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56 Ham, Hambrgr, Happenin'
Compiled by fredthebear
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"My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you." ― Aeschylus, Agamemnon

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." ― Garry Kasparov

"After we have paid our dutiful respects to such frigid virtues as calculation, foresight, self-control and the like, we always come back to the thought that speculative attack is the lifeblood of chess." — Fred Reinfeld

"Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess." ― Evan Esar

"There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England." ― Sir Edward Coke

"Without integrity and honor, having everything means nothing." ― Robin Sharma

"I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest." ― Andrew Carnegie

"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." ― Winston S. Churchill

"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

"If you want happiness for an hour—take a nap. If you want happiness for a day—go fishing. If you want happiness for a year—inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime—help someone else." — Chinese Proverb

* Best Games of 2018: Game Collection: Best Games of 2018

* Brilliancies: Game Collection: Brilliancies @ best games

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

* Chess in old newspapers: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...

* Common Checkmate Patterns:
http://gambiter.com/chess/Checkmate...

* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems

* Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher

* Fabulous chess brilliancies:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Famous Chess Photos: https://tr.pinterest.com/pin/585256...

* Forney's Collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis...

* IECC: https://www.chess-iecc.com/

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* Everlasting L4U: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jNMN... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ObeV...
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* Miniatures of the Champs: Game Collection: Champions miniature champions

* Miles Ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvk...

* Notable Games: Game Collection: List of Notable Games (wiki)

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* Robert Fischer's Best Games by KingG (127 games, a ton of quotes): Game Collection: Robert Fischer's Best Games

* Bobby Fischer Rediscovered/Andrew Soltis (97 games): Game Collection: Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis)

* 1992: Game Collection: Spassky-Fischer Match 1992

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* Glossary of Chess Terms: http://www.arkangles.com/kchess/glo...

* Glass-like Gambit for Black: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAI...

* Overloaded! Game Collection: OVERLOADED!

* Pawn Structures: Game Collection: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide

* Peter, Paul, and Mary: https://www.bing.com/search?q=hamme... Troubling times, it was.

* Starting Out: French Defense: Game Collection: Starting out : The French

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

* Women: https://www.thefamouspeople.com/wom...

* Woolly: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP...

* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

* Alpha Glossary: https://www.chess-poster.com/englis...

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* The Roaring 20's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* 50 Games to Know: https://en.chessbase.com/post/50-ga...

* "The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

* Morphy - Anderssen: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* NY 1857: Game Collection: Morphy New York 1857 - Non Tournament

* The Donner Party of Misery: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903

* Learn from Paul Morphy: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Last Play of the World Series 1943-1973: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzt...

* Last Play of Every Modern World Series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkD...

* Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmU...

* Tricks to Win a Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfS...

* Queen Traps in the Scandinavian D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syr...

* Trap the Queen in the Tennison Gambit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZt...

* Top 10 Traps of the Queens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh...

* White, Black Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olz...

* Win the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ8...

* More Tricks to Trap the Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd0...

* Qxb2 Poisoned Pawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74h...

* Levy shows us more traps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fot...

* Richard Reti Does It Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9z...

* Ratsolon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJS... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/WSvx...
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* Rulon: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sieR... - https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yRw2...
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* Veresov games: Game Collection: Games from Nigel Davies' THE VERESOV

* Wiki Bird's Op: Wikipedia article: Bird's Opening

* Wikipedia on Computer Chess: Wikipedia article: Computer chess

* Wonders and Curiosities: Game Collection: Wonders and Curiosities of Chess (Chernev)

* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

five-four combo

Louisiana: Natchitoches
Established in: 1714

Natchitoches is known as the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase territory. It was founded in 1714 by French-Canadian explorer and soldier Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis and was once known as Fort St. Jean Baptiste. It was renamed for the Natchitoches Indians.

Natchitoches resembles New Orleans' French quarter and is sometimes referred to as "little New Orleans."

* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...

* World Chess Championship History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkO...

* Chess History: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...

Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. ~ Scottish Proverb

<<<Below is the acrostic poem by <Mrs T.B. Rowland>:

Tears now we sadly shed apart,
How keenly has death's sudden dart
E'en pierced a kingdom's loyal heart.

Dark lies the heavy gloomy pall
Upon our royal bower,
Kings, queens, and nations bow their heads,
Each mourn for England's flower.

Oh! God, to her speak peace divine,
For now no voice can soothe but thine.

Ah, why untimely snatched away,
Loved Prince – alas, we sigh –
Before thy sun its zenith reached
Athwart the noonday sky.
Noble in heart, in deed, and will,
Years hence thy name we'll cherish still.>

That poem was published on pages 140-141 of Chess Fruits (Dublin, 1884)>

* Weird is what you're not used to: https://chessentials.com/weird-ches...

<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.'>

Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on

Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Love, Dad

The Wolf Accusing The Fox Before The Monkey

A wolf, affirming his belief
That he had suffered by a thief,
Brought up his neighbour fox –
Of whom it was by all confessed,
His character was not the best –
To fill the prisoner's box.
As judge between these vermin,
A monkey graced the ermine;
And truly other gifts of Themis
Did scarcely seem his;
For while each party plead his cause,
Appealing boldly to the laws,
And much the question vexed,
Our monkey sat perplexed.
Their words and wrath expended,
Their strife at length was ended;
When, by their malice taught,
The judge this judgment brought:
"Your characters, my friends, I long have known, As on this trial clearly shown;
And hence I fine you both – the grounds at large To state would little profit –
You wolf, in short, as bringing groundless charge, You fox, as guilty of it."

Come at it right or wrong, the judge opined
No other than a villain could be fined.

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members who understand that chess is but a game.

Chess is but a Game

As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate, still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate, the sky broke open with an array of incredible light. and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight. I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast. Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky nova set about explaining through the word the how and why. He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game.

"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

"They made us many promises, but they kept only one. They promised to take our land -- and they did." — Chief Red Cloud, Oglala-Lakota Sioux, 1822-1909.

"There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better." ― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

The Falcon and the Capon

You often hear a sweet seductive call:
If wise, you haste towards it not at all; –
And, if you heed my apologue,
You act like John de Nivelle's dog.

A capon, citizen of Mans,
Was summoned from a throng
To answer to the village squire,
Before tribunal called the fire.
The matter to disguise
The kitchen sheriff wise
Cried, "Biddy – Biddy – Biddy! – "
But not a moment did he –
This Norman and a half –
The smooth official trust.
"Your bait," said he, "is dust,
And I'm too old for chaff."
Meantime, a falcon, on his perch,
Observed the flight and search.
In man, by instinct or experience,
The capons have so little confidence,
That this was not without much trouble caught,
Though for a splendid supper sought.
To lie, the morrow night,
In brilliant candle-light,
Supinely on a dish
"Midst viands, fowl, and fish,
With all the ease that heart could wish –
This honour, from his master kind,
The fowl would gladly have declined.
Outcried the bird of chase,
As in the weeds he eyed the skulker's face,
"Why, what a stupid, blockhead race! –
Such witless, brainless fools
Might well defy the schools.
For me, I understand
To chase at word
The swiftest bird,
Aloft, over sea or land;
At slightest beck,
Returning quick
To perch on my master's hand.
There, at his window he appears –
He waits you – hasten – have no ears?"
"Ah! that I have," the fowl replied;
"But what from master might betide?
Or cook, with cleaver at his side?
Return you may for such a call,
But let me fly their fatal hall;
And spare your mirth at my expense:
Whatever I lack, it's not the sense
To know that all this sweet-toned breath
Is spent to lure me to my death.
If you had seen on the spit
As many of the falcons roast
As I have of the capon host,
You would, not thus reproach my wit."

Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans? A: Puss 'n' Toots!

Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!

Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!

Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!

Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!

Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A: A sand-witch!

Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope? A: Holy Guacamole!

M.Hassan: <Eggman>: Scarborough Chess Club which is said to be the biggest chess club in Canada, arranges tournaments under the name of "Howard Rideout" tournaments. Is he the same Rideout that you are mentioning?. I only know that this is to commemorate "Rideout" who has been a player and probably in that club because the club is over 40 years old. This tournament is repeated year after year and at the beginning of the season when the club resumes activity after summer recession in September. Zxp

PeterB: Eggman and Mr. Hassan - you are right, Howard Ridout was a long time member of the Scarborough Chess Club! He was very active even when I joined in 1969, and was still organizing tournaments at the time of his death in the 1990s. This game is a good memorial to him! Theodorovitch was a Toronto master rated about 2250 back then, perhaps about 2350 nowadays.

<Rebecca wrote:

Checkmate
The Queen of Hearts
makes her move,
adrenaline chess
to construe.

The enzymes melt
her painted frown,
with head held high
she adjusts her crown

She remembered who
she once was,
anticipating
breathless pause.

Around the King
her fingers grasp
to set him on
the Bishop's path.

And by her hand
he meets his fate
he is no more
by her, "checkmate".>

Q: What do you call it when one cow spies on another cow? A: A steak-out.

Artificial Castling:
Refers to a maneuver of several separate moves by the king and by a rook where they end up as if they had castled. Also known as castling by hand.

Q: What did whiteshark say when he ate the clownfish? A: This tastes a little funny.

Intellexual

Analysis beguiles casual dwellers.
Even foolish gambits have indulged justification. Known liabilities may not often persuade quickly. Rather symbolic, truly understanding
vulnerability will xenophobe your zules.

"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."

"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

The Man Between Two Ages, And His Two Mistresses

A man of middle age, whose hair
Was bordering on the grey,
Began to turn his thoughts and care
The matrimonial way.
By virtue of his ready,
A store of choices had he
Of ladies bent to suit his taste;
On which account he made no haste.
To court well was no trifling art.
Two widows chiefly gained his heart;
The one yet green, the other more mature,
Who found for nature's wane in art a cure.
These dames, amidst their joking and caressing
The man they longed to wed,
Would sometimes set themselves to dressing
His party-coloured head.
Each aiming to assimilate
Her lover to her own estate,
The older piecemeal stole
The black hair from his poll,
While eke, with fingers light,
The young one stole the white.
Between them both, as if by scald,
His head was changed from grey to bald.
"For these," he said, "your gentle pranks,
I owe you, ladies, many thanks.
By being thus well shaved,
I less have lost than saved.
Of Hymen, yet, no news at hand,
I do assure you.
By what I have lost, I understand
It is in your way,
Not mine, that I must pass on.
Thanks, ladies, for the lesson."

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

* The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev - https://lichess.org/study/w2JcfP5K

* Legendary: Game Collection: The 12 Legendary Games of the Century

The Sofia Rules forbid agreed draws before 30 moves. The "Bilbao" scoring system awards 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.

"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." ― Indira Gandhi

<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.>

According to Chessmetrics, Emanuel Lasker was #1 for longer than anyone else in history: 292 different months between June 1890 and December 1926. That's a timespan of 36 1/2 years, in which Lasker was #1 for a total of 24 years and 4 months. Lasker was 55 years old when he won New York 1924.

Feb-09-12
ray keene: nimzos best endgames
v lasker zurich 1934
v spielmann carlsbad 1929
v lundin stockholm 1934
v maroczy bled 1931
v henneberger winterthur 1931
v thomas frankfurt 1930
v sultan khan liege 1930
v marshall berlin 1928
v reti berlin 1928
v alehine ny 1927
v tchigorin carlsbad 1907
and for a joke entry duras v nimzo san sebastian 1912 !!

Jupiter and the Thunderbolts

Said Jupiter, one day,
As on a cloud he lay,
"Observing all our crimes,
Come, let us change the times,
By leasing out anew
A world whose wicked crew
Have wearied out our grace,
And cursed us to our face.
Hie hellward, Mercury;
A Fury bring to me,
The direst of the three.
Race nursed too tenderly,
This day your doom shall be!"
Even while he spoke their fate,
His wrath began to moderate.

O kings, with whom His will
Has lodged our good and ill,
Your wrath and storm between
One night should intervene!

The god of rapid wing,
And lip unfaltering,
To sunless regions sped,
And met the sisters dread.
To grim Tisiphone,
And pale Megaera, he
Preferred, as murderess,
Alecto, pitiless.
This choice so roused the fiend,
By Pluto's beard she swore
The human race no more
Should be by handfuls gleaned,
But in one solid mass
The infernal gates should pass.
But Jove, displeased with both
The Fury and her oath,
Despatched her back to hell.
And then a bolt he hurled,
Down on a faithless world,
Which in a desert fell.
Aimed by a father's arm,
It caused more fear than harm.
(All fathers strike aside.)
What did from this betide?
Our evil race grew bold,
Resumed their wicked tricks,
Increased them manifold,
Till, all Olympus through,
Indignant murmurs flew.
When, swearing by the Styx,
The sire that rules the air
Storms promised to prepare
More terrible and dark,
Which should not miss their mark.
"A father's wrath it is!"
The other deities
All in one voice exclaimed;
"And, might the thing be named,
Some other god would make
Bolts better for our sake."
This Vulcan undertook.
His rumbling forges shook,
And glowed with fervent heat,
While Cyclops blew and beat.
Forth, from the plastic flame
Two sorts of bolts there came.
Of these, one misses not:
It's by Olympus shot, –
That is, the gods at large.
The other, bearing wide,
Hits mountain-top or side,
Or makes a cloud its targe.
And this it is alone
Which leaves the father's throne.

"If you want it, work for it."

"Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?" — Gregory Peck

Old Russian Proverb: "If you are given something, take it; if you are being beaten, run. (Дают — бери, а бьют — беги.)"

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

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

'Don't keep a dog and bark yourself'

'Don't cast your pearls before swine'

'Don't count your chickens before they are hatched'

Fortune and the Boy

Beside a well, uncurbed and deep,
A schoolboy laid him down to sleep:
(Such rogues can do so anywhere.)
If some kind man had seen him there,
He would have leaped as if distracted;
But Fortune much more wisely acted;
For, passing by, she softly waked the child,
Thus whispering in accents mild:
"I save your life, my little dear,
And beg you not to venture here
Again, for had you fallen in,
I should have had to bear the sin;
But I demand, in reason's name,
If for your rashness I'm to blame?"
With this the goddess went her way.
I like her logic, I must say.
There takes place nothing on this planet,
But Fortune ends, whoever began it.
In all adventures good or ill,
We look to her to foot the bill.
Has one a stupid, empty pate,
That serves him never till too late,
He clears himself by blaming Fate!

You can make a small fortune in farming-provided you start with a large one.

Riddle Question: If there are four sheep, two dogs and one herds-men, how many feet are there?

Agriculture: You Can't Live Without It! Does your soil have what it takes?

Riddle Answer: Two. Sheep have hooves; dogs have paws; only people have feet.

A quote from the link: https://www.libertarianism.org/what...

"Modern day politicians on the left and right sometimes pay lip service to these ideas, but in practice they reject them. Legislation is all about imposing an order from above, rather than letting one emerge from below. And in creating their schemes, politicians all too often fail to give citizens their due as people, treating them as pawns and running roughshod over their rights to decide and plan for themselves."

A Servant When He Reigneth
by Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)

Three things make earth unquiet
And four she cannot brook
The godly Agur counted them
And put them in a book --
Those Four Tremendous Curses
With which mankind is cursed;
But a Servant when He Reigneth
Old Agur entered first.
An Handmaid that is Mistress
We need not call upon.
A Fool when he is full of Meat
Will fall asleep anon.
An Odious Woman Married
May bear a babe and mend;
But a Servant when He Reigneth
Is Confusion to the end.

His feet are swift to tumult,
His hands are slow to toil,
His ears are deaf to reason,
His lips are loud in broil.
He knows no use for power
Except to show his might.
He gives no heed to judgment
Unless it prove him right.

Because he served a master
Before his Kingship came,
And hid in all disaster
Behind his master's name,
So, when his Folly opens
The unnecessary hells,
A Servant when He Reigneth
Throws the blame on some one else.

His vows are lightly spoken,
His faith is hard to bind,
His trust is easy boken,
He fears his fellow-kind.
The nearest mob will move him
To break the pledge he gave --
Oh, a Servant when he Reigneth
Is more than ever slave!

"Believe in yourself. Have faith in your abilities. Without humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers, you cannot be successful or happy." ― Norman Vincent Peale

"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.

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

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

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

A game of chess, even played by dilettantes, is an austere metaphor of life and a struggle for life, and the chess player's virtues—reason, memory, and invention—are the virtues of every thinking man. The stern rule of chess, according to which a piece that was touched must be moved and it is not permissible to redo a move of which one repents, reproduces the inexorability of the choices of the living. When your king, as a result of your inexperience, lack of attention, imprudence, or the opponent's superiority, is ever more closely threatened … cornered and finally transfixed, you cannot fail to perceive a symbolic shadow beyond the chess board. You are living a death; it is your death, and at the same time it is a death for which you are guilty. —Primo Levi, "The Irritable Chess Players"

Proverbs 14:29-35

29 He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered * exalts folly.

30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones.

31 He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

32 The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

33 Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

34 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people.

35 The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.

<Sarah wrote:

checkmate
It's like we're playing chess.
Moving strategically, testing boundaries,
all while watching each other's expression.

We all know how this games ends…
The queen destroys you and steals your heart.>

- The longest a chess game could possibly be is 5,949 moves.

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Moravian Dinner Prayer
Traditional Moravian Prayer

Come, Lord Jesus, our guest to be

And bless these gifts

Bestowed by Thee.

And bless our loved ones everywhere,

And keep them in Your loving care.
Amen.

Lord Dunsany wrote what is perhaps the finest chess poem ever written. It marked the death of R.H.S. Stevenson and was published on page 74 of the April 1943 BCM:

One art they say is of no use;
The mellow evenings spent at chess,
The thrill, the triumph, and the truce
To every care, are valueless.

And yet, if all whose hopes were set
On harming man played chess instead,
We should have cities standing yet
Which now are dust upon the dead.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind." — Mahatma Gandhi

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

"Where there's a will, there's a way."

<<Us Two> So wherever I am, there's always Pooh,
There's always Pooh and Me.
"What would I do?" I said to Pooh,
"If it wasn't for you," and Pooh said: "True, It isn't much fun for One, but Two,
Can stick together, says Pooh, says he. "That's how it is," says Pooh.>
— A. A. Milne

I have a fear of speed bumps. But I am slowly getting over it.

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I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger, then it hit me.

<<<Harry Golombek (1 March 1911 – 7 January 1995) was a British chess player, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955 and finished second in 1948.

* https://en.chessbase.com/post/harry...

* https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

* https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CnLH...

* https://www.goodreads.com/author/li...

* https://www.365chess.com/players/Ha...>>>

"Love Is A Place" by E.E. Cummings

Love is a place
& through this place of
love move
(with brightness of peace)
all places

yes is a world
& in this world of
yes live
(skilfully curled)
all worlds

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

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

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

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

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

Weirdz:
zxp 74 Zdanovs split Zelinsky, Yuri Zhuravliov dife ride thru the pole Don't forget the pickles.

"The first place you need to look is the last place you saw it." — Digger Manes, Moonshiners

<A wise old owl sat on an oak,

The more he saw the less he spoke,

The less he spoke the more he heard,

Why aren't we like that wise old bird?>

Give a HOOT -- don't pollute!!
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variants White N removed / Scotch Gambit (000) 1-0 Lolli's Mate
Morphy vs A Reif, 1857 
(000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0

Hungarian Opening: General (A00) 0-1 Black crushes the center
J Penquite vs W F Taber, 1961
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

"White Wedding" (game of the day Aug-12-2012)
D Wedding vs H Erwin, 1994 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening: Czech Def (A00) 0-1 K exits his castle
J Jaszczuk vs Geller, 1991
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening: Indian Defense (A00) 0-1 18...?
L Binet Tapaszto vs G Kluger, 1954 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Var (A01) 0-1 Promotion battery
W Wu vs B Li, 2005 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 26 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: General (A02) 1-0 Smothered Queen next
M Aigner vs NN, 1999 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1Dbl Discovered++
Linder vs E Diemer, 1950 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: Lasker Var (A03) 0-1Fishin' Pole Attk, Damiano's#
A Model vs G Goldberg, 1932 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

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 Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Var (A04) 0-1 Royal fork next
E Thorsteinsson vs A Simutowe, 2008 
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 1-0 Q sac, mating attk
M Rakitskaja vs A Eliseev, 2004 
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Gruenfeld (A07) 1-0 N+ Discovery
C R Mariano-Wagman vs R Joya, 2001
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

KIA vs French Be7, Bb7 (A07) 1-0 Rook demolition of e-file
Yagupov vs A Rustemov, 1995 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Slav. General (A11) 0-1 Kside assault!
N Dzagnidze vs S Chanda, 2010
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 24 moves, 0-1

Game 45 in Richard Réti's Best Games by Harry Golombek
Reti vs R Grau, 1924 
(A15) English, 17 moves, 1-0

King's English. Reversed Sicilian (A21) 1-0 Sittin' on the 6th
Chernin vs A Kveinys, 1983 
(A21) English, 11 moves, 1-0

King's English. Four Knights Fianchetto Lines (A29) 0-1 25...?
Adorjan vs Miles, 1985 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 27 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Four Knts (A35) 1-0 Q&N# Kill Box on 3rd
G Sutton vs A Marthinsen, 2004 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 12 moves, 0-1

Modern Def: Bg7 (A40) 1-0 N Discovered+ nabs Q
M Richter vs G Antoniassi, 2000 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0

Benoni Def transposes to Colle System (D05) 1-0 Choose a sac!
L B Hansen vs G Vescovi, 1995 
(A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0

Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit. Oshima Def (A45) 0-1 Smothered Q
W Weschke vs A Fischer, 1982 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: General (A45) 0-1 Exch sac burdens the 3rd rank
C Zeng vs J Zhou, 2017 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1

Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Simul exhibition
Alekhine vs R Castiarena, 1926 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 0-1 Odd timing
D Przepiorka vs Reti, 1922 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Torre Attk: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 Q sac deflects defending P
W Springe vs H Gebhard, 1927 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

"Taimanov's Knight Check"
M Kadiltzoglou vs B Byklum, 2001 
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1

Budapest Defense: Adler Variation (A52) 1-0 19...?
G Sigurjonsson vs A S Segal, 1968 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Rubinstein Var (A52) 0-1Making hay on open d-file
S Martin vs V Setkauskas, 2019 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1

Benko Gambit: Zaitsev. Nescafe Frappe Attk (A57) 1-0 Boden's
Barsov vs J Petronic, 1991 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0

Benko Gambit: Fully Accepted (A58) 0-1 See AJ's Chessbase link
Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2014 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: K Pawn lines (A65) 1-0 19.?
D Rajkovic vs M O Jovanovic, 2008 
(A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 26 moves, 1-0

Borg Defense: General (B00) 1-0 Discovery + traps Black Q
H Robles vs M Gagnon, 1992
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Owen Defense: General (B00) 1-0 House of Cards
J Minckwitz vs J Noa, 1881 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0

Carr Defense: General (B00) 1-0 Blindfold simul K walk
Morphy vs J Carr, 1858  
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Scandinavian. Exchange (B00) 1-0 If 19...hxQg6
L Aptekar vs C Laird, 1977 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: El Columpio Defense (B00) 0-1 diabolical
E Knesevitch vs D Martin Tarrio, 2004 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

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

Scandinavian Defense: Modern Var (B01) 1-0 17.?
L McLaren vs A Ismail, 2017 
(B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Saemisch Attack (B02) 1-0 Lolli's Mate w/obstruct
D Monokroussos vs M Podobnik, 2003
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Scandinavian Var (B02) 0-1 Exch Sac for attack!
M Corden vs A H Williams, 1970 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: Exchange Var (B03) 1-0 Central passer
J Rowson vs T Hinks-Edwards, 1998
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 25 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern. Larsen Miles Line (B04) 1-0 Nxf7, Qh5+
E Kovalevskaya vs P Bjarnehag, 2002 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 14 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Modern. Main Line (B05) 1-0 Balestra Mate on 6th!
Chessmaster vs Sargon, 1986 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 26 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense Bg7, 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (B06) 0-1 Creative play!
N Nestorovic vs M Popchev, 2008 
(B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1

A Legend on the Road: BF's 1964 Simul Tour by John Donaldson
Fischer vs M Bedford, 1964 
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 0-1 Raid the 3rd!
M Kennefick vs K Shirazi, 1976 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1

Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Unzicker Attack (B09) 1-0 16.?
J Curdo vs V Frenklakh, 1993 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Breyer Var (B10) 1-0 Overworked Q
S R Wolf vs R Grau, 1928
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 1-0

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

Caro-Kann Def: Bronstein-Larsen Var (B16) 0-1 Dbl Exch Sacs!
Levenfish vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1947 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 23 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Karpov. Modern Var (B17) 1-0 Ng5 vs h6?
K Kulaots vs L Meidla, 2016
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 23 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0 Pounding the 6th
Kupreichik vs G Castiglioni, 1968 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Var (B18) 0-1 Knighfed
S Rozental vs V Makogonov, 1936 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 19 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Staunton-Cochrane Var (B20) 0-1 Smothered #
M Gardijan vs G Sulc, 2004 
(B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: 2.b3 Var (B20) 0-1 Pins lead to N&B mate
NN vs J Waitzkin, 1995 
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

Sicil Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen Formation (B21) 1-0
F Rhine vs NN, 2019 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Bg7 Def (B21) 1-0 N+
L Kurtesch vs Berta, 1958 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 Beautiful configuration!
L Esselink vs M Trout, 1973 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 Raking bishops
C Garma vs P Joshi, 2001 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Closed ...NxBd3 NxNd3 (B23) 1-0 N pair on 6th!!
R Skrobek vs A Kuligowski, 1978 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Closed (B25) 1-0 If 23...BxRg1 Lolli's Mate next
H Seidman vs K Burger, 1954 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Spearhead
Geller vs G Garcia, 1965 
(B27) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1-0 back rank
Staunton vs NN, 1852 
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Nimzowitsch. Exchange (B29) 1-0 Stockfish; 17.?
V Belikov vs D Losev, 1995 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 22 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30)1-0 13.?
Vasiukov vs I Chikovani, 1963 
(B30) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; Blitz game
Fischer vs S Reuben, 1963 
(B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Creative mini w/multiple threats
Y Dobkin vs S Weil, 1940 
(B32) Sicilian, 15 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin Var (B40) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; 19.?
Yates vs A Haida, 1925 
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Kan. Knight Var (B43) 1-0 This is a gem!
P Dely vs J H Donner, 1961 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Kan. Knight Var (B43) 0-1 Greco Attack!
Y Zotkin vs Suetin, 1965 
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 18 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Four Knights (B45) 1-0 U18
E Groberman vs M Simes, 2001
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 24 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Var (B46) 1-0 Qside rumble, tumble
D van Foreest vs NN, 1883 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 17 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Prins Variation (B54) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Alekhine vs Manuel Cifuentes, 1941 
(B54) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Rob Escalante's Mammoth Book of Sozin Miniatures page 61
M Golubev vs Lupulescu, 2002 
(B57) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicil Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Early deviat (B62)0-1 Cozio's#
K Zvorykina vs E Bykova, 1959 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 25 moves, 0-1

Game 27 in The Complete Dragon by Eduard Gufeld & Oleg Stetsko
Spassky vs D Levy, 1974 
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def. Scheveningen. Keres Attk (B81) 1-0 Exchange sac
Jobava vs E Safarli, 2003 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

Game 40 in "The Golden Dozen" by Irving Chernev.
Smyslov vs C Kottnauer, 1946 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 21 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attk. Flank Var (B87) 1-0 Trapped R
Rublevsky vs E Zude, 2011 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attk. Leonhardt Var (B88) 1-0 Centr
F S Bondarenko vs S Muehlberg, 1957 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 20 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 18.?
A Sherzer vs H Olafsson, 1991 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 Sac Attack! Battery!
Gligoric vs J Sofrevski, 1959 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 19 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B96) 1-0 Tringovometry
G Tringov vs S Martinovic, 1978 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0

French Def: 2.Qe2 Chigorin Var (C00) 1-0 Nxe6 ruins Black
V Csiszar vs J Frank, 2005 
(C00) French Defense, 14 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Two Knights (C00) 0-1 Double trouble Greco's #
S Sammed Jaykumar vs U Bajarani, 2014 
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Alapin Gambit (C00) 1-0 Dbl Bishop sac offer
E Diemer vs Illig, 1954 
(C00) French Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

French Def: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish; 25...?
K Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1925 
(C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1

French Def: Mediterranean Def (C01) 1-0 Bazar
B Khatanbaatar vs Emad Al Habeeb, 2014 
(C01) French, Exchange, 24 moves, 1-0

French Def: Advance. Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Qh5+ g6 etc.
S Kosanski vs Gleizerov, 2005 
(C02) French, Advance, 13 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Guimard Def (C03) 1-0Raking Bs, Ns Invade
Euwe vs NN, 1947 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 16 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. 3...f5 Haberditz Var (C03) 0-1 Greco's
I Zdanovs vs M Brakmanis, 1938 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 0-1

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

French Def: Classical. Burn Var Morozevich Line (C11) 0-1 PINS~
W Pietzsch vs W Golz, 1960 
(C11) French, 28 moves, 0-1

French Alekhine-Chatard Attk. Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0
Unzicker vs J H Donner, 1964
(C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer. Advance General (C16) 1-0 K walk
P Becker vs S Liu, 2010
(C16) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Adv Moscow Var (C17) 1-0 Raking Bs & hoppy Ns
S Chekhov vs M Opanasenko, 2013 
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Poisoned Pawn General (C18) 1-0Along the h-file
P Bobras vs E Can, 2007 
(C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0

King Pawn Game 1.e4 e5 2.h3 (C20) 1-0 Kside attack, pinned f7
Morphy vs NN, 1848 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: General (C21) 1-0 Kelly's Heroes in San Franciso
S Rubin vs D C Sutherland, 1961 
(C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 0-1 blitz burger
V Goldfarb vs Rubinstein, 1907 
(C22) Center Game, 15 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: General (C23) 1-0 Pin the Defender
R Berzinsh vs V Meijers, 1995 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Def (C24) 1-0 U10 Girls; Overworked Q
Lagno vs V Nebolsina, 1999 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 24 moves, 1-0

B's Opening: Urusov Gambit. Keidansky Gambit (C24) 1-0 Frankly-
M Zavanelli vs A Pope, 1987 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 1-0 16.?
J Curdo vs J Fried, 1993 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Anderssen Def(C25) 1-0 blindfold hammerin' the 6th
Alekhine vs De Cassio, 1944 
(C25) Vienna, 10 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 0-1 Debated finish 30...?
J Mieses vs von Scheve, 1887 
(C26) Vienna, 32 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit (C28) 1-0 Q sac for a unique mate!
Margulies vs Lwow, 1949 
(C28) Vienna Game, 15 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit (C29) 1-0 blindfold exhibition
Najdorf vs Chaves / Barreto / Haimmi, 1947 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Breyer Variation (C29) 1-0 Video link
Rubinstein vs A Mund, 1906 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Kaufmann Var (C29) 1-0 Rob the Pin!
P Richardson vs Pillsbury, 1894 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

KGD: Falkbeer Countergambit. Anderssen Attk (C31) 0-1 Boden's #
F Langley vs B Burt, 1870 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

KGD: Falkbeer CG. Charousek Gambit Morphy Def (C31) 0-1Cornered
Roterman vs D Gedult, 1967 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1

KGA. B's Gambit Bogoljubow Var (C33) 0-1Fantastic file opening
S Rosenthal vs Bird, 1873 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1

KGA. Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 1-0 Royal Family Fork+
Milner-Barry vs E G Exell, 1961 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 13 moves, 1-0

KGA Modern Defense (C36) 1-0 Discovered Double Check is Mate!
A Meek vs NN, 1855 
(000) Chess variants, 7 moves, 1-0

KGA. Quade Gambit (C37) 1-0 15.?
J Seoane vs I Prieto, 1986 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 1-0 Qs rumble
Steinitz vs F Deacon, 1863 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: General (C40) 0-1 N+ fork
W Widmeyer vs S Mlotkowski, 1904 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Marshall Var (C42) 0-1 Qxb7?!
J Witton vs R Hodgson, 1891 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Petrov Defense (C42) 0-1 Internet bullet chess
S Tadic vs E Rosen, 2020 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 9 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attack. Staunton Var (C42) 1-0Stockfish
W N Potter vs Mason, 1879 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Ponziani Opening: General (C44) 1-0 Q deflection for R roller!
S Levitsky vs A Rabinovich, 1912 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Double P Sac (C44) 1-0 Correspond
Pullman vs K Mokry, 1983 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Dble P Sac (C44) 1-0 Lolli's # by N
G Heilpern vs Pick, 1910 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 0-1 Pillsbury's Mate w/Q!
C Vitzthum vs O Wuelfing, 1861 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Potter Var (C45) 1-0 N sac opens file to sink 0-0
G Botterill vs R Thomas, 1974 
(C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Modern Def 4...Qh4 & 0-0-0+ (C45) 0-1 Centre Crush
B Jackson vs J Berry, 2011 
(C45) Scotch Game, 22 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation (C45) 1-0 storming the castle!
Lasker vs Daniel, 1897 
(C45) Scotch Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical. Blackburne Attack (C45) 0-1 Pile on pin
Y Dembo vs Lagno, 2009
(C45) Scotch Game, 23 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: General (C45) 1-0 Mate No. 19a
A E Hopkins vs NN, 1932 
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Three Knights Opening (C46) 1-0 Lolli's Mate extened by Q sac!
W Pollock vs J Mortimer, 1887 
(C46) Three Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Var (C46) 1-0 Pin the Defender
M Dragovic vs V Lukovic, 2012 
(C46) Three Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Four Knts Game: Spanish. Classical Var (C48) 1-0 Raid the 6th!!
K Rosenkrantz vs S Levitsky, 1906 
(C48) Four Knights, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 142 in '500 Master Games of Chess' by Tartakower & Du Mont
K Sterk vs Marshall, 1912 
(C49) Four Knights, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Canal Var (C50) 0-1 pin Greco#
D Itkelwar vs S Tejaswini, 2008 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 1-0 jaw dropping sac
Charousek vs V Lehner, 1897 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 0-1 Overworked Pawn
Leeds CC vs Doncaster Chess Club, 1834 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51) 1-0 Epaulette's Mate
G Neumann vs C Mayet, 1866 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Anderssen Var (C51) 1-0 7...Nxe4?
K Arakhamia-Grant vs R Churm, 1995 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Lasker Def (C52) 1-0 Stockfish 26.?
Kolisch vs S F Loyd, 1867 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 0-1 Stockfish Notes
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1852 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 Corresp
T Harding vs S Szilagyi, 1988 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. General (C53) 0-1Simul Q sac for Arab#
Lasker vs A Lynn, 1902 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 19...?
J Garnelis vs Brunello, 2009 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1

Solitaire Chess column in Chess Review, December 1948
F Lazard vs A Gibaud, 1909 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attk (C56) 1-0 Dbl Disc#
O Michaelis vs H D Smith, 1869 
(C56) Two Knights, 13 moves, 1-0

Italian, 2Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1 Nxf7
O Soyka vs B Tot, 1948 
(C57) Two Knights, 12 moves, 0-1

Canoromi's Q pin, Double Knight Mate
J Kaplan vs Canoromi, 1964 
(C57) Two Knights, 16 moves, 0-1

Italian, Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Kieseritsky Var (C58) 0-1
A van Foreest vs Yates, 1913 
(C58) Two Knights, 21 moves, 0-1

Italian, Two Knts Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 0-1Dovetail#
Bibikov vs Y Neishtadt, 1946 
(C59) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Fianchetto Defense (C60) 1-0 12.?
Motylev vs M Godena, 2010 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 20 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Lasker vs F Loewenthal, 1898 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro Var (C67) 1-0 25.?
Tarrasch vs M Harmonist, 1891 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Morphy Attack (C78) 0-1 Crossfire!!
B Verlinsky vs Levenfish, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

Ruy Lopez, Open (C80) 1-0 Fabulous Finish!!
R Levit vs Genady Rusakovas, 1986 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open Var. Schlechter Def (C80) 0-1 Sac Attk!
G Schories vs Yates, 1910 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 26 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Dilworth Var (C82) 0-1 Sac Attack!
P Sternberg vs C Bloodgood, 1959 
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 21 moves, 0-1

B-D Gambit: Teichmann Var (D00) 1-0 13.? A fearless attack
P Leisebein vs B Fels, 2004 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Declined. O'Kelly Def (D00) 0-1N+ &fork
W Wood vs E Schiller, 1994 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1

QGD. Baltic Defense. Queen Attack (D02) 0-1 Vukovic's Mate
A Muir vs S R Mannion, 1987 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1

QGD: Chigorin Def. Main Line (D07) 0-1 Invasion
A Bisguier vs J Littlewood, 1962 
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 23 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit (D08) 0-1 Simul
W Kluxen vs Lasker, 1904 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: General (D10) 1-0 Q trap or checkmate
A Riazantsev vs N Maevsky, 2010 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 19 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Smyslov Variation (D16) 1-0 overworked pawn
Stein vs R Sanguineti, 1966 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0

QGA: Central Variation. Rubinstein Def (D20) 1-0 Lolli's Mate
Bronstein vs J van den Bersselaar, 1991 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20) 1-0 blitz Greek Gift
F Rhine vs NN, 2020 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Var (D30) 1-0 Stockfish
Capablanca vs E G Sergeant, 1929 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Schara Gambit (D32) 0-1, 15 moves Kamikazi Bishops
A Jakab vs L Cernousek, 2003 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 15 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Def (D38) 0-1 17...?
Maroczy vs O Tenner, 1926 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 17 moves, 0-1

QGD. Cambridge Springs Var (D52) 1-0 U10 Remove the Defender
I Cheparinov vs L Lang, 1995 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

QGD: Miles Variation (D53) 1-0 22.?
Kramnik vs Short, 1995 
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

QGD: Pillsbury Attack (D55) 1-0 Stockfish notes; KEG annotates!
Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1900 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

QGD: Modern Variation. Normal Line (D55) 0-1 Typical Kside attk
Nitin Mahtani vs Carlos David Escorcia Obando, 2020 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 0-1

QGD: Orthodox Def. Botvinnik Var (D60) 1-0 N raid
H Suechting vs Swiderski, 1908
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

QGD: Orthodox Defense. General (D60) 0-1 Mayet's # next!
E Gereben vs Komarov, 1949 
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Find the finish
V Akobian vs J L Hilton, 2009 
(D85) Grunfeld, 25 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Russian Variation. With e4 (D97) 1-0 Discovery
Kazhgaleyev vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2003 
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 19 moves, 1-0

Gruenfeld Def: Russian. Smyslov Var (D99) 0-1 battery, pin, int
Shamkovich vs Simagin, 1951 
(D99) Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov, 27 moves, 0-1

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Accepted (E10) 0-1 0-0 blown apart
Z Milev vs L Zinn, 1960 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 27.?
M Gurevich vs G Andruet, 1988 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

Bogo-Indian Def: Exchange Var (E11) 0-1 Morphy's Mate in One
P Frydman vs A Pokorny, 1930 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 22 moves, 0-1

QID: Capablanca Var (E16) 1-0 Simul exhibition
A G Johnson vs Lasker, 1926 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0

NID: Saemisch Var (E26) 1-0 holes on the 6th
I Romanenko vs E Mednis, 1952 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 21 moves, 1-0

KID: Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 0-1 Q+ and fork LPDO N
V Nedilko vs Bologan, 2010 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

KID: Fianchetto. Debrecen Def (E67) 0-1 Lolli's Mate to be
F Apsenieks vs K Havasi, 1924 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 25 moves, 0-1

Game 86 in 'Modern Chess Strategy' by Ludek Pachman
Averbakh vs R Fuchs, 1956 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 26 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: 1...Nf6?! (A00) 1-0 Space advantage, absolute pin
C Bloodgood vs K Amirjahed, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

Hippopotamus 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (A00) 1-0 P storm, Pseudo-Hook Mate
F Braga vs H Rossetto, 1980 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 27 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: Batavo-Polish Attack (A02) 1-0 Pawn avalanche
H E Myers vs Young, 1964 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 46 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 Not quite Alekhine's Gun
Euwe vs O Krause, 1927 
(A04) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attk: General (A06) 0-1 Overworked W pieces
Andersson vs A Bisguier, 1971 
(A06) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1

KIA vs Sicilian - French Def (A08) 1-0 Q sac, B helps N dual
A Adly vs V Laznicka, 2007 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Reversed Botvinnik System (A07) 1-0 21.?
M Czerniak vs U Rueetschi, 1981 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Reti Opening vs Bg7 & Bg4 (A06) Black invades, White scrambles
Miles vs J Murey, 1981 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 38 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Stonewall (A10) 1-0Base of P chain
Portisch vs I Radulov, 1969 
(A10) English, 35 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (A10) 1-0 MC Hammered!
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2000 
(A10) English, 29 moves, 1-0

King's English. Four Knights Quiet Line (A28) 0-1 28...?
C Bielicki vs Smyslov, 1964 
(A28) English, 30 moves, 0-1

King's English. Four Knts Korchnoi Line (A28) 1-0 Dovetail#
Seirawan vs R Costigan, 1977 
(A28) English, 29 moves, 1-0

K's English. Four Knights Fianchetto (A29) 0-1Statue of Liberty
Serper vs Korchnoi, 1996 
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 29 moves, 0-1

Dbl Fio vs Horwitz Def/Reversed Colle-Zuke (A40) 1-0 - The Exch
Tartakower vs Yates, 1930 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 1-0 Unsound K hunt
H Kilicaslan vs Jobava, 2003 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Mexican Defense: Bxh3 & Bxh6 (A50) 1-0 Destructive pins
G K Fielding vs R Durkin, 1957
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Fajarowicz Var (A51) 1-0 Knights bite
S Matveeva vs A Stefanova, 1994 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

Benoni Defense: Classical. General (A70) 0-1 20...?
V Arbakov vs Milov, 1994 
(A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1

Carr Defense /Owen's Def. (B00) 1-0 Black survives awhile
M Hebden vs M Basman, 1993 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 60 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Kennedy. Linksspringer (B00) 1-0 Disc+ awaits
R Hodgson vs J Wood, 1891 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Defense: Marshall Var (B01) 1-0 N+ fork
K McDonald vs R Fernandez, 2004 
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.NxNf6+ QxN (B01) 1-0
J Kraai vs S Owen, 2004
(B01) Scandinavian, 30 moves, 1-0

Scandinavian Def: Kloosterboer Gambit (B01) 0-1 Cockfighting!
H Bruckhaus vs G W Kloosterboer, 1925 
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Defense: Marshall Var (B01) 1-0 no way out
Bronstein vs Shamkovich, 1961 
(B01) Scandinavian, 40 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian 3.e5 Nd7 French-like (B02) 1-0
I Rogers vs F Delay, 1985 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit (B02) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Suttles vs Mecking, 1967 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: 4Pawns Attk. ML (B03) 1-0 Preferences, don't hate
Bronstein vs I Rudakovsky, 1945 
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Modern Defense: Standard Def (B06) 0-1 Exch Sac, sacs declined
Westerinen vs A Planinc, 1971 
(B06) Robatsch, 40 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Delayed Alapin Var (B40) 1-0tremendous middlegame
Benjamin vs A Stripunsky, 2006 
(B40) Sicilian, 82 moves, 1-0

Gurgenidze set-up gets outranked!
M Czerniak vs J Hernando Pertierra, 1975 
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: Byrne Var (B07) 1-0 White dictates!
R Antonio vs A Maltese, 2005 
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: General (B10) 1-0 pin, and slip in
Y Stepak vs N Spiridonov, 1966 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 39 moves, 1-0

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

Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Var (B12) 1-0 20.?
Swiercz vs M Kanarek, 2016 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 1-0 Arabian Mate w/B help
M Golmayo vs H Mattison, 1928 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 0-1 Lay back and get ran over
Caruana vs Ding Liren, 2019 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Exch. Rubinstein Var (B13) 1-0 Dbl++ Q Arabian #
Geller vs Benko, 1962 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0

September 1948 Solitaire Chess column in Chess Review
Pilnik vs Najdorf, 1942 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Karpov Var. Modern Main Line (B17) 1-0 28.?
A Suarez Real vs J Hawkins, 2014 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Karpov. Modern, GK Attk (B17) 1-0 Rob the pin
G Timoscenko vs Razuvaev, 1972
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 29 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical. Main lines (B18) 0-1 W is cramped
Marjanovic vs Seirawan, 1979 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Var (B18) 1-0 Fascinating ending
Yanofsky vs Golombek, 1951 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 102 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 Pin & Rook Battery
I Mody vs G Sukhu, 2004
(B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian (B30) 0-1 Brilliant checkmate awaits!
Arthur J Ansaldo vs C Watson, 1924 
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1

SicilLasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk Var(B33) 1-0 b1=Q+
O Sulypa vs Radjabov, 2002 
(B33) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1

Game 15 in 'Fire on Board, Part 2: 1997-2004' by Alexey Shirov
Shirov vs Korneev, 1998 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 31 moves, 1-0

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

Sicilian Def: Four Knts. Exchange (B45) 0-1 Stockfish; 22...?
A Reggio vs J Mieses, 1903 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Paulsen. Bastrikov, English Attk (B48) 1-0 29.?
I Cheparinov vs Pelletier, 2007 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian (B53) 1-0 Rob the pin
A Sznapik vs E Bhend, 1973 
(B53) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation (B53) 1-0 24.?
G Vescovi vs S Gschwendtner, 1994 
(B53) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Chekhover Var (B53) 0-1 Q trap, Damiano's # next
Y Zhou vs O Adu, 2017 
(B53) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Var (B53) 1-0 Horwitz Bishops
Benjamin vs Gufeld, 1998 
(B53) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Classical 0-0-0 vs. 0-0 (B58) 0-1 Pawn Mate
B Verlinsky vs N Riumin, 1933
(B58) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Var (B59) 0-1 28...?
P Benes vs K Mokry, 1979 
(B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 28 moves, 0-1

Game 29 Starting Out: The Sicilian by John Emms
Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1996 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 32 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Classical General (B72) 1-0 24.?
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Keres Attk (B81) 1-0Lunch in London
J Hector vs N Davies, 1991 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 29 moves, 1-0

John Watson wrote of 27.Rf3 - "Incredible! This R is a monster!
Karpov vs Hort, 1971 
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 1-0 Arabian# awaits
A Zapata vs Ftacnik, 1992 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 1-0

Sicil Scheveningen. Classical/Hedgehog (B84) 0-1 Central Passer
W Schubert vs Suba, 1986 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 41 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Scheveningen. Classical Paulsen Var (B85) 1-0 3 on 6th
Tal vs K Langeweg, 1973
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Main Line (B89) 1-0 25.?
Fedorov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1996 
(B89) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0

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

A classic "co-linear" move
Y Hou vs S Andriasyan, 2005 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 44 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Var (B92) 1/2-1/2 He missed check
B Milic vs J H Donner, 1958 
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B94) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 22.?
Tal vs A Kolarov, 1957 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf both 0-0-0 (B94) 0-1 Exch Sacs
Gulko vs Petrosian, 1976 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 0-1

the Sicilian Polugaevsky has almost disappeared from top-level
Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1960 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Defense: Two Knights Var (C00) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 13.?
Tseshkovsky vs I Polgar, 1964 
(C00) French Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

KIA Qe2 vs French dxe4, Bb7 (C00) 1-0 Mate in Four
Y Zhou vs A Hill, 2016 
(C00) French Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Chigorin 2.Qe2, Bg2 vs Bg7 (C00) 1-0
O Gadia vs J de Souza Mendes, 1964 
(C00) French Defense, 29 moves, 1-0

French Def: Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 0-1
Flamberg vs Breyer, 1914 
(C02) French, Advance, 50 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1/2-1/2 Stalemate Swindle
Adams vs V Dimitrov, 1993 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2

French Def: Classical. Burn Variation Morozevich Line (C11) 1-0
Anand vs Short, 2002 
(C11) French, 29 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky (C11) 1-0 32.?
K McDonald vs N Rosenthal, 2011 
(C11) French, 33 moves, 1-0

French Def: McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 1-0 Gueridon # next
Lilienthal vs A Chistiakov, 1949 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 32 moves, 1-0

French Def: McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 1-0 28.?
G Guseinov vs J Andreasen, 2012 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 30 moves, 1-0

French Def: Classical. Steinitz (C14) 1-0 Impressive wings
S Li vs Huang Qiming, 2005 
(C14) French, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0

Game #573 in Whyld's Collected Games of Emanuel Lasker
Lasker / Maroczy vs NN, 1900 
(C14) French, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn ML (C18) 1-0 R Roller
Tal vs J Grefe, 1991 
(C18) French, Winawer, 36 moves, 1-0

Center Game: Berger Variation (C22) 1-0 Kside Pawn roller
F Pedro vs F Benko, 2003 
(C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 1-0

C25: Vienna, Paulsen variation
J Mieses vs Lasker, 1889 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid. Spielmann Attk (C26) 1-0pin f7
Bronstein vs L Morgulis, 1940 
(C26) Vienna, 34 moves, 1-0

KGD. Classical Var General (C30) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
F Riemann vs Tarrasch, 1880 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0

KGA. Bishop's Gambit Lopez Variation (C33) 0-1 K walk
Lowenthal vs Anderssen, 1851 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 0-1

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 1-0 Royal Brutality
P Pervago vs W Pierce, 1903 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1-0

KGA: Kieseritsky Gambit Rice Gambit (C39) 0-1 Beans & Rice
W MacBean vs E Fawcett, 1904 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 0-1

Elephant Gambit: Paulsen CG (C40) 1-0 Iffy sacs, N on rim trap
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 1051 in Chess Informant Best Games. 1001-1100
Naiditsch vs Kramnik, 2009 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 27 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit (C44) 1-0 Mayet's Mate
Kolisch vs K Hamppe, 1859 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Bind (C45) 1-0 Arabian Mate next
V Zagorovsky vs A Bannik, 1955 
(C45) Scotch Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical (C45) 1-0 Rob the pin that cannot defend
B Kharashkina vs J Krivec, 2001
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 1-0

"The Chess Career of Rudolph Spielmann," (Vol I) by J. Spence.
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1912 
(C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit (C46) 0-1 Brutal pins!
D Frank vs M M Homm, 1995 
(C46) Three Knights, 38 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Var (C46) 0-1 Brilliancy Prize
Gunsberg vs W Gunston, 1890 
(C46) Three Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Ranken Variation (C48) 1-0 offramp explains!
Bird vs Mason, 1876 
(C48) Four Knights, 80 moves, 1-0

Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Var (C48) 1-0Squeezed in
Nunn vs L Cooper, 1992
(C48) Four Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Paulsen Var (C51) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1870 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 Castled into it
Behting / Kerkovius / Svensons vs A Ascharin, 1893 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical Var. Albin Gambit (C53) 1-0 Dbl R sacs
L F Lindheimer vs J W Aves, 1961 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Traditional(C54) 1-0Links
H Rossetto vs R Martins Lisboa, 1957 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Polerio Def Suhle Def (C59) 1/2-
Fischer vs O Buraschi, 1971 
(C59) Two Knights, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2

A real thriller between two great composers. Take a look!
F Healey vs J Kling, 1859 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 36 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 Tactics - all kinds!
Carlsen vs T Bae, 2006 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0 25.?
K Richter vs Saemisch, 1933 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Bayreuth Var (C77) 1-0 No, Tal had Black!
Gufeld vs Tal, 1959 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Sac attk!
M Judd vs F Bock, 1871 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1
D Przepiorka vs Spielmann, 1906 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 walled in
Pachman vs J Runza, 1946 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 16 Zenon Franco's 2009 book, "GM Secrets: Counterattack!"
Topalov vs Anand, 2006 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Closed. Center Attack (C84) 1-0 N on the 6th!
K Richter vs V Kahn, 1931 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 Balestra Mate
Yanofsky vs Reshevsky, 1957 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 52 moves, 1-0

Stonewall Attack 10.g4!? Qx3 minors (D00) 1-0 31.?
A Feuerstein vs E Marchand, 1954 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 3 on the 6th
Janowski vs C Jaffe, 1917
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

London System (D02) 1-0 Overloaded Black queen
Saemisch vs A Schropp, 1920
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0

P-Q4 Game: Chandler Gambit (D02) 1-0 Not my favorite gambit
Csom vs Chandler, 1983 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Bogoljubow Def (D05) 1-0 25.?
L Bruzon Batista vs Anand, 2006 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening: Bogoljubow Def (D05) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1920 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein Opening (D05) 0-1 Minors on the 3rd rank!
Salwe vs A Speijer, 1910 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1

Slav Defense: Exchange (D10) 0-1 18...?
G Schwartzman vs Kaidanov, 1996 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 0-1

Slav Def: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Nxf7 KxNf7 keep it coming!
Spassky vs L Zinn, 1962 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 1-0

QGA: Old Variation (D20) 0-1 Sham Q sac removes the defender
E Williams vs Harrwitz, 1846 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1

QGA: Old Variation (D20) 1-0 He missed his shot!
H Gifford vs B W Blijdenstein, 1873 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 52 moves, 1-0

125 Partidas Brilhantes by Fernando Vasconcellos
Marshall vs H Wolf, 1906 
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0

QGA: Classical Def. Alekhine System ML (D29) 1-0 Brilliancy!!
K Georgiev vs Dlugy, 1983 
(D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0

QGD. Queen's Knight Var (D31) 1-0 Before you resign...
V Wahltuch vs G Bellingham, 1905 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0

QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Def. Exchange Var (D41) 1-0 44.?
F Olafsson vs Unzicker, 1970 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 47 moves, 1-0

QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Def. Exchange Var (D41) 1-0 29.?
A Zaitsev vs Furman, 1967 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 34 moves, 1-0

QGD: Vienna. Quiet Var (D44) 1-0 Bold combo for connected Ps
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Def: Bogoljubow Var (D46) 1-0 75 options
D Podhorzer vs K Palda, 1933 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubow Var (D46) 0-1 26...?
A Ullner vs V Mikenas, 1931 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 0-1

QGD: Tartakower Def. General (D58) 0-1 Knight single-double
J Kraai vs U Boensch, 1998
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 28 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Classical Var (D86) 0-1 Alekhine's Gun
Van Wely vs Kamsky, 2008 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 48 moves, 0-1

Chapter 4: The Exchange in The Middlegame by Max Euwe
Bronstein vs Boleslavsky, 1950 
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 32 moves, 1-0

Three pawn sacs in the first ten moves of the Catalan?!
Giri vs N Grandelius, 2010 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E07) 1-0 32.?
Larsen vs A Matanovic, 1965 
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 Harmonic play
Savon vs Tal, 1969 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0

a textbook example of winning w/a CENTRAL PASSED P in the MG
Epishin vs Polugaevsky, 1993 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

Malcom Pein features game his Telegraph chess column on 10/2/07
Kramnik vs Aronian, 2007 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0

QID: Classical. Traditional Nimzowitsch Line (E18) 2Ns & pin #
J McCormick vs S Rubin, 1971
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 31 moves, 1-0

NID: Three Knights. Korchnoi Var (E21) 0-1 third rank thievery
H Ree vs K Langeweg, 1969 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 29 moves, 0-1

NID: Classical Var (E32) 0-1 Black octopus mates!
A Rabinovich vs L Christiansen, 1995 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 36 moves, 0-1

NID: Classical. Berlin Variation Pirc Var (E39) 0-1Rooks on 2nd
A Turner vs Reshevsky, 1956 
(E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 43 moves, 0-1

NID: Normal Variation (E46) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
V S Gujrathi vs Shankland, 2020 
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 32 moves, 1-0

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

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Panov Attack. Main Line (E54) 1-0 24.?
P Acs vs R Szuhanek, 1999 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 26 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: West Indian Def (E61) 0-1Restrictive P wedge f3
A Hoffman vs Nakamura, 1999 
(E61) King's Indian, 35 moves, 0-1

KID. Fianchetto. Panno Var (E63) 1-0 Stockfish notes
G Idigoras vs Panno, 1955 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

Robatsch (B06) 0-1 Black enters the third rank
V Kalisky vs J Irsai, 2001
(B06) Robatsch, 40 moves, 0-1

English vs Anglo-Indian Def. QID Formation (A15) 1/2-1/2 W.A.G.
Vaganian vs Psakhis, 2002 
(A15) English, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Def: Alapin. General (B22) 0-1 Triangle Mate
L Cooper vs P K Wells, 2003
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 30 moves, 0-1

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

Spanish Game: Closed. Zaitsev System (C92) 1-0 28.?
P Haba vs P Nikolic, 2005 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish; 36.?
N Lopes vs U O'Boyle, 2008 
(B30) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0

Modern Def: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) 1-0 Jolly good show!!
R Taylor vs M Steadman, 2008 
(B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0

Hippopotamus (A00) 0-1 biting crossfire assault
V Malakhatko vs A Wohl, 2010 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 44 moves, 0-1

Sicil Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Var (B33) 1/2- perp+ Q vs 2 Rs
I Cheparinov vs A Timofeev, 2010 
(B33) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0Arabian Mate
J Polgar vs W Moranda, 2010
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 1-0

P-Q4: Symmetrical. Pseudo-Catalan (D02) 1/2- perpetual threat #
J Votava vs M Petr, 2010 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 Kside invasion
N Mitkov vs E O Rodriguez, 2011
(C28) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 1-0

Italian, Classical. Greco Gambit Moeller-Therkatz Attk (C54)1-0
V Dyakov vs V Lazarev, 2012 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

Lion Def. Anti-Philidor. Lion's Cave (B07) 1-0 R sac, Arabian#
Z Andriasian vs B Burg, 2013 
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Var (C91) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Kamsky vs R Sturt, 2015 
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0

K's English. Two Knights' General (A22) 0-1 blitz hand-to-hand
Aronian vs Anand, 2016 
(A22) English, 35 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: O'Kelly. Venice System (B28) 1-0 Simul Exhibition
Carlsen vs Vedic Panda, 2016 
(C02) French, Advance, 31 moves, 1-0

Delayed e4-e5 Symetrical KIA vs KID (A07) 1-0 c3, d3-d4 P break
C Bauer vs K Braeunlin, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 0-1 30...?
D Abbas vs E Inarkiev, 2017 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 31 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Classical Attk. Staunton Var (C42) 1-0Sensational
D Paravyan vs S Golubov, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

QGD: Vienna Var (D39) 0-1 You won't get bored here.
M Khusenkhojaev vs J van Foreest, 2018 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

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

Nimzo-Larsen Dbl Fio (A04) 0-1 Full penetration
Nakamura vs A van der Merwe, 2018 
(A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 0-1

Anglo-Indian Def. Nimzo-English Opening (A17) 1-0 Closed
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2018 
(A17) English, 53 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def 8.c3 e5 (B06) 0-1 Passer won't beat Lolli's Mate
E Alekseev vs R Mamedov, 2018 
(B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 0-1

Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Fianchetto (B31) 1/2-B&Q sac
V S Gujrathi vs Gelfand, 2018 
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2

Semi-Slav Def: Bogoljubow Var (D46) 1-0 Mayet's Mate next
A Korobov vs A Mithil, 2018 
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

KIA e5 strong point vs French-Double Fio (A07) 1-0 holes on 6th
A Ismagambetov vs R Yanchenko, 2019 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 1-0 Juniors; find the #
S Drygalov vs G Amartuvshin, 2019 
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Fredthebear's cold feet
M Atabayev vs Wojtaszek, 2019 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 1-0

French Def: La Bourdonnais Var (C00) 0-1 P sac imbalances
C Yip vs T Abrahamyan, 2019 
(C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Piano d3, c3 (C50) 1-0 Exchange sac removes overworked P
Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2020 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 1-0

King's Indian Defense: Kramer Var (E70) 1-0 Internet
Caruana vs B Amin, 2020 
(E70) King's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

London System Ne5 (D02) 1-0 Blazing Kside attack!
Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2020 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Offramp explains
Adams vs R Edouard, 2020 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1 Dovetail #
T Abrahamyan vs C Yip, 2020 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1

Semi-Slav Def: Meran. Wade Var (D47) 1-0 5 queens
Duda vs Dubov, 2021 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 56 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Agincourt Def BxNa3 (A13) 1-0 well-played
M Wadsworth vs G Flear, 2021 
(A13) English, 44 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit Complex (A40) 1-0 Stefan Bücker gives 8.a4!
A R Cullinane vs B Thomas, 1969 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Closed 8.a4 Anti-Marshall (C84) 1-0 Mayet's Mate next
Kasparov vs Vladimirov, 2001 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Closed. Chigorin Def (C97) 1-0 N+ is not best
Bronstein vs Panov, 1946 
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 39 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Great Snake Var (A10) 1-0 Lively
N Zhukova vs D Shengelia, 2001 
(A10) English, 34 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe (B02) 1-0 Cornered K
S McCalla vs L D Barbour, 1887 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Game 238 Kramnik - My Life and Games
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2009 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury the Extraordinary by Andy Soltis
Steinitz vs Pillsbury, 1892 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Classical Var General (B72) 1-0 Discovery
Chandler vs R Perry, 1977 
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 18 moves, 1-0

Sicilian, Dragon. Yugoslav Attk Early deviations (B75) 1-0N sac
J Becerra Rivero vs Shabalov, 2003 
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Def: Classical Var (D34) 1-0 Double Rook sacrifice
I Ivanov vs V Zaltsman, 1983 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0

King's English. General (A20) 0-1 Melt the castle
R J Dive vs Chandler, 2008 
(A20) English, 27 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit (C23) 0-1Cross pin f2
J M IJzerman vs Steinitz, 1873 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 Q sac tags NN in six!
NN vs Du Mont, 1802 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 6 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1 World Record
T Brownscombe vs T Gareyev, 2016 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 0-1

King's English. Reversed Sicilian (A21) 0-1 K walk
Mason vs Marshall, 1902 
(A21) English, 25 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: General (C41) 0-1 Royal N sac for Greco's #
L Linnanen vs J Broekmeulen, 2015 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 20 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Schlechter Var (C00) 0-1 K walk is not finished
W Moorman vs H Rosenfeld, 1909 
(C00) French Defense, 28 moves, 0-1

QGD TMB (D58) 0-1 Caught in the center, tied up in knots.
E Magerramov vs Kasparov, 1977 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 30 moves, 0-1

QGD: Harrwitz Attack (D37) 1-0 KEG annotates!
Schlechter vs A Reggio, 1902 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 1-0 Smothered #
T Abergel vs R Vedder, 2007 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Leningrad. Warsaw Var (A88) 1-0 # or Remove the Def
Blas vs Kletchinski, 1928 
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 22 moves, 1-0

Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 0-1 Sitting there en prise
M Boe vs M Piriyev, 2007
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 0-1

21.? Amaurosis Scacchistica
Szabo vs Reshevsky, 1953 
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Italian, Two Knts Def. Traxler Cntrattk N sac line (C57) 0-1
H Hoose vs S Li, 1996 
(C57) Two Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Barnes Opening: Hammerschlag (A00) 0-1 Unprincipled
C Desmarais vs L Seres, 2001 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 19 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Defense: General (A53) 0-1 Double Rook sacrifices
J Pelaez vs A de Dovitiis, 1993 
(A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1

Just throw the engines away and enjoy the wild game.
Y Wang vs Ivanchuk, 2009 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1

Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Var (E11) 1-0 37.?
J Pinter vs Larsen, 1982 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Open. Italian Var (C82) 0-1incomplete development
V Tabunshchikov vs K Behting, 1894
(C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 18 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open Var. Classical Def (C83) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Breyer vs Tarrasch, 1914 
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical. Two Knights Line (A37) 0-1 20...?
A Teloeken vs G Welling, 1996 
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 0-1

Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine (A00) 0-1 Big boy Rook!
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Sac attack!
S Megaranto vs Radjabov, 1997 
(C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 0-1

QGD. Orthodox Def. Capablanca System (D67) 0-1 Stockfish
Carlsen vs H Furnes, 2000 
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 51 moves, 0-1

QGD. Capablanca - General (D30) 1-0 Using the pin on f7
Gruenfeld vs Kmoch, 1926 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

Urusov Gambit (C42) Turn the tables; hunter becomes the hunted
NN vs Zukertort, 1862 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 10 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Stockfish
Lutikov vs V Osnos, 1965 
(B27) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

Renaud and Kahn's "mate No. 19A" in "The Art of the Checkmate"
J S Rubin vs E Winter, 1974 
(A06) Reti Opening, 14 moves, 0-1

French Def: Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 1-0 Dbl Knt Sacs
V Nenarokov vs V Goglidze, 1930 
(C02) French, Advance, 38 moves, 1-0

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

Wade Defense: General (A41) 1-0 Tactics!
J Readey vs E Schiller, 1986 
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 53 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Chekhover Var (B53) 0-1 Dbl Check, Promotion Mate
Bachmann vs X Bu, 2006 
(B53) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

KGD. Falkbeer Countergambit. Accepted (C31) · 1/2-1/2
Philidor vs NN, 1749 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

Anderssen Opening 1.a3 (A00) 0-1 Delayed French Exchange
J M Hanham vs Lasker, 1892 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 48 moves, 0-1

French Def: Schlechter Var (C00) 1-0 Q sacrifice for Boden's #
Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1892 
(C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted. Schlechter Def (C21) 0-1 Dbl Decker Ns
L Cohn vs F Teed, 1885 
(C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov. Modern Var 9.Ne6! (B17) 1-0 squeezed
Tseshkovsky vs Khalifman, 1987 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 32 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack. Modern Def (B13) 1-0 21.Bxg7 sac
V Artemiev vs Giri, 2019 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Modern Var f6, Dbl Fio (B12) 0-1 Spearhead
A Kim vs T Gareyev, 2019 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 26 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Von Hennig Gambit (B15) 1-0Boden's Mate next w/B
G Welling vs F Wrobel, 1982 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 23 moves, 1-0

KGA Bishop's Gambit Cozio Var (C33) 1-0 Q & Dbl Kt. Sac
F Burden vs NN, 1860 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0

KGA Cunningham Def 3...Be7 Bertin Gambit (C35) 1-0 Boden's Mate
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs NN, 1910 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 16 moves, 1-0

KGA. Breyer Gambit (C33) 1-0 Jonathan Sarfati analysis
Z Frankel vs R Court, 1964 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def: Classical. Two Knights (B08) 0-1 get down and boogie
H McMillan vs G Chandler, 2006 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 44 moves, 0-1

6..h6? "Oll picked the wrong guy to mix it up with." -Defirmian
Tal vs Oll, 1986 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

Dutch Def: Staunton Gambit. Chigorin Var (A83) 1-0 Raking Bs
E E Stearns vs A D Harmon, 1916 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Steinitz Attack (C00) 0-1 Correspondence
F R DiPaula vs L Taro, 1947 
(C00) French Defense, 13 moves, 0-1

NID. Classical. Zurich Var (E33) 0-1 Sound Q sac
M Gerusel vs Lombardy, 1957 
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 18 moves, 0-1

NID. Classical. Noa (E37) 0-1 Mating Combo Knight Roller
B H Wood vs P Devos, 1948 
(E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def: Two Knights Var (D32) 0-1 Rob the pin
G Zittersteyn vs Euwe, 1918 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1

Duras Gambit: General (B00) 0-1 Who knew?
Schwartze vs C Hartlaub, 1905 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 17 moves, 0-1

Queen Pawn Game: Anti-Torre 4...f6 (D02) 1-0 N en prise 4x!!
A Bandza vs V Vepkhvishvili, 1978 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0

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

Indian Game: East Indian Def (E00) 0-1Correspondence; pin break
Schlomer vs Beetz, 1936 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 0-1

Ponziani Opening, Spanish Variation (C44) by transposition
Paulsen vs Blackburne, 1870 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (C78) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy!
Robatsch vs A Bisguier, 1961 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Def (C78) 1-0 Finish gives material away!?
Naroditsky vs So, 2021 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0

Blitz game w/N sac B18 1-0 18 high school chess team
F Rhine vs A Artidiello, 1974 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 18 moves, 1-0

French Def: Rubinstein Var. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 weak 6th
Sax vs Rewitz, 1985 
(C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0

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

KIA e5 strong point vs French Def (A07) 1-0 Rippin' up g-file!
Karjakin vs Shankland, 2021 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

KIA: Symmetrical Def (A05) 0-1 Intriguing counters
A Shabanaj vs H Thorsteinsdottir, 2010 
(A05) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

Cntr Cntr 3..Qa5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 ML (B01) 1-0 Sac Attk!
Reti vs Rubinstein, 1922 
(B01) Scandinavian, 74 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Main Lines. Mieses Var vs Bg4 (B01) 1-0 Stock
Bologan vs I Rogers, 1995 
(B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 1-0

Game 91 in 'The World's Great Chess Games' by Reuben Fine
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 0-1 24...?
M Tan vs V Rasulov, 2013 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 25 moves, 0-1

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

Dbl Fio Reti vs Hedgehog structure (A04) 1-0 Pawn roller!
R Shcherbakov vs S Kovacevic, 1994 
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 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

Cockeyed Colle-Zukertort Attack (A45) 1-0 Raking Bishops bite!
T Krabbe vs C Zuidema, 1967 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

QID. Classical. Polugayevsky Gambit (E17) 1-0 Oh Daddy!
Chandler vs R Hess, 1981 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0

QID. Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Var Quiet Line (E15) 0-1open centr
A Fier vs N Dzagnidze, 2012 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 24 moves, 0-1

QID: Classical. Traditional Main Line (E19) 0-1 Stockfish
Gheorghiu vs Korchnoi, 1968 
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 42 moves, 0-1

Russian Game: Stafford Gambit (C42) 1-0 Can you handle it?
N Nestorovic vs M Nikolic, 2008 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 24 moves, 1-0

Tal's Bxe6 sac cuts path to take down Polugaevsky
Tal vs Polugaevsky, 1959 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Symmetrical Var (A36) 1-0 Awesome last move!
M Lagarde vs T Nguyen, 2021 
(A36) English, 25 moves, 1-0

English vs Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0 Each piece
I Chelushkina vs E Reppen, 2011 
(A15) English, 24 moves, 1-0

French, Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0 B sac, Dovetail#
Milner-Barry vs A H Trott, 1951 
(C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0

French Def: Advance. Euwe Var (C02) 1-0 Sideswiped by a Rook
Kupreichik vs J Levitt, 1990 
(C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attk (C52) 1-0 36.?
Ragozin vs Bronstein, 1945 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 38 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 1-0 Raking Bs, Pins
P Richardson vs Mason, 1873 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C51) 0-1 Bxh3, Bxg2
C Purdy vs L S Fell, 1947 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 48 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack: General 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (A45) 0-1 Deflection
T Suzman vs G Nsubuga, 2001 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1

P-Q4: Levitsky Attack (D00) 0-1 Disc Attk picks up loose R
Asila Muhtojzoda vs J Mohammed Ameen, 2010 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 0-1

Colle System. Anti-Colle (D04) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
W S Wilson vs S Langleben, 1893 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1

Horwitz Def/ Colle 5.c3 vs Dutch Def (A40) 0-1
Andreev vs Alekhine, 1909 
(A80) Dutch, 34 moves, 0-1

Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 Promo, Gueridon Mate on the side!!
C Lelievre vs M Francois, 2015 
(B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian. General (B30) 1-0 20.?
M Sibarevic vs M Pavlov, 1988 
(B30) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Chistyakov Def (C07) 1-0 Nxe6 sacrifice!
Adams vs Y Wan, 2013 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0

French Def: Tarrasch. Chistyakov Def Modern Line (C07) 0-1
Psakhis vs Speelman, 1990 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 29 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Var 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 (C40) 0-1
P Bilguer vs von der Lasa, 1839 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Def: French Var (B40) 0-1 This is quite the finish!
M Mansour vs B Munguntuul, 2006 
(B40) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1

Scotch 4...Qh4 Horwitz Attk (C45) 1-0 intermezzo+ creates obstr
W Grimshaw vs Steinitz, 1876 
(C45) Scotch Game, 17 moves, 1-0

25. Bd6! A nice example illustrating Petrosian's excellent tact
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(A21) English, 52 moves, 1-0

"I wouldn't have given a prize for such a game!"
Petrosian vs A A Bikhovsky, 1968 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Mikenas Var (B00) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 24.?
S Salov vs J Klinger, 1993 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 26 moves, 1-0

C26 Vienna Game - castling opposite
Bronstein vs R Teschner, 1965 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. QID Var (A17) 1-0 Blitz
Jakovenko vs Jobava, 2018
(A17) English, 20 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Def: M.L. Mieses Var (B01) 0-1 Lolli's #
M Ouechtati vs G Solis, 2010 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 0-1

Mr Blackburne's Games at Chess, Graham, London 1899
Blackburne vs Harley, 1862 
(000) Chess variants, 20 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Alekhine. Abonyi Var (A52) 1-0 Both Qs hanging
E Kurz vs M Schrepp, 1992 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Classical. Swiss Var (C11) 1-0 Brilliancy prize
A Willigerode vs A Hasselblatt, 1905 
(C11) French, 26 moves, 1-0

QGA: Saduleto Var (D20) 1-0 He sure tried to sac both Bs
Y Vovk vs N Nikcevic, 2013 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni, Spielmann Def (A32) 0-1
A Bisguier vs Stein, 1962 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 32 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Var (A01) 1-0 Don't push P shield
R Praggnanandhaa vs Krasenkow, 2021 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 35 moves, 1-0

Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Var (D37) 1-0 Set up a skewer+
Polugaevsky vs Andersson, 1991 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 51 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20) 1-0 Rob the pin to win!
J Schulten vs C Stanley, 1844 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: French Var. Westerinen Attack (B40) 1-0 Fantastic
V Akopian vs Khenkin, 1994 
(B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0

Game 48 in 'Judgment and Planning in Chess' by Machgielis Euwe
A Nimzowitsch vs A Pritzel, 1922 
(B06) Robatsch, 29 moves, 1-0

A Queenmate and a Dovetail Checkmate!
F Sanchez Aller vs A Gonzalez de la Nava, 2001 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 21 moves, 1-0

French Def: Exchange (C01) 1-0 White Unpins, clears K's shield
V Malakhov vs N Praznik, 1993 
(C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo ...0-0-0? (C53) 1-0
Nunn vs S G Finlayson, 1981 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0

"A Common Peeve: Bxg6!" (game of the day Jul-01-2015)
K Commons vs P Peev, 1976 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 33 moves, 1-0

Benoni Def: Classical. General (A70) 1-0 decoy P sac into pin
W Hook vs F Hamperl, 2004
(A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 28 moves, 1-0

Colle System (D04) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
von Bardeleben vs Lasker, 1890 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

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