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22 Some S-upermen of the 21st Century
Compiled by fredthebear
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Let's leave some of the relics in here until we get closer to 400 games.

"May the sun bring you energy by day,

May the moon softly restore you by night,

May the rain wash away your worries,

May the breeze blow new strength into your being.

May you walk gently through the world

and know its beauty all the days of your life."

Apache Blessing

"I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive." — Goyahkla a.k.a. Geronimo (1829-1909), a POW for 23 years

Never judge a book by its cover.

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

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

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

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

"Unadaptability is often a virtue." ― Flannery O'Connor

"Giving doesn't always involve money." ― Charmaine J. Forde

"A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes." — Mahatma Gandhi

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." — Plato

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." — Lao Tzu

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder." — Henry David Thoreau

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." — Aristotle

Virgil's Aeneid: "Fortune favors the bold."

"You cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs" — Robert Louis Stevenson, 1897.

"Prepare for the worst but hope for the best." — The Wondrous Tale of Alroy by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1833

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

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." — Albert Einstein

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

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

"It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket." The phrase appeared in Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, in 1615.

"To lose patience is to lose the battle." — Mahatma Gandhi

"I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end." — Paul Kane

"Patience, persistence, and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success." — Napoleon Hill

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." — Ellen Goodman

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." — Ancient Chinese Proverb

"Never be bullied into silence, never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life, define yourself." — Robert Frost

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail." — Confucius

"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." — JK Rowling

"Not all those who wander are lost." — J. R. R. Tolkien

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do." — Mark Twain

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them." — John F. Kennedy

"Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly." — Albert Einstein

"We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies." — Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new." — Socrates

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." — Abraham Lincoln

"Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it." — Charles Swindoll

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." — Dalai Lama

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." — John Wooden

"Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

"Win with grace, lose with dignity!" ― Susan Polgar

"What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, personal and professional discipline, focus, concentration, strong nerves, the will to win, and yes, talent!" ― Susan Polgar

"No matter how successful you are (or will be), never ever forget the people who helped you along the way, and pay it forward! Don't become arrogant and conceited just because you gained a few rating points or made a few bucks. Stay humble and be nice, especially to your fans!" ― Susan Polgar

"When you see a good move – WAIT! – look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker The Portuguese chess player and author Pedro Damiano (1480–1544) first wrote this in his book "Questo libro e da imparare giocare a scachi et de li partiti" published in Rome, Italy, in 1512.

"Capablanca didn't make separate moves - he was creating a chess picture. Nobody could compare with him in this." ― Mikhail Botvinnik

"Whether this advantage is theoretically sufficient to win or not does not worry Capablanca. He simply wins the ending. That is why he is Capablanca!" ― Max Euwe

"He (Capablanca) makes the game look easy. Art lies in the concealment of art." ― Philip W. Sergeant

"It's entirely possible that Capa could not imagine that there could be a better move than one he thought was good and he was usually right." ― Mike Franett

"Capablanca's games generally take the following course: he begins with a series of extremely fine prophylactic maneuvers, which neutralize his opponent's attempts to complicate the game; he then proceeds, slowly but surely, to set up an attacking position. This attacking position, after a series of simplifications, is transformed into a favorable endgame, which he conducts with matchless technique." ― Aaron Nimzowitsch

"What others could not see in a month's study, he (Capablanca) saw at a glance." ― Reuben Fine

"Capablanca invariably chose the right option, no matter how intricate the position." ― Garry Kasparov.

"He (Capablanca) had the totally undeserved reputation of being the greatest living endgame player. His trick was to keep his openings simple and then play with such brilliance that it was decided in the middle game before reaching the ending - even though his opponent didn't always know it. His almost complete lack of book knowledge forced him to push harder to squeeze the utmost out of every position." ― Bobby Fischer

"A passed pawn increase in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes." ― Jose Raul Capablanca

All that glitters is not gold – this line can be found in a text from c.1220: ‘ Nis hit nower neh gold al that ter schineth.'

A friend in need is a friend indeed – a proverb from c.1035 say this: ‘Friend shall be known in time of need.'

All's well that ends well – a line from the mid-13th century is similar: ‘Wel is him te wel ende mai.' Meanwhile, Henry Knighton's Chronicle from the late 14th-century one can read: ‘ If the ende be wele, than is alle wele.'

Hay dos maneras de hermosura: una del alma y otra del cuerpo; la del alma campea y se muestra en el entendimiento, en la honestidad, en el buen proceder, en la liberalidad y en la buena crianza, y todas estas partes caben y pueden estar en un hombre feo; y cuando se pone la mira en esta hermosura, y no en la del cuerpo, suele nacer el amor con ímpetu y con ventajas. (There are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body; that of the soul shows and demonstrates itself in understanding, in honesty, in good behavior, in generosity and in good breeding, and all these things can find room and exist in an ugly man; and when one looks at this type of beauty, and not bodily beauty, love is inclined to spring up forcefully and overpoweringly.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

Cuando una puerta se cierra, otra se abre. (When one door is closed, another is opened.) ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616)

Dijo la sartén a la caldera, quítate allá ojinegra. (The frying pan said to the cauldron, "Get out of here, black-eyed one." This is believed to be the source of the phrase "the pot calling the kettle black.") ― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame.

The Night
BY HENRY VAUGHAN
John 3.2

Through that pure virgin shrine,
That sacred veil drawn o'er Thy glorious noon, That men might look and live, as glowworms shine, And face the moon,
Wise Nicodemus saw such light
As made him know his God by night.

Most blest believer he!
Who in that land of darkness and blind eyes
Thy long-expected healing wings could see,
When Thou didst rise!
And, what can never more be done,
Did at midnight speak with the Sun!

O who will tell me where
He found Thee at that dead and silent hour?
What hallowed solitary ground did bear
So rare a flower,
Within whose sacred leaves did lie
The fulness of the Deity?

No mercy-seat of gold,
No dead and dusty cherub, nor carved stone,
But His own living works did my Lord hold
And lodge alone;
Where trees and herbs did watch and peep
And wonder, while the Jews did sleep.

Dear night! this world's defeat;
The stop to busy fools; care's check and curb; The day of spirits; my soul's calm retreat
Which none disturb!
Christ's progress, and His prayer time;
The hours to which high heaven doth chime;

God's silent, searching flight;
When my Lord's head is filled with dew, and all His locks are wet with the clear drops of night; His still, soft call;
His knocking time; the soul's dumb watch,
When spirits their fair kindred catch.

Were all my loud, evil days
Calm and unhaunted as is thy dark tent,
Whose peace but by some angel's wing or voice
Is seldom rent,
Then I in heaven all the long year
Would keep, and never wander here.

But living where the sun
Doth all things wake, and where all mix and tire Themselves and others, I consent and run
To every mire,
And by this world's ill-guiding light,
Err more than I can do by night.

There is in God, some say,
A deep but dazzling darkness, as men here
Say it is late and dusky, because they
See not all clear.
O for that night! where I in Him
Might live invisible and dim!

* 10 Best to Watch: https://www.chessjournal.com/best-c...

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* Caviar:
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* Gambits against the French Defense:
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* Three pair

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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

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

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.

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Maximo wrote:

My Forking Knight's Mare
Gracefully over the squares, as a blonde or a brunette, she makes moves that not even a queen can imitate. Always active and taking the initiative,
she likes to fork.
She does it across the board,
taking with ease not only pawns, but also kings, and a bad bishop or two.
Sometimes she feels like making
quiet moves,
at other times, she adopts romantic moods,
and makes great sacrifices.
But, being hers a zero-sum game,
she often forks just out of spite.
An expert at prophylaxis, she can be a swindler, and utter threats,
skewering men to make some gains.
Playing with her risks a conundrum,
and also catching Kotov's syndrome.
Nonetheless, despite having been trampled
by her strutting ways
my trust in her remains,
unwavering,
until the endgame.

morfishine: "I like the Schliemann Defense, along with the Falkbeer counter-gambit and other chancy openings. Enterprising chess is the most fun, even if one meets with disaster from time-to-time. I'd rather go down swinging."

Perpetual check feels like nothing else in a dead lost position.

The Shepherd and the Sea

A shepherd, neighbour to the sea,
Lived with his flock contentedly.
His fortune, though but small,
Was safe within his call.
At last some stranded kegs of gold
Him tempted, and his flock he sold,
Turned merchant, and the ocean's waves
Bore all his treasure – to its caves.
Brought back to keeping sheep once more,
But not chief shepherd, as before,
When sheep were his that grazed the shore,
He who, as Corydon or Thyrsis,
Might once have shone in pastoral verses,
Bedecked with rhyme and metre,
Was nothing now but Peter.
But time and toil redeemed in full
Those harmless creatures rich in wool;
And as the lulling winds, one day,
The vessels wafted with a gentle motion,
"Want you," he cried, "more money, Madam Ocean?
Address yourself to some one else, I pray;
You shall not get it out of me!
I know too well your treachery."

This tale's no fiction, but a fact,
Which, by experience backed,
Proves that a single penny,
At present held, and certain,
Is worth five times as many,
Of Hope's, beyond the curtain;
That one should be content with his condition,
And shut his ears to counsels of ambition,
More faithless than the wreck-strown sea, and which Does thousands beggar where it makes one rich, – Inspires the hope of wealth, in glorious forms,
And blasts the same with piracy and storms.

The Weasel In The Granary

A weasel through a hole contrived to squeeze,
(She was recovering from disease,)
Which led her to a farmer's hoard.
There lodged, her wasted form she cherished;
Heaven knows the lard and victuals stored
That by her gnawing perished!
Of which the consequence
Was sudden corpulence.
A week or so was past,
When having fully broken fast.
A noise she heard, and hurried
To find the hole by which she came,
And seemed to find it not the same;
So round she ran, most sadly flurried;
And, coming back, thrust out her head,
Which, sticking there, she said,
"This is the hole, there can't be blunder:
What makes it now so small, I wonder,
Where, but the other day, I passed with ease?"
A rat her trouble sees,
And cries, "But with an emptier belly;
You entered lean, and lean must sally."
What I have said to you
Has eke been said to not a few,
Who, in a vast variety of cases,
Have ventured into such-like places.

How many chess openings are there?

Well, White has 20 possible 1st moves. Black can respond with 20 of its own. That's 400, and we're ready for move 2. I don't know them, but I would not be at all surprised if there was a name for each of them. People are like that. You really, really don't need to know them all.

If you follow the rules of thumb for good opening play, I promise you that you'll be playing a named opening. Just put the 1st 3 moves in google, and you'll get the opening's name. With that information you can find other games that started the way your game started, likely by some very good players. Also, with the name you can read about it on Wikipedia, and find out what people think of it, who plays it, and its particular traps and idiosyncrasies.

Once again, The Rules of Thumb for Good Opening Play:

- Develop your pieces quickly with an eye towards controlling the center. Not necessarily occupying the center but controlling it certainly. - Castle your king just as soon as it's practical to do so. - Really try not to move a piece more than once during the opening, it's a waste of valuable time. - Connect your rooks. This marks the end of the opening. Connected rooks means that only your rooks and your castled king are on the back rank. - Respond to threats appropriately, even if you have to break the rules. They're rules of thumb, not scripture, or physical laws.

If you and your opponent follow these rules of thumb, you'll reach the middle game ready to fight. If only you follow these rules of thumb, you're already winning! Good Hunting. -- Eric H.

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.

persona non grata by FTB
persona non grata
has peripheral neuropathy
from ass to toe
it pains him so
won't admit the truth
that's not his m.o.

he cries cries to momma
she gives him skittles
one volunteer to another
another chess riddle
sure it's lousy... but
it's persona non grata

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"Don Quixote de la Mancha, answered the squire; he is a knight-adventurer, and one of the greatest and most valiant that have been seen in this world for many ages." — 'Don Quixote'

"He must be humble of heart, strong of arm, be savage in war, loyal to hearth, and follow deeds of Glory. He must keep honour with all, banish cowardice from his doings, and bring his House no shame. He must serve the Emperor, and defend the Imperium. Thus should a Knight rule himself." — The Chivalric Duty, Aquitainus Malory Cadmus, M31

"He that plays the king shall be welcome- his Majesty shall

have tribute of me; the adventurous knight shall use his foil and

target; the lover shall not sigh gratis; the humorous man shall

end his part in peace…"

-William Shakespeare, 'Hamlet'

"We're Knights of the Round Table
Our shows are formidable
But many times, we're given rhymes
That are quite unsingable."
-Monty Python, 'Knights Of The Round Table'.

"The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and the ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he is also a demure, almost maiden like, guest in a hall, a gentle, modest, unobtrusive man. He is not compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness." ― C.S.Lewis

"For to die with honour is far better than to live disgraced." ― James Knowles, 'The Legends Of King Arthur And His Knights'.

"The very purpose of a knight is to fight on behalf of a lady." ― Sir Thomas Malory.

"A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd

To a lady in his shield,

That sparkled on the yellow field…"

― Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'The Lady Of Shallot'

"The Brave Man
Carves
Out His Fortune,
And
Every Man
Is The Son
Of His Own
Works."
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote

"The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego" ― Soke Behzad Ahmadi

"I'd rather have a heart of gold
Than all the treasure of the world."
― Ana Claudia Antunes, Memoirs of An Amazon

"Sweet lady," said Florian, "all men are fools, and all men are knights, where women are concerned." ― George R.R. Martin, The Hedge Knight

"I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down." ― John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

"This is beyond understanding." said the king. "You are the wisest man alive. You know what is preparing. Why do you not make a plan to save yourself?" And Merlin said quietly, "Because I am wise. In the combat between wisdom and feeling, wisdom never wins." ― John Steinbeck, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

"My task is set before me, girl
My mission clear and true
There'll be black knights and dragons, girl
But I will always come for you…"
― Emme Rollins

"Sir Lancelot: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.

Bridgekeeper: What… is your name?

Sir Lancelot: My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What… is your quest?

Sir Lancelot: To seek the Holy Grail."

-Monty Python, 'Knights Of The Round Table'

"Any wise man fears open spitefulness, whether it be in seriousness or in jest." -Chrétien de Troyes, 'Perceval: The Story Of The Grail, With The Continuations'.

"Then answered Lancelot, the chief of knights:

'And with what face, after my pretext made, Shall I appear, O Queen, at Camelot, I before a King who honours his own word, As if it were his God's?'"

-Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'Idylls Of The King'

"Sir Launcelot, yonder one knight shall I help, for it were shame for me to see three knights on one, and if he be slain I am partner of his death. And therewith he took his harness and went out at a window by a sheet down to the four knights…" -Mark Twain, 'A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court'.

"A knight of Arthur, working out his will, To cleanse the world. Why, Gawain, when he came With Modred hither in the summertime, Asked me to tilt with him, the proven knight." -Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'Idylls Of The King'.

"And then they all three cried, Sir Knight, we yield us unto you as man of might matchless. As to that, said Sir Launcelot, I will not take your yielding unto me, but so that ye yield you unto Sir Kay the seneschal, on that covenant I will save your lives and else not…" -Mark Twain, 'A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court'.

"How came the lily maid by that good shield Of Lancelot, she that knew not even his name?

He left it with her, when he rode to tilt For the great diamond in the diamond jousts, Which Arthur had ordained, and by that name Had named them, since a diamond was the prize." -Lord Alfred Tennyson, 'Idylls Of The King'

"Sir Lancelot increased in fame and worship above all men, for he overthrew all comers, and never was unhorsed or worsted, save by treason and enchantment." -James Knowles, 'The Legend Of King Arthur And His Knights'

"There never has been, I suppose, in all the world, in all the history of war, such an opportunity for youth. The Knights of the Round Table, the Crusaders, all fall back into the past." -Winston Churchill.

"A true knight is fuller of bravery in the midst, than in the beginning of danger." ~ Philip Sidney

"At any rate, the principles of a noble manner of life and the ethics of the nobility now take on the clear and uncompromising form known to us from the chivalric epic and lyric. We often find the new members of a privileged group to be more rigorous in their attitude to questions of class etiquette than the born representatives of the group; they are more clearly conscious of the ideas which hold the particular group together and distinguish it from other groups than are men who grew up in those ideas. This is a well-known and often-repeated feature of social history; the novus homo is always inclined to over-compensate for his sense of inferiority and to emphasize the moral qualifications required for the privileges which he enjoys. In the present case, too, we find that the knights who have risen from the ranks of the retainers are stricter and more intolerant in matters of honour than the old aristocrats by birth. What seems to the latter a matter of course, something that could hardly be otherwise than what it is, appears to the newly ennobled an achievement and a problem. The feeling of belonging to the governing class, one of which the old nobility had scarcely been conscious, is for them a great new experience. Where the old-style aristocrat acts instinctively and makes no pretensions about it, the knight finds himself faced with a special task of difficulty, an opportunity for heroic action, a need to surpass himself—in fact to do something extraordinary and unnatural. In matters in which a born grand seigneur takes no trouble to distinguish himself from the rest of mankind, the new knight requires of his peers that they should at all costs show themselves different from ordinary mortals." ― Arnold Hauser, The Social History of Art, Volume 1: From Prehistoric Times to the Middle Ages

"How wretched is the man who sees the perfect opportunity and still waits for a better one." -Chrétien de Troyes, 'Perceval: The Story Of The Grail, With The Continuations'.

"Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory." -John Steinbeck, 'The Acts Of King Arthur And His Noble Knights'

"He who wants to do more than he is able must admit defeat or retire." -Chrétien de Troyes, 'Arthurian Romances'.

A New England June
by Bliss Carman

These things I remember

Of New England June,

Like a vivid day-dream

In the azure noon,

While one haunting figure

Strays through every scene,

Like the soul of beauty

Through her lost demesne.

Gardens full of roses

And peonies a-blow

In the dewy morning,

Row on stately row,

Spreading their gay patterns,

Crimson, pied and cream,

Like some gorgeous fresco

Or an Eastern dream.

Nets of waving sunlight

Falling through the trees;

Fields of gold-white daisies

Rippling in the breeze:

Lazy lifting groundswells,

Breaking green as jade

On the lilac beaches,

Where the shore-birds wade.

Orchards full of blossom,

Where the bob-white calls

And the honeysuckle

Climbs the old gray walls;

Groves of silver birches,

Beds of roadside fern,

In the stone-fenced pasture

At the river's turn.

Out of every picture

Still she comes to me

With the morning freshness

Of the summer sea, —

A glory in her bearing,

A sea-light in her eyes,

As if she could not forget

The spell of Paradise.

Thrushes in the deep woods,

With their golden themes,

Fluting like the choirs

At the birth of dreams.

Fireflies in the meadows

At the gate of Night,

With their fairy lanterns

Twinkling soft and bright.

Ah, not in the roses,

Nor the azure noon,

Nor the thrushes' music,

Lies the soul of June.

It is something finer,

More unfading far,

Than the primrose evening

And the silver star;

Something of the rapture

My beloved had,

When she made the morning

Radiant and glad,—

Something of her gracious

Ecstasy of mien,

That still haunts the twilight,

Loving though unseen.

When the ghostly moonlight

Walks my garden ground,

Like a leisurely patrol

On his nightly round,

These things I remember

Of the long ago,

While the slumbrous roses

Neither care nor know.

Miniature: Black can accept the pawn but then should let it go
J Sarratt vs NN, 1818 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

One of three English from 1843
Staunton vs Saint-Amant, 1843 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2

Second of three English from 1843
Staunton vs Saint-Amant, 1843 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 1-0

Impact of Genius: 500 years of Grandmaster Chess p. 30
Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def Modern. Alburt Var (B04) 1-0Aims at f7, displace K
M Kobalia vs A Krivonogov, 2001 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 40 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Compromised Def (C52) 1-0 Pin, R sac, K chase
Steinitz vs H Strauss, 1860 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian, Two Knights Def. Perreux Variation (C55) 1-0Which one?
Schiffers vs E Schallopp, 1887 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 70 moves, 1-0

French Classical. Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Schlecter's Gems
Schlechter vs S A Wolf, 1894 
(C13) French, 16 moves, 1-0

Schlecter played viciously! Knights thump the bishop pair.
Schlechter vs Steinitz, 1898 
(C28) Vienna Game, 24 moves, 1-0

French Defense; Schlechter variation as White
Schlechter vs Showalter, 1898 
(C00) French Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Hedgehog (C66)0-1 a-pawn is the difference
Schiffers vs Steinitz, 1898 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1

"The Art of Sacrifice in Chess" by R. Spielmann
G Schories vs Spielmann, 1905 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 25 moves, 0-1

1st brilliancy prize at 1909 St. Petersburg - Miscalculation
Schlechter vs Salwe, 1909 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

KGA Traditional 4...Bg7 (C38) 0-1Black battery down h-file w/Ns
J Szekely vs Spielmann, 1912 
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 1/2-1/2 g-file tussle
Spielmann vs Saemisch, 1920
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

SWG, Carlsbad Var (B20) 1-0 Both Ks exposed to check before 0-0
Spielmann vs Saemisch, 1923 
(B20) Sicilian, 46 moves, 1-0

SWG, Marshall Var (B20) 1-0 N outpost and Q on 7th
Spielmann vs Saemisch, 1925 
(B20) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B40) 1/2-1/2
Saemisch vs Spielmann, 1928
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Rubinstein Var (C39) 1-0 GT2K
G Stoltz vs Saemisch, 1932 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nimzowitsch Exchange Var (B29) 1-0Sacrifices all over
H Seidman vs Santasiere, 1939 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 24 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C27) 1-0White will win a piece
Santasiere vs A Sandrin, 1946 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Modern Var (B56) 1-0 Common trap in the Sicilian
Szabo vs B Sooky, 1946 
(B56) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Mannheim Var (D23)1-0 12 move stunner
J Sajtar vs Sliwa, 1947 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Chameleon (B20) 1-0 She did it again?!
L Schmid vs W Sahlmann, 1948 
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Var (B24) 0-1 N sac for Kside attk
Smyslov vs Szabo, 1949 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 0-1

English, Anglo-Indian Def. Mikenas-Carls Var (A15) 1-0 Lost B
Smyslov vs A Sokolsky, 1950 
(A15) English, 23 moves, 1-0

100 best games of 20th century by Andrew Soltis
G Stoltz vs H Steiner, 1952 
(A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0

Game 75 in Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch, re-issue edition
Szabo vs Spassky, 1953 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 29 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening Symmetrical Defense (A05) 1-0 2 Hogs on the 7th
Smyslov vs Stahlberg, 1956 
(A05) Reti Opening, 78 moves, 1-0

KID, Classical Fianchetto (E67) 1-0 Q fork fails Fischer
Santasiere vs Fischer, 1957 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne Attack (B20) 0-1 Smothered Mate
Schneider vs Schmidts, 1958 
(B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1

KIA vs Dbl Fio (A07) 1-0 White Q sac & connected rooks
Stein vs A Sokolsky, 1960 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 45 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B96) 1-0 Brilliancy prize
Simagin vs Stein, 1961 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 54 moves, 1-0

QGA Classical Def. Alekhine System ML(D29) 0-1Castled OUT of it
Spassky vs Suetin, 1963 
(D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1

"Leonid Stein - Master of Attack" by GM Raymond Keene.
Stein vs S Schweber, 1966 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 46 moves, 1-0

Great combination staring down the jaws of defeat!
V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966 
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 189: Boris Spassky's 400 Selected Games
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968 
(E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 35 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Adler Var (A52) 1-0 Open g-file heavy artillery
G Sigurjonsson vs A S Segal, 1968 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 50: Leonid Stein - Master of Attack
Stein vs Smyslov, 1972 
(A17) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening / KIA vs NY System (A00) 1-0 Kill box
Suttles vs A Saidy, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

Pawn chain and two bishops dominate two rooks.
A Pomar vs Smejkal, 1972 
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 35 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Accelerated Dragon. Maroczy Bind Breyer (B39) 0-1
Spassky vs Savon, 1973 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 62 moves, 0-1

Sic Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 Common unpin theme to know
Suetin vs P Travnicek, 1975 
(B50) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0

Game 245 in Chess Informant Best Games 201-300
Sax vs Sveshnikov, 1977 
(B30) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 4, p. 30 in the book Power Mates by Bruce Pandolfini.
M Stean vs Sax, 1979 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 21 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attack. ML (B89) 1-0 Smashin' Sac Attack
A Sokolov vs Salov, 1983 
(B89) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 Slam ahead to the King!
Smagin vs S Salov, 1984 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 31 moves, 1-0

Crossfire and Ng5 positioned to bust up Black's fianchetto
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1984 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0

KGA Bonsch-Osmolovsky Var (C34) 1-0Masterpiece! See Nunn's book
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1985 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf ML (B99) 0-1 N outpost-->fork, Q sac, B pin
J Saksis vs Shirov, 1985 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 37 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Var (E11) 0-1 Lost pawn plus
K Spraggett vs Smyslov, 1985 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 14 moves, 0-1

QGD Harrwitz Attack (D37) 1-0 g4 spike, increasingly bizarre
Speelman vs Short, 1988 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

The theoretically most important game of the first half of 1988
Sax vs Seirawan, 1988 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B22) 1-0 3 pieces for Q, control cnter
Smagin vs S Semkov, 1988
(B40) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

C-K Advance. Van der Wiel Attk (B12) 1-0 Activate a pesky N
Short vs Seirawan, 1989 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 0-1 Black tears up Qside
Spassky vs Sax, 1989
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def. Icelandic-Palme G. (B01)0-1 All3 heavy pieces
A Sokolov vs Speelman, 1988 
(B01) Scandinavian, 27 moves, 0-1

B12 1-0 33
Short vs Seirawan, 1990 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Watson's Mastering the Chess Openings I, Ch. 3, p. 54 P Chains
Short vs Seirawan, 1990
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 60 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense Bg7, Nh6 (B06) 1/2- Q kept perpetual threat & +
I Stohl vs Seirawan, 1990 
(B06) Robatsch, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian Advance 3.e5 (B00) 1-0 Bold Q sac
Smagin vs D Sahovic, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

G26: Chess Duels: My Games w/the World Champions by Y. Seirawan
Seirawan vs Spassky, 1990 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

IM Jeremy Silman's "How to Reassess Your Chess" p. 219-220
J Silman vs D Shapiro, 1990 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 35 moves, 1-0

G23 in Chess Duels: My Games w/World Champs by Yasser Seirawan
Seirawan vs Spassky, 1990 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1

Game 487 in Chess Informant Best Games 401-500
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1990 
(A20) English, 36 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish. Symmetrical (C49) 1-0 Passer
Short vs Speelman, 1991 
(C49) Four Knights, 47 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 1-0 Q sac, Dbl ++
Sveshnikov vs R Shcherbakov, 1991 
(B30) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Advance. Short (B12) 0-1 Twenty something combo
Short vs Seirawan, 1992 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Scheveningen. Keres Attk (B81) 1-0 Q&N sacs for Hook #
K Spraggett vs Suba, 1994 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Berger Var (C22) 1-0 Kside pawn roller
Shabalov vs I Shliperman, 1995 
(C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 1-0, 27 moves; smothered #
S Sloan vs G Sanchez, 1996 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Def (C39) 0-1Peculiar N retreats
Short vs Shirov, 1997 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 0-1

Game 559: Best game AND best novelty in Informant #71
S Atalik vs Sax, 1997 
(E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr ML 8.Nd5 Mieses Var (B01) 1-0 Rxg7!
Shirov vs Salov, 1997 
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0

Center Counter (B01) 1-0 Simple white development to pawn race
Short vs Salov, 1997 
(B01) Scandinavian, 63 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 R&P sacs for passer
Shirov vs Short, 1997 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Two Pawn Attack. Lasker Var (B02) 0-1 Shaky
Sveshnikov vs E Solozhenkin, 1998
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 50 moves, 0-1

KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Kolisch Def (C39) 1/2-Which P do u want?
Short vs Shirov, 1999 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 6 in Starting Out: The King's Indian by Joe Gallagher
I Sokolov vs Shirov, 1999 
(E97) King's Indian, 24 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Defense: Two Knights (A54) 1-0 Remove the Guard
S Savchenko vs Savon, 1999 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 19 moves, 1-0

Game 8: Understanding Chess: Move By Move - John Nunn
Shirov vs D Reinderman, 1999 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 44 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Var (B20) 1-0 Passer on the d-file
Short vs B Thorfinnsson, 2000 
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

KGA. Bonsch-Osmolovsky Var (C34) 0-1 Black penetrates
J Arizmendi Martinez vs I Sokolov, 2000 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn 2.Bf4 c5: Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 1/2- Qs come off
A Stefanova vs A Skripchenko, 2000 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Berlin Def. Beverwijk Var (C65) 1-0 Both colors sac Qs
Shirov vs Grischuk, 2000 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Defense (C36) 0-1 Passer
Fedorov vs Svidler, 2000 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Philidor Def. (C41) 1-0 Richard Taylor liked the ending!
Sveshnikov vs J Stocek, 2000 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 76 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit Accepted?! (C50) 1-0
Franz Schett vs B Schoerghuber, 2000 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 40 moves, 1-0

Sicilian 2c3 Nf6 3e5 Alapin S-M Declined (B22) 1/2-1/2 IQP draw
M Roiz vs Sutovsky, 2000 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Van der Wiel Attack (B12) 1-0 Pins!
Shabalov vs Seirawan, 2000 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 54 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Pseudo-Benko (A46) 1-0 Open d-file, Bb5 pins Nc6
Sakaev vs Delchev, 2001 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0 Nc7
G Schebler vs M Becker, 2001 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 10 moves, 1-0

Black has a two move checkmate but no time.
M R Sangeetha vs S Dhar, 2001 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

Sutovsky wins fine rook ending with extra pawn from reloader
Sutovsky vs Sakaev, 2001 
(C14) French, Classical, 63 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) 1-0 Horseplay
I Snape vs M Steadman, 2001 
(A13) English, 21 moves, 1-0

From Charles Dickens' novel "A Tale of Two Cities".
G Shahade vs L Times, 2001 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Spanish Schliemann Def. Dyckhoff Var (C63) 0-1 Two problems
Shirov vs Shabalov, 2001 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 0-1 EG race
C W Baker vs A Summerscale, 2001
(C00) French Defense, 55 moves, 0-1

King, Bishop & Knight mate pattern vs lone King
A Baburin vs G Shahade, 2001 
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 135 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: O'Kelly. Normal System Kan (B28) 1-0 N invasion
A Sokolov vs S Siebrecht, 2001
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 15 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def.: Breyer Var (B10) 0-1Pin/Notes by Eric Schiller
R Vasquez Schroeder vs E Schiller, 2001  
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 0-1

Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Novosibirsk (B33) 0-1 d-pawn bomb
H Papaioannou vs V Spasov, 2001 
(B33) Sicilian, 20 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 1-0Blackburne's Mate next
H Stefansson vs L Bruzon Batista, 2001 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

KID Normal. K's Knight Var (E60) 0-1Q decoy sac creates N+ fork
M Mazek vs Z Szymczak, 2001 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1-0 Anastasia's #
Sutovsky vs H Jonkman, 2001 
(C59) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0

Sic Najdorf. Amsterdam Var (B93) 0-1 Basic K & 2Bs mate lone K
M Solleveld vs Sutovsky, 2001 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 107 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var (B87) 0-1 pressure g2
Nijboer vs Sutovsky, 2001 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 31 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center 6.dxc5 (C42) 0-1Fast time
Short vs Shirov, 2002 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

Not a mouse slip at all -
R Janssen vs I Sokolov, 2002 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 0-1

KID Orthodox. Bayonet Attack Sokolov's Line (E97) 0-1 Unpin end
Kramnik vs Smirin, 2002 
(E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Closed, Traditional (B23) 1-0 "Emil Fit For A King"
Sutovsky vs Smirin, 2002 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center Var (C42) 1-0 Up 3 pawns
Stellwagen vs I Smirnov, 2002 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Slasher
V Spasov vs K Sobay, 2002 
(B30) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed Bg2, Be3 (B26) 1-0 R sac for two passers
Short vs H Stefansson, 2002 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

KID. Orthodox. Gligoric-Taimanov System(E92) 1-0Sacs for K walk
T Enkhbat vs Shulman, 2002 
(E92) King's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0

French Advance 6.a3 a5 Wade Var (C02) 1-0 Passer promotes
Svidler vs S Volkov, 2003 
(C02) French, Advance, 54 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Advance (B12) 1-0 What to play after 25...Bd3?
Svidler vs Shirov, 2003 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B47) 1-0 All kinds of trouble
W Spoelman vs M van der Werf, 2003 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 58 moves, 1-0

Delayed Alapin (B22) 0-1 5 minor pieces stacked like flapjacks
J Shaw vs Short, 2003
(B40) Sicilian, 51 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Canal Attack. Haag Gambit (B52) 1-0 Pretty finish!!
E Sedina vs S Tkeshelashvili, 2003 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

KGD Panteldakis Countergambit (C30) 0-1 Immune QxRh8
C W Kennaugh vs K Shirazi, 2003 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Spanish (C49) 1-0 Q trap on the edge
Svidler vs Karpov, 2003 
(C49) Four Knights, 33 moves, 1-0

An overwhelming Shirov victory against the Dragon.
Shirov vs Tiviakov, 2003 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

Game 78 in Understanding Chess Middlegames by John Nunn
Smirin vs L Voloshin, 2003
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 33 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Var (A81) 0-1 Backdoored
C Nguyen vs Sadler, 2003
(A81) Dutch, 63 moves, 0-1

QGD: Chigorin Defense. Exchange Var (D07) 0-1
Satchidanand Soman vs Sasikiran, 2003
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 39 moves, 0-1

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Exposed files
Svidler vs Bareev, 2004 
(C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Paulsen. Bastrikov, English Attk (B48) 1-0Union Jacked
Short vs R Pogorelov, 2004 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D30) 1-0 Not Quiet
R Slobodjan vs R Prasca Sosa, 2004 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

Sarratt Attack /Semi-Stonewalls (D00) 1-0 W dominates Kside act
A Stefanova vs T Vasilevich, 2004 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0

4Knights, Halloween Gambit (C47) 1-0 A brief but bloody game
P Schoupal vs J Spalek, 2004 
(C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, McDonnell Attack 2.f4 (B21) 1-0 Youth w/Qside passer
So vs Caruana, 2004 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Chekhover Var (B53) 1-0 Much more than Dbl Rook sacs!
G Szabo vs S Zawadzki, 2004 
(B53) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0

Short slays Sicilian with Queen sac on h7
Short vs J Ye, 2004 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

Another game from Shirov with a quick, explosive finish.
Shirov vs Fressinet, 2004 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Modern Line (B76) 1-0One-sided
Shredder vs Hydra, 2004 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def Accelerated/Dutch Bd6 Stonewall (D31) 1-0 Q sac!!
Sasikiran vs Krasenkow, 2004 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attk. Mason-Showalter (C42) 1-0 Blindfo
Svidler vs Topalov, 2004 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 0-1
Sveshnikov vs S Satyapragyan, 2004
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 25 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer. Classical Var (B63) 1-0 Greco's #
Short vs A Muir, 2004 
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: Exchange (C41) 1-0 Less common # on diagonal
Short vs Morozevich, 2005 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 43 moves, 1-0

Sic Fischer-Sozin Flank Var (B87) 0-1 Sutovsky's Immortal
D Gormally vs Sutovsky, 2005 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense Novelty (C65) 1-0 Pile on the pin
Sutovsky vs Kramnik, 2005 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 51 moves, 1-0

KIDS Saemisch Variation. Normal Defense (E81) 0-1 Photo
Morozevich vs Svidler, 2005 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 55 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Staunton Var (C42) 1-0 Photo
Svidler vs Morozevich, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 70 moves, 1-0

Round 14: Svidler 8 1/2, Anand 8 1/2
Svidler vs Anand, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) 1-0 Knight inflicts pain
Svidler vs Kramnik, 2005 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

Earliest piece sac in the DB (exchange sac on move 2)
A Smirnov vs V Shepelev, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening b3, Bb2 Stonewall Attk (D05) 1-0 Spearhead
E Schiller vs P Grieve, 2005  
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Hidden gem. A queen for 3 pieces can be a fine trade, as long
Svidler vs Rublevsky, 2005 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 70 moves, 1-0

G2: Champions of the New Millennium by Ftacnik, Kopec, & Browne
Svidler vs Topalov, 2005 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 0-1

Game 3 in "How to Crush Your Opponents" by Simon Williams
I Sokolov vs Shirov, 2005 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3.Nf3Bg4 4.Be2Nc6 5.d4O-O-O 6.c4Qf5 7.Be3Bxf3 (B01)
K Spraggett vs J Shaw, 2006 
(B01) Scandinavian, 71 moves, 1-0

Egads! KID-expert Sutovsky loses to the London system!
Speelman vs Sutovsky, 2006 
(A48) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

Un sacrifice qui peut être très fort!
Shirov vs M Klinova, 2006 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 18 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening, Vienna Hybrid, KGD: GOD 06/04/2007
So vs F El Taher, 2006 
(C26) Vienna, 22 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 Unpin Q sac, anything but quiet!
L Vajda vs Sutovsky, 2006 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 0-1

Both sides can mate-but it's Black's turn.
Y Visser vs Speelman, 2006 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 28 moves, 0-1

Closed Sicilian Bc4. Anti-Sveshnikov. Kharlov-Kramnik(B30) 1-0
Shirov vs M Roiz, 2006 
(B30) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Defense (D80) 0-1 Deflection! Back rank blunder.
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006 
(D80) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 0-1

Pirc vs 150A no BxBg7. Sveshnikov-Jansa (B07) 1-0 Big space
Svidler vs Ivanchuk, 2006 
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0

C-K Accelerated Panov Attack. Modern Var (B10) 1-0 Black Q trap
J Snowden vs S Chevannes, 2006 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 19 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Noteboom (D31) 1-0 Deflection, weak back rank
Shulman vs I Schneider, 2006 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C14) 1-0 So creative
So vs M Prusikin, 2006 
(C14) French, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Scotch. Accepted (C47) 1-0 Sting like Wesley
So vs C Li, 2006 
(C47) Four Knights, 22 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attk/Delayed Stonewall (A45) 1-0 Nifty minors in mid
A Stefanova vs E Paehtz, 2006
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian 2c3 Nf6 3e5 Alapin S-M Declined (B22) 0-1 W drops Ps?
B Khelfallah vs S Salov, 2006 
(B40) Sicilian, 43 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Fianchetto Def (A48) 1-0 Powerful 5th rank
Sasikiran vs Kasimdzhanov, 2006 
(A48) King's Indian, 46 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Modern Attk. Center Var (C43) 1-0 Defend the 0-0
Sutovsky vs K Miton, 2006 
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 46 moves, 1-0

NID. Classical. Noa Var (E36) 1-0 Q just takes R off the board!
Sasikiran vs D Rombaldoni, 2006 
(E36) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0

Perhaps the Best draw of 2007. See video.
Grischuk vs Svidler, 2007 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Trompowsky Attack (A45)0-1 R shot prevents perpetual check draw
A Stefanova vs I Sokolov, 2007 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: Accepted. Becker Defense (C34) 1-0 0-0-0!
Shulman vs E Formanek, 2007 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Larsen Attk: Classical vs Bg4 (A01) 1-0 Black Aggression!
R Schmidt vs Saric, 2007 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

G55 The Greatest Ever Chess Opening Ideas by Christoph Scheerer
Aronian vs Shirov, 2007 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Thanks to both l'Ami and Stellwagen for showing why Chess ROCKS
L'Ami vs Stellwagen, 2007 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2

Gruenfeld, Modern Exchange (D85) 0-1Stunning Q sac allows promo
Gelfand vs Shirov, 2007 
(D85) Grunfeld, 54 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0 Maintain Pin
Stellwagen vs A Yusupov, 2007 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Pirc, Austrian Attack. Weiss Var (B09) 1-0 Shrewd mating net
So vs M Mahjoob, 2007 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

Q Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack (D00)  ·  0-1
Kamsky vs Shirov, 2007 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Modern. Snake Var (A60) 1/2-1/2 Show Stopa!
J Stopa vs D Kuljasevic, 2007 
(A60) Benoni Defense, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sarratt/Barry 5.Nb5 Attack on c7 vs Tarrasch Def (D00) 1-0 LPDO
A Stefanova vs A Galliamova, 2007 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Queen's Indian E15 Intermezzo with 12 .. f7-f5!?
Shulman vs The World, 2007 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Corner shot
Shirov vs C Troyke, 2007
(B27) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attack vs Bg4 (A07) 0-1 two knights for a rook
Navara vs Shirov, 2007 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 19.?
B Socko vs Shirov, 2007 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch (E28) 1-0 "Smokin' Hot"
K Smokina vs R Theissl Pokorna, 2007 
(E28) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Var (B33) 1-0 Wild Qs!
A Shomoev vs R Mamedov, 2007 
(B33) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 0-1 29...?
R Fontaine vs A Sokolov, 2007 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 33 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Defense: Anti-Moscow Gambit (D44) 0-1 Desperado
Mikhalevski vs Speelman, 2008 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 0-1

Andrew Greet "GibTelecom Chess Festival", "CHESS", April 2008.
A Stefanova vs M Gurevich, 2008 
(A81) Dutch, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Paulsen (B46) 1-0 Battle for center; skewer+ next
Shirov vs Mamedyarov, 2008 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 33 moves, 1-0

King's English. Four Knights Fianchetto Lines (A29) 1-0 Blitz
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2008 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 43 moves, 1-0

French Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Survive to thrive
Svidler vs A Riazantsev, 2008 
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0

QID Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Var (E15) 1-0 1st place votes
G Sargissian vs Grischuk, 2008 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 64 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Adv. Short (B12) 0-1 Held hostage by supported passer
Movsesian vs Svidler, 2008 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 64 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Italian Var/B's Opening d3 c3 (C50) 1-0 P fork
V Spasov vs G Schroll, 2008 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0

It happens. Centralized Ns are irritating as a mother-in-law?!
V Spasov vs Saric, 2008 
(B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Var (B33) 1-0 Dbl R EG
Shirov vs Topalov, 2008 
(B33) Sicilian, 63 moves, 1-0

Annotated by IM Max Notkin in Chess Today #2799
Short vs Karjakin, 2008 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

French Winawer Winckelmann-Riemer Gambit (C15) 0-1 h-file bomb
K O'Brien vs D Salter, 2008 
(C15) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 0-1

Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Bogoljubow Var (C58) 1-0 Q vs 2 Rs
Short vs S P Sethuraman, 2008
(C58) Two Knights, 86 moves, 1-0

KID. Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 0-1 Dbl R sac, K walk
T Beckers vs K Shirazi, 2008 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

Hungarian/Closed Sicilian (A00) 1-0?? Bad ruling
M Socko vs S Foisor, 2008 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Italian, Evans Gambit. Anderssen Var Cordel Line (C51) 1-0
Short vs L'Ami, 2008 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 38 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0
Short vs G Sargissian, 2008 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Modern Def (C45) 1-0 Connecticut Fox in the Woods
P Sells vs R Salimbagat, 2008 
(C45) Scotch Game, 21 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Delayed Exchange (C01) 0-1 Simple tactics
K Trygstad vs K Stupak, 2009
(C01) French, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1

Sic Paulsen. Bastrikov Var English Attack (B48) 0-1 1st W@Cor
Nijboer vs So, 2009 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 67 moves, 0-1

Sic Najdorf Adams Attack (B90) 1-0Declined R sac offer forks
So vs M Leon Hoyos, 2009 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf (B96) 1-0 Bishop sac on move 9!
S Sjugirov vs Van Wely, 2009 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Berlin Wall J. Rogers Line (C67) 1-0
Shirov vs A Volokitin, 2009 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Variation (B01) 1-0 Dbl Rooks
So vs D Laylo, 2009 
(B01) Scandinavian, 51 moves, 1-0

Sic Najdorf Adams Attack (B90) 1-0 Open h-file, long diagonal
So vs R Gao, 2009 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0

An X-Ray tactic protects the Black kNight to arrange Hook Mate
Svidler vs Gelfand, 2009 
(A28) English, 56 moves, 0-1

Reti Opening (A09) 0-1 The Black kNight dies a hero!
T Hillarp Persson vs I Sokolov, 2009 
(A09) Reti Opening, 59 moves, 0-1

French Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 Good vs Bad light Bishop
Svidler vs Y Hou, 2009 
(C11) French, 64 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def. Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0 Smooth Sac Attk
V Spasov vs T Baninska, 2009 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Chekhover (B53) 1-0 BAM! Game over!
H Seifert vs M Szmyd, 2009 
(B53) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 Zugzwang commentary
A Samsonkin vs Nakamura, 2009 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf Var (B96) 1-0 ROTs ignored/Promotion race
Shirov vs I Papaioannou, 2009 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 45 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knts Def. Polerio Def B+ (C58) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Short vs I Sokolov, 2009 
(C58) Two Knights, 31 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 R&B vs R&N
Shirov vs Ivanchuk, 2009 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 49 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attk. Chigorin Var (C42) 1-0 Q trap
Sutovsky vs E Inarkiev, 2009 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening: General (A09) 1-0 Delicious pawn munching
A Stefanova vs M Sebag, 2010 
(A09) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Tartakower Attack (A45) 1-0 Spassky-like
V Spasov vs K Berbatov, 2010 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch (C42) 1-0 Q+ & fork R
Shirov vs Smeets, 2010 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def: Lion. Sozin Var (C41)1-0 Q sac->royal family fork
B Savchenko vs S Yudin, 2010 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense (D10) 0-1Black Q bully moves 11 of 13, often check
H Melkumyan vs So, 2010 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1

EG: sacrifice material for
I Sokolov vs Caruana, 2010 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 1-0

Shabalov and Shirov are the living remnants of Tal.
Shabalov vs A Stripunsky, 2010 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 25 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Advance. Short Var (B12) 1/2-1/2Lively, missed chance
Svidler vs So, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1/2-1/2 Novelty
Svidler vs Caruana, 2010 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

KIA/Sicilian Closed (A07) 1-0 Impressive Discovery/Interference
K Shanava vs N Umudova, 2010 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0

Czech Benoni Defense (A56) 1-0 N sac for 2 connected passers
So vs D Flores, 2010 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 49 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Najdorf. Traditional Line (B98) 1-0 Body-Head!
B Savchenko vs V Nedilko, 2010 
(B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening (E00) 0-1Pinned to mating square and piled upon
S Demmery vs B Sambuev, 2010
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1-0Blitz
Svidler vs R Mamedov, 2010 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 60 moves, 1-0

Sic Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov (B33) 0-1 K safety is paramount
K Badev vs V Spasov, 2010 
(B33) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein Opening (D05) 1-0 Nasty N discovery hits f7
G Szabo vs N Sahitaj, 2010 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0
Shirov vs Jobava, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1 Crossfire w/Bs, Q&N
Kaidanov vs Shankland, 2011 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 18 moves, 0-1

Sic Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern (B67) 1-0 Both 0-0-0, Decoy, Pin
So vs Sasikiran, 2011 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 38 moves, 1-0

London System vs Dbl Fio (A48) 1-0 Back rank spearhead pin
Short vs W Kobese, 2011 
(A48) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange (D85) 1-0 Bishop Pair Pasting
W Spoelman vs R Swinkels, 2011 
(D85) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0

26 ... Re8-e2!! attacks White c2-queen supporting defender
Kamsky vs Svidler, 2011 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

C-K Def: Advance. Short Var 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B12) 1-0 Damiano's #
Shirov vs D Solak, 2011 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

English Opening (A10) 0-1 The temptation here...
J D Thornton vs L Sanchez, 2012 
(A10) English, 23 moves, 0-1

Sic 2.c3 Alapin, Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Fabulous penetration
A Stripunsky vs N Managadze, 2012 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 30 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 Knights in the promotion game
Q Liu vs Short, 2012 
(B32) Sicilian, 51 moves, 0-1

QGA Central Var. McDonnell Def (D20) 1-0 A Backdoor Arabian #
L Schandorff vs R E Andersen, 2012 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0

French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 R trap forces exchg
So vs G Meier, 2012 
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0

French Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 1-0 Efficient White play
Short vs G Seletsky, 2012 
(C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian 3.f4 5.Bb5+ Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Irritating Q
J Wegerle vs Y Solodovnichenko, 2012
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 46 moves, 0-1

QGD. Exchange Var (D35) 1-0 Bowling pin action
M Al Sayed vs M Maia, 2012 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def Exchange (B03) 1-0 Philly Cheese Steak
A Stripunsky vs Shabalov, 2012
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 62 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Classical. Quiet System Czech Defense (B08) 1-0
J Salisbury vs J G Ludwig, 2012 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0

Remarkable Forced Stalemate Between Two Computers
Shredder vs Gull, 2013 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Q sac for a passer
D Svetushkin vs S Iskusnyh, 2013
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1-0

English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System Rvrsd (A37) 1-0 N Misfire
Shankland vs D Haessel, 2014 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 11 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk (C78) 1-0 Humility is good
Svidler vs Topalov, 2014 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 48 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

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

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B45) 0-1 Q chopped off
B Gundavaa vs Sutovsky, 2014 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 24 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

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

3...Qd6 Gubinsky-Melts Def (B01) 1-0 Nice sacs here
Sutovsky vs K Spraggett, 2015 
(B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def. Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1 A huge scalp for 14 yr old
So vs Sevian, 2015 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Var (C89) 1/2-1/2
Sevian vs Naroditsky, 2015 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian Game: Classical Variation. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) ·
Shankland vs Sevian, 2015 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tarrasch Def. Two Knights (D32) 0-1 Score keeping violation
So vs V Akobian, 2015 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal (C69) 0-1 R ending
Jakovenko vs Svidler, 2015 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 57 moves, 0-1

Rubinstein Opening /Colle-Zukertort (D05) 1-0 Scattered; Pin it
A Stefanova vs Z Ma, 2015
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Kasparov Attack(C10) 1-0Sac attack, Q on 7th
So vs V Akobian, 2016 
(C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0

Modern Def. Rossolimo Var (A41) 1-0Blitz; Pin, Remove Defender
So vs Kasparov, 2016 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Botvinnik System Reversed (A37) 0-1
A Stefanova vs S P Sethuraman, 2016
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Dragon (B70) 1-0 Theft from the overworked pawn
Sasikiran vs S D Swapnil, 2017 
(B70) Sicilian, Dragon Variation, 49 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 blitz
L Shytaj vs Short, 2017 
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13)0-1 67 aint old
Kovalenko vs Sveshnikov, 2017 
(A13) English, 24 moves, 0-1

R Harper vs I Sokolov, 2010
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 38 moves, 0-1

J Shahade vs P Wang, 2002 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

Short vs I Sokolov, 2007 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 42 moves, 1-0

Short vs I Sokolov, 2004 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Game 816 in Chess Informant Best Games 801-900
Sutovsky vs Movsesian, 2001 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 55 moves, 1-0

Game 25 in How to Crush Your Opponents by Simon Williams
Sutovsky vs Filippov, 2005 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 38 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer. Positional Var (C19) 1-0 Pins, pins
Sadvakasov vs Shulman, 2007 
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 47 moves, 1-0

QID: Kasparov-Petrosian. Main Line (E12) 1-0
Svidler vs A Shomoev, 2013 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: General (B10) 1-0 Qside action w/a Q sac!
M Sebag vs Y Xu, 2004
(B10) Caro-Kann, 20 moves, 1-0

Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto Gufeld Gambit (B31) 1-0
E Sedina vs K Smokina, 2005 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Declined. Sorensen Def (C21) 0-1
R Sluka vs J Sosna, 2001
(C21) Center Game, 39 moves, 0-1

KID: Orthodox. Bayonet Attack (E97) 1-0
E Sevillano vs J Peters, 2008 
(E97) King's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Bc4 vs temporary Bg7 (B06) 1-0 Rather unusual
S Sulskis vs Bologan, 2000 
(B06) Robatsch, 54 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

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

Beautiful, relentless and commanding attack by Serper
Serper vs D Ippolito, 2003 
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 24 moves, 1-0

QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Def (D40) 1-0 Add to the King's EAD
A Sarana vs S Drazic, 2019 
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Old Benoni (A43) 0-1 4 Exchange Sacs
S Volkov vs A Stukopin, 2012 
(A43) Old Benoni, 39 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center 6.Nc3 (C42) 1-0 Qs excha
Short vs P Morten, 2014 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit 5.Nc3 (C42) 1-0 Remove the guard
Short vs L Rouanet, 2001 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

50 moves rule successfully applied for a draw.
Sindarov vs G Jones, 2018 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 122 moves, 1/2-1/2

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

Slav Def: Czech. Classical System M.L. (D19) 0-1 Max Lange's #
I Lutsko vs S Barth Stanford, 2007 
(D19) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 26 moves, 0-1

It's draw after 61.Kxh5 according Lomonosov Tablebases.
S Sergienko vs G Vescovi, 2010 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal (C69) 0-1 Q grabs b-pawn later
Naiditsch vs Svidler, 2019 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 39 moves, 0-1

Game 906 in Chess Informant Best Games 901-1000
Sutovsky vs A Kovacevic, 2004 
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0

Game 922 in Chess Informant Best Games 901-1000
Sutovsky vs I Sokolov, 2005 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 37 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Attk: Keres Var (A07) 1-0 A tale of two kings
Saric vs A Sharafiev, 2015 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 76 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Modern. Anti-Qxd4 Move Order (B50) 0-1 Turn the t
M Marlow vs I Snape, 2008 
(B50) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

QGD: Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 1-0 36.?
Shulman vs A Savage, 2002 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) 1-0 25.?
I Sokolov vs Smeets, 2008 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1-0

Sic Dragon. Yugoslav Attk (B78) 0-1 It wasn't just about the Rs
R Bitoon vs So, 2010 
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 24 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Cozio Defense. General (C60) 1-0 No Surprise
So vs A Gupta, 2008 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

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

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Dragon Var (B60) 1-0 P grabbing bites
Svidler vs Vitiugov, 2007 
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 30 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Classical Var (C18) 0-1 "Cut a Wide Swathi"
G Swathi vs Short, 2011 
(C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def Accepted (A13) 1-0
Short vs Sveshnikov, 2011 
(A13) English, 30 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 boys U12
S Sjugirov vs So, 2005 
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 0-1 Greco's #
M Labollita vs E Schiller, 2003
(A13) English, 33 moves, 0-1

Neo-Grünfeld Def: Goglidze Attack (D70) 0-1 Stockfish notes
D Svetushkin vs A Stella, 2013 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def. Huebner Var (E41) 1-0 Nxg7 leads to g-file +
J Sarfati vs R Stevens, 2008  
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

French Advance 6.Be2, Euwe f6 -- activate the light-square B
Shabalov vs Shirov, 2005 
(C02) French, Advance, 30 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def./Philidor Exchange 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B07) 1-0 Fast paced
Sutovsky vs L Draskovic, 2018 
(B07) Pirc, 26 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 N invasion next
S Sjugirov vs Svidler, 2009 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B50) 0-1 3-piece N fork
Areshchenko vs Sutovsky, 2005 
(B50) Sicilian, 22 moves, 0-1

Modern Def. Dbl Fio resembles Hippo (B06) 0-1 Dynamics faulter
Naiditsch vs Svidler, 2009 
(B06) Robatsch, 42 moves, 0-1

Game 814 in Chess Informant Best Games 801-900
Shulman vs M Ginsburg, 2001 
(E92) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0

Interesting knight sack leads to complicated king hunt
Sutovsky vs Morozevich, 2004 
(B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

English (A20) 1-0 Squeeze & snatch or protect
So vs Ding Liren, 2019 
(A20) English, 50 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0
Smeets vs I Sokolov, 2011 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 47 moves, 1-0

Veresov Atack. Boyce Def (D01) 1-0 Rob the pin
C Slingerland vs O Djuric, 2012 
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

French Def: Winawer. Poisoned P (C18) Young star hits h-file
Sevian vs T Abrahamyan, 2012 
(C18) French, Winawer, 22 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Keres Def (C96) 1-0 create a passer
Sutovsky vs D Sadzikowski, 2017 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0

Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (E06) 0-1 Rooks come forth
Y Liu vs S P Sethuraman, 2019 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 26 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1 Sam steps up
Leko vs Shankland, 2011 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 66 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Damiano's Mate!
Ganguly vs A Smith, 2019 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 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

Game 66 in Understanding Chess Middlegames by John Nunn
So vs Navara, 2011 
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 34 moves, 1-0

The Exchange Sacrifice: A Practical Guide by Sergey Kasparov
Svidler vs Gelfand, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 52 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical. Intermezzo (C45) 1/2-1/2 Emms' 37...?
Morozevich vs Short, 2000 
(C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System Reversed (A36) 0-1 23...?
Nakamura vs Svidler, 2017 
(A36) English, 49 moves, 0-1

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

French Advance 6.Be2 Paulsen Attk (C02) 0-1 N sac offer
L'Ami vs Shirov, 2019 
(C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 1/2-1/2
A Shvartsman vs J C Sadorra, 2011
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Wormald Attack (C77) 1-0 32.?
Shabalov vs Sasikiran, 2008 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Botvinnik System. Lilienthal Var (D44) 0-1
Ponomariov vs Shirov, 2003 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Breyer Defense Zaitsev Hybrid (C9
P K Wells vs B Socko, 2004
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 58 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Gen (B10) 1-0 Spectacular fireworks from Short!
Short vs M Mchedlishvili, 2009 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

Svidler vs Topalov, 2004 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 46 moves, 1-0

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Shimanov vs So, 2015 
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 29 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Rubinstein. Fort Knox Var (C10) 1-0 Incoming
Sutovsky vs L D'Costa, 2006 
(C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0

English vs. Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0 R #
Svidler vs Shimanov, 2012 
(A14) English, 58 moves, 1-0

French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (C11) 1-0
Saric vs M Gurevich, 2007 
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0

QGD: Chigorin Def. Exchange Costa's Line (D07) 0-1 Good scrap
D Ippolito vs A Stripunsky, 2007 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 25 moves, 0-1

Queen sac attack, for rooks and X-ray bishops to seal the win!
Svidler vs Adams, 2000 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 1-0 Stockf
So vs Kamsky, 2016 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 28 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0Back rank
Smirin vs G Dizdar, 2005 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Alapin. Stoltz Attack Ivanchuk Line (B22) 1-0
D Sermek vs M Tratar, 2001 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 24 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Def: Main Lines 6.Nf3 Bf5 (B01) 1-0 P roller
Shabalov vs B Howe, 2011
(B01) Scandinavian, 27 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Tal Var (B12) 1-0 Interference fails
Svidler vs Nakamura, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0 21.?
Shirov vs I Sokolov, 2004 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 26 moves, 1-0

Rat Defense: English Rat / Bind (A41) 1-0 Compare the Rooks
A Suleymanli vs Smirin, 2020 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 33 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox Bayonet Attk Sokolov's Line (E97) 0-1 Ns set table
A Simutowe vs Smirin, 2001 
(E97) King's Indian, 22 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Bayreuth Var (C77) 0-1 Overmatched
J Shetty Shristi vs S P Sethuraman, 2008 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit Qxe5 (C02) 0-1
T Gossell vs Shulman, 2002
(C02) French, Advance, 33 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D11) 1-0
So vs Shirov, 2011 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1-0

Spanish Closed. Worrall Attk Castling line (C86) 1-0 Greco attk
Short vs I Sokolov, 1995 
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1The Siberian Trap
G Rohit vs K Szabo, 2001 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1

KID: Normal Var (E70) 1/2-1/2 Notes by Jonathan Sarfati
J Sarfati vs R Schmaltz, 2005 
(E70) King's Indian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 0-1 Attacks on f7 & f2
Fedorov vs Shirov, 2001 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Marshall Attk. Modern ML (C89) 0-1 Sarfati notes
M Sonter vs J Sarfati, 2005  
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 42 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Tal Var (B12) 1-0 Wiping out the 6th
Sutovsky vs N Batsiashvili, 2018 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 30.? Greco's Mate
Shirov vs K Spraggett, 2005 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 24 pages of kibitz!
Svidler vs Topalov, 2007 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var 11.Nf5!? (B87)1-0 2RvsQ
D Solak vs Karjakin, 2008 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 96 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. English Attack (B80) 1-0 Four Qs
B Socko vs Sasikiran, 2009 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 89 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 Blitz
B Savchenko vs Karjakin, 2010 
(C56) Two Knights, 32 moves, 1-0

KIA: Yugoslav Bg4 (A07) 1-0 34.Rxa4 just take it!
Sasikiran vs Anand, 2002 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Artful Kside assault
K Shanava vs A Gurkin, 2012 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Maroczy 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B12) 1-0 Dazzling!
R Saptarshi vs V Nagpal, 2017 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

QID: Classical. Traditional Var (E17) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
So vs Rapport, 2017 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Wimpy System (A13) 1-0 blitz
So vs Nakamura, 2017
(A13) English, 29 moves, 1-0

"Wes Side Story" (game of the day Feb-10-2018)
Xiong vs So, 2017 
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian (B30) 1-0 King Hunt by the Queen Dzindzichashvili
Smirin vs Avrukh, 2002 
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer. Advance General (C16) 1-0 Unusual
Shirov vs S Atalik, 2003 
(C16) French, Winawer, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Closed. Traditional (B25) · 1-0
E Safarli vs R Shcherbakov, 2019
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B30)1-0
Sadvakasov vs S Peschardt, 2004 
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Stockfish notes; blitz
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

Game 967 in Chess Informant Best Games 901-1000
Topalov vs Svidler, 2006 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin/Kopec (B50) 0-1
Shabalov vs Shankland, 2008 
(B50) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1

Hippopotamus (A00) 1-0 4 over 3, and some punny advice!
E Sedina vs J Majdan, 2006 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Two Knights System (B08) 0-1 Q drops in #
E Borigas vs A Sousa, 2004 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 20 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 0-1 Internet Showdown
Caruana vs So, 2020 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 41 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 No Trade
So vs Anand, 2020 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 0-1 blitz Dzindzichashvili
D Kryakvin vs Smirin, 2019 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 0-1

KGD. Classical (C30) 1-0 Internet
Shabalov vs S J Breckenridge, 2017 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 1-0

QGD: Three Knights. General 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (D37)1-0 g-pawn thrust
So vs Nakamura, 2020 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Short Var 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B12) 1-0
S Sjugirov vs Carlsen, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 25 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

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 Corresp
M Semrl vs S Sabaev, 2009 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted: Linares Var (D20) 1-0 beautiful!
Shirov vs Motylev, 2001 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 0-1 blitz
Jakovenko vs Svidler, 2009
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 38 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch Def: Kennedy. Paulsen Attk (B00) 1-0 Remove the Def
So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2020 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 15 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Romanishin Var (C45) 0-1 Find the Finish
A Neiksans vs I Sokolov, 2012 
(C45) Scotch Game, 37 moves, 0-1

White Double Fianchetto Reti vs Bg4 (A06) 0-1 Find the finish
R Sagit vs I Sokolov, 2018 
(A06) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 0-1

QGD: Harrwitz Attack. Main Line (D37) 1-0 24.?
I Sokolov vs S Bjornsson, 2004 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0

King's English. Four Knts Quiet Line (A28) 0-1 blitz; mate in 2
D Howell vs B Savchenko, 2017 
(A28) English, 33 moves, 0-1

King's English. Four Knts Quiet Line (A28) 0-1 knight strike
S Pavlov vs B Savchenko, 2019 
(A28) English, 44 moves, 0-1

English/Reti vs Lasker's NY System (A06) 1-0Pins, centralized N
S Khademalsharieh vs A Stefanova, 2020 
(A06) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0

King's English. Four Knights Quiet Line (A28) 0-1 Stockfish
Nakamura vs So, 2020 
(A28) English, 23 moves, 0-1

French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn General (C18) 1-0 Pin city
H Stefansson vs E Hedman, 2002 
(C18) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1-0

Horwitz Def: General (A40) 0-1 A Knight is a Rook's worst enemy
M Richter vs B Socko, 2006 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

Game 1010 in Chess Informant Best Games 1001-1100
Sutovsky vs K Miton, 2007 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit: General (A57) 0-1 Spearhead Dzindzichashvili
K Solomon vs R Simpson, 2001 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Pilnik Var (C90) 1-0 U20 Girls
T Sachdev vs Li Ching, 2001 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 15 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0Up a piece after Q exch
T Sachdev vs J G Pettersen, 2007
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Trompowsky Attack: 3.BxNf6 exBf6 (A45) 0-1 kamikaze bishop
D Smerdon vs T Sachdev, 2007
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1

NID: Panov Attack. Main Line (E54) 1-0 basic tactics on the 6th
T Sachdev vs F Alinoori, 2001 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 29 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical (A04) 1-0 video link
Svidler vs Leko, 2020 
(A04) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Game 1093 in Chess Informant Best Games. 1001-1100
Shirov vs Tiviakov, 2010 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0

English Defense. General (A10) 0-1 The disconnected rook falls
P Toloza Soto vs Speelman, 2002
(A10) English, 38 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Var (B33) 1-0
R Soltanici vs M Barasiant, 2001 
(B33) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0
C Sielecki vs M P Townsend, 2011 
(A14) English, 69 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Richter Var (B01) 1-0 33.?
A Skripchenko vs J C Blazquez Gomez, 2000 
(B01) Scandinavian, 34 moves, 1-0

C-K, Karpov Var. Modern ML (B17) 0-1 Q batteries
Sutovsky vs Svidler, 2009 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 33 moves, 0-1

Game 11 'The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps' by Gary Lane
Lenderman vs S Sloan, 2007 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Accepted (B97) 1-0Shirov!!
Shirov vs H Wang, 2009 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Mieses Var (C45) 1-0 broken kingside
D Pavasovic vs O Sepp, 2004 
(C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Promotion trick
D Svetushkin vs Smirin, 2007 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn General (C18) 1-0
Sasikiran vs N Studer, 2020 
(C18) French, Winawer, 77 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 42...?
K Akshayraj vs S Safin, 2005 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Def (D12) 0-1 Incredible
D Dvirnyy vs Shirov, 2020 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Plang notes
I Sokolov vs P Tregubov, 2002 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 44 moves, 1-0

"Saavedra Revisited" (game of the day Nov-30-2016)
Svidler vs Topalov, 2006 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 67 moves, 1-0

NID: Reshevsky Var (E46) 0-1 Somebody said Tactics!
Jobava vs R Svane, 2020 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 32 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game: Morris Countergambit (D00) 0-1 messy scrap!
J Rowson vs M Stojanovic, 2006 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Millionaire Chess (2014), Las Vegas USA, rd 3, Oct-10
Shabalov vs F Felecan, 2014 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Var (B40) 0-1 Back ranker
E Santarius vs Bachmann, 2012 
(B40) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

French Def: Winawer. Advance Var (C18) 1-0 offramp's study
Saric vs A Suleymanli, 2019 
(C18) French, Winawer, 71 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Czech. Krause Attack (D17) 0-1
Jobava vs Shirov, 2007 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 0-1

Sicilian, Closed Var (B24) 0-1 Exchange Qs for Rook pairs
V Samolins vs H K Simonsen, 2006 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 14.?
D Svetushkin vs Landa, 2010 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Schlechter Var (B08) 1-0 Missed Mate in 3
O Sikorova vs S Orehek, 2013 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Kan. Polugaevsky Var (B42) 1-0 Find the finish
Shirov vs K Bischoff, 2005 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 1-0

"That is really awesome. Wow." says the champ.
L P Supi vs Carlsen, 2020 
(B01) Scandinavian, 18 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) · 0-1
Sasikiran vs G Sargissian, 2007 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 39 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D30) 0-1 50...?
Karpov vs Shirov, 2000 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 51 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 analyzed
Sutovsky vs A Kunte, 2004 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 27 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D30) 0-1 Greco's Mate
Karpov vs Shirov, 2003 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Attack: Keres Var 5.d3 e5 (A07) 0-1 video link
Dubov vs Shirov, 2013 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: l'Hermet Var Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0 26.?
Shirov vs Karjakin, 2008 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Knights in Black's lap
Sutovsky vs Dvoirys, 2003 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0

KID-4 Q's on the board-wild calculation, ruthless attack
Bareev vs Smirin, 2002 
(E97) King's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 Self-pin, Remove the Defender
M Krakops vs Shirov, 2015 
(B32) Sicilian, 18 moves, 0-1

World Blitz Championship (2009) (blitz), Moscow RUS, rd 30, Nov
J Polgar vs Svidler, 2009 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1

King's English. Hungarian Attack (A25) 0-1 Get the Q in close!
Korchnoi vs Sakaev, 2001 
(A25) English, 32 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 0-1
B Adhiban vs A M Sargsyan, 2019 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1

KIA DBl Fio vs Pachman Sys (A07) 0-1 P on 3rd w/B pair
A Puranik vs S Sjugirov, 2020 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov (B33) 1-0 video link
So vs Carlsen, 2020 
(B33) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0Investment return
G Swathi vs N Hutchinson, 2002 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0

QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Defense (D40) 0-1 video link
Carlsen vs So, 2020 
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 61 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

Jobava London Sys Indian Game: General (A45) 0-1Stockfish notes
So vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2018 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Def. Main Line (D63) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 22.?
L Seres vs M Goczo, 2001 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Italian Var 5.d3 (C50) 1-0 mutual Q&B ending
So vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 93 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Chameleon. Advance System (D15) 1-0 LIFO?
Sakaev vs A Lastin, 2005 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Breyer Def (C95) 1/2-1/2
Shirov vs I Sokolov, 2003 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

The Washington Post, CHESS By Lubomir Kavalek June 17, 2002
Epishin vs Short, 2002 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1

French Def: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 0-1 Dbl Attk
K Asrian vs R Prasca Sosa, 2006 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B94) · 1-0
E Safarli vs S Sjugirov, 2006 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Delayed Alapin (B50) 0-1
H Hamdouchi vs Sutovsky, 2005 
(B50) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1

The pieces fly in this one! A queen sac in eight moves!
S Soors vs A R Saleh Salem, 2012 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 35 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML (B01) 1-0 Kside Pawn storm, promotion
S Savitskiy vs S Huguet, 2010
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) · 1-0
Z Sturua vs K Krivolapov, 2001 
(B27) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0

Avoid the Pawn Promotion race; know how Black wins this.
A Zubarev vs Y Shabanov, 2002 
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Def: Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Var (B67) 0-1 Internet
Nakamura vs Shankland, 2021 
(B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 58 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Makogonov Var (D94) 0-1
I Zenyuk vs J Shahade, 2004 
(D94) Grunfeld, 30 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (B53) · 1/2-1/2
P S Spiller vs M Steadman, 2017 
(B53) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 1-0 blitz
S Sjugirov vs K Sek, 2019 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Delayed Alapin Var (B40) 1-0 A most unique mate!
D Smerdon vs G Nakauchi, 2007 
(B40) Sicilian, 69 moves, 1-0

New Art of Defense in Chess by GM Andy Soltis, p.1
Naiditsch vs Svidler, 2004 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 39 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C52) 1-0 Fredthebear wasn't the
Sutovsky vs Smagin, 2001 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 42 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B32) 1-0
Svidler vs S Maze, 2005
(B32) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Flank Var (B87) 1-0
Sutovsky vs J Gallagher, 2002 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 53 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Advance. Paulsen Attk (C02) 1-0 re-gifted pawns
Shirov vs Sadvakasov, 2001 
(C02) French, Advance, 72 moves, 1-0

Italian Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 1-0 W survives puncture
S Savitskiy vs B Savchenko, 2017
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 41 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Def (D06) 1-0 open d-file
I Salgado Lopez vs I Starostits, 2012 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Bled Attack (D17) 1-0 32.?
I Sokolov vs T Middelburg, 2009 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Paulsen Var (B46) 1-0Stockfish notes; magnificent
Svidler vs A Volokitin, 2006 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 pleasing finish!
So vs Dubov, 2020 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0

it does not need annotation, it is pure beauty, delivered by GM
Aronian vs S Sulskis, 2001 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: London System (A46) 1-0 Pawns Mate!
Swayams Mishra vs A Souza Neves, 2020 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0

KID Orthodox. Bayonet Attack Sokolov's Line (E97) 0-1 2-for-1
M Quinn vs Shirov, 2001 
(E97) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 0-1 Central passer
Zherebukh vs Shirov, 2021 
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: Pirc move-order (C41) 1-0 center P fork trick
S Satyapragyan vs Y Saber, 2016
(C41) Philidor Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

KID: 7th Pawn Attack? (E77) 0-1 Penetrate, skewer
S Miguel vs Saric, 2021 
(E77) King's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 FIDE World Cup 2021
Svidler vs Vitiugov, 2021 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 45 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 1-0 Kside assault!
So vs Le Quang Liem, 2021 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 43 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Flohr System (C92) 1-0 Nxh6+ opens g-file
So vs Le Quang Liem, 2021 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 1-0 Attraction
S Savitskiy vs A Tskhadadze, 2019 
(A13) English, 38 moves, 1-0

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