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French C11s Clipped Fredthebear
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If it was in the USA Today newspaper, it's gotta be true...

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* Alekhine's Defense transposes to the French: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Everlasting L4U: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jNMN... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ObeV...
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- https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7U_C...

* Masterful: Game Collection: FRENCH DEFENSE MASTERPIECES

* TFD: https://chessentials.com/category/l...

* Therio what? Game Collection: Theriomorphic French Games

St. Andrews

C11 French Defence
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6

C11 French Defence
Swiss Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3

C11 French Defence
Henneberger Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Be3

C11 French Defence
Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5

C11 French Defence
Steinitz Variation, Bradford Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Qg4

C11 French Defence
Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6

C11 French Defence
Steinitz Variation, Brodsky-Jones Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.a3 Bxc5 8.Qg4 O-O 9.Nf3 f6

C11 French Defence
Steinitz Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3

C11 French Defence
Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3

C11 French Defence
Steinitz Variation, Gledhill Attack
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qg4

C11 French Defence
Burn Variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4

Coleen Mzarriz wrote:

Thunder in the Spring of Casmorville
She has freckles like little eyes boring a hole into your soul when she looks at you. She has a face as clear as crystal that when you look at her, you can see your own reflection—mirrorless, empty, and reserved. When you press your lips against hers, a flood of poisonous schemes awaits you, and you'll be lost like Alice in Wonderland.

She's an important chess piece that cannot be easily moved; she's a queen, the ace, the king. A pawn may capture a queen, but she is also the king. Her throne reeks of gold and fortune, her mind flows with wisdom, and her body's attached like the goddess Aphrodite. She's the thunder in the rain. Her cries are a woe of revenge and power. Death can not capture a woman like her. She's Eve and she's Lilith. She's a spirit and she can be a snake—crawling with her reptile skin. Her eyes are as fierce shaped as the diamond's emerald and lastly, she's macabre surrealism that when you read her, her true self shows and pushes you to infinite possible dreams you can dream of.

Avary is the bird of thunder. In her cage, she's a young soul duplicated to bring misfortune every time it rains in the spring of Casmorville.

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

A quirky, strategic opening with fractured pawns. Things can get rather complex and often neither side castles.

Thank you Zhbugnoimt, sigi, unavenisluncem, FTB, and prime rib. See French Defense compiled by builttospill.

Note to self: See Corky's G1511

* Geordieray's Winawers: Game Collection: French Winawer

* ISeth's French Winawer Poisoned Pawn: Game Collection: French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn Variation

* Therio what? Game Collection: Theriomorphic French Games

ECO Codes - French Defence
* C00 - 1.e4 e6 without 2.d4 (early deviations)
* C01 - 2.d4 d5 (includes the Exchange Variation, 3.exd5) * C02 - 3.e5 (Advance Variation)
* C03 - 3.Nd2 (includes 3...Be7; C03-C09 cover the Tarrasch Variation) * C04 - 3.Nd2 Nc6 (Guimard Variation)
* C05 - 3.Nd2 Nf6
* C06 - 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3
* C07 - 3.Nd2 c5 (includes 4.exd5 Qxd5)
* C08 - 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5
* C09 - 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6
* C10 - 3.Nc3 (includes the Rubinstein Variation, 3...dxe4) * C11 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 (includes the Steinitz Variation, 4.e5; C11-C14 cover the Classical Variation) * C12 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 (includes the MacCutcheon Variation, 4...Bb4) * C13 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 (Burn Variation)
* C14 - 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
* C15 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 (C15-C19 cover the Winawer Variation) * C16 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5
* C17 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5
* C18 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 (includes the Armenian Variation, 5...Ba5) * C19 - 3.Nc3 Bb4 4 e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 and 7.a4

* Ideas: Game Collection: Ideas In The French Defense

* Additional French Defense games: Game Collection: French Defense

* Well-rounded coverage: Game Collection: French Defense

* Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense

* TFD: https://chessentials.com/category/l...

* Therio what? Game Collection: Theriomorphic French Games

* Emre: https://chessdoctrine.com/chess-ope...

goodevans: <whiteshark: Worst end of a WCC <<EVER>!!!!>> <Really? It's not like the President of FIDE stepped in and abandoned the match.>

When he says "ever" he means "in the last 5 years". Attention spans are very short these days.

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

^Develop your pieces at the beginning of the game (Extremely underrated by beginners)

^Control the center (Chess pieces control a lot more squares from the center of the board)

^Make sure your king is safer than the opponent's

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.<

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"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere." — Albert Einstein

"You have enemies? Good; that means you have stood up for something, sometime in your life." — Winston Churchill

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

"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

"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

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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

>poem by ‘Judy' on page 53 of the Westminster Chess Club Papers, 1 August 1868:

A Game of Chess

Life's something like a game of Chess,
The board our little sphere;
Alternate bright and darker spots,
Like our existence here.
At first, like ‘pawns', we quickly move,
No checks we meet from Time;
And then the ‘bishops' cross our path
Ere yet we've reached our prime.

Onward, like ‘kings', our duty done
On our appointed square;
Alas! to find our cherish'd hopes
Are ‘castled' in the air!

Like ‘knights', right boldly we advance,
So firm at first our aim;
Then turn aside away from good,
Afraid to combat shame.

Our heart's ‘queen' lost! do not despair,
Nor shrink in heartfelt pain;
By breaking thro' our manhood's foes,
We'll win her back again!

And having tried our best to win,
We're ‘mated' p'r'aps at last!
With hopes fulfill'd and duty done,
May our life's game be past.

The struggle closed; with all we find
A common resting-place,
Where foes can meet without recoil,
And friends without embrace.

So life is like a game of Chess,
The board our little sphere;
Alternate bright and darker spots,
Like our existence here.<

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Better to go in your pants than go in the bush?! Give the man credit for having a wad of paper in his hand.

It musta been the intimidating ponytail that saved him.

If this were a bear, give the creature your picnic basket, your keys and wallet, or tell a bunch of clean dad jokes.

Of course, prayer is always helpful.

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<limerick, entitled ‘The Solver's Plight' was by ‘A.J.F.' A.J. Fink and was published on page 22 of Chess Potpourri by Alfred C. Klahre (Middletown, 1931):

There was a man from Vancouver
Who tried to solve a two-mover;
But the boob, he said, ‘"Gee",
I can't find the "Kee",
No matter HOW I manouvre.'>

The Fighting Temeraire
Inspired by the painting The Fighting Temeraire by JMW Turner https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/...

The Fighting Temeraire
I lead this Queen to a guillotine
She follows me with dignity and grace
all English oak and 98 guns.
I am an unsuitable escort for my Lady,
my low born coarseness, the effort of towing her punctuated by upward belches and grinding grunts, I am unbecoming as a royal guard but she is silent, already haunted
She no longer flies the Union Jack as she did in battle but a white flag of sale
and surrender
She is no longer adorned by ornament or armament She will never again feel a storm fight to strip her sails from her body in violent passion her clothes have been sold
In her nakedness, she is ethereal
but I am aware of Temeraire's glorious past
The Battle of Trafalgar;
She swept to the side of the wounded HMS Victory, and through intrepid maneuvers and savage fighting, saved the shattered Victory from certain death,
and took two ships hostage.
But today, the sun sets in the distance on the days of elegant, tall-masted warships
There are streaks of red in the sky and sea, that match the streaks of red on her deck, that can't be washed away
I've been paid a purse of coin to escort her to the other side. As I am reluctantly relieved of the tow ropes that bind us, I hope that pieces of her live on somewhere
In tribute to the Fighting Temeraine.

Event "Rated Bullet game"
Site "https://lichess.org/nlrrOnSO"
Date "2021.12.14"
White "taskampomou"
Black "Isaykin_Artem"
Result "1-0"
WhiteElo "2206"
BlackElo "2361"
UTCDate "2022.10.29"
UTCTime "17:07:34"
Variant "Standard"
ECO "C01"
Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation, Monte Carlo Variation" Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Remote_Chess_..." Source "https://lichess.org/study/XbHbOKiN/..." Orientation "white"

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 Ng4 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Rxe3 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Ne5+ Kg8 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ Kg8 16. Nxd8+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qg8# 1-0 White wins. 1-0

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Question: The world's first speeding ticket was issued in 1896. Where did it happen? Answer: London, England

Walter Arnold was driving four times the limit, at an astonishing speed of 8 miles per hour. Back in those days, the speed limit was 2 miles per hour – you could easily walk faster. The driver was eventually arrested after being chased by a police officer on a bicycle.

>The Eye of the Master

A stag took refuge from the chase
Among the oxen of a stable,
Who counseled him, as says the fable,
To seek at once some safer place.
"My brothers," said the fugitive,
"Betray me not, and, as I live,
The richest pasture I will show,
That ever was grazed on, high or low;
Your kindness you will not regret,
For well some day I'll pay the debt."
The oxen promised secrecy.
Down crouched the stag, and breathed more free.
At eventide they brought fresh hay,
As was their custom day by day;
And often came the servants near,
As did indeed the overseer,
But with so little thought or care,
That neither horns, nor hide, nor hair
Revealed to them the stag was there.
Already thanked the wild-wood stranger
The oxen for their treatment kind,
And there to wait made up his mind,
Till he might issue free from danger.
Replied an ox that chewed the cud,
"Your case looks fairly in the bud;
But then I fear the reason why
Is, that the man of sharpest eye
Has not yet come his look to take.
I dread his coming, for your sake;
Your boasting may be premature:
Till then, poor stag, you're not secure."
It was but a little while before
The careful master oped the door.
"How's this, my boys?" said he;
"These empty racks will never do.
Go, change this dirty litter too.
More care than this I want to see
Of oxen that belong to me.
Well, Jim, my boy, you're young and stout;
What would it cost to clear these cobwebs out?
And put these yokes, and hames, and traces,
All as they should be, in their places?"
Thus looking round, he came to see
One head he did not usually.
The stag is found; his foes
Deal heavily their blows.
Down sinks he in the strife;
No tears can save his life.
They slay, and dress, and salt the beast,
And cook his flesh in many a feast,
And many a neighbour gets a taste.
As Phaedrus says it, pithily,
The master's is the eye to see:
I add the lover's, as for me.<

"Happiness depends upon ourselves." ― Aristotle

Old Russian Proverb: A good laugh is sunshine in a house.

"Don't just follow your dreams; chase them down, grab hold and don't let go." ― Kellie Elmore

>Johnnie Crack And Flossie Snail
by Dylan Thomas

Johnnie Crack and Flossie Snail
Kept their baby in a milking pail
Flossie Snail and Johnnie Crack
One would pull it out and one would put it back.

O it's my turn now said Flossie Snail
To take the baby from the milking pail
And it's my turn now said Johnnie Crack
To smack it on the head and put it back.

Johnnie Crack and Flossie Snail
Kept their baby in a milking pail
One would put it back and one would pull it out
And all it had to drink was ale and stout
For Johnnie Crack and Flossie Snail
Always use to say that stout and ale
Was good for a baby in a milking pail.<

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach prepares for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar

* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black

Franco-Indian Defense
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb3+

French Defense
1. e4 e6

French Defense (Advance Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5

French Defense (Alekhine-Chatard Attack)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4

French Defense (Burn Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4

French Defense (Chigorin Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. Qe2

French Defense (Classical Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7

French Defense (Exchange Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5

French Defense (Extended Bishop Swap)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5

French Defense (Franco-Benoni)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5 3. d5

French Defense (Guimard Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6

French Defense (MacCutcheon Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4

French Defense (Marshall Defense)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5

French Defense (Milner-Barry Gambit)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4

French Defense (Reti)
1. e4 e6 2. b3

French Defense (Reversed Philidor)
1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Be2

French Defense (Rubinstein Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4

French Defense (Steinitz Attack)
1. e4 e6 2. e5

French Defense (Steinitz Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5

French Defense (Tarrasch Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2

French Defense (Two Knights Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3

French Defense (Winawer Variation)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4

French Defense (Winawer Variation-Poisoned Pawn) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4

French Defense (Wing Gambit)
1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4

French Defence Gambits:
Milner-Barry Gambit – C02 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 Nimzowitsch Gambit – C02 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4 Alapin Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3
Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 Winawer, Alekhine gambit - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Alatortsev variation - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 Diemer-Duhm Gambit - C00 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4
French: Wing gambit - C00 - 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4

* Gambits against the French Defense:
Game Collection: alapin gambit -alapin diemer gambit + reti gam

See FRENCH DEFENCE (Advance, Exchange, Schlechter,.. compiled by gambitfan

Thank you Honza Cervenka.

"I've played a number of interesting novelties lately. Mostly that's because I haven't got a clue what I am doing in the opening." ― Nigel Short

"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.

"Against Alekhine you never knew what to expect. Against Capablanca, you knew what to expect, but you couldn't prevent it!" ― George Thomas

"Whereas Anderssen and Chigorin looked for accidental positions, Capablanca is guided by the logicality of strong positions. He values only that which is well-founded: solidity of position, pressure on a weak point, he does not trust the accidental, even if it be a problem-like mate, at the required moment he discovers and carries out subtle and far-sighted combinations..." ― Emanuel Lasker

"Capablanca possessed an amazing ability to quickly see into a position and intuitively grasp its main features. His style, one of the purest, most crystal-clear in the entire history of chess, astonishes one with its logic." ― Garry Kasparov

"It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse." ― Paul Dietzel

"Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom." ― Francis Bacon

"Discipline is wisdom and vice versa." ― M. Scott Peck

"The punishment of every disordered mind is its own disorder." ― St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions

"In chess, as in life, a man is his own most dangerous opponent." — Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), 7th World Chess Champion

"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion." ― Bobby Fischer

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Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925." ― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

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

Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.

"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan

"Old habits die hard, especially for soldiers." ― Jocelyn Murray, The Roman General: A Novel

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted'

'Don't throw good money after bad'

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

<This poem is dedicated to all female chessplayers on Caissa's Web.

Sweet Caissa

Oh, Sweet Caissa, Goddess of chess
in the name of this holistic game
I pray Thee: bless my noble aim
to render all my opponents lame
in my holy quest for worldly fame,
to be Supreme no more no less.
In awe I heard this Sweet Caissa say
"Daughter go forth and smite them all,
stoutly charge your knight sitting tall
while flying over the castle's wall
to slay all men in your deadly call."
Now in fear I hide and will no longer play.>

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

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

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

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

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

InkHarted wrote:

Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.

"Everyone should know how to play chess." — José Raúl Capablanca

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." ― Cesare Pavese

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

'Ashes to ashes dust to dust

Specific Game Example: Paul Keres vs Vladimir Petrov USSR Championship (1940), Moscow URS, rd 19, Oct-02 Keres vs Petrov, 1940

FIDE Master Valeri Lilov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ts...

Self-Talk:

"Was that move legal?" If so, write it down.

"Where/what is my opponent aiming at now?
How many times?"

"Am I in check now? How can I be put in check on the next turn? How would I respond to check?"

Checklist - Response to the King in Check - CBA: C) CAPTURE the checker,
B) interpose BETWEEN (self-pin),
* If a knight gives check, interposing between is not possible. A) fly AWAY to a safe square?
* Double check requires the King to move out of both checks.

"What can my opponent capture?" etc. etc.

GM Lilov mentions counting the material as part of the evaluation process. Do be sure to count the number of attackers against the number of defenders where checks, captures, and pawn advances/promotions are threatened. Can more attackers be added? Can defenders be removed, obstructed, pinned, etc.? This forcing assessment is vital before every move.

The value of the pieces involved, and the move order in which the pieces capture and re-capture also matters. In <tpstar's diagram above>, White has three attackers aiming at the g6-pawn, that is protected by only two defenders. However, the attackers are more valuable pieces, and the defenders are lowly pawns, so capturing on g6 with a White piece will lose material value even though White has Black outnumbered there.

GM Lilov does mention the unprotected a2-pawn as a weakness. Thus, it had one attacker (the Black queen) and no defender. Then he shows that White has an adequate response to the ... Qxa2 capture by counterattacking. One must not be baited into capturing for free or material gain without knowing what will happen AFTER the capture is made.

"Simply plans are best. Tactics will prevail." ― C.J.S. Purdy Wikipedia article: Cecil Purdy

IM Zaur Tekeyev: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

More Tactics: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...

To improve your chess, improve your tactics: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

Become a Predator at the Chessboard: https://www.chesstactics.org/introd...

Malaguena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxD...

Fredthebear created this collection.

Endgames focus on creating and promoting a passed pawn, then checkmating with the new piece, usually a queen. Endgames have reoccurring patterns too, so study your endings! Your endgame knowledge will assist your ability to assess trades in the opening and middlegame, what appears to be an even exchange. One color or the other often benefits slightly more when an even exchange is made.

If your opponent knows that one doesn't know endings, s/he'll swap off the pieces (avoiding tactical play) and head for positions with greatly reduced material.

For example, many young players panic without their beloved queen on board, so the experienced player will trade off the queens and some other like pieces and drag the young player into an undesired endgame. The point is, knowledge of middlegame tactics can be dissolved into an uncomfortable endgame through exchanges, so the study of endgames is also vital.

Endgame knowledge will be rewarded time and time again over the course of one's chess career, particularly in hard fought games where it's been difficult to find an advantage.

* Here's an easy, chatty start: Easy Endgame Strategies by Bill Robertie (Cardoza publishing, 2003). This combines his earlier books into one. https://www.abebooks.com/book-searc...

* How to Beat Your Kids at Chess by David MacEnulty explains the endgame thoroughly: https://books.google.com/books/abou... Note that MacEnulty's other topical books are excellent instruction; most have been re-printed with different titles and covers -- same book, different look.

* Turnabout is fair play: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/chess... Chess is chess -- it's the same game regardless of your age. If it's good for kids to know, then it's good for grown-ups to know.

* Sign up for free and you can read Polgar's guide for FREE: https://archive.org/details/worldch... Section I is all about tactics, Section II is the endgame. Gotta recognize all these patterns! Her other books are good too.

* Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan is easily available from used book sources: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/winni... That was my attempt at saying that I wouldn't pay $25 for the latest edition.

* Openings? You worried about openings? This opening puzzle book is more than enough to get one going for a few years: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-w... If you miss these tactical opportunities, there's no point studying anything more advanced. Way too many chess players study long lines of grandmaster variations and miss the basics. It's far better for the average Joe Sixpack to never-miss-an-opportunity-to-punish-simple-mista- kes by rehearsing common patterns and blunders quickly and repeatedly.

<Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me).

Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!>

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit." ― attributed to Aristotle

"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ― Elizabeth Green

"It ain't over 'til it's over, no matter how over it looks." ― Yogi Berra

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress." ― Frederick Douglass

"Thirty Days Hath September" Lyrics

Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone.
Which only has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each leap year.

Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

"Only those who want everything done for them are bored." — Billy Graham

"My home is in Heaven. I'm just traveling through this world." — Billy Graham

"Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours." ― Yogi Berra, one of the greatest Yankees of all time

Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

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.

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers." ― Voltaire

"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Forget the past – the future will give you plenty to worry about." — George Allen

"Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have." ― Richard Carlson

<Hawaiin Proverbs of Love

Kahuna Nui Hale Kealohalani Makua – "Love all you see, including yourself." — Hale Makua

E Hoomau Maua Kealoha – (May our love last forever.)

Aloha Aku No, Aloha Mai No – (I give my love to you, you give your love to me.)

`A`ohe loa i ka hana a ke aloha – (Distance is ignored by love.)

Ua ola loko i ke aloha – (Love gives life within.)

He kehau ho`oma`ema`e ke aloha – (Love is like a cleansing dew.)

He ‘Olina Leo Ka Ke Aloha – (Joy is in the voice of love.)

Ho'i Hou Ke Aloha – (Let us fall in love all over again.)

No Keia La, No Keia Po, A Mau Loa – (From this day, from this night, forever more.)

Hele mai ho'ohiwahiwa – (To honor.)

Noho me ka hau'oli – (Be happy.)

Kuhi no ka lima, hele no ka maka. – (Where the hands move, there let the eyes follow.)>

French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)

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

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

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

wordputty:
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WISE OLD OWL
A wise old owl lived in an oak.
The more he saw the less he spoke.
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?

Give a HOOT ― Don't Pollute!

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?

Q: Why did the cow cross the road?
A: To get to the udder side.

French Def: Classical. Burn (C11) 1-0 Bridgeburner annotates
Vidmar vs Rubinstein, 1905
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
L Forgacs vs Rubinstein, 1912
(C11) French, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 44 in 50 Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddins
Schlechter vs Rubinstein, 1912
(C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 White Q gets closer
Yates vs Olland, 1913
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation
Torre vs E Z Adams, 1920
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Game 46: 'The Hypermodern Game of Chess' by Savielly Tartakower
Reti vs Tartakower, 1920
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Special prize
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1922
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1
B H Villegas vs Alekhine, 1926
(C11) French, 51 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Yates vs Alekhine, 1927
(C11) French, 75 moves, 0-1
Classical. Burn Variation
K Richter vs L Abramavicius, 1930
(C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 h-file destruction
A Dake vs A De Burca, 1935
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation
M Brody vs A Macht, 1935
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Game 107: Chess Highlights of 20th Century by Graham Burgess
Yanofsky vs A Ismodes Dulanto, 1939
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Smyslov vs Stahlberg, 1953
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
E Bykova vs O Rubtsova, 1956
(C11) French, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
Classical. Burn Variation
Fischer vs Pachman, 1960
(C11) French, 43 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) 1-0 27.?
Boleslavsky vs R Teschner, 1960
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation
Fischer vs I Bilek, 1965
(C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Precision
Spassky vs Y Porat, 1968
(C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 20 in Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis
Spassky vs J H Donner, 1970
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation
Topalov vs Bareev, 2002
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation
Anand vs Radjabov, 2002
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation
Topalov vs Shirov, 2001
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation
Kasparov vs Shirov, 2000
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Dbl rook sac
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994
(C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
French Classical. Burn 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (C11) 0-1 Alekhine's Gun
B Lopez vs J Kraai, 2004
(C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Raking bishops
T Batchimeg vs J Kraai, 2005
(C11) French, 33 moves, 0-1
Classical. Burn Variation Main Line
J Polgar vs F Berkes, 2003
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation Main Line
Topalov vs Bareev, 2004
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0
Classical. Burn Variation Main Line
E Berg vs Bareev, 2005
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
French Def: $Classical. Burn Main Line (C11) 1-0 Passer
Shirov vs V Akopian, 2002
(C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
Burn Variation Main Line (C11) 0-1 Aggressive game; Dbl R Sac
Leko vs Shirov, 2000
(C11) French, 44 moves, 0-1
French Classical. Burn ML (C11) 1-0 2 Hogs on 7th get forked
Fischer vs T Ellison, 1964
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Main Line (C11) 0-1
Timman vs Ehlvest, 1988
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
Schachmeisterpartien 1960 - 1965 edited by Rudolph Teschner
M Johansson vs R Teschner, 1960
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Delayed Exchange Variation
Mackenzie vs Mason, 1878
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1/2-1/2 Qs Ending
C Schmid vs Mason, 1881
(C11) French, 102 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 28.?
T Physick vs S Passmore, 1900
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange Variation
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 narrow escape
Euwe vs J Krejcik, 1921
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange Var (C11) 1-0 Promotion
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0
V Hruby vs Blackburne, 1882
(C11) French, 47 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Swiss Variation (C11) 0-1 Blunder
J Berger vs Swiderski, 1904
(C11) French, 34 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 0-1 Rob the pin
H Wolf vs Swiderski, 1902
(C11) French, 16 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Swiss Variation (C11) 1-0 22.?
Schlechter vs J Bendiner, 1893
(C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Lasker vs Marshall, 1907
(C11) French, 52 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1/2-1/2Fredthebear share
Lasker vs R H Ramsey, 1907
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bogo's only win over Lasker
Lasker vs Bogoljubov, 1934
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Lasker vs H Joss, 1934
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0
French Def. Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0 Another fine mess
Bogoljubov vs J H Donner, 1951
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 0-1 KFC for Fredthebear
E Paoli vs R G Wade, 1954
(C11) French, 58 moves, 0-1
Steinitz Variation
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
Steinitz Variation
Kramnik vs Buhmann, 2016
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz Variation
Anand vs T Batchuluun, 2006
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0
Steinitz Variation
R Nezhmetdinov vs R G Wade, 1954
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Steinitz Variation
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017
(C11) French, 52 moves, 1-0
Steinitz Variation
Kasparov vs A Vilaisarn, 2008
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1
G Makovetz vs Charousek, 1897
(C11) French, 33 moves, 0-1
Game 139 in 'Three Hundred Chess Games' by Siegbert Tarrasch
Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1889
(C11) French, 49 moves, 0-1
French Steinitz. Bradford Attk (C11) 0-1Stockfish, KEG annotate
Janowski vs Alapin, 1901
(C11) French, 59 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Bradford Attack Var (C11) 1-0 Corresp
A Zinkl vs R Huber, 1897
(C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
F Perrin vs NN, 1883
(C11) French, 11 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Duras vs Spielmann, 1912
(C11) French, 49 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Anand vs Shirov, 2000
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Anand vs Shirov, 2000
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Shirov vs O Nikolenko, 1991
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Delchev vs B Kelly, 2002
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Steinitz vs B Vergani, 1895
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Nepomniachtchi vs P Kawuma, 2018
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
H Berliner vs S E Almgren, 1946
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0
E Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 20.?
Spielmann vs Menchik, 1938
(C11) French, 20 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Greek gift
E Formanek vs W Heidenfeld, 1973
(C11) French, 16 moves, 1-0
18th Moscow Championship 1938- Shared 1st, won Master title
Smyslov vs Lilienthal, 1938
(C11) French, 56 moves, 1-0
"Court Jester" (game of the day Jan-19-2007)
S Sharma vs Jester, 2006
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 ELO for FTB
M Thinius vs M Zumsande, 2011
(C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Alekhine's Folly (C11) 1-0
Saric vs A Moskalenko, 2017
(C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Alekhine's Folly (C11) 1-0 Stockfish
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1914
(C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz Variation. Gledhill Attack (C11) 1-0 Corr
W Brooke vs C G Orme, 1906
(C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
French Def. Steinitz. Gledhill Attack (C11) 1-0 Q sac offer
J Houghteling vs L S Cornell, 1902
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
Game 37 of Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek
Bogoljubov vs Reti, 1923
(C11) French, 42 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Gledhill Attack (C11) 0-1 Stockfish notes
G Martinolich vs Tartakower, 1907
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
French Steinitz Gledhill Attack (C11) 0-1 Double on the 2nd
Bogoljubov vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914
(C11) French, 29 moves, 0-1
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2003
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
Kasparov vs Short, 1994
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
K Ulanowski vs E Kustal, 2009
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
Kasparov vs Shirov, 2001
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
A Muzychuk vs M Herbold, 2017
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
A Muzychuk vs Z Tan, 2017
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
de Firmian vs Huebner, 1995
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
Saric vs M Gurevich, 2007
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation
Ivanchuk vs Morozevich, 1996
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 Stockfish weak EG
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017
(C11) French, 95 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 Pawn toss
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018
(C11) French, 89 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018
(C11) French, 71 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11) 1-0 24.?
Negi vs G Munkhgal, 2014
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1
Kasimdzhanov vs V Akobian, 2019
(C11) French, 44 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1
Ivanchuk vs V Akobian, 2019
(C11) French, 58 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Sharp
T Fakhrutdinov vs S Volkov, 2018
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Classical. Tartakower Variation
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909
(C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Classical. Frankfurt Variation
Velimirovic vs H Ree, 1994
(C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Sutovsky vs Sakaev, 2001
(C14) French, Classical, 63 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
Ivanchuk vs V Pechenkin, 2014
(C14) French, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
So vs M Prusikin, 2006
(C14) French, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0
Classical. Steinitz Variation
R Nezhmetdinov vs A Lein, 1965
(C14) French, Classical, 46 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C14) 1-0 Get out of book
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018
(C14) French, Classical, 49 moves, 1-0
Classical. Alapin Variation
N Speijer vs Couvee, 1955
(C14) French, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0
Classical. Alapin Variation
Lasker / Maroczy vs NN, 1900
(C14) French, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0
Classical. Rubinstein Variation
Tarrasch vs Teichmann, 1912
(C14) French, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
Classical. Rubinstein Variation
Capablanca vs Reti, 1924
(C14) French, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0
Classical. Rubinstein Variation
Rubinstein vs Levenfish, 1911
(C14) French, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 Unthinkable combo
Alekhine vs von Feldt, 1916
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
French, Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 0-1 14.Nd1? Blunder
J Noa vs Mason, 1883
(C11) French, 15 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange Var (C11) 0-1 25...?
Olland vs J van den Bosch, 1933
(C11) French, 28 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Delayed Exchange Var (C11) 1-0
A Dueckstein vs Y Porat, 1956
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
French Def. Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 R vs B
Breyer vs Tarrasch, 1920
(C11) French, 75 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0 Connected Ps
Blackburne vs Schiffers, 1896
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1/2-1/2
Saemisch vs Tartakower, 1920
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 0-1 KFC for FTB
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914
(C11) French, 85 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 Q raid
Macieja vs Nakamura, 2006
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 0-1 15 yr old upsets GK
Kasparov vs Radjabov, 2003
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 35.Double R Blunder
Z Gofshtein vs M Gurevich, 2001
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 She got in but
H Thomas vs J Kulbacki, 1992
(C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 P fork
Svidler vs Morozevich, 2007
(C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Shirov vs B Grachev, 2011
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1
J Dworakowska vs V Malakhatko, 2006
(C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1
A Zhigalko vs T Luther, 2006
(C11) French, 70 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1
A Wojtkiewicz vs M Drasko, 1988
(C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-
Timman vs A Yusupov, 1986
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 26...?
Robson vs Y Vovk, 2015
(C11) French, 37 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 00 vs 000 fire!
S Abu Sufian vs B Lalic, 2008
(C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1
Sic Grand Prix/ French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1/2-1/2
Plachetka vs W Schmidt, 1984
(C11) French, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0Blind Swine can't do
Kamsky vs D Pruess, 2005
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Blitz
Short vs Korchnoi, 1987
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
D Andreikin vs Andersson, 2005
(C11) French, 7 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 No hand shakes?
Topalov vs Morozevich, 2007
(C11) French, 48 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 31...?
A Filippov vs N Nguyen, 2010
(C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0
B Arvola Notkevich vs A G Hagen, 2013
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Game 26 in Starting Out: The French by Byron Jacobs
J Polgar vs Shirov, 1999
(C11) French, 35 moves, 0-1
Game 937 in Chess Informant Best Games 901-1000
Ivanchuk vs S Volkov, 2005
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 7 in How to Reassess your Chess by IM Jeremy Silman
Topalov vs Ivanchuk, 2008
(C11) French, 43 moves, 0-1
Game 159 in Understanding Chess Middlegames by John Nunn
Predojevic vs Morozevich, 2008
(C11) French, 35 moves, 0-1
Game 203 in Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson
Timoshenko vs B Itkis, 1996
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) Superb exchanges
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929
(C11) French, 51 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 Seniors
H van Riemsdijk vs J Sloth, 2011
(C11) French, 47 moves, 0-1
Game 61 in Korchnoi: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
Nunn vs Korchnoi, 1985
(C11) French, 34 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 Both 000
D J Ledger vs T Gavriel, 2009
(C11) French, 44 moves, 0-1
French Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 Disabling Pin
J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975
(C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
Game 24 in 'Fire on Board, Part 2: 1997-2004' by Alexey Shirov
Shirov vs Topalov, 2000
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
Double N underpromotion 57.g8=N / 79.c8=N+
V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956
(C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0
Frisky game for 85 year-old!
H Strand vs R G Wade, 2007
(C11) French, 33 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Black controls open diag
M Martinez vs L B Hansen, 2007
(C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Rf6 Alekhine's Block
Anand vs Bareev, 1993
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1Qside play, backed-up White N
Chigorin vs Maroczy, 1907
(C11) French, 60 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 N sac for connected passers
Kamsky vs Ding Liren, 2011
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Variation (C11) 0-1 U18
M Szelag vs Radjabov, 1999
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Fredthebear haw hawed
A Tari vs J Christiansen, 2019
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 No Qside counter
Anand vs Morozevich, 2000
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0
K K Amewounou vs J Nzabanita, 2018
(C11) French, 49 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Steinitz (C11) 0-1 W loses center Ps
I Rogers vs Z Frankel, 1985
(C11) French, 38 moves, 0-1
French Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1/2-1/2 Piece oriented
V Chekhover vs S Abramian, 1938
(C11) French, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 ELO for FTB
R Cunningham vs S Dilleigh, 2016
(C11) French, 65 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Arabian # w/Q
V Byvshev vs V Chekhover, 1949
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess p.332, box 275 (White to move 31.?)
Fischer vs Benko, 1962
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 166 in The Fireside Book of Chess by Chernev & Reinfeld
Steinitz vs A G Sellman, 1885
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 Blitz
Abdusattorov vs J Cori, 2019
(C11) French, 62 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Armored Ns
Nijboer vs S van Eijk, 2011
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Young Masters
Dominguez Perez vs Nakamura, 2006
(C11) French, 66 moves, 1-0
Dreev wins the quintessential French Defense endgame
Dreev vs Bareev, 1986
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 533 in Chess Informant Best Games 501-600
Anand vs Bareev, 1992
(C11) French, 56 moves, 1-0
Game 10 in Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking by Neil McDonald
Shirov vs Bareev, 2003
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Early P roller
Wei Yi vs Potkin, 2015
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Cut-off the K
J Murey vs G Miralles, 1987
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
French Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0First 15 moves are theory
Anand vs Dreev, 1991
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 blitz
Timman vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(C11) French, 56 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Kside crusher!
K McDonald vs M McLeieer, 1996
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0
French Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 Good vs Bad light Bishop
Svidler vs Y Hou, 2009
(C11) French, 64 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 Promotion
T Kosintseva vs Y Xu, 2008
(C11) French, 46 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 Stockfish/Ezzy says
Leko vs M Gurevich, 2007
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0
D Kryakvin vs A Rakhmanov, 2009
(C11) French, 64 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Philly-buster
J Kraai vs I Schneider, 2004
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 blindfold
Kramnik vs Shirov, 2003
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0
Leko vs H Vedder, 2016
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1
Y Lou vs N Batsiashvili, 2019
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 N Discovered+
E Blomqvist vs F Englert, 2014
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1/2-1/2
E Alekseev vs A Rakhmanov, 2010
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Giri vs Tiviakov, 2015
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 32.?
K McDonald vs N Rosenthal, 2011
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 same material
P Bobras vs M Richter, 2012
(C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Kside theft
Spielmann vs P Schmidt, 1938
(C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 promotion
I Romanenko vs C Pilnick, 1952
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 misfortunate 13
T Spanton vs S Williams, 1993
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0
Shankland vs J Bick, 2008
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1Stockfish
Klovans vs Petrosian, 1975
(C11) French, 60 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 1/2-1/2
A Nimzowitsch vs J Perlis, 1907
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Classical. Burn Var Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 PINS~
W Pietzsch vs W Golz, 1960
(C11) French, 28 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 Youth
F Matijevic vs Z Mammadov, 2012
(C11) French, 27 moves, 0-1
"Error on a G String" (game of the day May-14-2020)
Akash G vs Caruana, 2013
(C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn Var Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0
Anand vs Short, 2002
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Burn Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0 Pin prevents #
H Spangenberg vs Kramnik, 1991
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0 16.?
J van Foreest vs D Gavrilescu, 2018
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var Morozevich Line (C11)0-1 31...?
Velimirovic vs G Dizdar, 1990
(C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0
Duras vs E E Middleton, 1905
(C11) French, 76 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0 Skewer
S Drori vs H H Hakobyan, 2018
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
French Def. Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0QxB+ sac, mate by pawn
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1967
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1
W Kunze vs Rubinstein, 1905
(C11) French, 37 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Vienna
P Leonhardt vs Swiderski, 1908
(C11) French, 43 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 N fork
Shirov vs Bareev, 2000
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Main Line (C11) 1-0 17.?
Bacrot vs I Lysyj, 2009
(C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Fredthebear share
I Popov vs A Rakhmanov, 2008
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
French Classical. Burn Main Line (C11) 1-0 R deflection sac
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1997
(C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
French, Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 55 min. to decide 14.f4
Fischer vs O Sarapu, 1967
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Two IMs
Nakamura vs V Akobian, 2002
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn (C11) 0-1 0-0-0 vs 0-0
P Piscopo vs M Gurevich, 2007
(C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn (C11) 1-0 g7 is weak, can't fix
Anand vs Korchnoi, 2000
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 19.?
A Sokolov vs A Desboeufs, 2004
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 out of the blue
P Schmidt vs H Nowarra, 1941
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Double Attack
J Lakdawala vs M Nietman, 1987
(C11) French, 11 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Fredthebear taught D
D Pruess vs I Zenyuk, 2007
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Caruana vs Lupulescu, 2021
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
G24 Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Kramnik vs G Meier, 2016
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs P Johner, 1906
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Janowski vs Schlechter, 1902
(C11) French, 57 moves, 0-1
French, Classical. Steinitz (C11) 1-0Greek gift, P wedge, Q+
Steinitz vs C Golmayo, 1888
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Variation (C11) · 0-1
N Grigoriev vs V Nenarokov, 1922
(C11) French, 28 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 8...Qxb2
Nakamura vs Morozevich, 2012
(C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0
A Brkic vs B Kalezic, 2016
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
French Steinitz (C11) 0-1 Black wins in 38 after illegal 0-0!
Kasparov vs Dreev, 1994
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
R Praggnanandhaa vs Topalov, 2020
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
C Schoppen vs X Mastalerz, 2016
(C11) French, 53 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Remove the defend
Tarrasch vs J Noa, 1885
(C11) French, 47 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Video link
Vitiugov vs J van Foreest, 2020
(C11) French, 62 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish
Tartakower vs W Orbach, 1940
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Stockfish
Alapin vs Maroczy, 1908
(C11) French, 55 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Variation (C11) 0-1
Jobava vs Morozevich, 2014
(C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 KFC for FTB
B Socko vs S Volkov, 1998
(C11) French, 46 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Internet
Carlsen vs P Maghsoodloo, 2020
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 exhibition
Karpov vs P Czyz, 2000
(C11) French, 52 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Walbrodt vs E Delmar, 1893
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Classical. Steinitz (C11) 1-0 Bishop game changers
Tarrasch vs W Cohn, 1880
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz (C11)1-0 Pile on the pin
J Gallagher vs Korchnoi, 2006
(C11) French, 14 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Variation (C11) 1-0
J Curdo vs H B Daly, 1948
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 U16
Vocaturo vs Nepomniachtchi, 2005
(C11) French, 45 moves, 0-1
Awarded "Best Game prize" of the tournament.
Th Molien vs W Sohn, 1894
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish
Carlsen vs R Prasca Sosa, 2006
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 0-1 Polgar video link
Svidler vs Morozevich, 2007
(C11) French, 28 moves, 0-1
French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 23...?
Bologan vs T Luther, 2007
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0
J Rowson vs D Floor, 2000
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0
Dominguez Perez vs R Hungaski, 2002
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0
French Def. Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11)1-0 Q sac, Anastasia's #
Nunn vs J A Sutton, 1984
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
SW + QM Three continuations for Hook Mate; one by the Queen!
Nepomniachtchi vs I Salgado Lopez, 2008
(C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 0-1 Build a bridge
R Pruijssers vs F Holzke, 2009
(C11) French, 80 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) · 0-1
E Osuna Vega vs S Jessel, 2017
(C11) French, 47 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1
Firouzja vs Lupulescu, 2019
(C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Y Quesada Perez vs V Akobian, 2017
(C11) French, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1A piece for 3 Ps
H Wang vs Ding Liren, 2010
(C11) French, 54 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 video links
Anand vs Kramnik, 2020
(C11) French, 63 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0
Robson vs E Moradiabadi, 2020
(C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Swiercz vs E Moradiabadi, 2020
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11) 0-1
Sadvakasov vs S Volkov, 2005
(C11) French, 53 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Sizeable upset
R Haria vs Zvjaginsev, 2021
(C11) French, 55 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1Which back rank?
K Kulaots vs S Martinovic, 2021
(C11) French, 38 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 The Two Knights
Firouzja vs Y Hou, 2021
(C11) French, 124 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0
Ponomariov vs Bareev, 2005
(C11) French, 57 moves, 1-0
French Steinitz. Boleslavs (C11) 1/2- FTB wasn't here nor there
Giri vs Firouzja, 2021
(C11) French, 67 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0
H Stefansson vs G Flom, 2011
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Bradford Attack (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Lasker vs Gunsberg, 1895
(C11) French, 31 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Unstoppable Passer
Schlechter vs Burn, 1897
(C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Fredthebear share
P Izmailov vs Mikhail Tronov, 1926
(C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 N+ royal fork
V Onyshchuk vs V Iakymov, 2007
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
A Muzychuk vs A Bar, 2014
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1-0
Lasker - Marshall World Championship Match (1907), USA, rd 12
Lasker vs Marshall, 1907
(C11) French, 46 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0 Stockfis
Smyslov vs Boleslavsky, 1941
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0
French Burn Var. Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 Video link
J Polgar vs Morozevich, 2000
(C11) French, 36 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0 internet
Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2017
(C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0
French Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Black exchange sac cracks white
H Klip vs Barsov, 1995
(C11) French, 21 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0 Brilliancy prize
A Willigerode vs A Hasselblatt, 1905
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Lasker vs Marshall, 1907
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Correspondence
F H Miles vs H L Bowles, 1906
(C11) French, 25 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Spielmann vs Keres, 1938
(C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 Correspondence
Ralf Diele vs Valery Evgenevich Lyamtsev, 2012
(C11) French, 22 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
I Teran Alvarez vs Short, 2013
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
"The Mad Queen of Goteborg" (game of the day Jan-01-2022)
N Gaprindashvili vs M Czerniak, 1971
(C11) French, 71 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
T Thorhallsson vs D E Cori Tello, 2009
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish
A Esipenko vs Bacrot, 2022
(C11) French, 36 moves, 1-0
Nepomniachtchi vs Sutovsky, 2018
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Bustin' R Roller w/Q
B Nielsen vs H Nielsen, 1941
(C11) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Mecking vs Petrosian, 1972
(C11) French, 86 moves, 0-1
Veresov, French Def: Classical. Burn Var Main Line (C11) 0-1
Kun Arthas Qian vs Tun Win, 2012
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
L Ruan vs X Zhang, 2010
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11) · 1-0
A Tari vs F Christenson, 2016
(C11) French, 57 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Svidler vs Radjabov, 2021
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Up a piece
J Vesely vs J Hejduk, 1950
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0
C11
Klovans vs Bronstein, 1978
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
C11
Tseshkovsky vs Bronstein, 1981
(C11) French, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1Blindfold
V Gashimov vs Carlsen, 2011
(C11) French, 49 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0
Bronstein vs A Chistiakov, 1978
(C11) French, 62 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0
E Hansen vs S Williams, 2015
(C11) French, 54 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Burn, Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 Philadel
F Corrales Jimenez vs Niemann, 2017
(C11) French, 39 moves, 0-1
French Def. Classical. Burn. Morozevich Line(C11) 0-1 JHB Notes
G Marco vs Burn, 1895
(C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation f3 gambit (C11) 0-1
B Tot vs J Foltys, 1938
(C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange Var (C11) 0-1
Blackburne vs Mason, 1881
(C11) French, 78 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 Hangers
T Burgerhoff vs M de Mie, 2001
(C11) French, 10 moves, 0-1
Game 11 Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch
Euwe vs Flohr, 1932
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Bradford Attack Var (C11) 0-1
H Kummerow vs R Zysk, 1992
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
French (C11) 0-1 Capture, Recapture, THEN what happens next?
G Page vs W Gibson, 1929
(C11) French, 16 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 0-1 blitz
I Popov vs Y Xu, 2019
(C11) French, 44 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tal vs Portisch, 1965
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1-0The mating square
Tal vs Barcza, 1962
(C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation -Amos' first(C11) 0-1
Gunsberg vs Burn, 1889
(C11) French, 41 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Wild for a French Def
V Kautsky vs J Knapp, 1911
(C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
French Steinitz Variation (C11) 1-0 Arabian Mate
P Johner vs W M Gattie, 1906
(C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var dxc5 (C11) 1-0 Stockfish
S Foudzi vs C van der Merwe, 2004
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0Correspondence
J Curdo vs A Tabell, 1959
(C11) French, 17 moves, 1-0
The youngest player to defeat Carlsen since he became W Champ
D Gukesh vs Carlsen, 2022
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 0-1 KEG annotates
J Mortimer vs A Reggio, 1902
(C11) French, 29 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 1-0Correspondence
V Svensons vs P Kerkovius, 1892
(C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Gledhill Attack (C11) 1-0 Rook ramrod #
M Lu vs L Mkrtchian, 2022
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
model game, moro plays nice tactics and is up materially
Svidler vs Morozevich, 2005
(C11) French, 38 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 13 vs 43 yr old
Seirawan vs R Karch, 1973
(C11) French, 46 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 blitz
Anand vs D Gavrilescu, 2022
(C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11) · 1-0
E Horn vs S Ramsay, 2012
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Niemann vs Xiong, 2022
(C11) French, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2- Ns of diamonds
S Mareco vs Bluebaum, 2017
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 Ukraine
Y Solodovnichenko vs I Timoshenko, 1999
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) · 1-0
N Popova vs M Lahav, 2015
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-1/2
Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2012
(C11) French, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1/2-She's a fighter
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018
(C11) French, 240 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2023
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
"Les Prix de Beauté aux Echecs" - François Le Lionnais
Bird vs Mason, 1876
(C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 0-1 Murder, he said
Firouzja vs Caruana, 2023
(C11) French, 38 moves, 0-1
C11
D Mastrovasilis vs F Blohberger, 2023
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Classical. Alekhine's Folly (C11) 0-1 Bullet
Naroditsky vs Carlsen, 2023
(C11) French, 18 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11) 1-0
A Hong vs L Budisavljevic, 2023
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Var (C11) 1-0 Dovetail Mate
L Schmid vs D Keller, 1960
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 Notes by ES
E Schiller vs G Schwartzman, 1994
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0 rapid
Anand vs So, 2023
(C11) French, 24 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Steinitz Variation (C11) 0-1 R sacs for mate!!
R Loman vs J D Tresling, 1890
(C11) French, 16 moves, 0-1
French Def: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Var (C11) 1-0shift spearheads
K McDonald vs J Lusk, 2012
(C11) French, 23 moves, 1-0
C11
J van Foreest vs Firouzja, 2024
(C11) French, 37 moves, 0-1
French, Classical. Burn Var (C11) 1/2- Notes by Jacques Mieses
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1911
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz Var (C11) 0-1 0-0-0?
K W Mulford vs E Zemgalis, 1952
(C11) French, 19 moves, 0-1
Consultation game
B Lasker / Von Scheve / Trobach vs Tarrasch / Harmonist / Heidebreck, 1881
(C11) French, 32 moves, 0-1
French Def: Classical. Delayed Exchange (C11) 0-1KEG annotates!
L Didier vs Alapin, 1901
(C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1
Pichot vs S Minero Pineda, 2021
(C11) French, 43 moves, 1-0
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