retired chess mates of Fredthebear

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

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

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

Question: Which US President was the only bachelor when he was in office? Answer: James Buchanan

Question: On which planet is a year longer than a day? Answer: Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. Venus is unusual because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets and it's extremely slow. It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it's so close to the sun, a year goes by fast. Therefore, a day on Venus is nearly 20 Earth days longer than its year.

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." ― Nora Ephr

"The Seven Social Sins are:

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

* Crafty Endgame Trainer: https://www.chessvideos.tv/endgame-...

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

'Don't let the cat out of the bag'

'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'

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

Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assia

Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)

The Drunkard And His Wife

Each has his fault, to which he clings
In spite of shame or fear.
This apophthegm a story brings,
To make its truth more clear.
A sot had lost health, mind, and purse;
And, truly, for that matter,
Sots mostly lose the latter
Before running half their course.
When wine, one day, of wit had filled the room,
His wife inclosed him in a spacious tomb.
There did the fumes evaporate
At leisure from his drowsy pate.
When he awoke, he found
His body wrapped around
With grave-clothes, chill and damp,
Beneath a dim sepulchral lamp.
"How's this? My wife a widow sad?"
He cried, "and I a ghost? Dead? dead?"
Thereat his spouse, with snaky hair,
And robes like those the Furies wear,
With voice to fit the realms below,
Brought boiling caudle to his bier –
For Lucifer the proper cheer;
By which her husband came to know –
For he had heard of those three ladies –
Himself a citizen of Hades.
"What may your office be?"
The phantom questioned he.
"I'm server up of Pluto's meat,
And bring his guests the same to eat."
"Well," says the sot, not taking time to think,
"And don't you bring us anything to drink?"

"One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today." ― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

"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

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

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

* 300: Game Collection: Three Hundred Chess Games (Tarrasch)

Dec-14-20
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* 31) 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. g3 ? (6. Nd2) 6... Nxf2 (7. Kxf2 Bxg3+ 8. hxg3 Qxd1) Discovery * 31) 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. Bf4 (>= 4. cxd5) 4... cxd4 5. Bxb8 ? (5. Qxd4 ) 5... dxc3 6. Be5 ?? (6. Bf4) 6... cxb2 7. Bxb2 Bb4+ gains the interposing Queen

* 32) 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4 Qd7 ?? (>= 5... Bd7) 6. Bb5 pin * 32) 1. c4 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. Ne2 Ne5 4. d4 (4. Ng3) 4... Qa5 5. Bd2 ?? (5. Nec3) 5... Nd3# Smothered Mate

* 33) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne5 7. Bf4 Qe7 8. Ndb5 ?? (8. e3) 8... Nf3# Smothered Mate * 35)

* 2c) 1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 Bg4 3. Qb3 Qc8 4. h3 Bh5 ? (>= 4... Bxf3) 5. Qb5+ fork B
* 2c) 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. d3 dxc4 6. dxc4 ? (6. Nxc4) 6... Qa5+ fork N

* E1Q) 1. e4 f6? 2. d4 e5 ? (>= 2... exd4) 3. dxe5 fxe5 ? (>= 3... Nc6) 4. Qh5+ Ke7 5. Qxe5 Kf7 6. Bc4+

* E1D) 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Nce2 Ne4 5. c3 c5 ? 5...Nc6 6. d3 trapping the N
* E1D) 1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. f4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 ?? (>= 5... Ndf6) 6. Nd6# Smothered Mate * E1D) 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Qe2 Nd7 ?? (>= 6... Qxd4) 7. Nd6# Smothered Mate

* E1G) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 (4. Nf3) 4... d5 5. exd6 (5. Bb5+) 5... Bxd6 6. Qxd4 Bb4+ /\ 7...♕xd4 (6. Nf3)

* E1B) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 dxe4 6. Nxe5 ? (6. Ng5) 6... Qa5+ /\ 7...Qxe5

* E1V) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Bxf7 Kxf7 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Qf3 Kg8 (>= 6... Ke8) 7. Ng5 Qf6 8. Qd5+ * E1V) 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nc3 Ne7 4. f4 (4. d4) 4... d5 5. Bb5 Nbc6 6. d3 (>= 6. Nf3) 6... d4 7. Nce2 ?? (7. Bxc6+) 7... Qa5 8. c3 Qxb5

* E1I) 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 (4. d3) 4... Qe7 5. Nf3 ?? (>= 5. Qh5 ) 5... Nc3 Discovered+ traps the Queen

* 02) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 (3... Nb6) 4. Ng5 Nh6 ?? (>= 4... e6) 5. Bxf7+ Nxf7 6. Ne6 traps the Queen * 02) 1. Nf3 d6 2.e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bc4 c6 (4... Nf6) 5. Nc3 b5 6. Nxb5 cxb5 ? ( >= 6... d5) 7. Bd5 Rook trap * 02) 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 e5 4. dxc5 Qa5 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Nd5 Ne7 ? ( >= 6... Bd7) 7. b4 Qc6 8. Bb5 Qxb5 9. Nc7+ Royal family fork

* 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Ng5 Qd5 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 Qxg2 ? (>= 5... Nf6) 6. Be4 (6...Qg4 7. Qxg4 Bxg4 8. Bxb7) Diagonal trap * 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 Nf6 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bb5 c6 5. Ba4 Bg4 6. d4 (>= 6. O-O) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 ? (>= 7. gxf3) 7... Qa5+ (8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Bb3 Nd5+)
* 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Qe2 Ngf6 ?? (5... Ndf6) 6. Nd6# Smothered Mate * 04) 1. Nf3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. g3 Nbd7 ?? (>= 6... e6) 7. Nd6# Smothered Mate

* 05) 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 e5 3. exf5 Bc5 ? (>= 3... e4) 4. Nxe5 d5 ?? (>= 4... Qe7) 5. Qh5 (5...g6 6. Nxg6 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Kf7 8. Nxh8+) * 06) 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Qe7 4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Bc3 ? (6. Nc3) 6... Bb4 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qc1# Q drops in, mate * 07)

* 11) 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 b6 4. dxc5 bxc5 ?? (>= 4... dxc5) 5. Qd5 threatens the cornered Rook

Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Steinitz's Theory
1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal. 2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides. 3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.
4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer. 5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained. 6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage. 7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.

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Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

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Riddle Answer: Footsteps

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

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

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

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

"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

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.

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

"Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read." — Francis Bacon

The cat's play is the mouse's death. ~ German Proverb

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground." ― Theodore Roosevelt

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

2pry Zeitnot Zshaa-Tichondrius - 601 Disc Priest 226 Ilvl - 27750 RBG zek247 dint undrstnd Ziyatdinov's planto ignore the LSB on deck of the carrier.

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

Grob Opening: General (A00) 0-1 It keeps happening to fools
B Tavassoli vs S Schoknecht, 2007
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 2 moves, 0-1
Mieses Opening: General (A00) 1-0 Remove the Defender
J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit (A06) 1-0 Smothered Mate
A Schroeder vs R T Black, 1912
(A06) Reti Opening, 7 moves, 1-0
Tennison Gambit (A06) 1-0 Q is going, Going, GONE!
J Krejcik vs S Takacs, 1920
(A06) Reti Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
English vs Anglo-Indian Def. OID Formation (A15) 1-0
Reti vs Hromadka, 1923
(A15) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Advance (A09) 1-0 Pretty Q sac, diagonal X-ray #
Euwe vs R Loman, 1923
(A09) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 0-1 simul exhibition
NN vs Lasker, 1924
(A09) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 New York, NY
Reti vs Janowski, 1924
(A09) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Thematic Unpin Miniature
Deutsch vs Koni, 1925
(A09) Reti Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Reversed Mexican Def (A06) 1-0 K walk
R Lean vs F Apsenieks, 1925
(A06) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Bogoljubov vs P Johner, 1926
(A09) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni (A31) 1-0 Stockfish
Reti vs R Grau, 1927
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 17 moves, 1-0
Romanovsky's Immortal; Double-Double Fianchetto
Ragozin vs P Romanovsky, 1927
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Q's Gambit Invitation (A04) 0-1 Stockfish
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1927
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. New York System (A12) 1-0Overworked Q
Bogoljubov vs A Staehelin, 1932
(A12) English with b3, 25 moves, 1-0
Zukertort, Tennison Gambit (A06) 1-0 IM Gary Lane's line notes
Keres vs Faltweber, 1932
(A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 0-1 Ns pickle jar
S von Freymann vs N Riumin, 1934
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: 3.c4 Bg4 (A06) 1-0 Stockfish notes
S Rosselli del Turco vs G Ferrantes, 1934
(A06) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Zukertort, Tennison Gambit (A06) 1-0 Qs &Rs ending
Keres vs L Luck, 1935
(A06) Reti Opening, 49 moves, 1-0
Closed Sicilian (B25) 1-0 Deflection, h-file attack
Capablanca vs J C Rather, 1936
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Zukertort: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) · 1-0 Must Know Crusher
H Haberditz vs Hysek, 1938
(A04) Reti Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit (A09) 0-1 Q trap
R Palme vs P Michel, 1938
(A09) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Advance Var (A09) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO N gets worse
T Melngailis vs Koblents, 1939
(A09) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Grünfeld Reversed Dbl Fio (A49) 1-0Trade off
Barcza vs J Balogh, 1941
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 20 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: QGD vs NY System (A09) 1-0 Sacrifices both ways
Najdorf vs V Fenoglio, 1942
(A09) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening (A08) 1-0 b-file assault both ways
Fine vs A Rothman, 1944
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 15 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: vs Modern Defense (A04) 1-0 Bxf7+ declined
Santasiere vs R Byrne, 1946
(A04) Reti Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
Pinned to the mating square...just take the rook and play on!
David vs J Balogh, 1948
(A06) Reti Opening, 8 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 0-1 Stockfish notes
G Kramer vs Fine, 1948
(A09) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
1.Nf3 f5 2.d3 Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred (A04) 1-0 h-file assault
Lisitsin vs Krogius, 1949
(A04) Reti Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening Dbl Fianchetto: ASymmetrical (A04) 1-0
A Ufimtsev vs Levenfish, 1949
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) 1-0 back rank weakness
Gligoric vs Kostic, 1951
(A04) Reti Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Sicilian Dragon (A07) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1955
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Barcza System vs NY System (A04) 1-0 Overworked queen sting
Fischer vs P Lapiken, 1956
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs Sicilian (A04) 0-1 Spassky takes down Maroczy Bind
Furman vs Spassky, 1957
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: Reti (A00) 0-1 raking bishops
G Braun vs R Fuchs, 1958
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: General (A00) 0-1 Exch Sac Kside Assault!
D E Lloyd vs R Gray, 1959
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 1-0 Pins, Underpromot
Keene vs J N Sugden, 1962
(A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Game 126 in Wonders and Curiosities of Chess by Irving Chernev
Stahlberg vs Averbakh, 1963
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred (A04) 1-0 Pins rule
Keene vs G W Wheeler, 1965
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Reti Gambit Na3 Double Fianchetto (A07) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Keene vs R Eggmann, 1965
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian (1929-1984)
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (A06) 1-0 N sac for Dovetail #
R Garcia vs H Rossetto, 1970
(A06) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Raymond Keene's Long Combo that Blazes! Plus, his notes.
Keene vs V Kovacevic, 1973
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening/Nimzo-Larsen (A04) VERY efficient model game!
Plachetka vs L Zinn, 1974
(A04) Reti Opening, 13 moves, 1-0
Zukertort, Sic Invite/Torre Attk (A04) 1-0 Spearhead, interfere
J Augustin vs A Lanc, 1975
(A04) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation / Maroczy Bind (A04) 1-0
Geller vs M Stean, 1975
(A04) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
1.Nf3 Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred (A04) 1-0 assault light squares
Kalbitzer vs H Braeunlin, 1975
(A04) Reti Opening, 9 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense (A09) 1-0 Pawn fork trick
Zaitsik vs Zichulidze, 1976
(A15) English, 5 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack vs Dbl Fio (A07) 1-0 Bs on long diagonal
C Johansson vs NN, 1977
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 10 moves, 1-0
Tennison Gambit (A06) 1-0 Nxf7+ Removes King as defender
G Welling vs A Faber, 1978
(A06) Reti Opening, 6 moves, 1-0
Hyper Sicilian (A04) 1-0 The Bishops play on both wings
Dzindzichashvili vs E Torre, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack (A04) 1-0 Dbl Bishop Sac
Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
#400 in "Korchnoi's 400 Best Games 1946-1978"
W Hug vs Korchnoi, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening vs NY System (A06) 1-0 B+ is next
Kasparov vs Taimanov, 1978
(A06) Reti Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Def (A04) 1-0 Black opened the
H Van Oostrum vs Verkooijen, 1981
(A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Q Pawn Def (A06) 1-0 Crazy gambit works?!?
Bucker vs NN, 1982
(A06) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicil Maroczy Bind (A04) Lady in distress wearing a black dress
Chekhov vs Razuvaev, 1982
(A04) Reti Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
English/Reti vs Bg7, f6, e5 (A04)1-0 12...QxN still loses piece
K Spraggett vs L Day, 1984
(A04) Reti Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening vs Modern (A04) 0-1 Exchange sac, get it back
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1983
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom Gambit (A04) 0-1 Ps charge & mate!
NN vs E Diemer, 1984
(A04) Reti Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Var (A01) 0-1 Flank assault
D K Johansen vs V Budde, 1986
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 6 moves, 0-1
KIA smashes Dutch Stonewall Def (A07) 1-0 Shattered Pawns
R M McKay vs P M Giulian, 1988
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 1-0
Torre Attk vs Modern/Dutch Leningrad (A04) 1-0 Rob the pin
M Petrovic vs A Pihajlic, 1989
(A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Zukertort: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 0-1 Must know crusher
S Panzalovic vs O Danchevski, 1990
(A04) Reti Opening, 8 moves, 0-1
KIA vs Bg7 (A07) 1-0Black Q a gonner, but it's worse than that!
W Beckemeyer vs A Delanoy, 1991
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 1-0
Dbl Fio vs Reversed Botvinnik System (A04) 1-0 Blindfolded
Seirawan vs Polugaevsky, 1993
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit (A04) 1-0 Ng5 to come forth
M Leski vs W Shipman, 1994
(A04) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0Let's play a few more
E Gausel vs Hodgson, 1994
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 1-0 Brilliancy
Kramnik vs Beliavsky, 1995
(A06) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Advance Var (A09) 1-0 Dbl Rook sacs
Anand vs Speelman, 1996
(A09) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 Pin the pawn to royalty
K Schulz vs M Maenner, 1994
(A04) Reti Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Zukertort/Torre vs Dutch Be7 Dbl Fio (A04) 1-0 Bh7#
Karpov vs Topalov, 1998
(A04) Reti Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Dbl Fianchetto vs Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 19.b4!
Van Wely vs J van Mil, 1993
(A04) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Get the Queen in close!
R Chytilek vs R Wiesinger, 2001
(A09) Reti Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
A Kosikov vs I Bruenko, 2004
(A04) Reti Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Tennison Gambit blunder 3.Nc3? (A06) 0-1 Useful diagonal mate
K Kanakari vs M Bartel, 2006
(A06) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Knights Var. General (A46) 1-0 31.?
Y Hernandez Guerrero vs E Lin, 2008
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack / Hungarian (A07) 1-0Pin wins; Bb6 is mate
Y Wen vs V Artemiev, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 Reti's Mate Extended
D Flores vs J Duarte, 2016
(A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Ross Gambit / Petrov Def (A04) 0-1Legall's #
NN vs F Rhine, 2017
(A04) Reti Opening, 9 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 27.?
A Fier vs R Aloma Vidal, 2018
(A09) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Even the greatest can take their eye off the ball.
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2018
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 16 moves, 1-0
English, Anglo-Indian Def. KID 1-0 Exchange sac removes key def
Reti vs A Pokorny, 1923
(A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0
English vs Anglo-Indian Def. OID Formation (A15) 1-0 Stockfish
Reti vs T Gruber, 1923
(A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0
Richard Reti (1889-1929)
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924
(A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening, Dbl Fio (A06) 1-0 Two-fold fascination
Reti vs Rubinstein, 1923
(A06) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Agincourt Def. Bogoljubow Def (A13)1-0 NY 1924
Reti vs Yates, 1924
(A13) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 39 The Greatest Opening Ideas (Scheerer)
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening vs Slav (A00) 0-1Exchange sac, blunder finish
Reti vs Colle, 1925
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs J H Pannekoek, 1926
(A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1925
(A09) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs J Kleczynski Jr, 1927
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Vidmar vs Nimzowitsch, 1927
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
IM Jeremy Silman: "How to Reassess Your Chess" p. 204
Nimzowitsch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 1-0 The long diagonal
Nimzowitsch vs W Michel, 1926
(A06) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 6 in 'Soviet Chess Strategy' by Alexey Suetin.
Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1928
(A06) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: KIA Dbl Fio (A00) 1-0 Queen Trap
K Zangerle vs J B Payne, 1962
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto (A04) 1-0 Short & Long
K Georgiev vs V Papin, 2005
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
6.d4 in the "Neo-Lisitsyn Gambit"
Fressinet vs V Malaniuk, 2010
(A04) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation (A04) 1-0 16.?
Vachier-Lagrave vs A Vaisser, 2014
(A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1-0 27.?
V Neverov vs M Debarshi, 2017
(A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1-0 28.?
Eliskases vs C Bielicki, 1962
(A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Maroczy (A04) 1-0 Two Hogs and passers
Krasenkow vs K Lie, 2007
(A04) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Polish Def Exchange (A04) 1-0 Kside assault
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2011
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Zukertort /d6 Dutch or Dbl K-Pawn 3 Knights? (A04) 1-0Discovery
Carlsen vs Dolmatov, 2004
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
World Blitz Championship (2015) (blitz), Berlin GER, rd 13, Oct
Ivanchuk vs A Moiseenko, 2015
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Variation (A04) · 1-0
Andersson vs H Hecht, 1971
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 0-1 Nxf2, Qxg3, etc.
F Garcia Lechugo vs J F Farrell, 2004
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
Zukertort/Torre vs Dutch Be7 (A04) 1-0 Qside promotion
Petrosian vs Vasiukov, 1959
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto (A04) 1-0 Discovered+
D Sheppard vs M Giovanetti, 1995
(A04) Reti Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
"Rolling in Lagrave" (game of the day Oct-22-2012)
G Meier vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2012
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Var (A04) 1-0 15.?
N Mohota vs S Swaminathan, 2011
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 0-1 She left him
S Liu vs M Piccinin, 2010
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Var (A04) 1-0 Disc Attk on a8#
Ribli vs A Pomar Salamanca, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical Var (A04) 1-0 Infiltration
R Finegold vs G S Smith, 1962
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Polish Opening: Zukertort System (A04) 0-1 R sac, Spearhead
B Gurgenidze vs Jobava, 2000
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Double Fianchetto (A04) 0-1 Two bad choices
S Begun vs A Kapengut, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
"Bankrupting the Fed" (game of the day Jul-27-2021)
Dzindzichashvili vs Fedorowicz, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto (A04) 0-1 LPDO
A Khasin vs Gufeld, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
VK was trying to beat BF the same way that Benko had earlier
Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1962
(A05) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dbl Fio Reti Opening (A05) 1-0 Q sac for a K walk
K Spraggett vs P Llaneza-Vega, 2007
(A05) Reti Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
White Dbl Fio vs Black...d5, Bg4 (A06) 1-0 Bishop pair pins
W Schmidt vs N Spiridonov, 1976
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
White Dbl Fio vs QGD (A06) 1-0 White Q is a busy bee
G Oparin vs Sevian, 2019
(A06) Reti Opening, 54 moves, 1-0
Dbl Fio Reti vs d5, Bg4 (A06) 0-1 Exch sac allows Q&N entry
G Steiner vs N Sommerbauer, 1994
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 0-1 Stockfish notes
S Agdestein vs K Holm, 2018
(A06) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attk: General (A06) 1-0 Black is pushed back
Koneru vs N Berry, 1999
(A06) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) · 1-0
Andersson vs A Medina Garcia, 1971
(A06) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 1-0 Cross pin
Andersson vs S Tatai, 1971
(A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs Chigorin's Def 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (A06) 1-0 Crossfire!
D Gordievsky vs V Baghdasaryan, 2017
(A06) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack / Colle-Zuke (A06) 1-0 K charge!
Smyslov vs Sveshnikov, 1992
(A06) Reti Opening, 52 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Def (A06) 1-0 Double Attack
A Anastasian vs R Shetty, 2004
(A06) Reti Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Reti-Polish double fianchetto (A06) 0-1 Extreme knights
Smyslov vs Spassky, 1961
(A06) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Traditional 9.e5 KIA (A07) 1-0 Q Sac leads to Arabian Mate
A Stukopin vs B Hasenohr, 2008
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Reti Gambit: Double Fianchetto (A07) 0-1 Blitz beater
Firouzja vs I Cheparinov, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Q's Gambit Invite (A04) 0-1 internet blitz
So vs Carlsen, 2017
(A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 Kside Pawn storm
Tomashevsky vs Ganguly, 2007
(A09) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Advance Var (A09) 0-1 Arabian mate is coming
J C Pigott vs D Dvirnyy, 2018
(A09) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 1-0 Edgy
A Ramirez Alvarez vs M Mulyar, 2011
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
The first known execution of Reti's main plan with Qa1
Reti vs F Fischer, 1923
(A13) English, 39 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-English Opening (A17) · 1-0
Dzindzichashvili vs U Vaskans, 1963
(A17) English, 17 moves, 1-0
King's English. General (A20) 1-0 Sevian sippin' whiskey
Sevian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2022
(A20) English, 31 moves, 1-0
King's English Variation. Smyslov Defense (A21) · 1-0
Geller vs Dzindzichashvili, 1968
(A21) English, 26 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. General (A30) 1-0 C'mon out Sire!
J Grefe vs A Persidsky, 2008
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 18 moves, 1-0
3... e5 is the rightly forgotten Schnepper Gambit.
B Knorr vs J Roscher, 1989
(A47) Queen's Indian, 10 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: King's Indian. Fianchetto Var (A49) 1-0 37.?
O Ladva vs B Assaubayeva, 2017
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 38 moves, 1-0
Dutch Def: General (A80) 1-0 Pseudo-Blackburne's Mate w/a Pawn!
B Starck vs D Bertholdt, 1962
(A80) Dutch, 32 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs A Shomoev, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs G Bwalya, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2012
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs G Jones, 2012
(A04) Reti Opening, 49 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Svidler, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs A Goganov, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 72 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) · 1-0
Giri vs Jobava, 2019
(A06) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 0-1 Pretty#
M Andersen vs P Salinas Herrera, 2021
(A06) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Game 39 in 'Korchnoi: Move by Move' by Cyrus Lakdawala
J Grefe vs Korchnoi, 1979
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 64 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Damiano Variation. Kholmov Gambit (C42) 1/2-video
Caruana vs A Liang, 2022
(C42) Petrov Defense, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hungarian Opening: Bermuda Attack refuted in short! (A00) 0-1
A Moffat vs T Manouck, 1998
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 0-1
Naiditsch vs C Bauer, 2011
(A09) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
Naroditsky vs I Videnova-Kuljasevic, 2012
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
G Kadas vs P Petran, 1976
(A04) Reti Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Svidler vs X Bu, 2017
(A04) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Reversed Blumenfeld Gambit (A09) 0-1
J D Williams vs L Milman, 2014
(A09) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) 1-0 fireworks
Firouzja vs Aronian, 2020
(A06) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Advance Var (A09) 0-1 En prise knights
Lobron vs Korchnoi, 1981
(A09) Reti Opening, 13 moves, 0-1
English, Anglo-Slav (A11) 1-0 33 Piet-Zwart Prize of 250 euros
Timman vs S Ernst, 2012
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 33 moves, 1-0
Reti Gambit (A09) 0-1 N+; it's one or the other
B Andonov vs Lputian, 1987
(A09) Reti Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit (A06) 0-1 Suffocation Mate
J S Rubin vs E Winter, 1974
(A06) Reti Opening, 14 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred (A04) 1-0 Dbl B#
R Martyr vs C Shaw, 2022
(A04) Reti Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
44.? White missed DAMIANO's Mate, trolls failed to recognize
P Zarnicki vs P German, 1997
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1-0 U12 excellence
Ding Liren vs So, 2004
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 No Dutch treat
S Kislov vs D Buric, 1996
(A04) Reti Opening, 13 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: QG Invitation (A04) 1-0 Double Pin
M Voyska vs S Dierckens, 2014
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def. 2 Knts Attack. Mindeno Exchange Line (B11) 1-0
Sutovsky vs Z Nemeth, 1993
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 56 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Standard Def (B06) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy
V Vepkhvishvili vs D Magalashvili, 1966
(B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: $icilian Invite / Q pawn(A04) 1-0 Railroad #
P K Wells vs J Emms, 2000
(A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs Ivanchuk, 1999
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: QP Defense (A06) 0-1 Knights trap Queen
V Castaldi vs Reshevsky, 1950
(A06) Reti Opening, 13 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Ross Gambit (A04) 1-0Scholar's Mate extended
L Avalos vs Niloofar Nayab, 2008
(A04) Reti Opening, 11 moves, 1-0
Csom vs P Ostojic, 1969
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Koneru vs C Waters, 1999
(A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
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