N'en fais pas un caca nerveux | don't fuss

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

"Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It is what the customer gets out of it." ― Peter Drucker

"Building a good customer experience does not happen by accident. It happens by design." ― Clare Muscutt

"Exceptional customer experiences are the only sustainable platform for competitive differentiation." ― Kerry Bodine

"The interests of the state must come first." ― King Louis XVI of France

"There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power." ― William Henry Harrison

<Vukovic's Guidelines for Attack:

01) If you attack the king, make sure that either your opponent cannot counterattack, or at least that your attack is more quick or more dangerous.

02) So, you must look at the whole board, and the chances for both sides, when deciding whether to attack or not.

03) Security in the centre lends support to a wing attack. A central pawn blockade prevents or limits counter-attacks, and makes a pawn attack easier.

04) This is particularly true of attacks with pawns, which must creep forward more slowly than other pieces. If you can make an attack with pieces alone, leave your pawns at home.

05) If you already have a pawn advanced, e.g. to f5, which may block your bishop on the diagonal b1-h7, then you might be better off going for a pawn storm by advancing the g-pawn. 06) As a rule, it is difficult to break through with pawns against the unweakened castled king's position. This is because the pawn wave can be blockaded.

07) So, it is usually important to weaken the castled position first (e.g. by ganging up on h7 you might force ...g6 or ...h6).

08) Pawns don't half get in the way of rooks. If you cannot open a file, you can often get your rooks into action in front of your pawns, for example, by playing them to the third rank.

09) Pawn advances loosen your position, and may be a disadvantage in the ending.

10) Although you must be careful before starting an attack, once you have started you must go in as hard and fast as you can. This is even more important if you realize you shouldn't have started the attack quite yet - if you try to back out you will only make things worse.>

My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;

For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.

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"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"Wink at small faults, for you have great ones yourself." ~ Scottish Proverb

<Medical breakthroughs were enormous in the 1920s. Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. Penicillin is still used around the world today to save thousands of lives from lethal infections.

Sir Frederick Banting, assisted by Charles Best, discovered insulin in 1922. Insulin is hugely important in helping people with diabetes to live healthy lives.

American women became more independent during the 1920s. Margaret Sanger made contraception for women, so they gained more control of their bodies and decided when to have babies. >

The Bear and the Amateur Gardener

A certain mountain bear, unlicked and rude,
By fate confined within a lonely wood,
A new Bellerophon, whose life,
Knew neither comrade, friend, nor wife, –
Became insane; for reason, as we term it,
Dwells never long with any hermit.
It's good to mix in good society,
Obeying rules of due propriety;
And better yet to be alone;
But both are ills when overdone.
No animal had business where
All grimly dwelt our hermit bear;
Hence, bearish as he was, he grew
Heart-sick, and longed for something new.
While he to sadness was addicted,
An aged man, not far from there,
Was by the same disease afflicted.
A garden was his favourite care, –
Sweet Flora's priesthood, light and fair,
And eke Pomona's – ripe and red
The presents that her fingers shed.
These two employments, true, are sweet
When made so by some friend discreet.
The gardens, gaily as they look,
Talk not, (except in this my book;)
So, tiring of the deaf and dumb,
Our man one morning left his home
Some company to seek,
That had the power to speak. –
The bear, with thoughts the same,
Down from his mountain came;
And in a solitary place,
They met each other, face to face.
It would have made the boldest tremble;
What did our man? To play the Gascon
The safest seemed. He put the mask on,
His fear contriving to dissemble.
The bear, unused to compliment,
Growled bluntly, but with good intent,
"Come home with me." The man replied:
"Sir Bear, my lodgings, nearer by,
In yonder garden you may spy,
Where, if you'll honour me the while,
We'll break our fast in rural style.
I have fruits and milk, – unworthy fare,
It may be, for a wealthy bear;
But then I offer what I have."
The bear accepts, with visage grave,
But not unpleased; and on their way,
They grow familiar, friendly, gay.
Arrived, you see them, side by side,
As if their friendship had been tried.
To a companion so absurd,
Blank solitude were well preferred,
Yet, as the bear scarce spoke a word,
The man was left quite at his leisure
To trim his garden at his pleasure.
Sir Bruin hunted – always brought
His friend whatever game he caught;
But chiefly aimed at driving flies –
Those hold and shameless parasites,
That vex us with their ceaseless bites –
From off our gardener's face and eyes.
One day, while, stretched on the ground
The old man lay, in sleep profound,
A fly that buzz'd around his nose, –
And bit it sometimes, I suppose, –
Put Bruin sadly to his trumps.
At last, determined, up he jumps;
"I'll stop your noisy buzzing now,"
Says he; "I know precisely how."
No sooner said than done.
He seized a paving-stone;
And by his modus operandi
Did both the fly and man die.

A foolish friend may cause more woe
Than could, indeed, the wisest foe.

"There just isn't enough televised chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." — Siegbert Tarrasch

"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." ― Howard Thurman

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

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Photo-copy (w/colors reversed) of Ed. Lasker - Sir G.A. Thomas
NN vs R Crepeaux, 1923 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1

Double bishop sac by Alekhine
Alekhine vs J Drewitt, 1923 
(A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Advance (A09) 1-0 Pretty Q sac, diagonal X-ray #
Euwe vs R Loman, 1923 
(A09) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack vs. Pseudo-Stonewall Def (A45) 1-0Discovered#
Janowski vs W Michel, 1926 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

Curry/Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0Three mating squares
Janowski vs Saemisch, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Windmill; see blog notes
Torre vs Saemisch, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Kingside Fianchetto (A48) 1-0 Early 150 Attack
Torre vs H E Jennings, 1924 
(A48) King's Indian, 16 moves, 1-0

Special beauty prize award by Urugway chess periodical Mundial
L Palau vs J W te Kolste, 1927 
(A48) King's Indian, 15 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Saemisch-Indian (A50) 1-0 Raking Bs assault Kside
Rubinstein vs Janowski, 1925 
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def. Adler Variation (A52) 0-1 The power of the pin
K Hoeregott vs W Schlage, 1929 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense (A80) 1-0 Bold rooks, 2 mating squares
Denker vs H Feit, 1929 
(A80) Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0

If Black plays 4... P-KR3, he avoids all the sacrificial variat
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1925 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

Dutch, Staunton Gambit (A82) 1-0 Daredevil Rook
F K Overduyn vs H Steffelaar, 1925 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 13 moves, 1-0

Dutch Staunton Gambit. Lasker Var (A83) 1-0 Dbl Rook Sac smack
Reti vs Euwe, 1920 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

The P.I. -- A beautiful attack or simply a looong combination?
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1

Dutch Def: Leningrad. Warsaw Var (A88) 1-0 # or Remove the Def
Blas vs Kletchinski, 1928 
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 22 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Modern 3.Bb5+ (B01) 0-1 Impressive crusher
J Vavrinsky vs Alekhine, 1925 
(B01) Scandinavian, 24 moves, 0-1

Psuedo Legal's Mate Extended to a King Walk
P Imbaud vs Strumilo, 1922 
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: (Not) Normal Var (B02) 0-1 Reinfeld # puzzle
I Rabinovich vs Levenfish, 1927 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Exchange (B03) 1-0 Three connected passers
Znosko-Borovsky vs G Oskam, 1923 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern Main Line (B05) 1-0 Decoy K, then Nxf7+
R Luer vs K Rattmann, 1922 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 11 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann, Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Reinfeld # puzzle
Spielmann vs M Walter, 1928 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 20 moves, 1-0

C-K Defense, Two Knights Attack (B11) 1-0 The passer is coming
Noteboom vs S van Mindeno, 1927 
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 21 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann: Main Line (B15) 0-1 Watch out for Q+ if c-pawn moved
NN vs Torre, 1928 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Classical Var (B18) 1-0 Kolty's Reti's Mate
Koltanowski vs A Dunkelblum, 1923 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 56: 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
H Walkerling vs Hanssen, 1928 
(B40) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

First game ever played in the history of Chess Olympiads
Yates vs O Naegeli, 1927 
(B83) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0

French Def: Two Knights Var (C00) 1-0 Dbl B sacs, R lift
E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929 
(C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

"Pawn-Takes-Pawn (en passant) Mate."
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928 
(C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein (C10) 1-0 Miniature: = PM's Opera House Game
Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929 
(C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0

French Defense: McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 1-0 Q+ & fork EAD
Euwe vs J W te Kolste, 1921 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 21 moves, 1-0

16 move mate: King goes for a walk in the Frankenstein-Dracula
E Book vs A Hiidenheimo, 1924 
(C27) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 Keep threatening #
Marshall vs B Forsberg, 1924 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 1-0 Spielmann's Best Game
Spielmann vs Vidmar, 1926 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Breyer Var (C29) 1-0 W is all up in there!
Spielmann vs P Johner, 1922 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 0-1 SuperNezh shows his stuff
Samsonov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1929 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. Breyer Var (C29) 1-0 Boden's Mate threat
M Marmorosh vs Polani, 1928 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

KG Declined. Classical Var (C30) 1-0 Q sac, Boden's Mate
G Janny vs L Steiner, 1922 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0

Game 205 in Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)
Euwe vs Maroczy, 1921 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

KGA. Abbazia Def (C36) 0-1 Pins win! Black plays Bb4! anyway!
L Hanssen vs E Lundin, 1928 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 19 moves, 0-1

Elephant G. Paulsen Countergambit (C40) 0-1R sac sets Boden's #
Reshevsky vs E D Duncan, 1921 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Philidor Def. Exchange (341) 1-0 Ultimate deflect the defender.
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Philidor Countergambit. Zukertort Var (C41) 1-0 Factor that!
S Factor vs F M Currier, 1923 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 1-0 Greco's Mate
Euwe vs Wiersma, 1920 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 89 in Take My Rooks by Minev and Seirawan
I Abraham vs G Janny, 1923 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Classical Var (C45) 1-0 0-0-0 gets the Rb2
Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925 
(C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var(C45) 0-1 Sac attack opens h-file
J Mieses vs A Fuchs, 1923 
(C45) Scotch Game, 24 moves, 0-1

Three Knights/Scotch (C46) 1-0 Opening king walker
Euwe vs H van Hartingsvelt, 1920 
(C46) Three Knights, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian, Giuoco Pianissimo d3, Bg5 (C50) 0-1 Black rolls Kside
E Grabill vs D Mugridge, 1922 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Italian Classical, Atypical (C53) 1-0 Terrific manuevering
Euwe vs A van Foreest, 1921 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attack (C54) 1-0 BFTC
Euwe vs S van Mindeno, 1927 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Var (C55) 1-0 R deflection
Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk (C55) 1-0 9...Qxf6?
H Heider vs J Platz, 1920 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Black gets up off the canvas to deck White!
Euwe vs Reti, 1920 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1

This looked like a game of "Give Away" chess
I Gudju vs Bogdanovsky, 1926 
(C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

Art of Attack in Chess by Vladamir Vukovic, p. 83
O W Field vs O Tenner, 1922 
(C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1

Triple sac ending in Boden's mate...
O Balk vs R J Barnes, 1926 
(C58) Two Knights, 19 moves, 0-1

Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def Siesta Var (C74) 0-1Gem
Reti vs Capablanca, 1928 
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1More to Discover
E Busvine vs J Birnberg, 1924 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 11 moves, 0-1

Spanish Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1 Engaging!
C Mansfield vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1928 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Defense. Steinitz Deferred (C79) 0-1Pawn roller
L Carranza vs Alekhine, 1926 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 18 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open Var. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 Central fury
Alekhine vs A Kubbel, 1920 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 20 moves, 1-0

16.? Spanish Game: Open. Classical Def (C83) 1-0
G Thomas vs W Gibson, 1924 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 16 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Marshall Attack (C89) 0-1 Heap on the fortress
Lasker vs H R Bigelow, 1926 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 19 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Original Marshall Attack (C89) 1-0 Capa played 16.Re2
S Sery vs Z Vecsey, 1921 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Original Marshall Attack (C89) 0-1 Return Fire!
J W te Kolste vs R Loman, 1921 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 18 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 White marches up the board non-stop!
Santasiere vs E B Adams, 1926 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Checkmate shown in a Reinfeld book
Erdos vs Lichtner, 1922 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Zukertort Var (D02) 0-1 Q sac Removes the Guard
G M Norman vs Rubinstein, 1922 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1

QP Game: Symmetrical Var (D02) 0-1 Marvelous defense!!
L Schmitt vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

QGD Harrwitz (D35) 1-0 Black attack premature. Bh6 seals off K.
Alekhine vs Z von Balla, 1921 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D05) 1-0 Greek gift beauty by opening namesake!
Colle vs V Buerger, 1928 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Bogoljubow Def (D05) 1-0 Polgar's DVD
Euwe vs G Kroone, 1921 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Chernev's "Logical Chess: Move by Move" Game 3
Colle vs J Delvaux, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Qc5 trapped
J Krejcik vs Reti, 1922 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

Colle's Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld
Colle vs Euwe, 1924 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Czech. Wiesbaden Var. Sharp line (D17) 0-1 Sharp!
D Przepiorka vs A Cheron, 1928 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 14 moves, 0-1

Slav Def. Czech. Classical System (D18) 1-0 Simul Shazam!
M Scholtz vs Lasker, 1926 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 21 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20) 1-0 Bf3 skewer coming
H Mattison vs Tartakower, 1926 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0

QGD Queen's Knight Variation (D31) 1-0 Nice Lolli's Mate
Spielmann vs Gruenfeld, 1929 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav, Marshall Gambit (D31) 0-1 11...0-0-0+! nabs rook
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 3rd Beauty Prize!
Petrov vs I Strazdins, 1926 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D64) 1-0 Pretty combo ends it
Rubinstein vs M Hirschbein, 1927 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

QGD Miniature: Powerful penetration along the c-file
S Landau vs T ten Kate, 1929 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

The famous surrealist artist w/a sting in the tail
Koltanowski vs Duchamp, 1929 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Döry Indian (E10) 0-1 Find the finish
Poljak vs Khan, 1928 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 5 moves, 0-1

A Fingerfehler: Black meant to defend with 4...Qe7
L Palau vs S Kalabar, 1927 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 5 moves, 1-0

"The Immortal Zugzwang Game"
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def Three Knights(E21) 0-1Blockading Ns remove G
H Mattison vs A Nimzowitsch, 1929  
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def: Leningrad Var (E30) 1-0 Grand fishin' pole...
S Prokofiev vs M Ravel, 1924 
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 25 moves, 1-0

Capa prepares Philidor's Legacy w/pawn advance, discovred check
Capablanca vs H Mattison, 1929 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0

Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1/2-1/2 King & Pawn Stalemate
Tartakower vs Reti, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2

Long combination gifts p & N & passer on 6th for doubled R's
A Nimzowitsch vs Euwe, 1929 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Alexander Alekhine's Best Games, a stunning rook lift debated
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00) 1-0 Cornered Q tomb ahead
A Selezniev vs von Bardeleben, 1920 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1-0

Game 93 in Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker
Reti vs Colle, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Chess Life (March 2000) Koltanowski on cover; Deflection Sac
Koltanowski vs Colle, 1923 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 41 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Var (A01) 1-0 Thematic w/f4
A Nimzowitsch vs Saemisch, 1929 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Romanovsky's Immortal; Double-Double Fianchetto
Ragozin vs P Romanovsky, 1927 
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Neat double B sac for mate!
D Przepiorka vs L Steiner, 1925 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Reti/Reversed Benoni. Capa shows some nerve in this game!
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1924 
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 60: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek
Reti vs K Havasi, 1926 
(A09) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Game 89 in The Golden Dozen" by Irving Chernev
Reti vs Lasker, 1924 
(A12) English with b3, 45 moves, 0-1

Notes by Alekhine; NY 1924 First brilliancy prize
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 25: Modern Chess Strategy (Pachman)
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924 
(A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 36 in Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek
Reti vs A Pokorny, 1923 
(A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0

...showing Lasker, the great tactician, at his very shrewdest.
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925  
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1

Gorgeous Q Sacrifice into Windmill into Checkmate!!
Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attk vs Indian Be7, Bb7 (A45) 0-1 Pin gets worse
S A Mudrev vs Botvinnik, 1929 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

Edgar Colle (1897-1932) Nxf7 sacrificial masterpiece
Colle vs Gruenfeld, 1926 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Colle vs Indian / Tartakower (A46) 1-0 Criss-cross bishops, pin
Vidmar vs Bogoljubov, 1922 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0 Famous Windmill
Torre vs Lasker, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Stalemate Avoided: The oldest K&Q vs K mate in the database.
Kostic vs A Vajda, 1921 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 93 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 0-1 Gueridon Mate in 2
V Nenarokov vs P Romanovsky, 1927 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 0-1 Weak dbld Ps
Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1928 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0 2nd Brilliancy Prize
Marshall vs Bogoljubov, 1924 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 1/2-1/2 61.?
Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2

Indian Game: Capablanca QID (A47) 0-1 Brilliant combo
D Daniuszewski vs Najdorf, 1929 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Capablanca Var 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (A47) 1-0 Lolli's # on
E Andersen vs W Hilse, 1928 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def. Euwe Var(A48) 1-0Anastasia's Mate
Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929 
(A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Dbl Fio Def (A48) 1-0 Bishop pair
Janowski vs Kmoch, 1926 
(A48) King's Indian, 47 moves, 1-0

London System vs Double Fianchetto (A48) 1-0 London 1922
Capablanca vs Reti, 1922  
(A48) King's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0

This game was awarded the brilliancy prize by Max Euwe.
G Thomas vs Yates, 1927 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

"The Immortal Games of Capablanca" by Reinfeld
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1924 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0

Game 59: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek
Kmoch vs Reti, 1926 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1

Budapest Defense: Alekhine Variation (A52) 0-1 Crazed Knights!
Euwe vs Spielmann, 1922 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

Endgame lessons by Capablanca (notations by Alekhine & Reti)
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0

Dutch Stonewall. Modern (A81) 1-0 Tremendous Dbl R Sacrifices
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925 
(A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0

Dutch Staunton Gambit. Balogh Def (A82) 1-0 Sacrificial attack
Euwe vs H Weenink, 1923 
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 18: Mammoth Book -Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922 
(A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Dutch Variation (A90) 0-1 How to use passers
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922 
(A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1

Dutch Classical. Stonewall (A95)0-1 Sac attack nabs cornered R
I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1927 
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 42 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def. Scandinavian. Advance 3.e5 (B00) 0-1 AN notes
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1920  
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1

Most brilliant moves of all time, Nimzowitsch's 50th here
Kmoch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 63 moves, 0-1

"Auf dem Wege zur Weltmeisterschaft 1923-1927"
G Thomas vs Alekhine, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 53 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def. Steiner Var (B02) 1-0 Morphy's Concealed # coming
A A Barbosa de Oliveira / M Kiss vs Reti / L Vianna, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Saemisch Attack (B02) 1-0 Fantastic Rs Play!
B Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

"Now I've got him! Oops. Uh, now I've got him! Oops. Uh, now.."
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1925 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Alekhine Def. 4Pawns Attk. Trifunovic (B03) 0-1 A Masterpiece
Spielmann vs Colle, 1928 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Modern. Main Line (B05) 0-1 Rs reach the 2nd/7th
Reshevsky vs H Steiner, 1927 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 49 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto WOW, Brothers and Sisters!
D Przepiorka vs G Patay, 1926 
(B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Euwe Attack (B10) 1-0 Pseudo-Arabian Mate
Euwe vs Reti, 1920 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann, Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Cornered K vs R on 7th
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 0-1 Notes by Nimzowitsch
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def. Main Line (B15) 1-0 Super sacrificial finish!!
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Classical. Maroczy Attk (B18) 0-1Devestating Black N!
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1927 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 50 moves, 0-1

SWG, Spielmann tries to give away his Knight & Queen for free.
Spielmann vs H Grob, 1926 
(B20) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

SWG, Declined (B20) 1-0 Full firepower through center
Spielmann vs G Patay, 1926 
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Munich 1926- first brilliancy prize
Spielmann vs H Gebhard, 1926 
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. UnClosed. Chameleon (B23) 1-0 Remove the Defender
J Mieses vs Breyer, 1920 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian French Var (B40) 0-1 Double support the mating square
E Zamudio vs Alekhine, 1926 
(B40) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1

Game 303 of 500 Master Games of Chess II by Tartakower/du Mont
F Bohatirchuk vs Capablanca, 1925 
(B83) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1

French Def 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 (C00)1-0 Great Brilliancy Prize Game
E Steiner vs Tartakower, 1929 
(C00) French Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

French Advance, Nimzowitsch Gambit (C02) 1-0 Famous suffocation
A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  
(C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Reinfeld # puzzle
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927 
(C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0

Nd7!! Saemisch's Immortal... brilliant kingside sac attack
Saemisch vs F Herzog, 1924 
(C10) French, 36 moves, 1-0

FR, Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0 Efficient, beautiful attack
Tartakower vs Lasker, 1924 
(C13) French, 31 moves, 1-0

FR Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Breyer Var (C13) 1-0 Central Sacs!
Spielmann vs G Oskam, 1923 
(C13) French, 26 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Declined. Sorensen Defense (C21) 1-0 Notes by AA
Alekhine vs A Frieman, 1924  
(C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Clear-cut, well-played game w/subtle kingside attack
Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1925 
(C28) Vienna Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Breyer Var (C29) 0-1 Q sac lets Rs in
Kraussold vs Volt, 1921 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 34 moves, 0-1

Richard Reti's Masters of the Chessboard games
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

KGD. Classical Var (C30) 1-0More than exchange sac - fantastic!
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

KGD Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit ML (C32) 0-1 B sac to get 0-0
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1

3.Qf3!? Dance of the minor pieces.
Capablanca vs E S Maddock, 1922 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0

The "Immortal Zwichenzug Game" (Chernev)
Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1924 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 Central N sacs
A Nimzowitsch vs G Marco, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 After the tactical smoke clears...
Alekhine vs R M Folger, 1929 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 0-1 Q trap
Kostic vs G Cockerill, 1924 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Tartakower Var (C45) 1-0 Notes by Geza Maroczy
Tartakower vs Yates, 1922  
(C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Scotch Accepted (C47)1-0 Swallow's Tail Mate in 1
Euwe vs W E Evill, 1921 
(C47) Four Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

Hans Kmoch "Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces", Dover, 1960 p.129
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1925 
(C48) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1

Game 10 in Rubinstein: Move by Move by Zenon Franco Ocampos
Tarrasch vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(C49) Four Knights, 39 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 1-0 Open f-file battery
A Becker vs H Mattison, 1929 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Tarrasch (C53) 0-1 Unpin, Overworked P
Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1925 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 0-1

Scotch G. Max Lange Attack Long (C55) 1-0 Pin, Bully Deflection
Koltanowski vs A Dunkelblum, 1924 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Italian (C55) 0-1 Reinfeld checkmate puzzle
Tartakower vs H Atkins, 1922 
(C46) Three Knights, 42 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange (C68) 1-0 tournament capper - 1st place
Lasker vs Marshall, 1924 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 44 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed. Yates Var (C91) 1-0 See "A Primer of Chess"
Capablanca vs Bogoljubov, 1922 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0

Sarratt Attack (D00) 1/2-1/2 Triumvirate of passed pawns
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2

Torre Attack. Gruenfeld ML (D03) 1-0 Central P roller promotes
Kmoch vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1926 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 54 moves, 1-0

Colle's 9.b4! is the key-move of "new" Phoenix A
Colle vs Euwe, 1924 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0

The Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman, p. 184
Alekhine vs Marshall, 1925 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

first brilliancy prize no doubt about it
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1922 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

"V for Victory"; a unique formation and slick break through
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0

Sacrifices in a lost endgame force stalemate
M Walter vs G Nagy, 1924 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2

Slav Def: Quiet Var. Schallopp Def (D12) 1-0 Flabbergasting B!!
P List vs J Mieses, 1927 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0

QGA Classical Def (D26) 0-1 Bishop pair classic
Bogoljubov vs Janowski, 1924 
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav, Quiet Var (D30) 1-0 This is a serious knight bully!
Botvinnik vs P Sharov, 1929 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

QGD Capablanca (D43) 1-0 Victory w/tripled pawns is rare
Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

QGD. Janowski Variation (D31) 1-0 Big prick from a pin!
E Straat vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1923 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Defense: Marshall Gambit (D32) 0-1 Nice mating attack
G Oskam vs Euwe, 1920
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 32 moves, 0-1

Game 324: "Wonders and Curiosities of Chess"
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

The oldest and youngest players in tournament, ages 52 and 10
Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 65 moves, 0-1

Double rook sacs buy time to arrange perpetual+ by Q
Marshall vs Alekhine, 1924 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

Semi-Slav Def: Main Lines (D45) 1-0 Impressive tour de force!
Alekhine vs Menzel, 1923 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def. Meran (D48) 1-0 A Knight on 6th is a pain in the
R Grau vs Euwe, 1924 
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 47 moves, 1-0

WC 1927: QGD Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) · 0-1
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1

G367: '500 Master Games of Chess' by S. Tartakower & J. Du Mont
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1922 
(D57) Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Q's Gambit Declined Orthodox Def. ML (D63) 1-0 Q sac for passer
Torre vs Reshevsky, 1924 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 1-0 JRC played it safe
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

AR notes in "Nederlandsch-Indische Schaackbond" 1920, pp. 59-60
Rubinstein vs Loman / Van Gelder, 1920  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

The Art of Attack - By Vladimir Vukovic
Reti vs H Wolf, 1922 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 0-1

Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic, Algebraic p.166-167
V Vukovic vs A Vajda, 1925 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 80 in My Best Games of Chess by Alekhine
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Closed center. Exchange off attackers instead of K move.
B Thelen vs F Treybal, 1927 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense (D80) 0-1 His first time, after Cochrane
Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922 
(D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1

Wacko horses need to be saddle broke
Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1922 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 42 in Soviet Chess 1917-1991 by Andrew Soltis
V Popov vs N Riumin, 1929 
(E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 30 moves, 0-1

Capa fights back after blundering a piece!
Saemisch vs Capablanca, 1929 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 62 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def: Saemisch. Accelerated (E24) 0-1 Connected Ps
Saemisch vs Reti, 1928 
(E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 69 moves, 1-0

Clever and precise play from Rubinstein, as usual.
Rubinstein vs A Nimzowitsch, 1928 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0

Aron Nimzowitsch's Best Games: Restrain, Blockade, Destroy
P Johner vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1

Story came from Gerald Abrahams in his book Not Only Chess.
W Fairhurst vs T Tylor, 1929 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

The Black b8 knight makes six moves to stalemate itself
Alekhine vs N E Schwartz, 1926 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 54 moves, 1-0

A strong argument for the (good old) Deferred Fianchetto vs KID
Botvinnik vs K Kholodkevich, 1927 
(E72) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

The Chess Mind - Gerald Abrahams
Tarrasch vs Bogoljubov, 1920 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 59 in The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine.
Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1921 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 33 moves, 0-1

Game 38 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1921 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

KGA. Blachly Gambit (C37) 1-0 Line Clearance Sacrifice
Spielmann vs Gruenfeld, 1922 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

G70 in Elements of Combination Play in Chess by Fred Reinfeld
Spielmann vs Hromadka, 1922 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Hypermodern Chess: Aron Nimzovich by Fred Reinfeld
A Nimzowitsch vs J Bernstein, 1923 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1-0

Pseudo-Q's Indian. Marienbad System (A47) 1-0 Q sac, Dbl Rs, N
Levenfish vs S Gotthilf, 1924 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0

Gabriel Velasco, “The Life and Games of Carlos Torre” pp. 69-72
Torre vs N Banks, 1924 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 1 in 'The Russians Play Chess' by Irving Chernev
P Romanovsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
(C16) French, Winawer, 26 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening (D05) 1-0 Who's got who?
Euwe vs J Kersten, 1926 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 9 in Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch
Yates vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926 
(C01) French, Exchange, 46 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. 3 Knights (A34) 1-0Notes by Raymond Keene
A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1926  
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 46 moves, 1-0

G24: The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

Even Tarrasch played the Budapest at Semmering '26
Tartakower vs Tarrasch, 1926 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0

Best Game Prize winner of the London 1927 tournament
Yates vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 11 in E.A. Znosko-Borovsky's book "How not to Play Chess"
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1

G26: The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

1927 book of the New York City international tournament
A Nimzowitsch vs Vidmar, 1927 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 0-1

Game 20 in Capablanca: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1

Game 4 in The Art of Sacrifice in Chess by Rudolf Spielmann
Bogoljubov vs Spielmann, 1927 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 43 moves, 0-1

Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene. How to Play Chess Endings. Dover Pub.
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0

Game 75 in The Immortal Games of Capablanca by Fred Reinfeld
Capablanca vs K Havasi, 1928 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0

The Most Famous "Noah's Ark Trap"
E Steiner vs Capablanca, 1929 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1

Horowitz &Reinfeld's Chess Traps, Pitfalls & Swindles" pp 79-82
E Canal vs A Becker, 1929 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 43 moves, 1-0

Wolfgang Heidenfeld selected this game his book "Draw!"
Znosko-Borovsky vs A Vajda, 1926 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Colle's Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld
Colle vs Olland, 1923 
(A22) English, 24 moves, 1-0

Game 12 in 'Soviet Chess 1917-1991' by Andrew Soltis
P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1923 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Alekhine Var (A52) 1-0 "Charity" Q+ & fork EAD
Bogoljubov vs L Prokes, 1922 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 busy Q!
F Horak vs F Batik, 1923 
(C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

QGD: Semmering Variation (D30) 1-0 Pins, 2 hogs on 7th
Euwe vs A Speijer, 1924 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0

Game 183 in 'Understanding Chess Middlegames' by John Nunn
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 46: 'The Hypermodern Game of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower
Reti vs Tartakower, 1920 
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0

Discovered Check answered w/a Discovered Check!!
A Visitor vs H J Macthomas Thoms, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Original Marshall Attk (C89) 0-1Recapture w/Check
L Steiner vs K Helling, 1928 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 18 moves, 0-1

English Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni. Spielmann Def. (A33) 1-0 d6Xs
Capablanca vs Santasiere, 1922 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 33 moves, 1-0

Old Chess Adage: "Always check, it might be mate."
I Spero vs Showalter, 1922 
(C58) Two Knights, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 1 in 'Achieving the Aim' by Mikhail Botvinnik
Capablanca vs Botvinnik, 1925 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

KID: Double Fianchetto Attack (E64) 1-0 Blindfold Simul
Alekhine vs A Wap, 1925 
(E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 23 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var(C01) 0-1 Qs on the open e-file
Maroczy vs Bogoljubov, 1920 
(C01) French, Exchange, 49 moves, 0-1

Benko Gambit, named after Pal in the 60`s was the VolgaG
Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1922 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 47 moves, 1-0

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Mikenas-Carls Var (A15) 1-0Fantastic
Euwe vs Colle, 1926 
(A15) English, 65 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D05) 1-0 Create a pin to win in the ending!
Colle vs Duchamp, 1929 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Capablanca Var (A47) 1-0 Pin on the open file
Kostic vs E Steiner, 1921 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 18 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

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Var (C40) 1-0 R Decoy to B-Q#
E Steiner vs F Apsenieks, 1928 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 39 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1921 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 1-0

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Var (D08) 1-0 26...?
K Emmrich vs B Moritz, 1922 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 3 in The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs P Romanovsky, 1929 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Chigorin Def (D46) 1-0 Give to get
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1921 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Three Knights Var (D15) 0-1Swirl about central passer
Euwe vs K Treybal, 1922 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 45 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance (C45) 0-1 N raid!
E Tholfsen vs Marshall, 1924 
(C45) Scotch Game, 23 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 Combinational King Hunt!!
J Cukierman vs A Voisin, 1928 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1Greco's "Mate" gains a piece
F Lazard vs Menchik, 1929 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Closed Nc3, Nge2, 8.f4 vs Bg7, Bb7 (B25) 1-0 24.?
P Romanovsky vs N Grigoriev, 1924 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Stonewall Def (D45) 1-0 Masterful
Colle vs Maroczy, 1929 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 1-0

3/Four Knights: Italian Var (C46) 1-0 Blitz; Pin & Spearhead #
H J Calladay vs J Liebling, 1924 
(C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Slav Def: Quiet. Schallopp Def (D12) 0-1 Super Opera Mate!
N Sorokin vs Y Vilner, 1929 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 0-1

French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 narrow escape
Euwe vs J Krejcik, 1921 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

G1 in The Soviet Champships by Mark Taimanov & Bernard Cafferty
N Grigoriev vs Alekhine, 1920 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 25 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Exchange (B03) 1-0 RxR sets up N+ fork
Alekhine vs F Ureta, 1927 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Var (B41) 1-0 26.?
Hromadka vs Tarrasch, 1922 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD: Charousek (Petrosian) Var (D31) 1-0 NxBc8 RxN creates pins
Alekhine vs V Wahltuch, 1925 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Alekhine Var (D15) 0-1 26...?
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1928 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Open Var (C80) 0-1 Intruding knights
K Erdeky vs Torre, 1924 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 21 moves, 0-1

Game 51 of 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
A Cheron vs M Polikier, 1927 
(B06) Robatsch, 10 moves, 1-0

French Def: Winawer. Bogoljubow Var (C17) 1-0 Defining R lifts
A Bernstein vs N Sorokin, 1929 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0

Veresov Atack. Veresov Variation (D01) 1/2-1/2
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1923
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

Semi-Slav Def: Noteboom Var (D31) 1-0 Threaten mate & promotion
V Kahn vs C Dawbarn, 1925
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

Indian Game/Richter-Veresov Attk (A45) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs G Thomas, 1923 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0

Sicilian UnClosed (A04) 1-0 Cramped position sows the seeds of
P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1925 
(A04) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1-0Hook # w/a pin
Torre vs H R Bigelow, 1924 
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

London System Qb6 vs Qc1, f3 (D02) 0-1 Stockfish notes
C Watson vs Capablanca, 1922  
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 1-0 Sacs on the 6th!
Alekhine vs Oscar Prils / Blaut, 1923 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: Advance. Michel Gambit (A09) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1926 
(A09) Reti Opening, 58 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Scandinavian Var (B02) 1-0 Blindfold simul
Alekhine vs Les Echecs du Palais Royal, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

London System vs Indian Game: Kingside Fianchetto (A48) 1-0
Colle vs Euwe, 1923 
(A48) King's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

Veresov 4Ns Attk (A45) 1/2-1/2Perpetual avoids mate on diagonal
Tartakower vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2

Budapest Def: Rubinstein Var (A52) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1928 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0

QGD: Albin Countergambit. Tartakower Def (D08) 1-0Dovetail Mate
Gruenfeld vs Tartakower, 1923 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Saemisch-Indian (A50) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 13...?
H Mattison vs Tartakower, 1925 
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 53...?
R Michell vs Tartakower, 1925 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 59 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Bayonet Attack (B12) 0-1W pawns wave on
M Levine vs Santasiere, 1922
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Wing Gambit. Carlsbad (B20) 1-0 Nutty scholastic style
A Pinkus vs Santasiere, 1926 
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

The Immortal "WHY MUST I LOSE TO THIS IDIOT?!!" Game.
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Meran. Blumenfeld Var (D49) 1-0 Aggressive play!
Colle vs J W te Kolste, 1925 
(D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 47 moves, 1-0

QGD: Barmen Var (D37) 1-0 Simul Kside crusher w/surging Ns!!
Alekhine vs M Apel, 1928 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A56) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1928 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 46 moves, 1-0

Game 5 in 'The Blockade' by Aron Nimzowitsch
A Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1920 
(C02) French, Advance, 61 moves, 1-0

London System vs Purdy/Horwitz Def 7...c5 (A40) 1-0 Kside attks
Tarrasch vs Spielmann, 1925
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Meran Var (D48) 1-0 Superior penetration
I Rabinovich vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925 
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 32 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Var (B02) 1-0 N+ Discovery fails
A Nimzowitsch vs Reti, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian. Exchange (B00) 0-1 Qs come off
Bildhauer vs G Janny, 1927 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 11 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Exchange Var (D10) 1-0 Race of the Kside attacks!
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs V Rauzer, 1927 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 19 moves, 1-0

KID: Four Pawns Attk. Dynamic Attack (E76) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Saemisch vs Euwe, 1925 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 30 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game vs Reversed Barry (D00) 0-1 Simul Exhibition
Breyer vs F Jindra, 1921 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1

QGD: Harrwitz Attack. Orthodox Def (D37) 1-0 N arrival
Bogoljubov vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: General (D10) 1-0 P sac opens the diagonal
Marshall vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Defense: Monticelli Trap (E11) 1-0 10.?
M Monticelli vs L Prokes, 1926 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Var (A84) 0-1 Exposed K imperils Q
Z von Balla vs Tarrasch, 1922 
(A84) Dutch, 25 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Yates Var (C91) 1-0 Notes from The Field
Yates vs Bogoljubov, 1922  
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1 N jams the g-file
S Rosselli del Turco vs Spielmann, 1925 
(C28) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 0-1

Julius DuMont's "Basis of Combination in Chess," page 4
Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein, 1920 
(C48) Four Knights, 31 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D30) 1-0 Batteries
Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1926 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0

Colle System 4.c4 BxNf3 (D04) 1-0 34.?
Colle vs W Fairhurst, 1927 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin Var (B40) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; 19.?
Yates vs A Haida, 1925 
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 1 in Irving Chernev's "Winning Chess Traps"
Alekhine vs J Forrester, 1923 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Var (B18) 1-0 Ingenuity
Tartakower vs W Schelfhout, 1920 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0

Bg7 Sniper / Sicilian Dragon (B06) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Ed. Lasker vs Capablanca, 1924 
(B06) Robatsch, 60 moves, 0-1

Game 203 in The Golden Treasury of Chess by Wellmuth & Horowitz
Breyer vs Tarrasch, 1920 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Simul exhibition
Alekhine vs R Castiarena, 1926 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Wagner Gambit (A46) 1-0 Fireworks on the 6th!
A Model vs N Rudnev, 1929 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Torre Attk: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Q sac deflects defending P
W Springe vs H Gebhard, 1927 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

Game 117 in Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev.
E Steiner vs Colle, 1926 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 62 in Elements of Combination Play in Chess by Reinfeld
G M Norman vs Vidmar, 1925 
(E61) King's Indian, 19 moves, 0-1

Game 71 in The Immortal Games of Capablanca by Fred Reinfeld
Capablanca vs A Nimzowitsch, 1928 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 103 in 'The World's Great Chess Games' by Reuben Fine
A Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1927  
(A61) Benoni, 30 moves, 1-0

KGD. Classical Variation (C30) 0-1 Q sac Opera Mate by Black!!
P vs E Rubinstein, 1924 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 14 moves, 0-1

KGA. Blachly Gambit 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (C37) 0-1 More pawns do matter
Spielmann vs Gruenfeld, 1923 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 0-1

KGD. Classical Rubinstein Countergambit (C30) 1-0 prize nominee
G Branch vs E Gruer, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Accepted. Salvio Gambit (C37) 0-1 # w/a passed pawn
Itze vs H Reinle, 1925 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 0-1

KGA. Fischer Def (C34) 1-0 Eight-year-old gives exhibition!!
Reshevsky vs G W Beaumont, 1920 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Var (D30) 1-0 Stockfish
Capablanca vs E G Sergeant, 1929 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

QGD: Modern. Heral Variation (D53) 0-1 Greek Gift loses center
A Cheron vs A Nilsson, 1928 
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1

Sept/Oct, p. 154 pGame 90 / 5158] American Chess Bulletin 1929
Capablanca vs Maroczy, 1929 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

QGD: Cambridge Springs Variation (D52) 0-1 30...?
D Zaslavsky vs Botvinnik, 1926 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Def. Henneberger Var (D63) 1-0 N raid
I Rabinovich vs Bogoljubov, 1925 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D63) 0-1 KEG annotates!
N Tselikov vs P Romanovsky, 1920 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 0-1

QGD: Modern. Normal Line (D55) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1923 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Def (D38) 0-1 17...?
Maroczy vs O Tenner, 1926 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 17 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Def. Henneberger Var (D63) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Capablanca vs J Mieses, 1928 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Sacrifice for a K walk
F Apsenieks vs A Louis, 1925 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

QGD: Westphalian Variation (D51) 1-0 moves to a killer square
S Kalabar vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1927 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0

“Rubinstein: Move by Move”, by Zenon Franco, ©2015, Everyman Ch
Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1920  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1922 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 34 moves, 0-1

QGD: Cambridge Springs Var (D52) 0-1 Keep piling on pins!
P Leonhardt vs Spielmann, 1920 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 0-1

one of only 5 players in history to defeat Capa more than once
Spielmann vs Capablanca, 1929 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 1-0

Game 20 from Learn from the Legends (Marin)
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1920 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hungarian Opening: General (A00) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Reti vs Gruenfeld, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 56 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: Mason Countergambit (C40) 0-1 Blazin' h-file
J W te Kolste vs Spielmann, 1925 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Game 45 in Richard Réti's Best Games by Harry Golombek
Reti vs R Grau, 1924 
(A15) English, 17 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Simul Slam!
A Strande vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925 
(C01) French, Exchange, 21 moves, 0-1

French Def: Alekhine-Chatard Attk. Spielmann Var (C13) 1-0Stock
Euwe vs Maroczy, 1921 
(C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0

French Def: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish; 25...?
K Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1925 
(C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1

French Def: McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 0-1 Connected passers
G Thomas vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 75 moves, 0-1

French Def: Rubinstein 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (C10) 1-0 Pawn storm!
E C Price vs E Gibb, 1920 
(C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0

French Def: McCutcheon. Chigorin Var (C12) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Spielmann vs Reti, 1921 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 30 moves, 1-0

French Def: Advance. Paulsen Attk 8.Be2 Nge7 (C02) 1-0outnumber
Reti vs Spielmann, 1928 
(C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0

KID: Fianchetto. Debrecen Def (E67) 0-1 Lolli's Mate to be
F Apsenieks vs K Havasi, 1924 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 25 moves, 0-1

Game 3 in Alekhine Alert by Timothy Taylor
E G Sergeant vs Alekhine, 1926 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack Ne2 vs QID (A45) 1-0 Massing for Kside assault
I Rabinovich-Barav vs B Koch, 1928 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

P-Q4: Zukertort Variation (D02) 1-0 Black castled into it?
R Scott vs F Wenman, 1920 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Game 25 in 'My System' by Aron Nimzowitsch
Gruenfeld vs Tartakower, 1926  
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 0-1

KIA vs QID (A07) 0-1 Another AN break through promotion
M Bluemich vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 55 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 0-1 Odd timing
D Przepiorka vs Reti, 1922 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein (A84) 1-0 One or the other falls
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1920 
(A84) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0

Odd occurrence: Black manages to play move ...f5 three times!
Torre vs J Mieses, 1925 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 54 moves, 1-0

Mikenas Defense (A40) 0-1 Exchange Sac, N on 3rd
Saemisch vs Bogoljubov, 1920 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 1-0 Arabian Mate w/B help
M Golmayo vs H Mattison, 1928 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0

#344 Irving Chernev's book "Wonders and Curiosities of Chess"
Capablanca vs Yates, 1924 
(A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0

G73 in Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 62 in Harry Golombek's book "Richard Réti's Best Games"
Reti vs R Grau, 1927 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Wing Gambit (B20) 0-1 Black tactics about the K
H R Bigelow vs Kupchik, 1929 
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1

Game 84 in Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch
A Nimzowitsch vs A Nilsson, 1924 
(A15) English, 54 moves, 1-0

Game 74 in Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch
A Nimzowitsch vs V Buerger, 1927 
(A16) English, 61 moves, 1-0

This game was the (modern) introduction of the Bogo-Indian.
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1920 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2

pp. 252-253 of the October 1923 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'
Tarrasch vs Yates, 1923 
(E90) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Three Knights (D15) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Kostic vs Euwe, 1921 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Yugoslav mag. Sahovski Glasnik, 1927 Issue 11 (June 27) p.112-3
Bogoljubov vs P List, 1927 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

The Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic p.271-275
Yates vs G Marco, 1921 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 0-1

Budapest Def: Alekhine Var (A52) 0-1 Crepeaux won tourney
Duchamp vs R Crepeaux, 1925 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1

Game 85 in Think Like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov
P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1927 
(A06) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical. Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attk (C54)1-0
Euwe vs E M Holloway, 1920 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 R shot
Tartakower vs E Steiner, 1921 
(C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: General (C50) 1-0 Discovered check lurks
Alekhine vs F Freixa, 1928 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attk (C56) 0-1 +, +, #
A Perfiliev vs Botvinnik, 1925 
(C56) Two Knights, 36 moves, 0-1

English Opening: General (A10) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Reti vs Marshall, 1925 
(A10) English, 59 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Def: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 1-0 Knights invade
Gruenfeld vs K Rozic, 1929
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Alekhine in the Americas by Donaldson & Minev, pg. 42
F Valenzuela vs Alekhine, 1927 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 44 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Var (A31) 1-0 Pin & climb in
Capablanca vs J Torres Caravaca, 1929 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 18 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Var (A31) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Rubinstein vs Tarrasch, 1928 
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 37 moves, 1-0

KID: Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 1-0 Sting in the tail
Kmoch vs L Steiner, 1925 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Pseudo-Colle Bb2 vs Spielmann-Indian (A46) 0-1 Bxh2+
A Selezniev vs Spielmann, 1921 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1

May 20, 1959 issue of "Chess Life" p. 4
L H Wight vs R Scrivener, 1926 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1

"'Rigasche Rundschau', 11 May 1929, page 17"
Petrov vs T Bergs, 1929 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 24 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr Def: Anderssen Counterattack (B01) 0-1 lost castling
M Marchand vs Euwe, 1920 
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Bogoljubov vs P Johner, 1926 
(A09) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Breyer Var (C29) 0-1 Discovered+!
Reti vs M Kadisch, 1928 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1

Game 41 in 'Chess Praxis' by Aron Nimzowitsch
Colle vs A Nimzowitsch, 1925 
(A80) Dutch, 52 moves, 0-1

King's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 0-1 Stockfish
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1925 
(A25) English, 60 moves, 0-1

Game 82 in 'The Guinness Book of Chess GMs' by William Hartston
A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1928 
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

New York 1927, 21st Century Edition by Alexander Alekhine
A Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1927 
(A04) Reti Opening, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Def: Marshall Counterattack (B40) 0-1 Promotion
E S Jackson vs Marshall, 1920 
(B40) Sicilian, 58 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B90) 1-0 kibitzer DQ annotates
Yates vs Tartakower, 1926 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian (B30) 0-1 Brilliant checkmate awaits!
Arthur J Ansaldo vs C Watson, 1924 
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

G48 in 'Judgment and Planning in Chess' by Euwe & Du Mont.
A Nimzowitsch vs A Pritzel, 1922 
(B06) Robatsch, 29 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Alekhine Var (A52) 1-0 photo link
Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1921 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Budapest Gambit (A52) 1-0 elevated Arabian Mate!
Kostic vs E A Coleman, 1924 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

QID: Orthodox Defense. Classical Var (D68) 1-0Amsterdam special
Euwe vs D C W Spaans, 1921 
(D68) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Declined. Sorensen Def (C21) 1-0 Mating combo!
Alekhine vs R Molina, 1926 
(C21) Center Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Quiet Variation (D30) 1-0 Upside-down Gueridon #
Botvinnik vs M Muchin, 1926 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

English Opening: General (A10) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld, 1925 
(A10) English, 58 moves, 1-0

Game 36/38 'Masters of the Chessboard' by Richard Reti
Maroczy vs Euwe, 1923 
(B83) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

"Schubert's Symphony" (game of the day Jan-04-2007)
Yates vs F Schubert, 1928 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein Opening: Bogoljubow Def (D05) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1920 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: London System (A46) 1-0 Pins are powerful!
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1920 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: General (A02) 1-0 Ignore PB
F W Viney vs H Gook, 1926 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Old Indian Defense: Normal Var (A55) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Rubinstein vs D Przepiorka, 1925 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 107 in 'My Fifty Years of Chess' by Frank James Marshall.
Marshall vs B Verlinsky, 1925 
(B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

NID: Normal. Ragozin Var (E51) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Marshall, 1925 
(E51) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 28 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Def: Exchange (E11) 1-0 Whiteshark finds the plum!
Saemisch vs Bogoljubov, 1925 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 54 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Reversed Mexican Def (A06) 1-0 K walk
R Lean vs F Apsenieks, 1925 
(A06) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed (C84) 1-0 Keep on keepin' on
P Romanovsky vs B Verlinsky, 1925 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 73 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 0-1 Crossfire!!
B Verlinsky vs Levenfish, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 0-1 Q sacrifice for a vice
K Nadporoshky vs Botvinnik, 1925 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 0-1 R pair is dbl forked
Yates vs Bogoljubov, 1924 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1/2-KEG annotates
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Alekhine, 1920 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Closed. Worrall Attk Delayed castling (C86) 1-0
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1928 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Main Lines (C80) 0-1Stockfish, tpstar notes
Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch, 1922 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 32 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Stockfish
Tartakower vs Reti, 1924 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def. Nimzowitsch Attk (C62) 1-0Stockfish
Bogoljubov vs Z von Balla, 1922 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation (C45) · 0-1
J Meyer vs Euwe, 1922 
(C45) Scotch Game, 24 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. KID (A15) 1-0 Stockfish
Tartakower vs Marshall, 1924 
(A15) English, 61 moves, 1-0

85. Fred Reinfeld's book "The Immortal Games of Capablanca"
E Canal vs Capablanca, 1929 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1

USSR Championship (1927), Moscow URS, rd 13, Oct-13
S von Freymann vs A Model, 1927 
(A84) Dutch, 24 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical (D02) 1-0 Q Battery
M Romi vs V Kahn, 1926 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Game 95 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1928 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 48 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: Capablanca Variation (A47) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Colle vs Capablanca, 1929 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def: Kloosterboer Gambit (B01) 0-1 Cockfighting!
H Bruckhaus vs G W Kloosterboer, 1925 
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 0-1

April, p. 88 [Game 73 / 369] Chess Review 1935
Gilg vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926 
(A81) Dutch, 24 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) 0-1 B trap
Y Vilner vs N Pavlov-Pianov, 1927 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 14 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Var (C40) 1-0 Smashing R~
G Thomas vs Tartakower, 1926 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Veresov Atack. Richter Var (D01) 1-0 h-file battery
Y Vilner vs A Smorodsky, 1927 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Staunton Gambit. Chigorin Var (A83) 0-1
B Gregory vs W John, 1921 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1

Game 111 My Fifty Years of Chess by Frank J. Marshall
Marshall vs Kupchik, 1926 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Alekhine Var (C68) 0-1 18...?
R Scrivener vs Torre, 1924 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game: Colle System (D00) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
M Walter vs Lasker, 1923 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 Simul Exhibition
Capablanca vs E Lundin, 1928 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0

Colle 3.c3 vs Krause Var (D02) 1-0central exchanges, dueling Bs
Maroczy vs Olland, 1922 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Saemisch Attack (B02) 1-0 Correspondence
City of Kuldiga vs Ventspils, 1922 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: General (B02) 1-0 Amsterdam University student
Euwe vs De Koning, 1923 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Alekhine's Defense (B02) 0-1 Remove the Defender
L Kubbel vs I Rabinovich, 1922
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 0-1

"World's Championship Match", F.D. Yates and W. Winter
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1929 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 40 in 'Reti: Move by Move' by Thomas Engqvist
W Michel vs Reti, 1926
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 43 moves, 0-1

French Def: Tarrasch. Open System (C07) 0-1triple on the h-file
Kmoch vs Kostic, 1927 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 0-1

Eugčne A. Znosko-Borovsky, "The Art of Chess Combination" p
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1921 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0

KGA. B's Gambit Lopez (C33) 0-1 Q sac slashes unknown Nietsche
Nietsche vs S Factor, 1928 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Bg2 (A02) 1-0 f6? Delayed Scholar's Mate
Reshevsky vs Traube, 1920 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Defense: General (D32) 1-0 5 consecutive knight moves
W Gibson vs F Wenman, 1920 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD. Exchange. Saemisch Var (D35) 0-1 Q deflection sac
J Turn vs Petrov, 1929 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) 1-0 25.?
G Nagy vs Rubinstein, 1926 
(C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Tarrasch Trap (C66) 1-0 Remove Guard
Yates vs H Price, 1923 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0

Their fifth meeting - a short sharp draw by perpetual check
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1924 
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

KGA. Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Def (C33) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Spielmann vs Bogoljubov, 1923 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1

January, p. 14 [Game 25 / 4256] American Chess Bulletin 1923
W Vandervoort vs C Cameron, 1922 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

P-Q4: Chigorin Var (D02) 1-0 Qs & Ns on the queenside
Euwe vs Colle, 1924 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Kaufmann Var (C29) 1-0 Castling issues
Torre vs C E Norwood, 1925 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 1-0 The long diagonal
A Nimzowitsch vs W Michel, 1926 
(A06) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Normal (B02) 1-0 Bxf7+ KxB, Ng5+ unpin
H J Ament vs NN, 1922 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: East Indian Defense (E00) 1-0 Lolli's Mate next
Y Vilner vs B Verlinsky, 1925
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

QID. Classical. Traditional, Main Line (E19) 0-1 Stockfish
V Makogonov vs Botvinnik, 1927 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 24 moves, 0-1

Stonewall Attack 6.Qf3 (D00) 0-1 Pin the Q to her K
S A Mudrev vs S von Freymann, 1929
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

QGD: Capablanca - General (D30) 0-1 Balestra Mate
J Chris Bang vs E A Sayre, 1921 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1

Annotations from Soltis' book "Why Lasker Matters"
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1923 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Colle-Koltanowski 5.c3 System (D05) 1/2-1/2 links
Colle vs Euwe, 1928 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Philidor Def: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 Pedestal/Gueridon Mate
Polo vs Pasqualini, 1923 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 0-1 USSR Championship
Ragozin vs Botvinnik, 1929 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 14 moves, 0-1

QGD. Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 a pawn for a piece
Reti vs Maroczy, 1920 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 19 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3..Qa5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 ML (B01) 1-0 Sac Attk!
Reti vs Rubinstein, 1922 
(B01) Scandinavian, 74 moves, 1-0

Black wins in 30 moves without moving his queen.
Maroczy vs Lasker, 1924 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C98) 1-0 One for the books
Bogoljubov vs Rubinstein, 1923 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 55 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: General (A80) 1-0 Cornered Bishop
A Nimzowitsch vs J Mieses, 1925 
(A80) Dutch, 28 moves, 1-0

Chapter 2 Ivan Sokolov's book "Sacrifice and the initiative"
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929 
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: 5...exNf6 Tartakower Var (B15) 1-0 King walk
H Norman-Hansen vs Tartakower, 1923 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 24 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Staunton Gambit. General 10.0-0 vs 0-0-0 (A83) 0-1
L Palau vs Reti, 1924 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

"The Search for Chess Perfection" by C.J.S. Purdy
Alekhine vs L Kussman, 1924  
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0

Capablanca got the 2nd brilliancy prize
Capablanca vs Vidmar, 1922 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attk (B21) 1-0 N on 6th Disc+, Q sac
A Nimzowitsch vs A Olson, 1924 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 27 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Clever Q trap
Saemisch vs A Brinckmann, 1920 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

C-K Def: Panov Attk. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 1-0 Blindfold
A Nimzowitsch vs Gerog Jokstad, 1922 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 16 moves, 1-0

King's English. General (A20) 0-1 video link
A S Sergeev vs V Sozin, 1924 
(A20) English, 17 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Four Knights (A35) 0-1
N Zubarev vs G Ravinsky, 1929 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. Kaufmann Variation (C29) 1-0 Mayet's Mate
B Frank vs J Willems, 1923 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Main Line (B15) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 14.?
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) 0-1 Moscow, RUS
Reti vs Marshall, 1925 
(A13) English, 30 moves, 0-1

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