Urusooned. CGs, leave FTB's collections alone!

Note: It's mostly 3.d4 gambits but there are some 3.d3 games included here. Some start as Vienna, Scotch, Italian Games, etc. w/transposition possibilities.

* Video kick start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdX...

* John played two more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlO...

* Is it refuted? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGz... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/imIY...

* Bishop's Opening Variations 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4:

Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3 - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9VFe...

Calabrian Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5

Four Pawns Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 Bh4+ 7.g3 fxg3 8.0-0 gxh2+ 9.Kh1

Greco Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4

Khan Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d5

Lewis Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5

Lewis Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4

Lopez Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Ne7 6.f4

McDonnell Double Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4

Petroff Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4

Ponziani Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4

Urusov (Ponziani) Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3

Wing Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsl... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ROha...

https://www.chessgames.com/chesseco...

Gambit first appeared in English in a 1656 chess handbook that was said to feature almost a hundred illustrated gambetts. Gambett traces back first to the Spanish word gambito, and before that to the Italian gambetto, from gamba meaning "leg." Gambetto referred to the act of tripping someone, as in wrestling, in order to gain an advantage. In chess, gambit (or gambett, as it was once spelled) originally referred to a chess opening whereby the bishop's pawn is intentionally sacrificed—or tripped—to gain an advantage in position. Gambit is now applied to many other chess openings, but after being pinned down for years, it also finally broke free of chess's hold and is used generally to refer to any "move," whether literal or rhetorical, done to get a leg up, so to speak. ― Merriam-Webster dictionary

- https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/code...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/njjL...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJB... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYG...
- https://www.365chess.com/chess-open...

* Chesters: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DunB... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hFiz...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PKGM...
- http://www.eudesign.com/chessops/ec... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ROha...

* Complicated? Not if you don't make it that way: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w8GP... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0oyF...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D74_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EmpO...

* It's not meant for ...e6: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GB4g... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MVdN...

* Best of '65: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAK... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GVX1...

* 5 pawns on the same file: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_hWZ... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_ozp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8QSk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/esOC...

Two Knights Defense, ECO Codes C55-C59
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
Note: ECO Code C55 is not only Two Knights Defense. Note: ECO Codes C56-C59 are only Two Knights Defense.

* Black plays the Two Knights Defense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wge... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O5Kx...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4MsU...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7dJt...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6pG4...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SlW2...

* Defender Overworked: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DB-o... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/loFI...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Q_l5...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l5uY...

* Disc Dbl++: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KUjp... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e8vj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CEpM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3wtM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JLaj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KLlf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/02z1...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9lWy...

* Don't do this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxv... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k3qj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eR2S...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sSrY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tcaL...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxv...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ch8j...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UYvb...

* Duty, Honor, Respect: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U0gs... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q1Au...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/EW-H...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TbNj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AUEx...

- https://metrowestchess.org/communit... - https://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/do... - https://www.chess.com/forum/view/co... - https://chessopenings.com/eco/
- https://morsecodetranslator.com/alp...

The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings is a classification system for chess openings. Each opening is given an ECO code to represent that opening and the moves of that opening. The ECO was originally published in 1974 by a Serbian company called Chess Informant.

Volume A: Flank Openings

White first moves other than 1.e4, 1.d4 (A00–A39) 1.d4 without 1...d5, 1...Nf6: Atypical replies to 1.d4 (A40–A44) 1.d4 Nf6 without 2.c4: Atypical replies to 1...Nf6 (A45–A49) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 without 2...e6, 2...g6: Atypical Indian systems (A50–A79) 1.d4 f5: Dutch Defence (A80–A99)

Volume B: Semi-Open Games other than the French Defense

1.e4 without 1...c5, 1...e6, 1...e5 (B00–B09)
1.e4 c6: Caro-Kann Defence (B10–B19)
1.e4 c5: Sicilian Defence (B20–B99)

Volume C: Open Games and the French Defense

1.e4 e6: French Defence (C00–C19)
1.e4 e5: Double King Pawn games (C20–C99)

Volume D: Closed Games and Semi-Closed Games

1.d4 d5: Double Queen Pawn games (D00–D69)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 with 3...d5: Grünfeld Defence (D70–D99)

Volume E: Indian Defenses

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6: Indian systems with ...e6 (E00–E59) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 without 3...d5: Indian systems with ...g6 (except Grünfeld) (E60–E99)

* Endgame concepts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kra... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CNpd...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52y...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kwXm...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRV...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCs... - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZe... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bEDF...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dunO...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNc...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3_HR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rYeR...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBa...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77v...

* FTB guesses there are more stone losers than scratch-and-claw winners in just about any honkeytonk beer joint in the state (bar and grill excluded): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gjWn... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NJZ_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0HcF...
Family men should get their sober buttocks home to their family and act like a father/husband should act.

* If your father is a demanding coach like this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TXHU... and you practice all your free time like he says to, and you eat your Wheaties, you could play like this (no promises, no guarantees): https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5D-5... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JQ5R...
Dedication brings skills of habits (good and bad), confidence, and visualization of future outcomes.

* Arnold was impressed: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dwc6... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o-zb...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fgrF...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yw3k...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/csW7...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SDYf...

* An earlier Chamberlain, a giant: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ayJ7... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iNqn...

* Is H-1B a chess variant? https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m2r8... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5KR0...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nHJU...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H6b6...

* Handle it: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yuTd... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HWi-...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xXSA...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMFq...

* Igor's favorite: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FG-_... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5Y1U...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hti...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9R...

- https://www.usefulchess.com/opening...

* Italian Game, Giuoco Piano, Evans Gambit:
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uVxL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2k_K...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4SPq...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oKOD...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wONY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u-G5...

* KG says the league gone soft: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gVrX... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Uie2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Lhyq...

* KGA mates: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lCS8... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dsCu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qU2U...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGv...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IftM...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TyTF...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XGPG...

* Luckiest: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dyKA... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n7kJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BkZO...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PH_e...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L97E...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K-Ub...

* The real McCoy, err "Rocky": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MIt9... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NIUf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7FZj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5NFX...

* Missing a pawn... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a15... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sMCj...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQJ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTI...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DZ4p...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hzl2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6Sd...

* Not so lucky: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L8Y8... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gNjy...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8t6b...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r8X_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wp6q...

* 1.Nf3: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TZSD... - https://www.indianchess.org/assets/... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kXA2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-_JM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/osxs...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fH...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGi...

* Painters blunder too: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1oij... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r_bv...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nor...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1QCf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rfcg...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zSWN...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TnMa...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vBXD...

* Petr's Defense: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mgtG... - https://chess.fandom.com/wiki/Petro... - Wikipedia article: Petrov's Defence - https://chess-teacher.com/queen-tra...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QuVc...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rdxi...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9pBV...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LmUp...

* Play with your pieces more than pawns: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CdU3... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/unck...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1jGj...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lTXC...

* Reinforcements - have supplies & reinforcements on the ready!! - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VxK1...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GAIA...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6lSb...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3j-B...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VO13...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nrAj...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/e8Q9...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O-Kt...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qhZp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yiuf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r6ki...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OjeP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b1LY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sdmd...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iViR...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tJ6k...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WBYO...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/acbz...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DohY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_oQN...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Khko...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lsQp...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mWbK...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Kvl...

* Slingin' Sammy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/snyG... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tzsX...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6l2t...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Oefw...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tkKL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hT-7...

* Surprise! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqD... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/r8X_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LaFK...

* Smile no more: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MmIP... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GEAL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/08zC...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CtFY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aCQx...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TUbf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XCMr...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LxuO...

* Sticks and Stones and Sounds:
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0LDa...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TMNo...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LfHS...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NOh7...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HGBe...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ai4x...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zIRi...

* Tactics:
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ki5B...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvL...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KSaZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eeg...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cui...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SfYV...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3znd...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NLsE...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/g0Cn...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd...

* Vikings, BGs, Yanks & Mickeys: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jf3E... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xqy8...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CSmZ...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jTE_...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mUdP...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sK...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kyr1...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c_ZF...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JfCP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b6KH...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/D29U...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iCjM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jW4P...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4qM2...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rM5J...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lTli...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xlhP...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Woif...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8KOd...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IOOl...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3QJf...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AGHc...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z1WI...

* Water is real, blood heals: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LCun... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/czO4...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hpaI...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mKK9...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sIhk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LWtY...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oSh7...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdb... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zz8q...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lZaR...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wEwC...

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrE...

* 90?!! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PEDz... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kwKG...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Varu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mkrV...

"What is the object of playing a gambit opening? To acquire a reputation of being a dashing player at the cost of losing a game." — Siegbert Tarrasch

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

"It doesn't require much for misfortune to strike in the King's Gambit, one incautious move, and Black can be on the edge of the abyss." — Anatoly Karpov

<I'd rather have Clawz than Toez,

I'd rather have Earz than a Noze.
And as for my Hair,
I'm glad it's all there,
I'll be awfully sad, when it goez.>

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

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

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

* Riddle-soap-free: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

The unethical CGs operators have hacked this collection and even changed the name. It's all part of the BS constant harassment of Fredthebear's account for many years. Fire these scoundrels, Susan!

CITATION EDIT <JFQ> <Here is the original Alekhine quotation in full, which is actually part of an annotation of move 29 from the 4th game of the Match: Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1934

After noting a suggested improvement on move 29... from <Dr. Lasker>, Alekhine goes on to say:

"This game – more than any other – proves how useless from the sporting point of view was the arrangement of this second match, and at the same time explains my indifferent play on a number of occasions. I felt sure that Bogoljubow was no longer able to take advantage of the opportunities my play might present to him, and – very unfortunately for the general artistic value of the present match – the score 7 to 1 in my favour after the 22nd game fully justified my sanguine outlook."

-Alexander Alekhine
"My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937"
Dover 1995 (Unabridged reprint of "Best Games" vols. 1 and 2)

p. 137>

Mercury is the smallest planet in the solar system, approximately 3000 miles (4850 km) in diameter, hardly larger than the moon. Despite being the smallest, it's extremely dense. In fact, it's the second densest planet after Earth. It's also the closest planet to the sun, making it dangerous to explore. Mercury is 48 million miles from the earth.

Don't Belong
Riddle Question: Which of the following words don't belong in the group and why? CORSET, COSTER, SECTOR, ESCORT, COURTS

Riddle Answer: Courts. All of the others are anagrams of each other.

"There's no need to fear or hope, but only to look for new weapons." ― Gilles Deleuze

"In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men; and under systematic management the best man rises to the top more certainly and more rapidly than ever before." ― Frederick Winslow Taylor

"Systems, scientific or philosophic, come and go. Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system is a triumphant success: in its decay it is an obstructive nuisance." ― Alfred North Whitehead

"What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better." ― Wendell Phillips

"Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune." ― William James

"You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step." ― Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory." ― Alfred North Whitehead

"I like first class, but I don't like first class people - I prefer the people in coach. I like fine restaurants, but prefer the taste of McDonalds. I like to be perfect, but I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection. I know, I am a walking contradiction." ― Alber Elbaz

"Your discovery of the contradiction caused me the greatest surprise and, I would almost say, consternation, since it has shaken the basis on which I intended to build my arithmetic." ― Gottlob Frege

"It's not easy to see things from the middle, rather than looking down on them from above or up at them from below, or from left to right or right to left: try it, you'll see that everything changes." ― Gilles Deleuze

"Lear, Macbeth. Mercutio – they live on their own as it were. The newspapers are full of them, if we were only the Shakespeares to see it. Have you ever been in a Police Court? Have you ever watched tradesmen behind their counters? My soul, the secrets walking in the streets! You jostle them at every corner. There's a Polonius in every first-class railway carriage, and as many Juliets as there are boarding-schools. ... How inexhaustibly rich everything is, if you only stick to life." ― Walter de La Mare

"You never walk alone. Even the devil is the lord of flies." ― Gilles Deleuze

"Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice." ― Alfred North Whitehead

"It is much easier to bury a problem than to solve it." ― Ludwig Wittgenstein

<"Every time I coach people, I <emphasize> the following key concepts:

^Develop your pieces off the back rank at the beginning of the game (Extremely underrated by beginners) Quickly activate both Knights and Bishops before Queen and Rooks.

^Control the center (Chess pieces control a lot more squares and have more directional choices, sudden strikes from the center of the board) For example, the Qf3/Qd5 diagonally hits f7 and the Ra8.

^Make sure your king is safer than the opponent's Get castled away from the battle for the center; do not leave your king exposed to check, especially the opposing queen advancing to the flank w/a check and fork of a LPDO

Every opening in chess is based on these fundamental principles. Thus, if you can understand such concepts and put them into practice, your chess strength will skyrocket!" ― IM Luis Torres>

> Protect your pieces. Loose Pieces Drop Off. Your middlegame position generally tends to be in good standing as long as you have a grip on the center, the king is castled and rooks connected, your pieces are active, and you don't drop material. Know all the possible ways of responding to a threat of capture.<

A Windsong by Ray Paquette (1984):

As you set sail for new horizons
May a brisk fair wind be with you
May your journey provide that mixture of
Joy, contentment, love and excitement
That gives rise to zestful anticipation
Of new adventures together.
May you cheerfully weather
the unavoidable storms together
And steer as clear of all obstacles
As the currents allow
May God Bless and keep you
Bon Voyage

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<<<<<<<<A>m>a>n>d>a> Kay wrote:>

Checkmate
You were my knight
Shining armor
Chess board was our home
Queen's fondness you garnered
A kiss sweeter than honeycomb>

"My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring." ― Prince William

Romans 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

"It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word." ― King James I

"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption" hp?y=1927&t=NYA

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<from the simpleton poet:

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.

Chess is creative.
And a journey too.

Good in the morning.
Or just before bed.

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

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

"The Lord is first, my friends are second, and I am third." ― Gale Sayers

"To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in this treasure house, the Bible?" — Queen Elizabeth II

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." ― Benjamin Franklin

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

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

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

"The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal." — Criss Jami

<<<The Blossom> by William Blake>

Merry, merry sparrow!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Sees you, swift as arrow,
Seek your cradle narrow,
Near my bosom.
Pretty, pretty robin!
Under leaves so green
A happy blossom
Hears you sobbing, sobbing,
Pretty, pretty robin,
Near my bosom.>

Psalm 96: 1-3
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth. Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

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

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

Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction."

X-Ray: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/B6E5...

Zechariah 3:9 - See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua! There are seven eyes on that one stone, and I will engrave an inscription on it,' says the LORD Almighty, 'and I will remove the sin of this land in a single day.

Zugzwang: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uVOL... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LyAy...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SmWr...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMFq...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vBXD...

Bless Us, O Lord
Traditional Catholic Prayer

Bless us, O Lord,

And these Thy gifts

Which we are about to receive,

Through Thy bounty

Through Christ our Lord we pray.
Amen.

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

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

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

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"Stay sharp, play smart, and take care." ― NM Nelson Lopez

Z is for Zookeeper (to the tune of "Do You Know the Muffin Man?")

Oh do you know the zookeeper,
The zookeeper, the zookeeper?
Oh, do you know the zookeeper
Who works down at the zoo?

Sing it Frankie! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEc... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XjuW...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_mA8...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mMTs...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/p8D9...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qbTs...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MKfb...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qL-1...

XoY

B-b-Black iz Black, Orange iz Orange, White iz lite, Brown iz Both, Black iz dark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1g... But any color will do as long azit iznt Blew. Try AOC Gfreen mousepad; hard on thy earz worse on thy tummy butt ez on thy eyez. Here'z Al: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXx... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ic7P...

Charlie Brown often opened 1.e4 like this: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess...

Modern day Charlie: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/uUfV... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6S80...

Ten games near the top of the list from e4 resigns inspired this collection. Thank you e4 resigns and ToTheDeath!

Here's a miniature e4 resigns played: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d6? 5. Qd5! (resigns)

* The Alekhine's Defense chess opening has 41 official variations by the ECO classification: https://chess-openings-for-beginner... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WsVT...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wGpq...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Funt...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RWjc...

* Don't be a d-pawn fool: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-qd8...

* No true Dutch defender should be fooled by this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hm5c... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WVLR...

* 3.Nc3 Nc6 Nimzowitsch Defense: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bj2l... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/b6fr...

* Black B-G Gambit 3...Qf6?, White develops rapidly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZS...

* Black B-G Gambit, White wins (the original Q trap): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S7...

* Black B-G Gambit (Bxf2+): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5i...

* Black B-G Gambit (Ns out): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAI...

* Black B-G Gambit - two young GMs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yp...

* Black B-G Gambit - 3-move copycat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQ...

* Black B-G Declined - win in 15 moves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFc...

* Black B-G Gambit - Time segments per move variation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BF...

* Don't fall for this rubbish: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yfmE...

* Try 4.Qd5 instead of this: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LpUZ... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/f2w-...
- Wikipedia article: Englund Gambit

* Non-Gambit delays d4: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipWx...

* Freshen up: https://www.365chess.com/chess-open... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/loj1...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axZ...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkb...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G1-A...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/blHN...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/X4jI...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Afz3...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hKKx...
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynr...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K_iw...

* Rule the world: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FmHL... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wtb6...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-Tz9...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0jD5...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yT6L...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kl6L...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y1gP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GwRu...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/K-Ub...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1GDk...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3N-Z...

- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fdqv...

Elizabeth's Prayer
Thank you, God for this food we eat
Thank you for our family, friends, and flowers so sweet Thank you for the bees and birds that sing
Thank you, God for everything!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IMFq...

Reverend's blessing
May our Heavenly Father bless and keep you
and may He shine his light upon you and bring you peace Amen
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3N-Z...

Sing it Frank X! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/abgt... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qBlP...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oj7d...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GGgb...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/k_8x...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UVxM...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lO1a...
- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a_lf...

Uncommon Opening/Modern (A00) 1-0 Smothered Queen
J Cukierman vs NN, 1934
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Owen Defense: General (B00) 1-0 Bxf7+ generates Pawn mate!
M Trajkovski vs G Bytyqi, 2019
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's Defense, Krejcik Variation (B02) 0-1 Juniors
B De Jonghe vs D Barlov, 1976
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 74 moves, 0-1
variants / Bishop's Opening Gambit (000) 1-0 K gets flushed out
Steinitz vs NN, 1878
(000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: Berlin Def. Greco Gambit (C23) 1-0 Unique Mate!
Greco vs NN, 1620
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Var (C23) 1-0 Rush of checks
Greco vs NN, 1620
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Var (C23) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy w/B aid
Greco vs NN, 1620
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Var (C23) 1-0 Q trap on edge
Greco vs NN, 1620
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation (C23) 0-1 Notes by Morphy
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 54 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Lopez Variation. Lopez Gambit (C23) 0-1
W Pollock vs Gunsberg, 1886
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Anderssen Gambit (C23) 0-1Another 0-0 victory
A Mongredien vs Anderssen, 1851
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Anderssen Gambit (C23) 0-1 Stockfish
Dufresne vs Anderssen, 1856
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 37 moves, 0-1
B's Opening 3.Qh5 Parham Attk (C20) 0-1Timely scholastic opport
Chaiken vs E Schiller, 1970
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 0-1 Assault f2 & f7!
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1841
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 annotated by Morphy
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish notes
Staunton vs Saint-Amant, 1843
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bishop's Opening: General (C23) 0-1 check+, it could be mate!
M Burkett vs D Fritzinger, 1969
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 The Original
D Ponziani vs NN, 1769
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 Golden
S Boden vs Bird, 1869
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 0-1 Dadian SKEPTICS
Baron Krudner vs A Dadian, 1881
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
B's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 Tartakower's Stampede!
Tartakower vs O Schewe, 1905
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 Keep threatening #
Marshall vs B Forsberg, 1924
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 Q trap
J Rohl vs A Albadri, 2004
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 Qs & Ns riddle
S Kurkin vs A Panko, 2003
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 71 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1-0 No escape hatch
P Corbin vs A Mein, 2008
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
3... Nxd4 4. Qxd4 Nd6? 5. 0-0!
L Prokes vs O Zander, 1925
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
3... Nxe4 4. dxe5 Nc5 5. Nf3
Y Neishtadt vs Gipslis, 1955
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
3... Nxe4 4. dxe5 Ng5?!
H Szymaniak vs J Claus, 2005
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
3... c6!? 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qe2!
Fedorov vs Mamedyarov, 2004
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
3...exd4 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. c3
I A Horowitz vs NN, 1939
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
3... exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 (with 8...Nc6?!)
Y Neishtadt vs NN, 1950
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
3... exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 (Main Line)
H Faehndrich vs Steinitz, 1897
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
3... exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4. 5. Qxd4 Nc5
Y Estrin vs Taimanov, 1949
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
3... exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 (Main Line)
Schlechter vs Neustadtl / Tietz, 1901
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 49 moves, 1-0
3... exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4 (Main Line)
B Barnard vs M Steadman, 1997
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Urusov Gambit (C42) Turn the tables; hunter becomes the hunted
NN vs Zukertort, 1862
(C42) Petrov Defense, 10 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit (C24) 0-1 Comprehend
Spielmann vs Alekhine, 1912
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit (C24) 1-0 Fritz takes material
Dzindzichashvili vs Fritz, 1991
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0Stockfish
H Schlemm vs S Wranay, 1872
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Powerful piece sacrifice leads to long term initiative
Schlechter vs Teichmann, 1904
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1/2-
J Mieses vs Rubinstein, 1912
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0
N Tereshchenko vs Rotlewi, 1909
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 0-1 Dbl Attk
Marshall vs Torre, 1924
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0 R shot!
G Timoscenko vs Karpov, 1967
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 0-1 SF notes
R Sasata vs S Webb, 1997
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 43 moves, 0-1
B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0 Frankly-
M Zavanelli vs A Pope, 1987
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C23) 0-1 Decoy sac, Royal fork
NN vs Greco, 1620
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Philidor vs NN, 1749
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Pin the defender
Cochrane vs NN, 1822
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20)1-0 Q sac for a N+ fork wins a P
Staunton vs Cochrane, 1842
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Staunton vs Cochrane, 1843
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Rob the pin to win!
J Schulten vs C Stanley, 1844
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C23) 1-0 Scholar's Mate variant
M Meyer vs D Newcomb, 1952
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Strip P shield, trap B
Spielmann vs S Levitsky, 1912
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 0-1 Unavoidable Arabian # next
W Ramsay vs S Crakanthorp, 1903
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Early Scholar's # thwarted
E Schiller vs R Hungaski, 2004
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 White N travels to HOOK #
J Kristiansen vs Short, 2006
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Stein Gambit (C23) 0-1 Balestra Mate
Weigel vs Ebert, 1936
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Great game, similar to Paulsen vs Morphy 1857
G MacDonnell vs S Boden, 1869
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C27) 0-1 Castling mishap
H Johnsohn vs S Herland, 1907
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Bishop's O., Blanel G. (C27) 1-0 Can't defend 2 mating squares
Kutjanin vs Jakobjuk, 1940
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
16 move mate: King goes for a walk in the Frankenstein-Dracula
E Book vs A Hiidenheimo, 1924
(C27) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Germans say "Zwickmuhle" (literally, "double mill" or dilemma).
M Kupferstich vs H Andreasen, 1953
(C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit (C26) 0-1Reti Mate before Reti
J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit (C23) 0-1 Deflection Sacrifice
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1842
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit (C23) 1-0 taken to school
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1841
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening Pseudo Philidor (C23) 1-0 Pressure f7 into EG
D Liu vs E Supriyono, 2001
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: Thorold Gambit (C23) 0-1 is likely 1-0 Stockfish
W Spens vs C De Vere, 1867
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
B's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit (C23) 0-1 The Qs fly out!
NN vs Greco, 1620
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese CG (C23) 0-1 White Q attacks alone
Otto vs von der Lasa, 1839
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Cntrgambit (C23) 0-1 Kside crusher
B Fisher vs Steinitz, 1872
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit (C23) 0-1 Greco Mate
Reichert vs E Diemer, 1950
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 0-1 4 piece lightening
Stevenson vs A Marriott, 1868
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 0-1
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 1/2-1/2 Blindfold Simul
Blackburne vs Dickens, 1873
(C21) Center Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vienna Game: Stanley Var. Reversed Spanish (C26) 1-0Kick it in!
H Hallmann vs W Schneider, 1931
(C26) Vienna, 13 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid. Spielmann Attk (C26) 1-0 Simul
Larsen vs B Hodler, 1988
(C26) Vienna, 38 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 Legall's #
Taylor vs K Dreyer, 1934
(C27) Vienna Game, 9 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky G. (C27) 1-0Lowenthal notes
Morphy vs Potier, 1858
(C27) Vienna Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 1-0 Really??
C Hartlaub vs Lasker, 1908
(C27) Vienna Game, 17 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 1-0 Sac B, N & Q!!
P Richardson vs E Delmar, 1871
(C27) Vienna Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Game 72 in Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev
Morphy vs T Barnes, 1859
(C27) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 1-0 + & fork
H Van Oostrum vs Rohner, 1981
(C27) Vienna Game, 10 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 0-1 Discovery
J Robertson vs Blackburne, 1867
(C27) Vienna Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 Stockfish
Lasker vs D Martinez, 1892
(C27) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1/2- JHB notes
Albin vs Schlechter, 1895
(C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
B's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 Decline 7.Bh6
C Hartlaub vs Eisele, 1889
(C27) Vienna Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 Skewer+
L Taussig vs P Bodenstein, 1906
(C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0
good book is Bronstein's 200 Open Games, where he gives guideli
J C Benjamin vs G Carter, 1982
(C27) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1 Q Decoy Trap
Spielmann vs Reti, 1928
(C28) Vienna Game, 14 moves, 0-1
B's Opening: Vienna Hybrid / KGD (C28) 1-0 Greco's Mate next
E Egorov vs K Rjabzev, 2001
(C28) Vienna Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 See blogger notes
Karjakin vs Kosteniuk, 2005
(C28) Vienna Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 Ns & outside passers
Karjakin vs Bologan, 2004
(C28) Vienna Game, 51 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 22.0-0-0
H Ziska vs W Kobese, 2008
(C28) Vienna Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 file opener, skewer
Hromadka vs Graf-Stevenson, 1937
(C28) Vienna Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 0-0-0
B Gurgenidze vs Psakhis, 1981
(C28) Vienna Game, 42 moves, 1-0
KGA Bishop's Gambit Greco Var (C33) 0-1 Scholar's Mate
B R vs A Wagner, 1902
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 5 moves, 0-1
Damiano Def (C40) 1-0 Semi-Smothered Mate robs the pinned Pawn
Ruth Nacario vs D Allotey, 2016
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 9 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 Short Short Tg O' War
Tg Zulkifli vs W Lai, 1992
(C42) Petrov Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 Misnamed
F Malkawi vs K Phommasone, 2010
(C42) Petrov Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit 4.Bxf7+ KxB (C42) 0-1
Y Gonzalez vs A Matoussi, 2012
(C42) Petrov Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 Ask "What's the threat?"
J Dekker vs R Copier, 1996
(C42) Petrov Defense, 5 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 White whips Black
L G L Copp vs R Kerr, 1944
(C42) Petrov Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
A simple 7 ... Qf6 or Qe7 holds things together for Black
G Robinson vs C Davie, 1916
(C42) Petrov Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 0-1 Correspondence
G Nickel vs R H Steinmeyer, 1963
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 early Qs exchange
M Granger / S Raunheim vs Kashdan, 1938
(C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit (C24) 0-1 Accept, trade down
D Geronimi vs H Filippini, 2007
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 0-1 White can't win w/two Qs
R Franz vs C Mayet, 1858
(C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
NN vs Santa Claus, 1908
(C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 0-1 29.b4 holds the draw
Staunton vs Cochrane, 1842
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 0-1 Entertaining all around
E M Jackson vs Marshall, 1899
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 1-0Blast the h-file open
Saumchurn vs Cochrane, 1855
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 0-1 21.? Stockfish notes!
W Adams vs A Simonson, 1940
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 0-1 "Two Car Collision"
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 1-0, Bxf7+, Ng5+ Q trap
E Paehtz vs M Mueller-Seps, 2004
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
1Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) · 1-0
C Juarez Flores vs S Fancy, 2004
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
2Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Nunn vs K Janetschek, 1980
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
3Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 1-0 Tactics
Nunn vs Korchnoi, 1981
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 39 moves, 1-0
4Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 1-0 Ramsgate
Nunn vs S Taulbut, 1981
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 59 moves, 1-0
The best Steinitz's sacrifice! Every type of unit involved!
M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Game 20: Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess
J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1906
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Stanley Var. Meitner-Mieses Gambit (C23) 1-0Golden
I A Horowitz vs NN, 1940
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Stanley. Meitner-Mieses Gambit (C23) 1-0Smothered#
Alekhine vs Goluvsky, 1930
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Stanley 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.f4 Bronstein Gambit (C23) 1-0
C F van Tongerloo vs T de Veij, 1979
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening - Legall's start-up (C23) 1-0 37.? easy
A Tate vs L Colompar, 2013
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Haxo Gambit (C45) 1-0 Finish w/sharp possibilities
Staunton / Barnes vs Lowenthal / NN, 1856
(C45) Scotch Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 1-0 Scholar's Mate plus 1+
J N February vs Vitumbiko Gondwe, 2016
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 1-0 Mayet's Mate
Kolisch vs K Hamppe, 1859
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 0-1 Wild attacks
J Moller vs Maroczy, 1907
(C45) Scotch Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance (C45) 0-1 N raid!
E Tholfsen vs Marshall, 1924
(C45) Scotch Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Scotch Gambit, Advance (C45) 1-0Starts out as C24 Urusov-Gambit
Torre vs H R Bigelow, 1924
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Urusov/Scotch Gambit. Advance (C45) 1-0 f-pawn thrust exposure
R Grabczewski vs Z Gabrys, 1961
(C45) Scotch Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 0-1 Outnumbered
S C Willenberg vs W Kobese, 2011
(C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 0-1
Ponziani Gambit Transposes to Scotch Gambit. Advance (C45) 0-1
B Adhiban vs A Volokitin, 2016
(C45) Scotch Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1/2-1/2 Blitz
Carlsen vs So, 2019
(C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
3/Four Knights: Italian Var (C46) 1-0 Blitz; Pin & Spearhead #
H J Calladay vs J Liebling, 1924
(C46) Three Knights, 15 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Rousseau Gambit (C50) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
W Lewis vs NN, 1840
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Rosentreter Gambit / Miami Variation (C50) 1-0
A Chumpitaz vs Y Miranda Llanes, 2020
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 0-1 Q pin, N&B#
D Mueller vs S Pieper, 1988
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 10 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 0-1 Unsuspecting
Mohammed Shahudha vs Etedal Almeraj, 2016
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 8 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 0-1
Keziah Narkwor George vs S Bekheet, 2016
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 9 moves, 0-1
Italian mini, 2Knights Def. Open Variation (C55) 1-0 Qd5 wins N
R Snyder vs Ellis, 1972
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
Urusov/Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk Long Var (C55) 1-0
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1910
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 53 moves, 1-0
1 Max L
Steinitz vs P Meitner, 1860
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
2 Max L
Rubinstein vs G Bartoszkiewicz, 1897
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
3 Max L
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1910
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
4 Max L
Marshall vs Tarrasch, 1910
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
5 Max L
Maroczy vs Vidmar, 1922
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
6 Max L
Tartakower vs NN, 1933
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 0-1 Pile on
Spielmann vs Reti, 1913
(C56) Two Knights, 30 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 R shot
Tartakower vs E Steiner, 1921
(C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Nakhmanson Gambit (C56) 1-0So Good
V Sokolov vs Rusnikov, 1966
(C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 1-0
Italian, Two Knts Def. Polerio Def (C57) 0-1 Reti # / Opera #
M Amini vs R Gralla, 2010
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Fried Liver Attack (C57) 1-0 Pin
W Pollock vs J Burt, 1885
(C57) Two Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1907
(C27) Vienna Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 1-0 Rook Snatch Tactic!
J Mieses vs Reti, 1908
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 1-0 Frankenstein-Dracula
Lipke vs Schlechter, 1894
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 49 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 0-1 examined by many
S Rosselli del Turco vs Rubinstein, 1925
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 64 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 0-1 Blindfold Simul
Gonzales / Azevedo vs Najdorf, 1947
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening, Pseudo Evans G (44) 1-0 I didn't see that #
Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 1-0 The B backed up
W Heidenfeld vs A Pytlakowski, 1951
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 1-0 Q fork
F Legree vs F Lige, 1978
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 16 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) 0-1 Arkhipov links
M Kislov vs S Arkhipov, 1981
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: MacDonnell Gambit (C23) 1-0 J.Lowenthal notes
Morphy vs J Freeman, 1858
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening, MacDonnell Double Gambit (C23) 1-0 Simul
Steinitz vs Reyne, 1896
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
B's Opening: MacDonnell G. La Bourdonnais-Denker G. (C23) 1-0
Dr Donald McInturff vs O M Rolo, 1948
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Stanley. Meitner-Mieses Gambit (C23) 1-0
J Emms vs J C Hawksworth, 1986
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit (C23) 1-0 opening vid
A Antoniou vs T Kett, 2007
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese CG (C23) 1-0 So young, calm, coool!
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1848
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit (C23) 0-1 She gets ar
P Humble vs S Angas, 1850
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit (C23) 0-1Cross pin f2
J M IJzerman vs Steinitz, 1873
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation. Monster Declined (C27) 1-0
Topalov vs Dominguez Perez, 2019
(C27) Vienna Game, 61 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: General 2...Qe7 (C23) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
A Pourkashiyan vs E A Perez, 2006
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: 4.d4 Scotch. Accepted (C47) 1/2-1/2
Firouzja vs Ding Liren, 2022
(C47) Four Knights, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 1-0 uncommon double fork
S Delgado Ramirez vs W Stevens, 1956
(C21) Center Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 1-0 Lolli's Mate awaits
Blackburne vs Woodward, 1863
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Morphy Attk (C51) 1-0 Just like PM!
T Zeids vs J Fride, 1930
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
E Safarli vs Mamedyarov, 2013
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 54 moves, 0-1
Vienna Game: Stanley Var. Monster Declined (C27) 1-0 Royal fork
Duncan vs B Siegheim, 1920
(C27) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C23) · 1/2-1/2
P Evtifeev vs N Tereshchenko, 1909
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0
Torre vs Santasiere, 1924
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 49 moves, 1-0
C Hartlaub vs P Leonhardt, 1906
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0Exch Sac Attk
J Balint vs Chernev, 1938
(C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0
Snave Gambit?
K Hamppe vs Falkbeer, 1849
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
Philidor Defense: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 Bxf7+ KxB, Nxe5+ pin
P Skatchkov vs K Krovelschikov, 2001
(C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
19.?
H Heikinheimo vs R Crepeaux, 1950
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit (C24) 1-0 No, not that way
M Wysocki vs G Vaughn, 1992
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit (C24) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
M Vujic vs D Paravyan, 2023
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Urusov Gambit (C42) 1-0 Almost Fried Liver
R Brien vs Paterson, 1858
(C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit (C24) 0-1 Merry Christmas!
R Smirka vs Santasiere, 1924
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 43 moves, 0-1
offramp is my 3rd favorite poster during All-Day Thirsty Thurs
Firouzja vs Nakamura, 2020
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. B check line (C42) 1-0 Corresp
Gossip vs Birmingham, 1860
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Damiano. Kholmov Gambit (C42) 0-1 U10 - pay heed!
Grischuk vs S Guliev, 1993
(C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Blanel Gambit (C27) 1-0 Blindfold AA unmasks
Alekhine vs Ledr, 1922
(C27) Vienna Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27) 1-0 Stockfish
Rublevsky vs A Scetinin, 1992
(C27) Vienna Game, 18 moves, 1-0
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