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2013+ Games Garrison of FTB B-C Hearts
Compiled by fredthebear
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This is a collection split. The 1.d4 and flank games will be removed.

"Chess first of all teaches you to be objective." Source: "The Soviet School of Chess" Book by Alexander Kotov, p. 42, 2001.

"Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you're in trouble." — Stanley Kubrick

"Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules, take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment." — Garry Kasparov

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"To avoid losing a piece, many a person has lost the game." — Savielly Tartakower

"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter." ― Winston S. Churchill

"Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him." ― Napoleon Bonaparte

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

"I pray to start my day and finish it in prayer. I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective." ― Tim Tebow

"A God you understood would be less than yourself." ― Flannery O'Connor

"The journey is its own reward." — Homer

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." ― George Orwell

"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent." ― Vasily Smyslov

"I always plan for long-term; life to me is a never-ending chess match." ― James D. Wilson

"Tis action moves the world....in the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it." ― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

"It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it's predictable. So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"In life, as in chess, it is always better to analyze one's motives and intentions." ― Vladimir Nabokov

"You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime." ― Thomas Paine

"Never play to win a pawn while your development is yet unfinished!" ― Aron Nimzowitsch

"Check your moves well, because it can cost one pawn or losing a lot of just from three moves!" ― Deyth Banger

"What is a weak pawn? A pawn that is exposed to attack and also difficult to defend is a weak pawn. There are several varieties: isolated, doubled, too advanced, retarded backward." ― Samuel Reshevsky, Art of Positional Play (Note: A weak pawn cannot be defended by another pawn; it's protection must come from a piece of the back rank that might rather be more aggressively active.)

"The game gives us a satisfaction that Life denies us. And for the Chess player, the success which crowns his work, the great dispeller of sorrows, is named 'combination'." ― Emanuel Lasker

"The move is there, but you must see it."
― Savielly Tartakower

"Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless." ― Mikhail Tal

"Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it's futile to continue playing (conceptualizing)." ― Bill Gaede

"Chess is not a game, it's a war."
― Joshua the poetic penguin

"The King in chess is indeed a symbol of unity and wholeness and the other pieces are not separate entities but rather parts of "the One Thing", as Campbell put it." ― Roumen Bezergianov, Character Education with Chess

"In chess, without the king, the other pieces would all be "dead", so their existence is supported by the king, but they need to serve the king with their capacity for action in order to have a good game." ― Roumen Bezergianov

"...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present.

JOURNALIST. And your plans?
PLAYER. To play!"
― Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

"There had been a few times over the past year when she felt like this, with her mind not only dizzied but nearly terrified by the endlessness of chess." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"Но человек существо легкомысленное и неблаговидное и, может быть, подобно шахматному игроку, любит только один процесс достижения цели, а не самую цель." ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground Russian

"But man is a frivolous and unseemly creature and, perhaps, like a chess player, loves only one process of achieving a goal, and not the goal itself." ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground English translation

"Le jeu dechec, say the French, n'est pas assez jeu: That is, chess games and others of the same importance, are not Spill, but a Study. Such may be presented to those who have nothing to order, and who fear, out of idleness, for the rust of Hiernen, but not industrious people who seek recreation in Spill and Company." ― Ludvig Holberg, Epistles

"To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight." ― Emanuel Lasker

"An advantage could consist not only in a single important advantage but also in a multitude of insignificant advantages." ― Emanuel Lasker, "Lasker's Manual of Chess", p.464

"She had heard of the genetic code that could shape an eye or hand from passing proteins. Deoxyribonucleic acid. It contained the entire set of instructions for constructing a respiratory system and a digestive one, as well as the grip of an infant's hand. Chess was like that. The geometry of a position could be read and reread and not exhausted of possibility. You saw deeply into the layer of it, but there was another layer beyond that, and another, and another." ― Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

"Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially to Chess, where it is often found that the profoundest moves do not much startle the imagination." ― Emanuel Lasker, Common Sense in Chess

"Chess, like love, is infectious at any age - Salo Flohr" ― Irving Chernev, The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy

"Life is short, precious, and should not be wasted. Everyone has a chance at it. We're equals after all. There are no pawns, no kings, and no queens.
We're all humans and we all have the same value." ― Cristelle Comby, Blind Chess

"Life is a mysterious and witty intermingling of fate and events." ― Alexandra Kosteniuk

"Zugzwang. It's when you have no good moves. But you still have to move." ― Michael Chabon

"Everyone wants to be wanted and if all people wait for someone else to invest in them, the world will be stuck in an eternal stalemate: nobody moves and nobody wins." ― Laura L.

"У нас есть шахматы с собой, Шекспир и Пушкин, с нас довольно." ― Vladimir Nabokov, Стихотворения Russian

"We have chess with us,
Shakespeare and Pushkin, we've had enough." English translation ― Vladimir Nabokov, Poems

"So if you think that when you are better, it means that you can smash ahead and mate the guy, you are wrong, that is not what better means. What better means is that your position has the potential, if played correctly, to turn out well. So do not think that when you are better and when you are attacking that you can just force mate. That is not what it is about. Often the way to play best, the way to play within the position, is to maintain it." ― Josh Waitzkin

"I put my hand on a bishop, my would be assassin, and thought of my father's heights when he won, how he galloped around. The depths of his despair at losing, I expected, would be equal to the peaks. He'd mope about, his face fallen and miserable, his posture stooped as if his back ached. I took my hand from the piece and leaned back in deliberation." ― Rion Amilcar Scott, Insurrections: Stories

"We are men who find chess fascinating. Did you expect our lives to be secretly interesting?" ― Noah Boyd, Agent X

"I keep on fighting as long as my opponent can make a mistake." ― Emanuel Lasker

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che...

* 10 Tips: https://www.uschess.org/index.php/L...

* 10 Crazy Gambits: https://www.chess.com/blog/yola6655...

* 20 Various Italian Games: Game Collection: Italian Game

* 25 Opening Traps: https://www.chess.com/blog/ChessLor...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Bishop's Opening Miniatures: https://www.chessonly.com/bishop-op...

* Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP...

* Brilliant (and mostly famous)! Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures

* Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne

* Book: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Attacking Games (Naiditsch/Balogh)

* Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate...

* How to Play Chess! http://www.serverchess.com/play.htm...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

* Chess Links: http://www.chessdryad.com/links/ind...

* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...

* ChessCafe.com column, The Openings Explained: Abby Marshall

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* The Italian Game, Classical: Game Collection: Giuco Piano

* Annotated Evans Gambits: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Caviar: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Danish treats: Game Collection: 200 Miniature Games of Chess - Du Mont (I)

* Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0

* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems

* Diagrammed Checkmate Patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

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

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* Best games of 2016: Game Collection: 2016 Stunning Victories (Naiditsch/Balogh/Maze)

* Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense

* Javed's way: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* King's Gambit start-up: Game Collection: Batsford's MCO 14 King's Gambit

* King Bishop's Gambit: Game Collection: rajat21's kings gambit

* KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit

* GM Gallagher is an author:
Game Collection: 0

* GK Sicil: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING

* Volo plays the KP faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* Russian Ruys: Game Collection: Chess in the USSR 1945 - 72, Part 2 (Leach)

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)

* Sicilian Face Plants:
Game Collection: sicilian defense(opening traps)

* TIP: Click on the e8 square to see a computer engine analysis of the position.

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* More teenage tagging: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pU9...

* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* 700+ games of QGD: Queen's Gambit Declined (D06)

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

* Unleash the Knight: https://cardclashgames.com/blog/che...

* Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo...

* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Lekhika Dhariyal Chess Ops: https://www.zupee.com/blog/category...

* Artful Mates: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Neon Moon, smooth and easy: https://www.bing.com/search?q=Neon+...

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

* Tactical Mix: Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev

* The Best of... Game Collection: World Champions' Best Games

* KP Beauties: Game Collection: Beautiful mates

* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...

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

* Greatest Hits: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* 62 Masterpieces: Game Collection: Instructive Games (Chernev)

* Reasonable book choices: https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell...

* Rubinstein: Game Collection: Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces

* The Unthinkable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9z...

* Will Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Z Vol 105: Game Collection: 0ZeR0's collected games volume 105

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

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

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

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

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

'A rising tide lifts all boats'

'Don't put the cart before the horse'

"Examine what is said, not who is speaking." ~ African Proverb

New York: Albany
Established in: 1624

Henry Hudson (the Hudson River is named after him) arrived in Albany in 1609, but it was already home to a Dutch trading post and the Haudenosaunee tribe, Iroquois Native Americans.

The capital of New York is also its oldest city. Originally founded as Fort Orange by the Dutch settlers in 1624, the city was officially chartered by the British government as Albany in 1686. It didn't become the capital of the state until 1797. Albany was the point of origin for the first long distance airplane flight and the first passenger railroad.

* Chess History: https://www.uschesstrust.org/chess-...

* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...

The Kings of Chess: A History of Chess, Traced Through the Lives of Its Greatest Players by William Hartston William Hartson traces the development of the game from its Oriental origins to the present day through the lives of its greatest exponents - men like Howard Staunton, who transformed what had been a genteel pastime into a competitive science; the brilliant American Paul Morphy, who once played a dozen simultaneous games blindfold; the arrogant and certified insane Wilhelm Steinitz; the philosopher and mathematician Emanual Lasker; Bobby Fischer, perhaps the most brilliant and eccentric of them all; and many other highly gifted individuals. Hartson depicts all their colorful variety with a wealth of rare illustrations.

Format: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN: 006015358X
ISBN13: 9780060153588
Release Date: January 1985
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Length: 192 Pages
Weight: 1.80 lbs.

Eilfan ywmodryb dda
Meaning: A good aunt is a second mother

"Fancy what a game of chess would be if all the chessmen had passions and intellects, more or less small and cunning; if you were not only uncertain about your adversary's men, but a little uncertain also about your own; if your knight could shuffle himself on to a new square by the sly; if your bishop, at your castling, could wheedle your pawns out of their places; and if your pawns, hating you because they are pawns, could make away from their appointed posts that you might get checkmate on a sudden. You might be the longest-headed of deductive reasoners, and yet you might be beaten by your own pawns. You would be especially likely to be beaten, if you depended arrogantly on your mathematical imagination, and regarded your passionate pieces with contempt. Yet this imaginary chess is easy compared with the game a man has to play against his fellow-men with other fellow-men for his instruments." ― George Eliot, Felix Holt: The Radical

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." — Garry Kasparov

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

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

"Don't blow your own trumpet." — Australian Proverb

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

"Continuing to play the victim is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Blaming others for your station in life will indeed make you a victim but the perpetrator will be your own self, not life or those around you." — Bobby Darnell

<The Fooles Mate
Black Kings Biſhops pawne one houſe.
White Kings pawne one houſe.
Black kings knights pawne two houſes
White Queen gives Mate at the contrary kings Rookes fourth houſe — Beale, The Royall Game of Chesse-Play

Beale's example can be paraphrased in modern terms where White always moves first, algebraic notation is used, and Black delivers the fastest possible mate after each player makes two moves: 1.f3 e6 2.g4 Qh4#

There are eight distinct ways in which Fool's Mate can be reached in two moves. White may alternate the order of f- and g-pawn moves, Black may play either e6 or e5, and White may move their f-pawn to f3 or f4.>

"and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook. I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. 'It's a great huge game of chess that's being played--all over the world--if this is the world at all, you know. Oh, what fun it is!" ― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

Galatians 6:7 in the Bible "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap."

'Ashes to ashes dust to dust

"We Recognize No Sovereign but God, and no King but Jesus!" ― John Adams

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

<"Sestrilla, hafelina
Jue amourasestrilla
Awou jue selaviena
En patre jue

Translation:

Beloved one, little cat
I love you for all time
In this time
And all others"
― Christine Feehan>

chess writer and poet Henry Thomas Bland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Grand Canyon, in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, is known as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World.

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

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.

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

"One of the supreme paradoxes of baseball, and all sports, is that the harder you try to throw a pitch or hit a ball or accomplish something, the smaller your chances are for success. You get the best results not when you apply superhuman effort but when you let the game flow organically and allow yourself to be fully present. You'll often hear scouts say of a great prospect, "The game comes slow to him." It means the prospect is skilled and poised enough to let the game unfold in its own time, paying no attention to the angst or urgency or doubt, funneling all awareness to the athletic task at hand." — R.A. Dickey

Rebecca wrote:

Checkmate
The Queen of Hearts
makes her move,
adrenaline chess
to construe.

The enzymes melt
her painted frown,
with head held high
she adjusts her crown

She remembered who
she once was,
anticipating
breathless pause.

Around the King
her fingers grasp
to set him on
the Bishop's path.

And by her hand
he meets his fate
he is no more
by her, "checkmate".

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

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.

"Grandmaster games are said to begin with novelty, which is the first move of the game that exits the book. It could be the fifth, it could be the thirty-fifth. We think about a chess game as beginning with move one and ending with checkmate. But this is not the case. The games begins when it gets out of book, and it end when it goes into book..And this is why Game 6 between Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue didn't count...Tripping and falling into a well on your way to the field of battle is not the same thing as dying in it...Deep Blue is only itself out of book; prior to that it is nothing. Just the ghosts of the game itself." ― Brian Christian, The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive

Education

Lapluck and Caesar brothers were, descended
From dogs by Fame the most commended,
Who falling, in their puppyhood,
To different masters anciently,
One dwelt and hunted in the boundless wood;
From thieves the other kept a kitchen free.
At first, each had another name;
But, by their bringing up, it came,
While one improved on his nature,
The other grew a sordid creature,
Till, by some scullion called Lapluck,
The name ungracious ever stuck.
To high exploits his brother grew,
Put many a stag at bay, and tore
Full many a trophy from the boar;
In short, him first, of all his crew,
The world as Caesar knew;
And care was had, lest, by a baser mate,
His noble blood should ever degenerate.
Not so with his neglected brother;
He made whatever came a mother;
And, by the laws of population,
His race became a countless nation –
The common turnspits throughout France –
Where danger is, they don't advance –
Precisely the antipodes
Of what we call the Caesars, these!

Often falls the son below his sire's estate:
Through want of care all things degenerate.
For lack of nursing Nature and her gifts.
What crowds from gods become mere kitchen-thrifts! 25. The Two Dogs and the Dead Ass

The Virtues should be sisters, hand in hand,
Since banded brothers all the Vices stand:
When one of these our hearts attacks,
All come in file; there only lacks,
From out the cluster, here and there,
A mate of some antagonizing pair,
That can't agree the common roof to share.
But all the Virtues, as a sisterhood,
Have scarcely ever in one subject stood.
We find one brave, but passionate;
Another prudent, but ingrate.
Of beasts, the dog may claim to be
The pattern of fidelity;
But, for our teaching little wiser,
He's both a fool and gormandiser.
For proof, I cite two mastiffs, that espied
A dead ass floating on a water wide.
The distance growing more and more,
Because the wind the carcass bore, –
"My friend," said one, "your eyes are best;
Pray let them on the water rest:
What thing is that I seem to see?
An ox, or horse? what can it be?"
"Hey!" cried his mate; "what matter which,
Provided we could get a flitch?
It doubtless is our lawful prey:
The puzzle is to find some way
To get the prize; for wide the space
To swim, with wind against your face.36
Let's drink the flood; our thirsty throats
Will gain the end as well as boats.
The water swallowed, by and bye
We'll have the carcass, high and dry –
Enough to last a week, at least."
Both drank as some do at a feast;
Their breath was quenched before their thirst,
And presently the creatures burst!

And such is man. Whatever he
May set his soul to do or be,
To him is possibility?
How many vows he makes!
How many steps he takes!
How does he strive, and pant, and strain,
Fortune's or Glory's prize to gain!
If round my farm off well I must,
Or fill my coffers with the dust,
Or master Hebrew, science, history, –
I make my task to drink the sea.
One spirit's projects to fulfil,
Four bodies would require; and still
The work would stop half done;
The lives of four Methuselahs,
Placed end to end for use, alas!
Would not suffice the wants of one.

Road apples

Bobby Fischer (Andrews/Lazy Susan)
Bobby Fischer beat Spassky in Iceland in '72.
I know a girl who's better looking but who thinks like Bobby Fischer too. When Bobby Fischer was a kid they knew he was a prodigy. I know a girl who's somewhat older but no less of an authority.

I wish I had the smarts to understand her charts. If I don't concentrate she'll have me in checkmate.

In Tampa Bay and Lafayette they all know Bobby Fischer's name. I know a girl who made her mark in smaller cities but her fame's the same. When Bobby Fischer made his comeback in the '90s he was worse for wear. I know a girl who made a comeback but her mind was altogether there.

She said: "I drink chocolate milk, from a cow I built. "Doot n'doot doot doot. Doot n'doot doot doot."

They're all saying that you'll never play again. They're all saying that you're finished, that you're washed up as a friend. All my life I've 'feather-dustered' but that's not how it's going to end. Oh no.

Spies in hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the headlights of a car beneath a bridge. There's no lights on in the house except the lights on in the fridge. Oh yeah.

Reykjavik, no one ever says Reykjavik in a song. Reykjavik, no one ever says Reykjavik in a song.

They're all saying that you'll never play again. They're all saying that you're finished and that you're washed up as a friend. All my life I've 'feather-dustered' but that's not how I'm going to end. Oh no.

Spies in hideouts send their secret messages.
There's a thief caught in the headlights of a car beneath a bridge. There's no lights on in the house except the lights on in the fridge... Oh yeah.

Proverbs 14:29-35

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly. 30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. 31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. 32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. 33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. 34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. 35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham

God Our Father, Lord, and Savior
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God our Father, Lord, and Savior

Thank you for your love and favor

Bless this food and drink we pray

And all who share with us today.

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen.

"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

'A stitch in time saves nine'

"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."

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

"Those who play with fire will get burnt." ~ Portuguese Proverb

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

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

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

If you've never lost your mind, then you've never followed your heart. ― Joker

Beautiful faces are everywhere, but Beautiful minds are hard to find. ― Joker

"How the Grischuk Stole Christmas" w/a Zwischenzug
Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2017 
(A05) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 0-1

KIA vs Indian Be7, Bb7 (A07) 1-0 Three connected passers
Nakamura vs Bacrot, 2017 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

KIA vs French exd5 exd5 (A07) 1-0 Spearheads on open e-file
Karjakin vs G Meier, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

1.e4 e5 King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Dueling batteries
Ken Ronny Schouten vs C Jacobsen, 2017 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

Sic Closed Nc3, Nf3, Bg2 vs ClassicNc6, Nf6, Be7 (B25) 1-0Blitz
Bacrot vs Karjakin, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 43 moves, 1-0

Sic Closed Nf3, Nc3, Bg2 vs Nf6, Nc6, Be7 (B25) 1-0 Backdoor
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2017 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

KIA vs b6, Bb7 traditional e5 strong point (A07) 1-0 Win pawns
Kasparov vs Y Habu, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

English Def: Kangaroo 8.Qg4?! (B00) 0-1 open g-file, busy centr
Gelfand vs Jobava, 2014 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr, Bronstein Var (B01) 1-0 Two pins are too much
J Lenier vs R Hughes, 2014 
(B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses (B01) 0-1 P grabbin' can be costly
Adams vs V Laznicka, 2015 
(B01) Scandinavian, 46 moves, 0-1

3...Qd8 Ilundain (B01) 1-0Greek gift, possible Anastasia's Mate
Kosteniuk vs R Edouard, 2013 
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Schiller-Pytel Var (B01) 1-0 Double Attack
Karjakin vs Karpov, 2013 
(B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation (B02) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Fressinet vs Carlsen, 2014 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 50 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack. ML (B03) 1-0 Battery
Stockfish vs Rybka, 2013 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern. Larsen-Haakert (B04) 1-0Pin game clincher
B Al-Hajiri vs M Hamal, 2014 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 15 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) 1-0 Eliminate the Def
Y Yu vs P Maghsoodloo, 2016 
(B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0

A stunning 'model' mate.
N Hendrickson vs T Petersen, 2014 
(B06) Robatsch, 28 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Standard Def (B06) 0-1 Fine sacrificial finish!
M Agopov vs S Buchal, 2013
(B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 0-1

Lion Def. Anti-Philidor. Lion's Cave (B07) 1-0 R sac, Arabian#
Z Andriasian vs B Burg, 2013 
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def. Classical 2 Knights System (B08) 1-0 Crosspin finale
A Rombaldoni vs Z Andriasian, 2015 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 2013 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 47 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 0-1 N sac for promo
Saric vs M Oleksienko, 2014 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 59 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann, Accelerated Panov Attack. Modern (B10) 1-0Lawn Mower
D Arutinian vs Q Loiseau, 2013 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 33 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense (B10) 1-0 Smothered mate in 5 moves
Rapport vs T Rogers, 2014 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 5 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense (B10) 0-1 Greco Mate on h-file is coming!
I Berzina vs B I Franco Valencia, 2014 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 0-1

C-K Accelerated Panov Attack. Open Var (B10) 1-0 Bf6 wins
T Kantans vs S Prasannaa, 2014
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

C-K Accelerated Panov Attack. Modern Var (B10) 1-0 Firepower!
Y Hou vs R Dimitrov, 2014
(B10) Caro-Kann, 22 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Breyer Variation vs Dbl Fio (B10) 1-0 Passer
V Fedoseev vs Eljanov, 2015 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 43 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. 2.Ne2 d5 (B10) 1-0 The long diagonal slice
R Mamedov vs A Riazantsev, 2015 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 23 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Accelerated Panov Attk (B10) 1-0 38.? Mate in 3
R Mamedov vs S Bogdanovich, 2015 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 38 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. 2Knights Attk 5.NxNf6 exNf6 (B10) 0-1 Bxh3 sac
Karjakin vs Jobava, 2014 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 0-1

C-K Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Def 3...c5 (B12) 1-0 Pair o' pins
D Andreikin vs Khenkin, 2013 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Def (B06) 1-0 Dbl B sac
R Hovhannisyan vs K Kostin, 2013 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

It gets freaky...Tactics, complications, simplifications, win!
Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2015 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 45 moves, 1-0

C-K Advance. Short Variation (B12) 1-0 Exchange sacrifice, pins
Y Hou vs Navara, 2016 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 20.?
Swiercz vs M Kanarek, 2016 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def Panov Attk (B14) 1-0 Some pins have two ends...
J Polgar vs A S Rasmussen, 2013 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 40 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0 New move
G Guseinov vs Navara, 2015 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 51 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Classical (B18) 1-0 Lots of Black Q moves
Carlsen vs L'Ami, 2013 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 65 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Classical. Flohr Var 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B18) 1-0 Ng5
B de Jong-Muhren vs A Aranaz Murillo, 2014
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Lasker-Dunne Attack (B20) 0-1 Know this # pattern
L Jensen vs B Valuet, 2013 
(B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: General f4, Be2 (B20) 1-0 Kside sac attack!
S Williams vs D Guthrie, 2017 
(B20) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attk. Tal Gambit (B21) 1-0 Pawns laugh
A R Andersen vs E Djurhuus, 2014 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 Trampled by kNights
N Birtwistle vs S N Longson, 2009 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin bxNc3, d4 (B22) 1-0 When to take the c-pawn?
R Mamedov vs Wojtaszek, 2014 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 54 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin Barmen Def vs 5.Be3 (B22)0-1 0-0-0 swiss cheese
Sengupta vs S P Sethuraman, 2013 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 40 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Alapin Barmen Def (B22) 1-0Sweet skewer -> Back rank#
W Chen vs K McDonald, 2013 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin Barmen Def (B22) 0-1Rapid: 16...Nxe4! is better
R Mamedov vs J Polgar, 2014 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 52 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Alapin Barmen Def vs 4.Na3 (B22) 1-0 See video
Nakamura vs Y Yu, 2015 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 39 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed (B23) 0-1 Delicious Q sac, Discovered Double++
Svidler vs Khismatullin, 2015 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicil Closed 3.f4 a6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g4 b5 (B23) 1-0 long diagonal!
I Ivanisevic vs Marjanovic, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Passer allows capture
M Dean vs M Burrows, 2014
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Closed. Korchnoi Def (B23) 0-1Fred's Miniature Advice
Y Boukhris-Ferre vs Portisch, 2013 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Back rank pin
M Ortiz vs D Chinasamy, 2014 
(B27) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Hyperacclrated Dragon (B27) 0-1Penetrate weak squares
Naiditsch vs S Shoker, 2013 
(B27) Sicilian, 50 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1/2-1/2 Perpetual
Adams vs Kramnik, 2013 
(B27) Sicilian, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 0-1 Long diagonal
D Anton Guijarro vs A Moiseenko, 2014 
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

"It was probably one of my best games ever" - Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2013 
(B30) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1-0

Sic Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk (B33) 0-1 Batteries
I Zakurdjaeva vs S Melia, 2013 
(B33) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Var (B33) 1-0
Giri vs Shirov, 2014 
(B33) Sicilian, 46 moves, 1-0

Sicilian French Variation (B40) 1-0 Rxf7, Qh7+ K walk about
Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015 
(B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Var (B40) 0-1 Pile on the pin
I Gaponenko vs Koneru, 2013 
(B40) Sicilian, 47 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Kan. Swiss Cheese Variation (B42) 0-1 33...e2!
M Wei vs J Ikeda, 2013 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 37 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attk (C42) 1-0White provokes weakness
Robson vs S Erenburg, 2014 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Knight Variation (B43) 0-1 Back rank mate
A Moen vs Topalov, 2013 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Nxg7 sac allows Qf6+
E Tate vs A Chibukhchian, 2013 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Kan. Wing Attack (B43) 0-1 long range strikes
S Chumfwa vs Bacrot, 2014 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 24 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Paulsen. Modern Line (B44) 1-0 White did castle
Ivanchuk vs Y Wang, 2013 
(B44) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B47) 1-0Annotated by IM Kiewra
Kamsky vs Mamedyarov, 2013 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

Vassily Ivanchuk: 100 Selected Games by Nikolay Kalinichenko
Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2013 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 90 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 Get the Q in close
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2014 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 47 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 Backward pawns are a problem
S Maze vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 43 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Canal Attk. ML (B52) 1-0 Q busts a move - robs the pin
Bacrot vs Giri, 2013 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Canal Attack. ML (B52) 1-0 Kside attack heets up 7th
Carlsen vs Anand, 2012 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Canal Attack. ML (B52) 0-1 White N returns home
Kamsky vs Giri, 2013 
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 43 moves, 0-1

Giuoco Pianissimo 5.d3 0-0 (C53) 1/2-1/2 R sac for stalemate
Radjabov vs Karjakin, 2014 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian, Classical. Greco Gambit Traditional Line (C54) 1/2-
Harikrishna vs Aronian, 2014 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer. Dragon Var (B60) 1-0 K meander
N Grandelius vs A Ipatov, 2013 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicil Def: Richter-Rauzer. Classical (B63) 0-1 Stockfish; blitz
Short vs Kasparov, 2015 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern(B67) 1-0Interesting spoiler
E Najer vs Smirin, 2014  
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 52 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0Triple on 7th
Y Yuan vs J Krivec, 2014
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. English Attack (B80) 1-0 Crazy tactics
Wei Yi vs J Zhou, 2013 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 1-0

As John Keats wrote, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever."
Harikrishna vs Van Wely, 2013 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 39 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var (B87) 0-1White Rs halted
Y Lu vs Le Quang Liem, 2013 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 30 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf (B90) 0-1 Black has open lines, the safer King
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2013 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 0-1

Beautiful win on the road to winning the 2014 EICC in Yerevan
Motylev vs A Tari, 2014 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Maps come in handy
Navara vs Wojtaszek, 2015 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Bxb5 sac for 3Ps
Wei Yi vs Shirov, 2013 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 58 moves, 1-0

G21 in Best Attacking Games of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch & Balogh
Nakamura vs Gelfand, 2013 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1

"Springing a Lek" (game of the day Apr-23-2020)
Leko vs Nepomniachtchi, 2016 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 46 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 0-1 blitz
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2013 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Opocensky Traditional Line (B92) 1-0 4 Queens
A Eswaran vs K Baginskaite, 2014 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 62 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B96) 0-1 Weak back ranks, Spearhead
Y Yu vs Robson, 2014 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange Var (C01) 1-0 Amen
A Miladi vs Patience Tsuses, 2016 
(C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0

French Advance. Wade/Milner-Barry G. (C02) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Areshchenko vs A Rustemov, 2014 
(C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 1-0

French Advance Milner-Barry G. (C02) 0-1 OCB ending not drawn
A Melekhina vs A Zatonskih, 2014 
(C02) French, Advance, 72 moves, 0-1

French Def: Advance. Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Steady throttle
S Tsolakidou vs A Rudolf, 2013 
(C02) French, Advance, 36 moves, 1-0

French Advance. Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Sac for Disc+ is decisive
A F Ker vs D Eade, 2017 
(C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0 Pin
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 11 moves, 1-0

French, Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 0-1 Flurry!
V Kovalev vs R Edouard, 2013 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 0-1

Game 7 in 'Caruana: Move by Move' by Cyrus Lakdawala
Sutovsky vs Caruana, 2013 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 34 moves, 0-1

Langrock Rubinstein - Game 13, page 39.
Anand vs G Meier, 2013 
(C10) French, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2 Q Perpetual
Grischuk vs H Wang, 2013 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 14.?
A Muzychuk vs Z Tan, 2017 
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 N Discovered+
E Blomqvist vs F Englert, 2014 
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0

Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (C44) 0-1 video link
Y Hou vs Carlsen, 2013 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 0-1

K pawn Alapin Opening (C20) 1-0 Black made 5 kNight moves!
J Ask vs O Von Bahr, 2013 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game/KGA 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (C27) 1-0 Kuehl finish!
V Kuehnast vs I Birgisdottir, 2013 
(C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1-0

KGA. Bishop's Gambit Bledow Countergambit (C33) 1-0 Blunders
Shimanov vs Kamsky, 2013 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 55 moves, 1-0

KGA. Fischer Defense (C34) 1-0 Q sac for back ranker
K Polishchuk vs G Lane, 2014 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1-0

Double Muzio Gambit won by 1900 against 2500 IM
S Jensen vs F Urkedal, 2013 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

KGA. Muzio G. Wild Muzio Gambit (C37) 1-0 Discovered+ awaits
G Tskitishvili vs Revaz Kordzaia, 2014
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 7.Bxf7+ keeps Black K in center
H Wang vs Giri, 2013 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense Nd7 & dxe4 (C41) 1-0 blitz video link
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Cnterattk (C44) 1-0 Central P thrust
Carlsen vs Harikrishna, 2013 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Mieses Var (C45) 0-1 What a game!
Robson vs J Bryant, 2013 
(C45) Scotch Game, 51 moves, 0-1

Three Knights Opening Trap (C46) 0-1 upset by 11 year old
N Starr vs L Pires, 2014 
(C46) Three Knights, 8 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0 She got caught
T Abrahamyan vs K Baginskaite, 2013 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit (C53)1-0 2 Rook lifts w/N
Jobava vs Karjakin, 2013 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knights Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 DK analysis
Shirov vs S Sulskis, 2014 
(C57) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def B Check line (C58) 0-1Exchange Sac
O Kurmann vs Naiditsch, 2014 
(C58) Two Knights, 27 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Steady Blowout
Y Yu vs Kramnik, 2014 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 The Qs are not exchanged
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2015 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Q sac into discovered+
Wei Yi vs Navara, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Chessgames Challenge (2014), chessgames.com, Jun-16
The World vs Naiditsch, 2014 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Caruana vs Kramnik, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Zugzwang finish!
Giri vs Leko, 2013
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 88 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Anand vs Topalov, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Chess Informant Golden Games, Volume 126
Karjakin vs Onischuk, 2015 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

43rd World Championship Match, Game 11
Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1-0

Spanish, l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Caruana vs Adams, 2013 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish, l'Hermet Variation Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0 N kicks!
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2014 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. l'Hermet Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0 Passer
Fressinet vs Eljanov, 2015 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var(C77) 0-1Black sacs 3Qs!
V Gunina vs Sevian, 2015 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 69 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 1-0 Pin the attacker
Topalov vs Tomashevsky, 2013 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 44 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C88) 1-0 An opening trap quashed
Anand vs Aronian, 2014 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 47 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1-0 26.?
Dominguez Perez vs Aronian, 2016 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Averbakh Var (C87) 1-0 27.?
P Bobras vs P Schreiner, 2017 
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Marshall Attk. Modern ML (C89) 1-0 light squares
J Bryant vs Kaidanov, 2013 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Variation (C91) 1-0 34.?
Kamsky vs Naroditsky, 2017 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 45 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed, Closed Def (C96) 0-1White center crumbles
R Duff vs A G Ashton, 2013 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 0-1

Irma Bombeck...The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank
G Grasser vs L Winokur, 2014 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 36 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def: Kmoch Var (E20) 0-1 Voted game, video of year
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2014 
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 61 moves, 0-1

KID Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 0-1 Fantastic finish by Giri
Topalov vs Giri, 2015 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 40 moves, 0-1

KID. Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 1-0 Tactics everywhere
Vachier-Lagrave vs A Volokitin, 2013 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 45 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Makagonov Var (E71) 0-1 Lopsided
Svidler vs Nakamura, 2013 
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 29 moves, 0-1

KID 6...c5 Four Ps Attk. Dynamic Attack (E76) 0-1 N trick
O Kniest vs Vocaturo, 2013 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 39 moves, 0-1

KGD Falkbeer Countergambit. Modern Transfer (C32) 1-0 13...g5!?
A Hagesaether vs G Andersen, 2014 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Elephant Gambit Declined 3.d4 (C40) 1-0 Early Black Q trap
J L Koster vs B Hoareau, 2014 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1-0 Pins dictate
Naroditsky vs G Oparin, 2014 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 53 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Breyer Variation (D11) 0-1 Harsh words
Nakamura vs Caruana, 2014 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 67 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Paulsen (B46) 1-0 Another P on the 6th space advantage
Caruana vs Topalov, 2014 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 31 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense (C41) 1/2-1/2!! Stay calm, and carry on...
Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 0-1 The B pair rules
Jakovenko vs Mamedyarov, 2014 
(A04) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def. Exchange (D85) 1/2-1/2 1st game of WC - Photo
Anand vs Carlsen, 2014 
(D85) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2

Blumenfeld Countergambit (E10) 0-1 Weak back rank
R Svane vs F Zeller, 2014 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

English, Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0 Q, N & P
Kramnik vs A Mista, 2014 
(A14) English, 34 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 Pawn grabbing Q gets trapped
Nakamura vs J Hawkins, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Sarratt/Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 Aimless B, Decoy K
Nakamura vs Giri, 2014 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 83 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Reversed Chigorin Def / Veresov 3.d5 d6(A45) 0-1
V Wettasinha vs J N Sugden, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Paulsen (B46) 1-0 White manages 3 sets of doubled Ps
Stockfish vs Komodo, 2014 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 62 moves, 1-0

QGD. Exchange. 7.Qf3 Positional Variation (D35) 1-0
Tomashevsky vs G Meier, 2014
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Modern Bc4 Var (B35) 1-0 Qs & Bs ending
Komodo vs Houdini, 2014 
(B35) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4, 152 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 1-0 youtube analysis
Carlsen vs Potkin, 2014 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

Indian Game Bf4, f3, g4 (A45) 1-0 Kside pawn thrust, sacs
Jobava vs Mamedyarov, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 The knights have a busy day.
Rapport vs W Pajeken, 2014 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0
Nakamura vs Adams, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

KIA vs French/QGD traditional e5 strong point (A07) 1-0 Nf6+
D Svetushkin vs V Varaciuc, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0

Bg4 vs KIA h3, g4 (A07) 1-0 Rob the pin both ways on the 6th
Kramnik vs S Sjugirov, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

KIA vs e6 Sicilian g6/Melbourne (A07) 1-0Mate threats on g-file
J Zhao vs J Christiansen, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Early deviations (B62) 1-0!
O B Vea vs F Jacobsen, 2014 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Modern Hedgehog (B42) 0-1 Control diagonal, pin
S P Sethuraman vs Y Yu, 2014 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Closed Bb5-Bc4. Traditional (B25) 1-0 2Rs vs 3 Minors
F Armbrust vs Shirov, 2014 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian (B30) 1-0 So lurks, Black Q roams but lost
So vs Gelfand, 2014 
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Var (B41) 1-0 White Kside Attck
Y Hou vs N Dzagnidze, 2014 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD. Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 Rob the lateral pin!
Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2014 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Chekhover Var (B53) 1-0 Black K kept in center
V Sanduleac vs J Izijk, 2014
(B53) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Arabian Mate looms
N Dzagnidze vs Kosteniuk, 2014
(A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0

KIA (A07) 0-1 Trapped Bishop is attacked with 12. ... e5
B Khotenashvili vs Lagno, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

This two move finish is the secret...Exchange (sac), Dbl Attack
Grischuk vs Caruana, 2014 
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

K's English. Four Knights Var Bradley Beach Var (A28) 1-0 Unpin
A Fehr vs L Jorgensen, 2014 
(A28) English, 15 moves, 1-0

K's English. 4 Knts Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Rs factor for passer
K Spraggett vs Z Abdumalik, 2014 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 44 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 0-1 "Two Car Collision"
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 22.? Informant Golden Game
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 47 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attk(A45) 1-0Opinions r like noses...everybody has 1
D Andreikin vs Aronian, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr Declined 2.Nc3 d4 (B01) 0-1 3.Na4?! gets trapped
S S Kristofersson vs S Bergsson, 2014 
(B01) Scandinavian, 36 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Dbl Fio vs Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1Combo #!
R Panjwani vs Ivanchuk, 2014 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) 0-1 g5! pawn roller
A Kovchan vs Ivanchuk, 2014
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Modern Var (B50) 0-1 Bxf7+ Unpin action
Alshouha Basil vs Grischuk, 2014 
(B50) Sicilian, 16 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def Paulsen Var (B46) 0-1 Long, strong Q move+ next
A Guerrero vs J Polgar, 2014 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 34 moves, 0-1

KID/Benoni Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 1/2- Early Exchange Sac!
Ding Liren vs Bacrot, 2014 
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

English, Symmetrical. Two Knights Line (A37)0-1 Two Hogs on 2nd
Fressinet vs Y Yu, 2014 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13)0-1 W gets riddled on Qside
S Vekemans vs M Drasko, 2014
(A13) English, 23 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 0-1 Q sac staves off defeat
V Kovalev vs Shirov, 2014 
(B30) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 2.Nc3 dxe4 (B01) 1/2-1/2 0-0-0 vs 0-0
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2014 
(B01) Scandinavian, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian Game: Classical 4...Qf6 (C53) 1/2-1/2 Misplayed Kside?
Elton Joseph vs G Mwanyika, 2014
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2

Modern Def. Q Pawn Fianchetto (A40) 1-0 Bxf7+, Ng5+, Q trap
A Elwin vs R Hughes, 2014 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0

Polish, Exchange w/odd follow-up (A00) 1-0 Two pieces up
P G Jonsson vs E Palmarsson, 2014
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 0-1 Kside P roller
A Tari vs Hracek, 2014
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attk (C42) 1-0 R sac sooner or later
Dominguez Perez vs So, 2014 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

KIA Qe2, 9.c4 d4 vs French (A07) 0-1 R sac for passer
Svidler vs Karjakin, 2014 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 82 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian. Exchange exd5 (B00) 1-0Crossfire
R Hovhannisyan vs Minasian, 2014 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: General (C41) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
B Bok vs Rapport, 2014 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

Dutch Leningrad. Matulovic Var (A89) 1-0 Still play in the pos
Bacrot vs R Mamedov, 2014 
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 26 moves, 1-0

Reti Gambit/Double Fianchetto (A07) 1-0 Outside passer
Z Almasi vs A Tari, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0

KIA e5 vs d4 (A07) 1-0 Dbl N sacs for Kside assault!
D Boros vs V Ryzhkov, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0

17.? (February 7, 2016) -- January 31 puzzle repeated 8/4/2013
M Galyas vs M Rodshtein, 2015 
(A09) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance (C45) 1-0 Pile on the pin
V Smith vs Rodney Xiang Rei Li, 2015 
(C45) Scotch Game, 22 moves, 1-0

QGD Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 Minority Attack w/N pair vs B pair
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2015 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 47 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Let's argue about it
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2015 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

French Def. Advance 6.a3 Main Line (C02) 0-1 Loose pieces
Y Santiago vs A J Walton, 2015 
(C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central. Greco Variation (D20) 0-1Wild
L Javakhishvili vs R Edouard, 2015 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1

Dutch Stonewall. Modern vs Dbl Fio (A90) 0-1 Passers
Anand vs Carlsen, 2015 
(A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 1-0 Boy, oh boy.
O Kali vs Lior Duek, 2015 
(B30) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed. 3.Bb5 Traditional (B25) 0-1Remove the Defender
L Ptacnikova vs H Steingrimsson, 2015 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Watch White herd pawns
Aronian vs Ponomariov, 2015 
(A13) English, 49 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qd6 Gubinsky-Melts Def (B01) 1-0 Knights have say
Nepomniachtchi vs P Potapov, 2015 
(B01) Scandinavian, 56 moves, 1-0

K's Indian Def. Averbakh. Flexible Defense (E73)1-0 Kickin' it!
Z Tan vs Ying Zhu, 2015 
(E73) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern (A01) 1-0 Uncommon finish
A Sokolov vs S Milliet, 2015 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

Q's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 It's mate in 8
Topalov vs Aronian, 2015 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 58 moves, 1-0

QP Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 0-1 N EG; watch youtube
S Williams vs J Hawkins, 2015 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1

Move 25. Ne4!! is followed by a great combination
Aronian vs Caruana, 2015 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Archangelsk (C78) 0-1Lost in time trouble
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2015 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Closed (C84) 0-1 W took a pawn & Black took control
Nakamura vs Aronian, 2015 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 51 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance (C45) 1-0Pin, Breakthrough
G Jones vs Mamedyarov, 2015 
(C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 1-0

Game 304 in Kramnik - My Life and Games
Svidler vs Kramnik, 2015 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Potter Var (C45) 1-0 Rob the pin, & back defender
D Howell vs M Roiz, 2015 
(C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattk (C44) 1-0 Bind the bad B
Jobava vs Saric, 2015 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Advance (C18) 0-1 Chewing up White's Kside
Radjabov vs Kovalenko, 2015 
(C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 2Horses
I Khairullin vs S Gagare, 2015 
(C11) French, 57 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 0-1 K walk goes wrong
Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 After the fact
Carlsen vs So, 2015 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 56 moves, 1-0

3...Qa5 6...Bg4 7.Nge2, 10.f3 (B01) 1-0 11...Rg8?!
R Pert vs D Coleman, 2015
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening Vienna Hybrid. Spielmann (C26)No Ordinary Draw
Caruana vs Anand, 2015 
(C26) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Dbl Fio vs Dutch Stonewall. Modern (A90) 0-1 Weak Ps drop off
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2015 
(A90) Dutch, 52 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack Anti-English (B90) 1-0 Lucky
Ivanchuk vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Poisoned P Accepted (B97) 1-0 Sharp!
Radjabov vs Grischuk, 2015 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 1-0 Black Q tied to defending h7
Kramnik vs A S Rasmussen, 2015 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Game 42: Best Fighting Games of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch & Balogh
Zvjaginsev vs B Bok, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

KIA vs French/QGD Tartakower (A07) 1-0 White pulls surprise
D Bocharov vs A Mokshanov, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 21.g3!
Nepomniachtchi vs B Savchenko, 2015 
(B27) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Var (B41) 1-0 Riveting play!
A Tari vs D Arngrimsson, 2015 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Zagreb (Fianchetto) (B91) 1-0 Dissolving Ps
Adams vs Giri, 2015 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

Spanish,Morphy Def Chigorin Def Panov System (C99) 1-0 N+
R Gao vs V C Shen, 2015 
(C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 64 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense (A41) 1-0 Black hems in his own bishop.
Wojtaszek vs Carlsen, 2015 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 52 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def Scandinavian (B02) 0-1 Doubled Rooks on open file
V Kocev vs J Gantar, 2015
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

wild battle, surely a strong candidate for game of the tournam
Nisipeanu vs I Bukavshin, 2015 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 69 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox. Bayonet Attack (E97) 0-1 Q sac for Arabian Mate
V Babula Sr vs E Najer, 2015 
(E97) King's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 0-1 Two hogs on 2nd rank
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2015 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1

French Def. Winawer. Advance (C16) 1-0 She solved the puzzle!
G E Boyer Censore vs M Daneri, 2015
(C16) French, Winawer, 33 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Var (D86) 1/2-1/2 Clean
So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

34...? Sicilian Def. Scheveningen. Classical Var (B84) 0-1
A Kovchan vs A Volokitin, 2015 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 0-1

Magnus looked a bit like a lamb in this game....
Anand vs Carlsen, 2015 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 1-0

KID. Normal. Rare Defenses (E90) 0-1 Tactical flurry
Radjabov vs Ding Liren, 2015 
(E90) King's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 0-1 A good scrap
R Hovhannisyan vs Duda, 2015 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 116 moves, 0-1

English Symmetricl. Anti-Benoni, Spielmnn Def (A33) 0-1 Best EG
So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015 
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 68 moves, 0-1

Neo-Grünfeld Def. Delayed Exchange Var (D76) 0-1 Pretty finish
Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2015 
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 44 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening: Advance (A09) 0-1 Aggressive Rapid game
J Hawkins vs N Pert, 2015 
(A09) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack: Poisoned Pawn Var (A45) 1-0 madness
T Gareyev vs Sevian, 2015 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 Black allows it
M Kobalia vs S Lu, 2015 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 46 moves, 0-1

KID Orthodox. Classical System Traditional (E99) 1-0 Dbl R sac!
So vs Nakamura, 2015 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 0-1 Bishop is trapped
Bartosz Miszkielo vs G Thorhallsson, 2015
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def. Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn (B97) 1-0 Sac both Ns
B Adhiban vs Wei Yi, 2015 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0

KID. Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Var (E81) 1-0
V Gunina vs A R Saleh Salem, 2015 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 46 moves, 1-0

KID: Orthodox. Classical System Kozul G (E99) 3 minors beat Q
So vs Ding Liren, 2015 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 60 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack / Hungarian (A07) 1-0Pin wins; Bb6 is mate
Y Wen vs V Artemiev, 2016 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

K's Indian Attack vs French-Sicilian (A07) 1-0Must Know this EG
Z Zhang vs D Marciano, 2016 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 68 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening/English Symmetrical (A04) 1/2-1/2 NN Fortress
NN vs F Rhine, 2016 
(A04) Reti Opening, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2

Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00)/A06 1/2-1/2 36...?
Carlsen vs Ganguly, 2016 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

KIA/Dbl Fio vs Semi-Tarrasch (A07) 1-0 Outside passers
C Aravindh vs S Bogner, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

1.Nf3 g5?!? Herrstrom Gambit (A04) 0-1 Blindfold simul charge!?
El Dorado vs T Gareyev, 2016 
(A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

King's English. 4Knights Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Computer prep
Nakamura vs Anand, 2016 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 26 moves, 1-0

English (A20) 1-0 Fascinating tactical battle for promotion
Aronian vs Giri, 2016 
(A20) English, 34 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 1-0 Mayet's #
G Jones vs P Carlsson, 2016 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense (A41) 0-1 Rather UNIQUE play!
Goryachkina vs A Bodnaruk, 2016 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 77 moves, 0-1

G9: Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Jobava vs Ponomariov, 2016 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

G2: Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Radjabov vs O Bortnyk, 2016 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Fianchetto. Hastings Def ML (A64) 0-1 Dbl P sac
Yasas Lamawansa vs Z Foo, 2016 
(A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1

Dutch Be7 Stonewall 7...Nc6!? (A92) 1-0 Combo cracks author's D
Nakamura vs R Bellin, 2016 
(A92) Dutch, 39 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 1-0 What a slugfest!
E Najer vs T L Petrosian, 2016 
(B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense: Keene Variation (B00) 1-0 Q sac, discovered+
Motylev vs Glek, 2016 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def. Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 0-1 Count accurately
I Gaponenko vs Dreev, 2016
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def. Scandinavian. Advance (B00) 0-1 U12 Demolition
E Tsotsonava vs Annapoorni Meiyappan, 2016 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def. Declined (B00) 1-0 Pawn grabbing in blitz WC
A Muzychuk vs X Zhao, 2016 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

C-K Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0 Qs come off; P breakthrough
G Jones vs B Khotenashvili, 2016 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 55 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Blitz
Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2016 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 0-1Counter attacks
P Korning vs F Semprun Martinez, 2016 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 50 moves, 0-1

Phiona Mutesi (Queen of Katwe) is a whole piece down but...
P Mutesi vs A Miladi, 2016 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 40 moves, 1-0

Sic Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 6 units aim@Kside!
A Tari vs M Midonet, 2016 
(B30) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk(B30) 1-0 U12 Lolli's # threat
B Erkhes vs T Razafindratsima, 2016 
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

Old Sic Reversed Botvinnik Sys (B30) 0-1 Intereference passer
M Santos Ruiz vs C Li, 2016
(B30) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B45) 1-0 Approaching Zugzwang
Kamsky vs M Ripari, 2016 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 44 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0Central P thrust breakthrough
J Riff vs V Vulevic, 2016 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Delayed Alapin (B40) 1-0 Remove the Defender
B Savchenko vs J van Foreest, 2016 
(B40) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 g-file Spearhead
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
(B50) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer. Modern (B61) 1-0 W knight goes ape
Anand vs X Xu, 2016 
(B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 30 moves, 1-0

A ferocious game to define the Challenger for the World Title.
Karjakin vs Caruana, 2016 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 42 moves, 1-0

Sic Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76) 1-0 f5 pawn lever
Motylev vs D Gochelashvili, 2016 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf Main Line (B99) 1-0 En prise Ns for dinner
J R Gascon del Nogal vs Sidi Mohamed Tajedine, 2016 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 Rob the pin
O Vlasova vs Ruoshui Cao, 2016 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 Youth handy N outpost
A U Uzumcu vs J G Cardoso Cardoso, 2016
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 0-1 Neither have castled
P V Vishnu vs Nakamura, 2016 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 0-1 Shabby Kside defense
M Song vs A Rahman, 2016
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 B pair slices board
B Vuckovic vs M Kostromin, 2016 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 N can't stop passer
Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0

French vs KIA/Qe2 (C00) 0-1 Impressive use of entire army!
M Plaza Reino vs X Leibert, 2016 
(C00) French Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned P (C18) 1-0 Black B shuffle
Caruana vs Shankland, 2016 
(C18) French, Winawer, 54 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1 The other RJF
F Edel vs R Fischer, 2016 
(C28) Vienna Game, 17 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Scotch. Accepted (C47) 1-0 P Power
A Muzychuk vs Fressinet, 2016 
(C47) Four Knights, 42 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish (C48) 1-0 N sac brings quick finish
Anand vs Aronian, 2016 
(C48) Four Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Glek Bg2 (C46) 1-0 Take advantage of the situation
Rozentalis vs T Rydstrom, 2016 
(C46) Three Knights, 18 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53)0-1 19...? Stockfish
Topalov vs So, 2016 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 27 moves, 0-1

Italian Game d3, c3, Nbd2 (C50) 1-0 P fork or back ranker
Anand vs Giri, 2016 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game d3, c3; exhanges on e3 (C50) 1-0 Black in a Bind
Carlsen vs Anand, 2016 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Italian Var 4.0-0 (C50) 1-0 Exchange sacs P race
Carlsen vs Adams, 2016 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 66 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: 2Knts Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 1-0 Blitz B-Q#
S Zhigalko vs S Agdestein, 2016 
(C57) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Blitz blunder
Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62) 1-0 U12 threatens Lolli's Mate
K Pan vs I Mjatezs, 2016 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72)0-1 234-point dif
Anand vs A Demuth, 2016 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 45 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Q&N partners
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2016 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 54 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 0-1 WC Rd 13; Stockfish
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2016 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed 8.a4 (C84) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish, tpstar
Anand vs Svidler, 2016 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Keres Def (C96) 1-0 Gorgeous
G N Gopal vs D Howell, 2016 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 49 moves, 1-0

London System vs raking Bishops (D02) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2016 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Castling unpins the e-pawn
Kamsky vs A Goganov, 2016 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Sarratt Attack 8.c4 (D00) 0-1 Blind swine w/a Q sac
L O Hauge vs F Lindsoe, 2016 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

London System vs QGD (D02) 1-0 A win for tripled pawns
Carlsen vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2016 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

Torre Attack. Gruenfeld Var. ML (D03) 0-1 Unstoppable P roller
V Artemiev vs Mamedyarov, 2016 
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 31 moves, 0-1

QGA. Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 Q trap
Le Quang Liem vs Kazhgaleyev, 2016 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0

QGD Harrwitz Attack (D37) 0-1 Black double Rs on 2nd rank
Topalov vs Nakamura, 2016 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1

Game 39 in Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by AN, CB, & SM
Dubov vs A Brkic, 2016 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 1-0 Decoy sac for pin
B Adhiban vs Dreev, 2016 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def. Stoltz. Shabalov Attk (D45) 1-0 Black miscalcula
Nakamura vs M Muzychuk, 2016 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def Simagin (E46) 1-0 Stunning Q deflection sac
J Krupenski vs Gelfand, 2016 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

NID. Normal. Bernstein Def Except Gligoric System (E53 1-0 18.?
So vs Nakamura, 2016 
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 21 moves, 1-0

K's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 1-0 Kside assault
L Piasetski vs S Gieben, 2013
(A21) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 1-0 Pin makes a crowd
A Kosten vs P Mercs, 2013 
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Great move! The Shak demolished the Shok
Mamedyarov vs S Shoker, 2013 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack/Bg5 Stonewall Attk (A45) 1-0 Aggressive play!
W Ju vs R Chu, 2016 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) 1-0 Caught in the center
S Merkesvik vs D Quinn, 2015
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. M.L. (C52) 1-0 Nxg5 opens Kside
K Nahnsen vs H Kristoffersen, 2015
(C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Exchange sac, Remove the Def
Anand vs Kramnik, 2013 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 1-0 Kside P roller
A Rudolf vs E Kaplan, 2013 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

G29 in Best Attacking Games of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch & Balogh
A David vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1 The Gordian knot
D Gurevich vs D Gordievsky, 2017 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 The castled K wins again
D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2014 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation (A62) · 1-0
K Edvardsson vs V C Shen, 2015
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 51 moves, 1-0

Game 26 Most Exciting Games of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Shirov vs Nakamura, 2016 
(C02) French, Advance, 38 moves, 0-1

French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn General (C18) 1-0 Big hurry
N Das vs O Kobo, 2015 
(C18) French, Winawer, 23 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 0-1 Octopus torments uncastled K
Jobava vs Mamedyarov, 2013 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50) 1-0 Blastin' Bishops
K Amerika vs Nicole Valdivia Cano, 2014 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0

Sodium Attack Na3 (A00) 1-0 A good place to spend the knightf6
Carlsen vs S Grover, 2018 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening/English, Rev Sicil (A00) 0-1 Early N invasion
Morozevich vs V Laznicka, 2013 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 74 moves, 0-1

Hippopotamus (A00) 0-1 Gain time on the White Queen
C Domingos vs J Ferreira, 2014
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def: Mikenas Var (B00) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 28...?
N Zhu vs Shabalov, 2017 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian 3...Qd8 Ilundain Var (B01) 1-0 battery on e-file
Nakamura vs J Shaw, 2016 
(B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Exchange Var (B03) 1-0 R vs N ending
J Heinemann vs M Hamer, 2015 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 63 moves, 1-0

Czech Defense: General (B07) 0-1 Rob the pin, twice!
A Laughland vs W F Forster, 2015 
(B07) Pirc, 12 moves, 0-1

Modern Def: Standard Line (B06) 0-1 P sac breakthrough
I Shahaliyev vs M Iskandarov, 2014 
(B06) Robatsch, 75 moves, 0-1

Modern Def Bg7, Bb7, 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B06) 0-1 Pins finish
K Petrova vs M Socko, 2014
(B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 0-1

Modern Def 2.h4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 (B06) 0-1 Qless MG, Ks charge, P+
Predojevic vs D Andreikin, 2016 
(B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack (B06) 0-1 Q&N penetration
E Bah vs O de la Riva Aguado, 2014
(B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann, Accelerated Panov Attk. Modern (B10) 1-0 KBN vs K#
N Getz vs J L Hammer, 2014 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 120 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Adv. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Hang another en route!
R Hovhannisyan vs A Shuraev, 2013
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 Combo fun!
Firouzja vs Bluebaum, 2017 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical. Flohr Var (B18) 1-0 4 Queens
Ivanchuk vs V Artemiev, 2017
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 68 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nimzowitsch. Exchange (B29) 1-0D. King video link
Carlsen vs N Grandelius, 2016 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 1-0 Brilliant!!
Wei Yi vs A Haast, 2015 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer. Classical (B65) 1-0 Pesky Rook
Navara vs Jobava, 2016 
(B65) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Scheveningen. English Attk 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B80)1-0 Kside
Critter vs Shredder, 2014 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attk ML (B89) 1-0 Strip the Kside
Y Hou vs Kosteniuk, 2013 
(B89) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B94) 1-0 Another bad pawn move
Nepomniachtchi vs A Korobov, 2017 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish, kibitz
Karjakin vs Nakamura, 2013 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 59 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attk (B06) 0-1 Counter threats
O Dolzhikova vs S Shoker, 2014
(B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Exch sac, Underpromo+
A Zubarev vs Kuzubov, 2014 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 67 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Knights Variation. General (A46) 0-1 Sac attack
V Laznicka vs Khismatullin, 2015 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Chess Informant Golden Games, Volume 124
Kramnik vs Svidler, 2015 
(A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Caruana vs Ponomariov, 2014 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0

"I'm Just a Bill" (game of the day Jan-25-2014)
Bill Gates vs Carlsen, 2014 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Symmetrical. Four Knights (A35) 0-1 Stockfish
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2014 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 51 moves, 0-1

London System vs KID h6, g5 (A48) 1-0 Nxh6, pin
Harikrishna vs V S Gujrathi, 2016
(A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Var (A51) 1-0 FSR explains
F Rhine vs D Bungo, 2013 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 29...?
Vachier-Lagrave vs Anand, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attk (C42) 1-0 34.?
Karjakin vs D Frolyanov, 2013 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 1-0 38.?
S Sjugirov vs A Kveinys, 2017 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 82 moves, 1-0

Two Knights Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0 26.?
M Kravtsiv vs V Kazakouski, 2016 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation. General (B70) 1-0 33.?
Firouzja vs E Cordova, 2017 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B48) 1-0 20.?
A Fier vs K Leenhouts, 2017 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Yugoslav Attk Modern Line (B76) 1-0 21.?
H Wang vs R Gerber, 2016 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 0-1 21...?
Xiong vs Shabalov, 2017 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 0-1 20...?
F Sun vs W Ju, 2017 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 24 moves, 0-1

French Def (C00) 1-0 Open f-file tactics
M Antipov vs S Ivanov, 2017 
(C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 1-0

French Def. Horwitz Attk. Papa-Ticulat Gambit(C00) 1-0Crossfire
M W Healey vs G J Moore, 2017 
(C00) French Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Scotch 4...Qh4 Horwitz Attk (C45) 1-0 P thrusts & Batteries
J D Ruiz Castillo vs R Aguiar Freitas, 2014 
(C45) Scotch Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: General (B07) 0-1 Q trap
D Vella vs L Vajda, 2014 
(B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 Blitz
Ganguly vs A Aleksandrov, 2014 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Var (C29) 1-0 Q sac for Arabian Mate!
S Norlander vs A E Sigurdarson, 2014 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17) 1-0 16.?
I K Sukandar vs T Hoang, 2014 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

Sic Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) or 2.c3 Alapin 1-0 Q trap
Fressinet vs M Al-Modiahki, 2014 
(B27) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 0-1 Speculative sacrifices
N McDonald vs T Riedener, 2015 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Modern. Larsen-Haakert Var (B04) 1-0Feel nervous?
R Taylor vs L Wei, 2016 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicil Smith-Morra Gambit. Declined Alapin-like (B21) 1-0 21.?
D Myers vs S Gschwendtner, 2015 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1-0 N invades
L Pressman vs A King, 2014 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 11 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Delayed Bxh7+
T Bjornsson vs F Edel, 2016 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Alapin. Barmen Def 7.Bc4 Qe4+ (B22) 0-1
J Haug vs A Donchenko, 2014 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 45 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation (B02) 0-1 Combo finish
M Oleksienko vs V Bernadskiy, 2017 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 31 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish; 32...?
R Vidruska vs O Badelka, 2017 
(B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

Pirc Defense: Classical. Quiet System Czech Def (B08) 0-1
Crafty vs Houdini, 2014 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 81 moves, 0-1

G34: Most Exciting Games of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 75 moves, 1-0

KIA Qe2 vs French dxe4, Bb7 (C00) 1-0 Mate in Four
Y Zhou vs A Hill, 2016 
(C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Video of Michael Adams great backward pawn torturing games
Adams vs D Eggleston, 2016 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly. Wing Gambit (B28) 0-1 Halt e7!
S Soors vs Rapport, 2014 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attk. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 1-0
Grischuk vs V S Gujrathi, 2016 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Levenfish Variation (B71) · 0-1
Sugandha Goswami vs G Johnson, 2016 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 27 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 A hobo's can opener!
M Krakops vs Shirov, 2015 
(B32) Sicilian, 18 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Closed Variation (B25) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
J Davidsson vs O L Einarsson, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Van der Wiel Attk (B12) 1-0 video link
A R Saleh Salem vs Smeets, 2013 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 0-1 Double trouble Greco's #
S Sammed Jaykumar vs U Bajarani, 2014 
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Kamsky vs R Sturt, 2015 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0

Robatsch, K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 0-1 Hippo w/2 exposed K's
D Ebeling vs T Vedrickas, 2013 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Standard Def (B06) 0-1 First blood
Wei Yi vs Carlsen, 2016 
(B06) Robatsch, 60 moves, 0-1

examples of a mutual blunder in a World Championship match?
Carlsen vs Anand, 2014 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Classical, General (B72) 1-0 Find the finish
Harikrishna vs G P Arnaudov, 2015 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1 World Record
T Brownscombe vs T Gareyev, 2016 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 0-1

Gareyev Blindfold Simul 2016) World Record, Las Vegas USA, rd 1
Tyler Scott vs T Gareyev, 2016 
(C27) Vienna Game, 14 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Pawn Race
K Arakhamia-Grant vs A Kuchava, 2015 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 86 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attack. Tal Gambit (B21) 0-1 raking Bs
A Merry vs Fressinet, 2014
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 En prise N mating net!
S Maze vs Dominguez Perez, 2015 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Svidler vs Karjakin, 2015 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 27 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Paulsen. Bastrikov Var. English Attk (B48) 1-0 videos
Caruana vs Svidler, 2014 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 39 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: General (C45) 0-1 Dual promotion threats
P Michalowski vs F Terron Elena, 2015
(C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Advance. Ruisdonk Gambit (C02) 0-1
P Verneuil vs R Amgalanbaatar, 2017
(C02) French, Advance, 33 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qd6 Gubinsky-Melts (B01) 1-0 R ending
D Andreikin vs Caruana, 2014 
(B01) Scandinavian, 64 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Promo, Gueridon Mate on the side!!
C Lelievre vs M Francois, 2015 
(B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Chistyakov Def (C07) 1-0 Nxe6 sacrifice!
Adams vs Y Wan, 2013 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B50) 0-1 blitz
N Kabanov vs V Artemiev, 2013 
(B50) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Pawn on the 6th
M Bartel vs Nepomniachtchi, 2015 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 39 moves, 1-0

store manager perfidouche handing out free insults again
Topalov vs Caruana, 2013 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1

K's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky Opening (C44) 0-1 Stockfi
Areshchenko vs Kramnik, 2013 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: 5.Bc4?! (C42) 1-0 Rxh7+ followed by Greco's Mate!
K Lyons vs G Jumba, 2014 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

She's famous. 23.? White mates in four moves.
P Mutesi vs Mustafa Mansour Zienab, 2014 
(B26) Sicilian, Closed, 6.Be3, 24 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 1-0 Stockfish
Abdusattorov vs R Reshetnikov, 2016 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Skewer the battery
Elfer Cutipa vs L Ibarra Chami, 2014 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Classical. Anti-Fischer-Sozin Var (B57) 1-0 22.?
D Kadric vs A Jankovic, 2014 
(B57) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Deflection returns R
Fressinet vs W Lorenzana, 2016 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def. General (C60) 1-0 N+ sac, crossfire!!
J B Gomez Barrera vs C Shih, 2016 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Classical Def Deferred (C70) 0-1f2pin
H Jonasson vs H Hauksdottir, 2014 
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 0-1Arabian style deflection#
N Myronenko vs N Batsiashvili, 2016 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

French Def: Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 0-1 g-file attack
F A Baqer vs K B Ortiz, 2016 
(C02) French, Advance, 35 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) 1-0 The Smashing Queen
U Fataliyeva vs J Zawadzka, 2015 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

KGA. Quade Gambit (C37) 1-0 L E Bjorn Gets Dunked On!
A Hagesaether vs L E Bjorn, 2014 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 1-0 17.?
K Angelov vs E Henrichsen, 2013 
(C01) French, Exchange, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0Suffocation#
R R Ankit vs W Wittmann, 2014 
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: General (C44) 1-0 N invades, BxNh6
M Fernandez Alachan vs R Msiska, 2014 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. Normal (B81) 0-1blitz; Taimanov thoughts
Caruana vs D Andreikin, 2013 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 53 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: 3...Nb4?! (C60) 1-0 Arabian Mate w/the Queen
A Ayiku vs Navini Choudary Alapati, 2016 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 14 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Var (B41) 1-0 Q trap
Vocaturo vs K Bischoff, 2015 
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 27 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack. Modern Def (B13) 0-1 Rook snook
E Paehtz vs D Abel, 2014 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1/2-1/2
Nakamura vs Anand, 2014 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid. Spielmann Attk (C26) 1-0Q trap
R Amgalanbaatar vs T Spanton, 2015 
(C26) Vienna, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Alapin. Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Discovery coming!
A Boruchovsky vs L Altshul, 2015 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA. Abbazia Defense (C36) 1/2-1/2 Wow, what a draw
Rapport vs Adams, 2015 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Saragossa Opening transposes to KIA (A00) 1-0 mutual raking Bs
P Maghsoodloo vs S L Narayanan, 2016 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 62 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Closed (B23) 1-0 Bxf7+ KxB allows Qh7+
F Seim vs S Michel, 2013
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0

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