January 1: I h8 Knights Like That M Greeff vs T Emad, 2010  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 January 2: Beware Greeks Bearing Gifta NN vs Greco, 1620  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1 January 3: Oh the Huzmanity! A Huzman vs Kasparov, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0 January 4: Almond Joy B Kovacevic vs R Almond, 2006  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1 January 5: Barnes and Noble Keres vs C Barnes, 1975  (B30) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0 January 6: Injun vs Engin' Anand vs REBEL, 1997  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 47 moves, 1-0 Januayr 7: I Play Against Pianist Gligoric vs Taimanov, 1970  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 0-1 January 8: Boy Jorge J Cori vs F Benediktsson, 2009  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0 January 9: Merry Old Englund P S Leonhardt vs F Englund, 1908  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 January 10: Chopping Block Blackburne vs T Block, 1878  (C52) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0 January 11: Bits and Mieses J Mieses vs G Simonson, 1908  (C28) Vienna Game, 31 moves, 1-0 January 12: On Topa the World Topalov vs Beliavsky, 1999  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0 January 13: Kim Possible K Commons vs B Baczynskyj, 1976  (E14) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0 January 14: The Wrath of Khan Sultan Khan vs Capablanca, 1930  (E12) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 1-0 January 15: Novelty Gift Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0 January 16: Salam Dunk Spassky vs A Pomar Salamanca, 1967  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 43 moves, 1-0 January 17: Achtung Baby Naiditsch vs Kramnik, 2010  (B07) Pirc, 34 moves, 1-0 January 18: The Unfinished Sacrifice Reti vs F Schubert, 1915  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1 January 19: Crazy Like a Fox A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0 January 20: Don Cry for Me Argentina Najdorf vs D Byrne, 1962  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 82 moves, 0-1 January 21: Whooping Crane J L Jacobsen vs W Crane, 1897  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0 January 22: Bargans Galore S Bargan vs S Bargan, 2012  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 20 moves, 0-1 January 23: Mrs. Doubtfire Polgar vs Shirov, 2001  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 1-0 January 24: Every Fine Boy Does Good Fine vs Lasker, 1936   (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0 January 25: Do You Know Da Wei? Wei Yi vs Y Yu, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 64 moves, 1-0 January 26: Ballad of a Thin Man G Jones vs Jobava, 2017  (A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 25 moves, 0-1 January 27: Volkov Shame S Volkov vs Svidler, 2017  (D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 32 moves, 0-1 January 28: Riga Mortis) Spassky vs Tal, 1961  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 35 moves, 1-0 January 29: We'll Have Nona That Gufeld vs N Gaprindashvili, 1968  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 41 moves, 1-0 January 30: Brownie Points R Byrne vs Browne, 1975  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 0-1 January 31: Analyze This Botvinnik vs Fischer, 1962  (D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2 February 1: Mikenas Nervous Bronstein vs V Mikenas, 1941  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 25 moves, 1-0 February 2: Carpe Diem L Day vs B Nickoloff, 1977  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 0-1 February 3: Bad Haarr Day A Ipatov vs J Haarr, 2012  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0 February 4: Sup? Alekhine vs Supico, 1941  (C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0 February 5: Eagle's Eye C Eagle vs Bisguier, 1992  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 44 moves, 1-0 February 6: Switched-On Bok B Bok vs M Bluvshtein, 2011  (B07) Pirc, 34 moves, 1-0 February 7: Foot to the Flohr Alekhine vs Flohr, 1931  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 February 8: Rook Out! Kramnik vs Harikrishna, 2017  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0 February 9: Electric Bu Carlsen vs Bu Xiangzhi, 2017  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 36 moves, 0-1 February 10: Wes Side Story Xiong vs So, 2017  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1 February 11: The Royal Wei Wei Yi vs Y Xu, 2017  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0 February 12: Nepo Man Nepomniachtchi vs C Li, 2017  (C42) Petrov Defense, 29 moves, 1-0 February 13: The Lion King D Gedult vs B Houzet, 1980  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0 February 14: Love Sonnet J Sonnet vs M Poupinel, 1985  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0 February 15: The Chicago Gambit D T Phillips vs Pillsbury, 1899  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 45 moves, 1-0 February 16: Mieses Pieces A Reggio vs J Mieses, 1903  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1 February 17: Winner Soltis A Soltis vs Quinteros, 1975  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0 February 18: No KID, Ding Giri vs Ding Liren, 2015  (E92) King's Indian, 75 moves, 1-0 February 19: Long Think, Strong Think Bronstein vs Najdorf, 1954  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 42 moves, 1-0 February 20: The Wrath of Pawns Kholmov vs Lutikov, 1976  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0 February 21: Crossing the Piket Line Kasparov vs Piket, 1995  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0 February 22: Scheveningen Shenanigens J Mieses vs Alekhine, 1913  (C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 0-1 February 23: My Kupchik Runneth Over A Schroeder vs Kupchik, 1918  (C41) Philidor Defense, 40 moves, 0-1 February 24: Barken Up The Wrong Tree Chandler vs O I Barkan, 1975  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 February 25: Mincemeat C Hartlaub vs Fleischer, 1913  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 19 moves, 1-0 February 26: Paris Convention Dubois vs Duke Karl / Casabianca / Preti, 1855  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0 February 27: Checkered History N Banks vs Marshall, 1926  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 63 moves, 1-0 February 28: Wittmann's Ampler W Wittmann vs E Frosch, 2001  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 38 moves, 1-0 March 1: Hruby Tuesday V Hruby vs J Mason, 1882  (A10) English, 37 moves, 1-0 March 2: Bachin Black A Utnasunov vs V Bachin, 2001  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 34 moves, 0-1 March 3: The Metamorphosis K Treybal vs F Kafka, 1921  (B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0 March 4: Oh Sznap! A Sznapik vs N Gaprindashvili, 1976  (B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 0-1 March 5: Gottscha! Von Gottschall vs Tarrasch, 1888  (C16) French, Winawer, 100 moves, 0-1 March 7: Ashot Across the Bow Morozevich vs A Anastasian, 2003  (C10) French, 31 moves, 0-1 March 8: Do You Feel Punk, Lucky? E Sevillano vs D Lucky, 2012  (C02) French, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0 Mach 9: Rook, Line and Sinker Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 March 10: Keres Weight Keres vs Spassky, 1965  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 1-0 March 11: The Norman T. Invasion Ed. Lasker vs N Whitaker, 1921  (C01) French, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0 March 12: Barnes Stormer S Williams vs M Simons, 1999  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 March 13: Working on a Chain Gang Korchnoi vs Barcza, 1966  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0 March 14: Wreck-It Ralf" R Runau vs Schmidt, 1972  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 16 moves, 1-0 March 15: Black Hole Ng Ek Teong vs S Erigayama, 1992  (B01) Scandinavian, 52 moves, 1-0 March 16: Blind Faith A Planinc vs D Baretic, 1968  (C18) French, Winawer, 45 moves, 0-1 March 17: New York Giants Caruana vs Wojtkiewicz, 2002  (B27) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0 March 18: Face the Music T Music vs G Baric, 2001  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 35 moves, 1-0 March 19: Be My Guest A Guest vs Bird, 1886  (C25) Vienna, 17 moves, 0-1 March 20: The Royal Nunnsuch Polugaevsky vs Nunn, 1980  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 32 moves, 0-1 March 21: Nona Nona, Hey Hey, Goodbye R Pokorna vs N Gaprindashvili, 2003  (B56) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0 Marc 22: The Royal Tour Szabo vs Euwe, 1946  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1 March 23: Monaa Lisa J Pallesen vs J Aagaard, 2002   (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 26 moves, 0-1 March 24: Mikhail's Navy Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 March 25: Capa Don't Preach Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921   (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 46 moves, 1-0 March 26: Bonn Fire Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 35 moves, 0-1 March 27: Kavalanche Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 March 28: Holy Queen Sac, Basman! F Babar vs M Basman, 1993  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 36 moves, 0-1 March 29: Book 'em, Panno Panno vs Spassky, 1955  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0 March 30: The Marjanov Error Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980  (E17) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0 March 31: Who Let the Pawns Out? Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0 April 1: The Tortoise and the Hare B Hare vs K Budge, 1958  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0 April 2: Indian's Queen Defense Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 97 moves, 1/2-1/2 April 3: A Fine Line Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0 April 5: Broken Hjarted Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0 April 6: Good Wil Hunting Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 April 7: It's Not Euwe 'til It's Over Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0 April 8: Eldis and Heaven Too Evans vs E Cobo Arteaga, 1958  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 49 moves, 0-1 Aoruk 8L Mecking Things Worse Ljubojevic vs Mecking, 1975  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 1-0 April 10: Count Down Zukertort vs Count Epoureano, 1872  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0 April 11: Judgment and Planinc in Chess Ljubojevic vs A Planinc, 1971  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1 April 12: Goldberg Variations G Goldberg vs Bronstein, 1961  (A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 48 moves, 1-0 April 13: Brandenburg Concerto Smeets vs D Brandenburg, 2011  (C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 0-1 April 14: Chess Fugue M Bach vs R Schubert, 1996  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 53 moves, 0-1 April 15: Don't Surround Yourself with Yourself J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1 April 16: Monte Carlo Simulation Fischer vs Geller, 1967  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 0-1 April 17: Never Donned on Me J H Donner vs Portisch, 1968  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 34 moves, 1-0 April 18: Better Call Paul Keres vs Petrosian, 1949  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 April 19: Ground Flohr Sultan Khan vs Flohr, 1932  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 70 moves, 1-0 April 20: The 11th Hour A Saidy vs Fischer, 1964  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 0-1 April 21: De Nova Stella A Stefanova vs R Tozer, 1997  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0 April 22: Holden Pattern P Lafuente vs H Hernandez Carmenates, 2004  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 119 moves, 0-1 April 23: Every Pitschel Tells a Story Blackburne vs K Pitschel, 1873  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 0-1 April 24: Read the Book Ragozin vs E E Book, 1946  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0 April 25: Copacetic Kovacevic A Kovacevic vs G Tringov, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 53 moves, 1-0 April 26: Tea Time T Barendse vs T Lanchava, 2004  (B06) Robatsch, 47 moves, 0-1 April 27: Haida Go Seek Yates vs A Haida, 1925  (B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 April 28: King's English D King vs Larsen, 1991  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 73 moves, 1-0 April 29: Reap What You Sozin V Nenarokov vs V Sozin, 1925  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1 April 30: Holt Your Horses Shankland vs C Holt, 2010  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0 May 1: Lansing the Knight Away J Lansing vs R A Hart, 1907  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 1-0 May 2: Breaking Evans Evans vs Lombardy, 1971  (A21) English, 44 moves, 0-1 May 3: Old Fried Liver Polerio vs Domenico, 1610  (C57) Two Knights, 21 moves, 1-0 May 4: Paulitically Correct Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858   (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0 May 5: Make my Funk the P. Funk P Strauss vs P Funk, 2000  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 0-1 May 6: Csom Kind of Wonderful Csom vs L Seres, 1999  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0 May 7: Kelly Blew Book Delchev vs B Kelly, 2002  (C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0 May 8: The Island of Dr. Moro A Volokitin vs Morozevich, 2006  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 59 moves, 0-1 May 9: Gunfight Gunsberg vs W H Gunston, 1904  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0 May 10: Feel the Byrne D Byrne vs Reshevsky, 1956  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 40 moves, 1-0 May 11: Mortel Error J van de Mortel vs Bronstein, 1995  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 35 moves, 0-1 May 12: Pop the Korch Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1981  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1 May 13: Who Framed Robert Raubitschek? R Raubitschek vs Capablanca, 1906  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1 May 14: Botto Mechanic D S Botto vs L Christiansen, 1975  (B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 22 moves, 0-1 May 15: The Godfather of Seoul O Adu vs A Kim, 2008  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 0-1 May 16: Svane's Trumpet R Svane vs B Nuber, 2018  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 57 moves, 1-0 May 17: Magic Bus M Bus vs R Othman, 2000  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 52 moves, 1-0 May 18: The Sam Shank Redemption Shankland vs A Liang, 2018  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 43 moves, 1-0 May 19: Right to Play Kramnik vs Shirov, 1998  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 48 moves, 0-1 May 20: Anything You Play Can and Will Be Used Against You A Esipenko vs M Mikadze, 2018  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0 May 21: Solving an Enigma C H Alexander vs Botvinnik, 1946  (C18) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 1-0 May 22: The Teichmann Cometh Teichmann vs Chigorin, 1905  (A84) Dutch, 27 moves, 1-0 May 23: Higgs Bossin' A Higgs vs T Thomassen, 2010  (B20) Sicilian, 47 moves, 1-0 May 24: Can I Play With Mednis? E Mednis vs Timman, 1974  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 May 25: Blood on the Trax Team White vs Team Black, 2017  (C57) Two Knights, 55 moves, 1-0 May 26: Sing a Song of Six Pawns Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2016  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0 May 27: Friendly Neighborhood Swiderman Swiderski vs Schlechter, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1-0 May 28: Ask Not for Whom the Bell Dings Kamsky vs Ding Liren, 2011  (C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1 May 29: Hurry up and Wait Hromadka vs A Vaits, 1912  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0 May 30: g-Whiz Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2015  (D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 44 moves, 0-1 May 31: The Magnificent Levon Carlsen vs Aronian, 2017  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2 June 1: Elephant Hunt H Hunt vs J W Rogers, 2008  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 25 moves, 1-0 June 2: Promises Kept Tal vs Najdorf, 1960  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 26 moves, 1-0 June 3: Space Invaders Gufeld vs Smyslov, 1975  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0 June 4: Sanal What? J L Hammer vs V Sanal, 2011  (E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 0-1 June 5: Yasser, That's My Bogo Quinteros vs Seirawan, 1985  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 34 moves, 0-1 June 6: Maze of Complications Fridman vs S Maze, 2006  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0 June 7: Z Z Top Z Zhang vs Yu Ruiyuan, 2015  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0 June 8: Cukie Monster J Cukierman vs Duchamp, 1929  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 50 moves, 1-0 June 9: Volkov Fame S Volkov vs B Socko, 2014  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 45 moves, 1-0 June 10: Bilek is OK! A Planinc vs I Bilek, 1971  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 23 moves, 0-1 June 11: Bird and Miles A Zwaig vs Miles, 1977  (A03) Bird's Opening, 29 moves, 0-1 June 12: Oh Nadine, Honey it's f2 N Ziemann vs C Roelli, 2007  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 30 moves, 0-1 June 13: Bermuda Triangle Shabalov vs Gelfand, 2004  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 0-1 June 14: Duras Hell Battery Duras vs Spielmann, 1912  (C11) French, 49 moves, 1-0 June 15: "Red Rover J Shahade vs P Wang, 2002  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0 June 16: The Siege of Alexander Shabalov vs A Lesiege, 1993  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 June 17: This is Spartak! E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1 June 18: Sweet Nothings Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970  (C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1 June 19: It's a Shame About Ray Robson vs V Bhat, 2009  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 52 moves, 0-1 June 20: Mr. Holland's Opus Timman vs Korchnoi, 1991  (C10) French, 25 moves, 1-0 June 21: "KID Drawings Svidler vs Grischuk, 2013  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2 June 22: Whole Lotta Luft Carlsen vs Aronian, 2018  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0 June 23: Berlin Airlift Aronian vs Kramnik, 2018  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1 June 24: Swiss Cheese Pelletier vs C McNab, 2012  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 47 moves, 0-1 June 25: "Zherebukh Stops Here Zherebukh vs A Shneider, 2011  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1 June 26: Opening Trapl J Trapl vs J Trmal, 1962  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0 June 27: Praggmatic R Pruijssers vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2018  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1 June 28: World Brilliancy Prize M Stean vs Browne, 1974  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0 June 29: The Peasant's Revolt Qilin Bao vs T I Bratteteig, 2013 (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0 June 30: Amuzing Charousek vs K Schneider, 1891  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0 July 1: Efim Radio J Enevoldsen vs Geller, 1966  (B44) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1 July 2: Sibling Rivalry A Sandrin vs P Le Cornu, 1949  (A16) English, 28 moves, 1-0 July 3: I Got You Vaib S Vaibhav vs Carlsen, 2018  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 0-1 July 4: In the Course of Human Events Morphy vs T J Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0 July 5: MC Hammered Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1 July 6: Caro Can M Lewitt vs H Caro, 1905  (B15) Caro-Kann, 24 moves, 0-1 July 7: Alas, Poor Borik O Borik vs Miles, 1979  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 49 moves, 0-1 July 8: You're Under Orest Averkin vs Balashov, 1974  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1 July 9: Reynolds' Wrap Karpov vs Tal, 1980  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 34 moves, 1-0 July 10: Noa Way Out J Noa vs J Mason, 1883  (C11) French, 15 moves, 0-1 July 11: Redeemer of Material NN vs E Diemer, 1978  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1 July 12: Yilmaz Pure and Simple M Yilmaz vs Lupulescu, 2011  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0 July 13: Boden Well S Boden vs A Belaieff, 1867  (C42) Petrov Defense, 15 moves, 1-0 July 14: Hungarian Rhapsody Polgar vs Shirov, 1995  (B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0 July 15: Under Parr F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0 July 16: Pezzo Dispenser Matulovic vs G Del Pezzo, 1954  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 20 moves, 1-0 July 17: Number Crunching Kasparov vs Superstar 36K, 1985  (D85) Grunfeld, 29 moves, 1-0 July 18: The Great Wall Botvinnik vs G A Thomas, 1936  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 69 moves, 1-0 July 19: Check and Mate Bogoljubov vs A H Trott, 1950  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 1-0 July 20: Oh My Sweet Summer Child W Winter vs Menchik, 1930  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0 July 21: Novelty K Walbrodt vs Conill / Ostolaza / Lopez / Herrer, 1893  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 44 moves, 1-0 July 22: The Quick Browne Wolff Browne vs P Wolff, 1985  (A57) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0 July 23: E.T. Phone Home Karpov vs E Torre, 1976  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 48 moves, 0-1 July 24: The Austrian Morphy Steinitz vs E Pilhal, 1860  (C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0 July 25: There's a First for Everything L Didier vs L Rosen, 1900  (C11) French, 44 moves, 0-1 July 26: Frank and Steiner Marshall vs H Steiner, 1929  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 32 moves, 1-0 July 27: Rook's Revenge E Alekseev vs A Fominyh, 2003  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 30 moves, 1-0 July 28: The Insufficient Queen Kotov vs Bronstein, 1972  (A13) English, 43 moves, 0-1 July 29: Wholly Knight J Nogueiras vs M Gongora Reyes, 2001  (A21) English, 84 moves, 1-0 July 30: Beat 'em At Their Own Game Bogoljubov vs O Sarapu, 1949  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 39 moves, 0-1 July 31: Wonder Years Boleslavsky vs Lisitsin, 1940  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2 August 1: Turtle Out of its Shell Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0 August 2: Deep Theory Kasparov vs Dorfman, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 1-0 August 3: Slavish Sacrifice Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1 August 4: The Oldest Trick in the Book Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1 August 5: Moscow Mania I Stohl vs R Kuczynski, 1993   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0 Aigist 7: A new move, and a good one. J Cobb vs Adams, 2002  (C45) Scotch Game, 25 moves, 0-1 August 7: Vienna Virtuoso Schlechter vs Herzfeld, 1893  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0 August 8: Making Room for Her Royal Highness Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 45 moves, 1-0 August 10: Castling is Overrated Kamsky vs Karpov, 1993  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 49 moves, 0-1 August 11: Queenless Attack Portisch vs J Pinter, 1984  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 33 moves, 0-1 August 12: The Magician of Riga Tal vs R Bogdanovic, 1967  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0 August 13: In True Fischer Style H Berliner vs Fischer, 1963  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 0-1 August 14: One Pawn Is Not Enough Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2 August 15: Active Defense Yields a Win C Guimard vs Fischer, 1960  (A48) King's Indian, 58 moves, 0-1 August16: Down The Exchange Fischer vs Larsen, 1971  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 46 moves, 1-0 August 18: Heavy Artillery Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 August 19: Knockout PUnch Lasker vs Breyer, 1911  (C21) Center Game, 25 moves, 0-1 August 20: The Backward Pawn Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908   (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0 August 21: A Veli Ljubley Game Velimirovic vs Ljubojevic, 1972  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 27 moves, 1-0 August 22: Toppling Topalov Topalov vs Kramnik, 1995  (B57) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 August 23: "Return to the Romantic Era Macieja vs Karpov, 2003  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1 Augst 24: Plethora of Passers Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1941  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1 August 25: Blindfold Bonzai Blackburne vs W R Ballard, 1872  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0 August 26: The Doctor is ON Vukcevich vs Bisguier, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1-0 August 27: Poisoned Pawn Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0 August 28: Amazing Comeback Portisch vs Spassky, 1964  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 51 moves, 0-1 August 29: Punch and Counterpunch W Paulsen vs Gunsberg, 1883  (C22) Center Game, 51 moves, 0-1 August 30: Smashing the Castle Walls Hort vs Gligoric, 1971  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 35 moves, 0-1 August 31: Wrong Colored Bishop E Schallopp vs W Paulsen, 1888  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2 September 1: Here Comes The Queen Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1 September 2: Smashing the Center Timman vs Kasparov, 1988  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 45 moves, 0-1 September 3: A Flurry of Sacrifices Mandolfo vs Kolisch, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 0-1 September 4: Blackburne the Magician Blackburne vs Showalter, 1889   (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 1-0 September 5: Winding Down A Winding vs S Sorensen, 1874  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 26 moves, 0-1 September 6: Bareev Grieves Topalov vs Bareev, 2002  (C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0 September 7: Esser's Mess Breyer vs J Esser, 1917   (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0 September 8: Chucking the Queen Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0 September 9: A Blundersome Finish J M Hanham vs Chigorin, 1889   (C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 0-1 September 10,: Weiss Tightens The Vice M Weiss vs J W Baird, 1889   (C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 September 11: Pressing the Advantage E Torre vs Gufeld, 1994  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 66 moves, 1-0 September 12: A Pleasing Combination E Bebchuk vs Bronstein, 1974  (C08) French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed, 24 moves, 0-1 September 13: The Blossoming Brilliance of Botvinnik Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 September 14: Pawn Power in Practice Kmoch vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1926  (D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 54 moves, 1-0 September 15: The Evans Gambit Revisited Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0 September 16: The Harried Queen Browne vs Quinteros, 1974  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 18 moves, 1-0 September 19: Crushing Counterplay Glek vs Chiburdanidze, 1983  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 28 moves, 0-1 September 18: Sacrifices Out of Nowhere Shamkovich vs A Anguiano, 1978  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 19 moves, 1-0 September 19: Legal's Mate De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0 September 20: Two Pawns for the Underdog T Chapman vs Kasparov, 2001  (000) Chess variants, 37 moves, 0-1 September 21: Breaking the Pin Ivkov vs A Kolarov, 1957  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1 September 22: An Opening Trap to Remember Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0 September 23: Russian tanks Korchnoi vs Najdorf, 1971   (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1-0 September 24: Quiet Manoeuvres Portisch vs A Saidy, 1972  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0 September 25: Simultaneous Tandem Blindfold Exhibition Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Antwerp, 1934  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0 September 26: The Hapless Queen Korchnoi vs Beliavsky, 1992  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 81 moves, 1-0 September 27: A Novel Novelty Polgar vs Anand, 1999  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 34 moves, 1-0 September 28: Errant Aron Nimzowitsch vs Ed. Lasker, 1910  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1 September 29: A Tangled Web We Weave Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 September 30: The Razor's Edge L Remlinger vs Shabalov, 1993  (A67) Benoni, Taimanov Variation, 44 moves, 0-1 October 1: Sacrificing the Queens Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1 October 2: Wrath of the King's Indian Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1 October 4: A Pin, But Not a Safety Pin Karpov vs Timman, 1988  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0 Ocotber5: Fourteenth Move Shocker Anand vs Ivanchuk, 1996  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 46 moves, 1-0 October 6: Pillsbury Buries Maroczy Pillsbury vs Maroczy, 1900  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 46 moves, 1-0 October 7: Tale of the Dragon R Byrne vs Korchnoi, 1967  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 28 moves, 0-1 Ocotober 8: Quick and Brutal Taimanov vs Polugaevsky, 1960  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 October 9: Precious Time Kholmov vs Keres, 1959  (B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0 October 10: Vulnerable f7 Fischer vs D Minic, 1968  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0 October 11: Unorthodox Defense Epishin vs Short, 2002  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1 October 12: Alexey Sheared Off Kasparov vs Shirov, 2001  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0 October 13: A Masterful Attack Capablanca vs Levenfish, 1935  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 26 moves, 1-0 October 14: Deviously Dangerous Diagonal I A Horowitz vs Denker, 1936  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 37 moves, 0-1 Octobe 15: Everything at the King Szabo vs Denker, 1946  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 39 moves, 0-1 October 16: Morphyesque Miniature Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914   (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0 October 17: Two Pawns Beat A Rook Saemisch vs Teichmann, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 71 moves, 0-1 October 18: Suetin Sweatin' It Suetin vs Gufeld, 1963  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 54 moves, 0-1 October 19: Baku Debacle Kasparov vs Csom, 1980  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 29 moves, 1-0 October 20: Opening Fiasco Rubinstein vs S von Freymann, 1909   (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 16 moves, 1-0 October 21: Knightmare Tal vs Portisch, 1976  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0 October 22: Harmonie Harmed Harmen H Jonkman vs Nijboer, 2002  (B30) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1 October 23: Brains in Berlin Anderssen vs G Neumann, 1866  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1 October 24: Man vs. Machine, 1977 Fischer vs Mac Hack VI, 1977  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0 October 25: No Need for Queens G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1 October 26: Removing the Key Defender R Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin, 1947  (B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 29 moves, 1-0 October 29: To Boldly Go Where No Man Has Gone: b4 Fischer vs J Gloger, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 17 moves, 1-0 October 30: Pro Bono B Robertie vs G Bono, 1976  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 0-1 October 31: Bad To The Bone E Bone vs P Biyiasas, 1971  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 0-1 November 1: A Head of Stean Tal vs M Stean, 1974  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0 November 2: Pay the Svidler Grischuk vs Svidler, 2012  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 0-1 November 3: French Fried M French vs D Fryer, 2015  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 0-1 November 4: Fly Like an Egil E Jacobsen vs J Moeller, 1923  (A84) Dutch, 49 moves, 1-0 November 5: Have It Yury Way! Shulman vs S Conquest, 2009  (D85) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0 November 6: Shape Up or Ship Out Fischer vs W Shipman, 1971  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0 November 7: Get Real J Coll Ortega vs A Suarez Real, 2012  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 40 moves, 1-0 November 8: War and Piece L Tolstoy vs A Maude, 1906  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0 November 9: Boor Me To Tears C Boor vs J Kraai, 2004  (A10) English, 26 moves, 1-0 November 10: Crosstown Traffic Van Wely vs Z Kozul, 2015  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 71 moves, 1-0 November 11: Perpetual Motion Smyslov vs Petrosian, 1960  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 105 moves, 1/2-1/2 November 12: One Foot in Degraeve Van Wely vs J Degraeve, 2017  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 54 moves, 1-0 November 13: Gordion Knott S Knott vs S Gordon, 2013  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2 November 14: Casey at the Bat D Grzymek vs G Casey, 2005  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 29 moves, 1-0 November 15: He Shall Beat Levon Caruana vs Aronian, 2014  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0 November 16: Preventing a Karjackin Aronian vs Karjakin, 2014  (E15) Queen's Indian, 61 moves, 1-0 November 17: The Doomsday Machine Koltanowski vs W Windom, 1960  (B01) Scandinavian, 35 moves, 1-0 November 18: Pol Tax Polugaevsky vs Korchnoi, 1980  (E17) Queen's Indian, 73 moves, 1-0 November 19: All Spice A Spice vs M G R White, 2007  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 37 moves, 1-0 November 20: The Hindemburg Disaster H Melao vs C A Martinez, 1999   (B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 1-0 November 21: Slow Burn Burn vs O Chajes, 1911  (B24) Sicilian, Closed, 115 moves, 1-0 November 22: No One Has Been Tougher On Russia Than Me Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 27 moves, 0-1 November 23: The Pin is Mightier than the Sword Spielmann vs Reti, 1913  (C56) Two Knights, 30 moves, 0-1 November 24: Shoup! There It Is J Shoup vs Marshall, 1906  (C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0 November 25: That's Gonna Leave a Markovic B Bok vs M Markovic, 2016  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 43 moves, 1-0 November 26: Katydidn]t B Bok vs Lagno, 2015  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0 Novemer 27: Enough: All Reti" Reti vs Rubinstein, 1919   (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0 November 28: These Dings Happen Vachier-Lagrave vs Ding Liren, 2013  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 November 29; Not a Fred of the Big Bad Wolf F Slous vs W M Popert, 1837  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 November 30: Johan-Sebastian? Bok! B Bok vs J Christiansen, 2015  (A20) English, 45 moves, 1-0 December 1: The Ni Who Says Knight Movsesian vs H Ni, 2006  (C02) French, Advance, 50 moves, 0-1 December 2: Hortcut E Jimenez Zerquera vs Hort, 1963  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 32 moves, 1-0 December 3: King Salomon's Mine Flohr vs G Welling, 1980  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1 December 4: Shoup's On! Windhorst vs K Shoup, 1985  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1 December 5: A World of Pein M Pein vs Svidler, 1991  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 42 moves, 1-0 December 6: So—What?! So vs Carlsen, 2017  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1 December 7: Take Five Fischer vs Bisguier, 1963  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0 December 8: A Real Problem Move (Also Oct-03-18) Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961   (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 December 9: Henry & Henry Bird vs W Pollock, 1889   (B01) Scandinavian, 56 moves, 1-0 December 10: My System Has a Virus! Nimzowitsch vs L Steiner, 1927  (A03) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 0-1 December 11: And Miles To Go b4 Lev Slips Miles vs Polugaevsky, 1984  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2 December 12: Klein Battle J Henseler vs D Klein, 2011  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 28 moves, 0-1 December 13: Rubin Hood Euwe vs Rubinstein, 1921  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 33 moves, 0-1 December 14: Petrov and the Wolf H Wolf vs Von Bardeleben, 1900  (C42) Petrov Defense, 21 moves, 1-0 December 15: Beli Ache Kasparov vs Beliavsky, 1983  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0 December 16: Fake News Capablanca vs Newark Evening News, 1931  (A15) English, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2 December 17: Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Duras vs E Cohn, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0 December 18: Poly Gone Boleslavsky vs Polyak, 1940  (B10) Caro-Kann, 34 moves, 1-0 December 19: The English Impatient D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2010  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 10 moves, 1-0 December 20: The Patient Englisch Englisch vs F Riemann, 1879  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 70 moves, 1-0 December 21,: When The Chips Are Down Bronstein vs Fritz, 1991  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0 December 22: Bologan's Run Bologan vs Smeets, 2011  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 81 moves, 0-1 December 23: Globus Warming S M Globus vs S von Freymann, 1909  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1 December 24: Lasker's 150th Birthday Anniversary Lasker vs Teichmann, 1909   (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 27 moves, 1-0 December 25: How the Grischuk Stole Christmas Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2017  (A05) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 0-1 December 26: A Dima Dozen Mohamed Ali Dima vs M R Venkatesh, 2016  (B01) Scandinavian, 12 moves, 0-1 december 27: The Ballad of Jan and Gulko Gulko vs Timman, 1987  (E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0 December 28: The Queen's English Y Hou vs Karpov, 2018  (A15) English, 53 moves, 1-0 December 29: Bohm Dropped H Bohm vs A Kochyev, 1977  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1 December 30: Fed Up Anand vs Fedorowicz, 1990  (B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 46 moves, 0-1 Deember 31: Marshall Law Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0 358 games