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2013+ Games Garrison of FTB A-D-E Ernest
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Sixteen Tons
Tennessee Ernie Ford

Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a weak and a back that's strong
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded sixteen tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said well, a bless my soul
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion Cain't no a high toned woman make me walk the line You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store
If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
I've got one fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't a get you
Then the left one will
You load sixteen tons and what do you get
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

Songwriter: MERLE TRAVIS
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pf...

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

* Annihilation 2016: Bachmann vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2016

* Best games of 2016: Game Collection: 2016 Stunning Victories (Naiditsch/Balogh/Maze)

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

* Black Defends: Game Collection: Opening repertoire black

* Book: Game Collection: 2012-2015 Attacking Games (Naiditsch/Balogh)

* Brevity Attacking Chess collection: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Bearly Thinking: https://www.etsy.com/listing/972054...

Gummy bears were originally called "dancing bears." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddq...

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Chess Secrets: Great Attackers by Colin Crouch Game Collection: Chess Secrets - Attackers (Crouch)

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* Do you suppose these gals play 1.d4? https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4!

* Epic: Game Collection: Battles Royal of the Chessboard by R.N. Coles

* Extinguish the Dragon: Game Collection: 1.e4 explorations

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

* Fighting Chess - I've seen better: https://www.polygon.com/22373729/ch...

* Fried Fox and more: https://allchessopenings.blogspot.c...

* Glossary: https://www.peoriachess.com/Glossar...

* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* GOTD Submission Page: Pun Submission Page

* KID 0-1s: Game Collection: K.I.D B wins E98

* Lipnitsky Modern Chess Theory: Game Collection: Lipnitsky Modern Chess Theory

* List of gambits: https://detailedpedia.com/wiki-List...

* Mates: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

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

* Method B: Game Collection: Method B's favorite games

* M60MG: Game Collection: My Sixty Memorable Games (Fischer)

* BF's Cold War battle: https://www.britannica.com/biograph...

* Mislabeled Closed Sicilians: Game Collection: Sicilian, Closed

* Monkey's Bum: https://www.chessjournal.com/monkey...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 0

* Some people say: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keX...

* Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4

* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
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* Epic: Game Collection: Epic Battles of the CB by R.N. Coles - keypusher

"Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it's much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by." ― Garry Kasparov https://www.kasparov.com/books/

"Even the laziest king flees wildly in the face of a double check." ― Aron Nimzowitsch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcW...

"If you see a good move -- WAIT -- look for a better one." ― Emanuel Lasker https://en.chessok.net/books/1698-l...

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game." — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe https://www.thefamouspeople.com/pro...

Proverbs 29:25 https://biblehub.com/proverbs/
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

"Winning is about commitment, discipline, hard work, dedication, determination, courage and sometimes even luck!" ― Susan Polgar https://www.chesssameer.com/susan-p...

"Every defeat is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes! Every victory is a confirmation of our hard work!" ― Susan Polgar https://www.facebook.com/susanpolga...

"A chess player uses his/her knowledge to prepare for next game while a passionate coach preparez for next generation!" ― Susan Polgar https://en.chessbase.com/post/susan...

French Proverb: "Ce n'est pas à un vieux singe qu'on apprend à faire la grimace." ― (There's no substitute for experience.)

* 20 Debatable Chess Myths: https://www.chessjournal.com/chess-...

* 64 GMs of Indian Chess: https://chessbase.in/news/Grandmast...

White-faced capuchin monkeyz greet each other by sticking their fingers up each others' nosez. Soundz much like web troll behavior. https://factfile.org/10-facts-about...

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

* Red Fox, Skilled and Cunning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXR...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* RU broke like Joe? https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)

* Sicilian B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack

* Six Ways: https://takelessons.com/blog/6-tips...

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/

* Starting Out 1d4: Game Collection: Starting Out: 1 d4!

* Strategy: Game Collection: The Center A Modern Strategy Guide Mikhalchishin

* Bg2 vs Sicilian: Game Collection: Grand Prix Attack without early Bc4

* Can you whip Taimanov's Sicilian? http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Tal Storms: Game Collection: Tal - The Modern Benoni

* The Best of the West: https://truewestmagazine.com/articl...

* Vienna 1903 KG games: Game Collection: Vienna 1903

* Wall's APCT Miniatures:
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* Women of Old: https://www.oldwest.org/wild-west-w...

* 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!

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

"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter." ― Winston S. Churchill https://www.history.com/news/the-da...

"Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning." ― Aldous Huxley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXS...

Shoes that were specific to left and right were not made until the Civil War. https://flickr.com/photos/amoena/76...

Lightning kills about 10,000 people a year worldwide, more people than tornadoes or flooding. https://www.treehugger.com/types-of...

Delaware: Lewes https://www.bing.com/search?q=Delaw... Established in: 1631

As the first town in the first state, Lewes enjoys a special sort of charming history. The quaint town is full of historical touches and is a great place to visit. Located where the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean meet, there is also plenty of nature to be found.

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

* Chess Aps: https://www.wired.com/story/best-ch...

American flags left on the moon will eventually get bleached white by the sun. https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

Fredthebear created this collection.

While they are hibernating, bears do not urinate. Their bodies convert waste into protein. https://www.bing.com/images/search?...

Proverbs 29:25
Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

Кто не рискует, тот не пьет шампанского Pronunciation: KTOH ni risKUyet, tot ni pyot shamPANSkava) Translation: He who doesn't take risks doesn't drink champagne Meaning: Fortune favours the brave

"Tal has a terrifying style. Soon even grandmasters will know of this." - Vladimir Saigin (after losing to 17-year-old Tal in a qualifying match for the master title) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5S...

"I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind." — Mikhail Tal

<XVI

16 (sixteen) is the natural number following 15 and preceding 17.

16 is the ninth composite number, and a square number, being 42 = 4 × 4. It is the smallest number with exactly five divisors, its proper divisors being 1, 2, 4 and 8.

16 is the first non-unitary fourth-power prime of the form p4

The aliquot sum of a 2-power (2n) is always one less than the 2-power itself therefore the aliquot sum of 16 is 15, within an aliquot sequence of four composite members (16,15,9,4,3,1,0) to the Prime in the 3-aliquot tree.

In English speech, the numbers 16 and 60 are sometimes confused, as they sound very similar.

Sixteen is the fourth power of two. For this reason, 16 was used in weighing light objects in several cultures. The British have 16 ounces in one pound; the Chinese used to have 16 liangs in one jin. In old daysvague, weighing was done with a beam balance to make equal splits. It would be easier to split a heap of grains into sixteen equal parts through successive divisions than to split into ten parts. Chinese Taoists did finger computation on the trigrams and hexagrams by counting the finger tips and joints of the fingers with the tip of the thumb. Each hand can count up to 16 in such manner. The Chinese abacus uses two upper beads to represent the 5s and 5 lower beads to represent the 1s, the 7 beads can represent a hexadecimal digit from 0 to 15 in each column.> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,

The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pith and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.--Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remember'd!"
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

"As they prepared themselves to go ashore no one doubted in theory that at least a certain percentage of them would remain on the island dead, once they set foot on it. But no one expected to be one of these. Still it was an awesome thought and as the first contingents came struggling up on deck in full gear to form up, all eyes instinctively sought out immediately this island where they were to be put, and left, and which might possibly turn out to be a friend's grave." ― James Jones, The Thin Red Line

"The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience." ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

"Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time." ― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living

"How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" ― Dr. Seuss

"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." ― William Penn

"Never waste a minute thinking about people you don't like." ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

"The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run." ― Henry David Thoreau, Walden

"Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be. We shouldn't waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never." ― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

"It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others." ― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone." ― Alan Watts

"There is more to life than simply increasing its speed." ― Mahatma Gandhi

"Lost Time is never found again."
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

"Time spent with a cat is never wasted." ― Colette

"A wise man's goal shouldn't be to say something profound, but to say something useful." ― Criss Jami, Healology

"The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds." ― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu

"Behind every move I make on the chess board lies a story of calculation, intuition, and passion. With every game, I discover more about myself and the endless possibilities of the game." ― medicosaurabh

"Ecco, sai giocare a scacchi. Adesso devi diventare un giocatore. Ci vorrà un po' di più." ― Guenassia Jean-Michel, Le Club des incorrigibles optimists

"People are like chess pieces!" ― Deyth Banger

"The only easy day was yesterday." ― US Navy SEALs

"Gameplay is all our life. Either we guard, attack or develop pieces." ― Vineet Raj Kapoor, UNCHESS: Untie Your Shoes and Walk on the Chessboard of Life

"The is a secret for greater self-control, the science points to one thing: the power of paying attention." ― Kelly McGonigal, The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

"As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention, we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens does not really matter." ― Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life

"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"I'll play baseball for the Army or fight for it, whatever they want me to do." ― Mickey Mantle

"Chess is a miniature version of life. To be successful, you need to be disciplined, assess resources, consider responsible choices and adjust when circumstances change." ― Susan Polgar

"We are like chess players who are trying to predict the opponent's future moves, but in this case, we are dealing with life itself. True masters do not play the game on a single chessboard, but on multiple chessboards at the same time. And what's the difference between grandmasters and masters? Surprises. The moves that cannot be predicted by the opponent. Life can play a simultaneous game with seven billion people at the same time and it can take each and every one of us by surprise. And we still believe we are capable of winning, because we can predict three of four moves ahead. We are insignificant." ― Jaka Tomc, 720 Heartbeats

"The cherished dream of every chessplayer is to play a match with the World Champion. But here is the paradox: the closer you come to the realization of this goal, the less you think about it." ― Mikhail Tal

"I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prove to be a way of usefulness and good service leading to no other. All generous spirits are ambitious, I suppose, but the ambition that calmly trusts itself to such a road, instead of spasmodically trying to fly over it, is of the kind I care for." ― Charles Dickens, Bleak House

"Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley." ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

"But I find something compelling in the game's choreography, the way one move implies the next. The kings are an apt metaphor for human beings: utterly constrained by the rules of the game, defenseless against bombardment from all sides, able only to temporarily dodge disaster by moving one step in any direction." ― Jennifer duBois, A Partial History of Lost Causes

"The move is there, but you must see it." ― Savielly Tartakower

"You may delay, but time will not." ― Benjamin Franklin

"Chess is all about maintaining coherent strategies. It's about not giving up when the enemy destroys one plan but to immediately come up with the next. A game isn't won and lost at the point when the king is finally cornered. The game's sealed when a player gives up having any strategy at all. When his soldiers are all scattered, they have no common cause, and they move one piece at a time, that's when you've lost." ― Kazuo Ishiguro, A Pale View of Hills

"The King is only fond of words, and cannot translate them into deeds." ― Teck Foo Check, The Autobiography of Sun Tzu

"War is not just the shower of bullets and bombs from both sides, it is also the shower of blood and bones on both sides." ― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

"The skillful leader subdues the enemy's troops without any fighting; he captures their cities without laying siege to them; he overthrows their kingdom without lengthy operations in the field." ― Sun Tzu, The Art Of War

"Technique has taken over the whole of civilization. Death, procreation, birth all submit to technical efficiency and systemization." ― Jacques Ellul

"Time is an illusion." ― Albert Einstein

"Time isn't precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is." ― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

"It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can't relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don't know if there is one." ― George Harrison

"You are the biggest enemy of your own sleep." ― Pawan Mishra

"I do not know how old I was when I learned to play chess. I could not have been older than eight, because I still have a chessboard on whose side my father inscribed, with a soldering iron, "Saša Hemon 1972." I loved the board more than chess—it was one of the first things I owned. Its materiality was enchanting to me: the smell of burnt wood that lingered long after my father had branded it; the rattle of the thickly varnished pieces inside, the smacking sound they made when I put them down, the board's hollow wooden echo. I can even recall the taste—the queen's tip was pleasantly suckable; the pawns' round heads, not unlike nipples, were sweet. The board is still at our place in Sarajevo, and, even if I haven't played a game on it in decades, it is still my most cherished possession, providing incontrovertible evidence that there once lived a boy who used to be me." ― Aleksandar Hemon, The Book of My Lives

Maximo wrote:

My Forking Knight's Mare
Gracefully over the squares, as a blonde or a brunette, she makes moves that not even a queen can imitate. Always active and taking the initiative,
she likes to fork.
She does it across the board,
taking with ease not only pawns, but also kings, and a bad bishop or two.
Sometimes she feels like making
quiet moves,
at other times, she adopts romantic moods,
and makes great sacrifices.
But, being hers a zero-sum game,
she often forks just out of spite.
An expert at prophylaxis, she can be a swindler, and utter threats,
skewering men to make some gains.
Playing with her risks a conundrum,
and also catching Kotov's syndrome.
Nonetheless, despite having been trampled
by her strutting ways
my trust in her remains,
unwavering,
until the endgame.

"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

Riddle: If you drop a yellow hat in the Red Sea, what does it become?

Answer: Wet, duh!

Annabel Lee
by Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee—
With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me—
Yes!—that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we—
Of many far wiser than we—
And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;

For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea—
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

"....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 and the Wooden God

A pagan kept a god of wood, –
A sort that never hears,
Though furnished well with ears, –
From which he hoped for wondrous good.
The idol cost the board of three;
So much enriched was he
With vows and offerings vain,
With bullocks garlanded and slain:
No idol ever had, as that,
A kitchen quite so full and fat.
But all this worship at his shrine
Brought not from this same block divine
Inheritance, or hidden mine,
Or luck at play, or any favour.
Nay, more, if any storm whatever
Brewed trouble here or there,
The man was sure to have his share,
And suffer in his purse,
Although the god fared none the worse.
At last, by sheer impatience bold,
The man a crowbar seizes,
His idol breaks in pieces,
And finds it richly stuffed with gold.
"How's this? Have I devoutly treated,"
Says he, "your godship, to be cheated?
Now leave my house, and go your way,
And search for altars where you may.
You're like those natures, dull and gross,
From, which comes nothing but by blows;
The more I gave, the less I got;
I'll now be rich, and you may rot."

Riddle: Two people were playing chess. They both won. How is this possible?

Answer: They were playing two different games, against other opponents.

My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

I bargained with Life for a penny,
And Life would pay no more,
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store;

For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.

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* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

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1 Corinthians 13
King James Version

13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.

3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.

10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.

13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

<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.>

Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

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Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 0-1 Nice Qside attack
S Sloan vs D Gertler, 2013
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 31 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Norfolk Gambit 2 (A01) 1-0 Discovery!
Carlsen vs Anand, 2014
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Var (A01) 0-1 550 pages of kibitz
S Williams vs The World, 2013
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 33 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Var (A01) 0-1 Blitz natural squeeze
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2016
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Promotion preparation
C Klug vs L Bohman, 2015
(A03) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Zukertort /Italian vs Dutch 3...fxe4 (A04) 1-0 W initiative
Swiercz vs T T Hoang, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Symmetrical (A04) 1-0 Crazy like blitz
Kramnik vs A Shomoev, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation (A04) 1-0 zwischenzug
S Garcia Fuentes vs S Belouadah, 2014
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
"How the Grischuk Stole Christmas" w/a Zwischenzug
Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2017
(A05) Reti Opening, 60 moves, 0-1
Initiative against IQP counts in R+N endgames
Karjakin vs Anand, 2016
(A06) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Anglo-Slav (A11) 1-0See Calar notes # patterns
S Docx vs M Gagunashvili, 2013
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 24 moves, 1-0
English vs Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 1-0 Gain material
K Petschar vs W Scholzen, 2014
(A13) English, 12 moves, 1-0
English, Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) Textbook EG
Aronian vs Nakamura, 2014
(A14) English, 50 moves, 1-0
King's English. Three Knights System General (A27) 1-0 15.?
J Christiansen vs A O Johansen, 2013
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 14 moves, 1-0
Caruana Beats Vishy in WCC Best Game of Tournament
Caruana vs Anand, 2016
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 33 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. 4Knights (A35) 1-0 Slick finish
Caruana vs H Banikas, 2014
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 1-0
Barry Attack vs Horwitz Defense (A40) 1-0 Unpin issue
Jobava vs M Tissir, 2014
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Horwitz Defense: General (A40) 1-0 Pure Greco's Mate!
R Hovhannisyan vs M Yudkevich, 2013
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Dutch Stonewall. Modern Bd6 (A90) 0-1 Reminds of "Old Kentucky"
B van der Zwet vs S Williams, 2016
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1
Modern Def. Rossolimo Var (A41) 1-0Blitz; Pin, Remove Defender
So vs Kasparov, 2016
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 1-0
English Rat at the Max Euwe Festival? (A41) 0-1 Qs invade
J van Foreest vs R van Caspel, 2014
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 15 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Rossolimo Var (A41) 0-1 N+ fork robs the pin
K Pretterhofer vs V Prosviriakov, 2014
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 28 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation (A45) 1-0 Stunning Discovery
Mamedyarov vs J Polgar, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: Classical Def / Torre w/out 0-0-0 (A45) 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2013
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 0-1 Blindfold simul
M Dunn vs T Gareyev, 2016
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Spielmann-Indian (A46) 1-0 Find the finish
A Ermeni vs L Ilic, 2015
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
(A56) Benoni Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Jobava, 2015
(A56) Benoni Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Benko Gambit: General (A57) 1-0 Triple on the 7th rank!!?
F Aguilar vs R Miller, 2014
(A57) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
World Rapid Championship (2014) Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack
A Moiseenko vs S Lu, 2014
(A80) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Q's Knight Var (A85) 1-0 h-pawn lever, N on 6th
G Kovacs vs G Miralles, 2013
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 35 moves, 1-0
Dutch Def: Queen's Knight Var (A85) 0-1 Black escapes
A Baert vs E Sanchez Jerez, 2015
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 20 moves, 0-1
QP Levitsky Attack. Euwe Var (D00) 1-0 White Minority Attack
Kamsky vs S Erenburg, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
P-Q4: Symmetrical Bb2 vs Bb7 (D02) 1-0 Cross court volley
M Hovhanisian vs K Saraci, 2021
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
P-Q4: Symmetrical (D02) 1-0 Fabulous Knight infiltration
A Shabanaj vs Y Kim, 2014
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein Opening /Colle-Zukertort (D05) 1-0 Scattered; Pin it
A Stefanova vs Z Ma, 2015
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Slav Def: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Zwischenzug saves en prise B
R Vasquez Schroeder vs A Muniz Pardino, 2014
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 17 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: General (D30) ? 0-1
K Kuenitz vs L A Maximino Bouxo, 2015
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch Def. Two Knights (D32) 0-1 Score keeping violation
So vs V Akobian, 2015
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Copycat (D32) 0-1 A Classic
Anand vs Kramnik, 2013
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 0-1
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38) 0-1 Stockfish
Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2015
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 25 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav, Meran (D47) 0-1Crossfire, rob the pin, interference
Aronian vs Anand, 2013
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Def Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 The King Attacks!
I Cheparinov vs Sutovsky, 2013
(D85) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0
Link to annotations by GM Naiditsch
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 45 moves, 0-1
Dbl Fio Reti 5.c4 Yugoslav (A07) 0-1R endings take time to mast
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2013
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 0-1
KIA vs Sicilian (A07) 1-0 The passer dictates
B Amin vs G Gajewski, 2013
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 52 moves, 1-0
KIA vs b6, Bb7 traditional e5 strong point (A07) 1-0 Win pawns
Kasparov vs Y Habu, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Var (A07) 1-0
Nakamura vs Adams, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
KIA vs French/QGD traditional e5 strong point (A07) 1-0 Nf6+
D Svetushkin vs V Varaciuc, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Bg4 vs KIA h3, g4 (A07) 1-0 Rob the pin both ways on the 6th
Kramnik vs S Sjugirov, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
KIA vs e6 Sicilian g6/Melbourne (A07) 1-0Mate threats on g-file
J Zhao vs J Christiansen, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
KIA (A07) 0-1 Trapped Bishop is attacked with 12. ... e5
B Khotenashvili vs Lagno, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 0-1
KIA Qe2, 9.c4 d4 vs French (A07) 0-1 R sac for passer
Svidler vs Karjakin, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 82 moves, 0-1
Reti Gambit/Double Fianchetto (A07) 1-0 Outside passer
Z Almasi vs A Tari, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0
KIA e5 vs d4 (A07) 1-0 Dbl N sacs for Kside assault!
D Boros vs V Ryzhkov, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0
Game 42: Best Fighting Games of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch & Balogh
Zvjaginsev vs B Bok, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
KIA vs French/QGD Tartakower (A07) 1-0 White pulls surprise
D Bocharov vs A Mokshanov, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack / Hungarian (A07) 1-0Pin wins; Bb6 is mate
Y Wen vs V Artemiev, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
K's Indian Attack vs French-Sicilian (A07) 1-0Must Know this EG
Z Zhang vs D Marciano, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 68 moves, 1-0
KIA/Dbl Fio vs Semi-Tarrasch (A07) 1-0 Outside passers
C Aravindh vs S Bogner, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attk: Keres Var (A07) 1-0 A tale of two kings
Saric vs A Sharafiev, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 76 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Indian Be7, Bb7 (A07) 1-0 Three connected passers
Nakamura vs Bacrot, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Sic Closed Nc3, Nf3, Bg2 vs ClassicNc6, Nf6, Be7 (B25) 1-0Blitz
Bacrot vs Karjakin, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 43 moves, 1-0
KIA vs French exd5 exd5 (A07) 1-0 Spearheads on open e-file
Karjakin vs G Meier, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Sic Closed Nf3, Nc3, Bg2 vs Nf6, Nc6, Be7 (B25) 1-0 Backdoor
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
1.e4 e5 King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Dueling batteries
Ken Ronny Schouten vs C Jacobsen, 2017
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 53 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Pachman System (A07) 0-1 Madness in the middle
R Mamedov vs Gelfand, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
King's Indian Attack vs Sic French (A07) 1-0 P wedge on h-file
W Zhou vs Y Hou, 2013
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 49 moves, 1-0
Game 35: Move by Move - Carlsen (Cyrus Lakdawala)
Carlsen vs Kamsky, 2013
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0
Remarkable Forced Stalemate Between Two Computers
Shredder vs Gull, 2013
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) 1/2-1/2 B&N forced mate blunder
A Ushenina vs O Girya, 2013
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 126 moves, 1/2-1/2
Q's Gambit Accepted: Classical Def. ML (D27) 1-0 Dead accuracy
M Dziuba vs J Kleinert, 2013
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0
QGD Tartakower Defense (D58) 1-0 2 Rooks w/2 pawns beat Queen
Kramnik vs D Andreikin, 2013
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 63 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch (E25) 0-1 Contemporary Classic
Anand vs Carlsen, 2013
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 28 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Def. Reshevsky Var (E46) 1-0 "...one of the worst"
Carlsen vs Anand, 2013
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 29 moves, 1-0
Carlsen's First Game as World Champion
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2014
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
Very interesting pawn play all 3 phases; w/immunity
Gelfand vs Grischuk, 2014
(D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 66 moves, 0-1
QGD Exchange. Positional Variation (D35) 1-0 Connected passers
Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2014
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 72 moves, 1-0
King's English. Three Knights System (A27) 1/2-
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2014
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dutch Leningrad vs Double Fianchetto (A81) 0-1 Battling B pairs
D Baramidze vs Caruana, 2014
(A81) Dutch, 75 moves, 0-1
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Var (D37) 1-0 Trendy, tricky
Kasimdzhanov vs Kramnik, 2014
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Def. Reshevsky Var(E46) 1-0 Both Ks abandon last R
Khismatullin vs Eljanov, 2015
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 57 moves, 1-0
Check out her game, then check out her website.
X Zhao vs N Pogonina, 2015
(A58) Benko Gambit, 46 moves, 0-1
Zhao might have been better to avoid playing 1 d4 a second time
X Zhao vs N Pogonina, 2015
(A58) Benko Gambit, 49 moves, 0-1
KID Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 0-1 Fantastic finish by Giri
Topalov vs Giri, 2015
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 40 moves, 0-1
QGD Exchange. Positional (D35) 1-0Shrewd Interference-Discovery
Ding Liren vs E Inarkiev, 2015
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
QID Fianchetto. Check, Intermezzo (E15) 1/2-1/2 What a battle!
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2016
(E15) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
English, Agincourt Def. K's Knight(A13)1-0 f-pawn launch, R sac
Kramnik vs Fridman, 2013
(A13) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Vassily Ivanchuk: 100 Selected Games by Nikolay Kalinichenko
Carlsen vs Ivanchuk, 2013
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 90 moves, 0-1
The Perfectly Polite Pun Policeman from Peckham.
M Matlakov vs R Hasangatin, 2013
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1-0
KID Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 1-0 Pawn power, Pin power
Kramnik vs Radjabov, 2013
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
QGD Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Var (D41) 1-0Central passer
Aronian vs Kramnik, 2013
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 52 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Scheveningen. English Attack (B80) 1-0 Crazy tactics
Wei Yi vs J Zhou, 2013
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 0-1 The chink in the armor
Carlsen vs H Wang, 2013
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 79 moves, 0-1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsCadsZ0JLE
Nakamura vs Karjakin, 2013
(D85) Grunfeld, 52 moves, 1-0
KID Orthodox. Aronin-Taimanov Def (E97) 0-1A Viking berserker!
Fridman vs Naiditsch, 2013
(E97) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1
KID. Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 1-0 Tactics everywhere
Vachier-Lagrave vs A Volokitin, 2013
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
QID Fianchetto. Saemisch (E15) 1-0Dovetail+ forces Q sac passer
K Georgiev vs Y Yu, 2013
(E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Slav Def. Quiet Var. Schallopp Def (D12) 0-1Blind swine & Q sac
Le Quang Liem vs S Chanda, 2013
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 0-1
KID. Normal. K's Knight Var (E60) 1-0 Q&N go hand-in-hand
V S Gujrathi vs V R Castro Carneiro, 2013
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
KID 6...c5 Four Ps Attk. Dynamic Attack (E76) 0-1 N trick
O Kniest vs Vocaturo, 2013
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 39 moves, 0-1
K's English. Four Knights Botvinnik (A28) 1-0 Horse in the barn
L Christiansen vs Shankland, 2013
(A28) English, 76 moves, 1-0
QID. Fianchetto. Rubinstein Var (E16) 0-1 "The R of Gibraltar"
N Dzagnidze vs Adams, 2013
(E16) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Polish Opening: Zukertort System (A04) 1-0 Q trap on edge
C R Sopko vs A Johansson, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Defense: Makagonov Var (E71) 0-1 Lopsided
Svidler vs Nakamura, 2013
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 29 moves, 0-1
QID. Fianchetto. Check Intermezzo (E15) 0-1 IQP gets loose
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2013
(E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
Dutch: Queen's Knight Variation (A85) · 0-1 e4 is useless
Mamedyarov vs Bacrot, 2013
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 33 moves, 0-1
English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System Rvrsd (A37) 1-0 N Misfire
Shankland vs D Haessel, 2014
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 11 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Def: Kmoch Var (E20) 0-1 Voted game, video of year
Nakamura vs Carlsen, 2014
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 61 moves, 0-1
Dutch Leningrad Defense (A80) 0-1 h-file attack
Morozevich vs Nakamura, 2014
(A80) Dutch, 55 moves, 0-1
Irma Bombeck...The Grass Is Always Greener over the Septic Tank
G Grasser vs L Winokur, 2014
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 36 moves, 1-0
Barry/150A BxBg7 vs Gruenfeld (A45) 1-0Castle opposite, P storm
A Kashlinskaya vs I Videnova-Kuljasevic, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Breyer Variation (D11) 0-1 Harsh words
Nakamura vs Caruana, 2014
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 67 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 0-1 The B pair rules
Jakovenko vs Mamedyarov, 2014
(A04) Reti Opening, 36 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Def. Exchange (D85) 1/2-1/2 1st game of WC - Photo
Anand vs Carlsen, 2014
(D85) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Blumenfeld Countergambit (E10) 0-1 Weak back rank
R Svane vs F Zeller, 2014
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
English, Agincourt Def. Neo Catalan Declined (A14) 1-0 Q, N & P
Kramnik vs A Mista, 2014
(A14) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack (A45) 1-0 Pawn grabbing Q gets trapped
Nakamura vs J Hawkins, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Sarratt/Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 Aimless B, Decoy K
Nakamura vs Giri, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 83 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Reversed Chigorin Def / Veresov 3.d5 d6(A45) 0-1
V Wettasinha vs J N Sugden, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
QGD. Exchange. 7.Qf3 Positional Variation (D35) 1-0
Tomashevsky vs G Meier, 2014
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Indian Game Bf4, f3, g4 (A45) 1-0 Kside pawn thrust, sacs
Jobava vs Mamedyarov, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 The knights have a busy day.
Rapport vs W Pajeken, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0
QGD. Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 Rob the lateral pin!
Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2014
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Arabian Mate looms
N Dzagnidze vs Kosteniuk, 2014
(A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0
This two move finish is the secret...Exchange (sac), Dbl Attack
Grischuk vs Caruana, 2014
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
K's English. Four Knights Var Bradley Beach Var (A28) 1-0 Unpin
A Fehr vs L Jorgensen, 2014
(A28) English, 15 moves, 1-0
K's English. 4 Knts Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Rs factor for passer
K Spraggett vs Z Abdumalik, 2014
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 44 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attk(A45) 1-0Opinions r like noses...everybody has 1
D Andreikin vs Aronian, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
English, Symmetrical. Dbl Fio vs Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1Combo #!
R Panjwani vs Ivanchuk, 2014
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1
KID/Benoni Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 1/2- Early Exchange Sac!
Ding Liren vs Bacrot, 2014
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
English, Symmetrical. Two Knights Line (A37)0-1 Two Hogs on 2nd
Fressinet vs Y Yu, 2014
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 37 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13)0-1 W gets riddled on Qside
S Vekemans vs M Drasko, 2014
(A13) English, 23 moves, 0-1
Modern Def. Q Pawn Fianchetto (A40) 1-0 Bxf7+, Ng5+, Q trap
A Elwin vs R Hughes, 2014
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Polish, Exchange w/odd follow-up (A00) 1-0 Two pieces up
P G Jonsson vs E Palmarsson, 2014
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Dutch Leningrad. Matulovic Var (A89) 1-0 Still play in the pos
Bacrot vs R Mamedov, 2014
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 26 moves, 1-0
17.? (February 7, 2016) -- January 31 puzzle repeated 8/4/2013
M Galyas vs M Rodshtein, 2015
(A09) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
QGD Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 Minority Attack w/N pair vs B pair
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2015
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central. Greco Variation (D20) 0-1Wild
L Javakhishvili vs R Edouard, 2015
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1
Dutch Stonewall. Modern vs Dbl Fio (A90) 0-1 Passers
Anand vs Carlsen, 2015
(A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Watch White herd pawns
Aronian vs Ponomariov, 2015
(A13) English, 49 moves, 1-0
K's Indian Def. Averbakh. Flexible Defense (E73)1-0 Kickin' it!
Z Tan vs Ying Zhu, 2015
(E73) King's Indian, 27 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern (A01) 1-0 Uncommon finish
A Sokolov vs S Milliet, 2015
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Q's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Def (D38) 1-0 It's mate in 8
Topalov vs Aronian, 2015
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 58 moves, 1-0
QP Game: Sarratt Attack (D00) 0-1 N EG; watch youtube
S Williams vs J Hawkins, 2015
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
Move 25. Ne4!! is followed by a great combination
Aronian vs Caruana, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
Game 304 in Kramnik - My Life and Games
Svidler vs Kramnik, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 0-1
Dbl Fio vs Dutch Stonewall. Modern (A90) 0-1 Weak Ps drop off
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2015
(A90) Dutch, 52 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 1-0 Black Q tied to defending h7
Kramnik vs A S Rasmussen, 2015
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense (A41) 1-0 Black hems in his own bishop.
Wojtaszek vs Carlsen, 2015
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 52 moves, 1-0
KID Orthodox. Bayonet Attack (E97) 0-1 Q sac for Arabian Mate
V Babula Sr vs E Najer, 2015
(E97) King's Indian, 37 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Var (D86) 1/2-1/2 Clean
So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
KID. Normal. Rare Defenses (E90) 0-1 Tactical flurry
Radjabov vs Ding Liren, 2015
(E90) King's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Symmetrical (A30) 0-1 A good scrap
R Hovhannisyan vs Duda, 2015
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 116 moves, 0-1
English Symmetricl. Anti-Benoni, Spielmnn Def (A33) 0-1 Best EG
So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2015
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 68 moves, 0-1
Neo-Grünfeld Def. Delayed Exchange Var (D76) 0-1 Pretty finish
Van Wely vs Carlsen, 2015
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 44 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Advance (A09) 0-1 Aggressive Rapid game
J Hawkins vs N Pert, 2015
(A09) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack: Poisoned Pawn Var (A45) 1-0 madness
T Gareyev vs Sevian, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
KID Orthodox. Classical System Traditional (E99) 1-0 Dbl R sac!
So vs Nakamura, 2015
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1
KID. Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Var (E81) 1-0
V Gunina vs A R Saleh Salem, 2015
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 46 moves, 1-0
KID: Orthodox. Classical System Kozul G (E99) 3 minors beat Q
So vs Ding Liren, 2015
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 60 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening/English Symmetrical (A04) 1/2-1/2 NN Fortress
NN vs F Rhine, 2016
(A04) Reti Opening, 64 moves, 1/2-1/2
Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00)/A06 1/2-1/2 36...?
Carlsen vs Ganguly, 2016
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 g5?!? Herrstrom Gambit (A04) 0-1 Blindfold simul charge!?
El Dorado vs T Gareyev, 2016
(A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
King's English. 4Knights Fianchetto (A29) 1-0 Computer prep
Nakamura vs Anand, 2016
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 26 moves, 1-0
English (A20) 1-0 Fascinating tactical battle for promotion
Aronian vs Giri, 2016
(A20) English, 34 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 1-0 Mayet's #
G Jones vs P Carlsson, 2016
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 39 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense (A41) 0-1 Rather UNIQUE play!
Goryachkina vs A Bodnaruk, 2016
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 77 moves, 0-1
G9: Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Jobava vs Ponomariov, 2016
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
G2: Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Radjabov vs O Bortnyk, 2016
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Fianchetto. Hastings Def ML (A64) 0-1 Dbl P sac
Yasas Lamawansa vs Z Foo, 2016
(A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1
Dutch Be7 Stonewall 7...Nc6!? (A92) 1-0 Combo cracks author's D
Nakamura vs R Bellin, 2016
(A92) Dutch, 39 moves, 1-0
London System vs raking Bishops (D02) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Carlsen vs Jakovenko, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Castling unpins the e-pawn
Kamsky vs A Goganov, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack 8.c4 (D00) 0-1 Blind swine w/a Q sac
L O Hauge vs F Lindsoe, 2016
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1
London System vs QGD (D02) 1-0 A win for tripled pawns
Carlsen vs E Ghaem Maghami, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack. Gruenfeld Var. ML (D03) 0-1 Unstoppable P roller
V Artemiev vs Mamedyarov, 2016
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 31 moves, 0-1
QGA. Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 Q trap
Le Quang Liem vs Kazhgaleyev, 2016
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
QGD Harrwitz Attack (D37) 0-1 Black double Rs on 2nd rank
Topalov vs Nakamura, 2016
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 39 in Most Stunning Victories of 2016 by AN, CB, & SM
Dubov vs A Brkic, 2016
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
QGD: Ragozin Defense. Alekhine Var (D38) 0-1 Overworked g-pawn
K Holm vs V S Gujrathi, 2016
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
G48 in Most Instructive Endgames of 2016 by Naiditsch & Balogh
Krasenkow vs J L Hammer, 2016
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 50 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 1-0 Decoy sac for pin
B Adhiban vs Dreev, 2016
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1 R ending zugzwang
Le Quang Liem vs Ganguly, 2016
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 77 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Def. Stoltz. Shabalov Attk (D45) 1-0 Black miscalcula
Nakamura vs M Muzychuk, 2016
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70)1/2-1/2 Q+Bs vs Q+Ns
Giri vs Caruana, 2016
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 96 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nimzo-Indian Def Simagin (E46) 1-0 Stunning Q deflection sac
J Krupenski vs Gelfand, 2016
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 29 moves, 1-0
NID. Normal. Bernstein Def Except Gligoric System (E53 1-0 18.?
So vs Nakamura, 2016
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 21 moves, 1-0
KID Orthodox. Bayonet Attack (E97) 1/2-1/2 R sac for Stalemate
Khalifman vs D Yuffa, 2016
(E97) King's Indian, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Indian Game: London System (A48) 1-0 Stockfish notes; Q v R
Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017
(A48) King's Indian, 78 moves, 1-0
QGD. Ragozin Defense (D38) 0-1 He said, he said.
Dreev vs Carlsen, 2017
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Def. Stoltz Var (D45) 0-1 Anastasia's Mate threat
Pelletier vs Gelfand, 2017
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Def. Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Speculative Bxf7+
Aronian vs Svidler, 2014
(D85) Grunfeld, 57 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Geller Gambit (D15) 1-0 White is aligned
A R Saleh Salem vs K Georgiev, 2014
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0
Q Pawn Game: Morris Countergambit (D00) 0-1 Conversion to EG
Kharlov vs B Ofitserian, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
K's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 1-0 Kside assault
L Piasetski vs S Gieben, 2013
(A21) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Exchange Variation (D13) 1-0 11.?
X Zhang vs H Gao, 2017
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 18 moves, 1-0
Emil Sutovsky called 27.. Rh1 most beautiful move of the year!
Aronian vs Rapport, 2016
(D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 41 moves, 0-1
London System vs Steinitz CG (D02) 0-1 Delayed 0-0-0
Carlsen vs A Korobov, 2016
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Game 50 in The New in Chess Book of Chess Improvement / Giddins
Aronian vs Tomashevsky, 2013
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 0-1
Slav Defense: General (D10) 0-1 Black tactics from the opening
A Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah vs N Villanueva, 2014
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 0-1
Slav Def: Chameleon. Chebanenko Var (D15) 1-0 Sacs free the Q!
A Ramirez Alvarez vs A Shetty, 2013
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 37 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 1-0 Pin makes a crowd
A Kosten vs P Mercs, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Great move! The Shak demolished the Shok
Mamedyarov vs S Shoker, 2013
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack/Bg5 Stonewall Attk (A45) 1-0 Aggressive play!
W Ju vs R Chu, 2016
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Bogo-Indian Def: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 1-0 Qside thrust, pin
Anand vs D Kollars, 2016
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 1-0 "Shoulda Hadet"
J Song vs E Hadet, 2013
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 1-0
QID. Classical. Polugayevsky Gambit (E17) 1-0 21.?
AlphaZero vs Stockfish, 2017
(E17) Queen's Indian, 117 moves, 1-0
NID: Kmoch Var (E20) 1-0 Simul slaughter on the diagonals
Carlsen vs B Berkowitz, 2016
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical. Noa Var (E34) 0-1 Stockfish notes
M Matlakov vs Eljanov, 2013
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 29 moves, 0-1
The perfect Knight in the corner
M Kravtsiv vs Ding Liren, 2017
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 110 moves, 0-1
NID: Normal. Ragozin Var (E51) 0-1 Morphy-like shot!
D Stavast vs K Lee, 2013
(E51) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 18 moves, 0-1
KID. Saemisch. Normal Def (E81) 1/2-1/2 Notes by Stockfish
Svidler vs Grischuk, 2013
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
G25 in 'Best Fighting Games of 2012-2015' by Naiditsch & Balogh
Shimanov vs Jobava, 2014
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) 1-0 Mutual promotions
A Roos vs B Fleurquin, 2014
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 64 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Def: Goglidze Attack (D70) 0-1 Stockfish notes
D Svetushkin vs A Stella, 2013
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70) 1-0 24.?
Carlsen vs C Li, 2015
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Modern Exchange (D85) 0-1 Just take it RxR!
L Babujian vs V Fedoseev, 2014
(D85) Grunfeld, 36 moves, 0-1
G29 in Best Attacking Games of 2012-2015 by Naiditsch & Balogh
A David vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2014
(A15) English, 27 moves, 0-1
English, Symmetrical. Hedgehog Def (A30) 0-1 The Gordian knot
D Gurevich vs D Gordievsky, 2017
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 40 moves, 0-1
Torre Attack: Classical Def (A46) 1-0 The castled K wins again
D Andreikin vs Karjakin, 2014
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Fianchetto Variation (A62) · 1-0
K Edvardsson vs V C Shen, 2015
(A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 51 moves, 1-0
Slav Def: Quiet Variation. Pin Def (D12) 0-1 Free pawns aren't
H Stefansson vs Dreev, 2015
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 18 moves, 0-1
Sodium Attack Na3 (A00) 1-0 A good place to spend the knightf6
Carlsen vs S Grover, 2018
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening/English, Rev Sicil (A00) 0-1 Early N invasion
Morozevich vs V Laznicka, 2013
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 74 moves, 0-1
Hippopotamus (A00) 0-1 Gain time on the White Queen
C Domingos vs J Ferreira, 2014
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Knights Variation. General (A46) 0-1 Sac attack
V Laznicka vs Khismatullin, 2015
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
Chess Informant Golden Games, Volume 124
Kramnik vs Svidler, 2015
(A04) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
KID: Fianchetto. Karlsbad Var (E62) 1-0 P grab drops a piece
Dautov vs F Karger, 2015
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 25 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. Four Knights (A35) 0-1 Stockfish
Caruana vs Karjakin, 2014
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 51 moves, 0-1
London System vs KID h6, g5 (A48) 1-0 Nxh6, pin
Harikrishna vs V S Gujrathi, 2016
(A48) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Var (A51) 1-0 FSR explains
F Rhine vs D Bungo, 2013
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation (E30) 1-0 27.?
H Melkumyan vs A Donchenko, 2014
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 40 moves, 1-0
"Wes Side Story" (game of the day Feb-10-2018)
Xiong vs So, 2017
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1
Modern Def: Averbakh Variation (A42) 0-1 33...?
M Baldauf vs D Andreikin, 2016
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 34 moves, 0-1
English Symmetrical. Botvinnik System Reversed (A36) 0-1 23...?
Nakamura vs Svidler, 2017
(A36) English, 49 moves, 0-1
QGD: Harrwitz Attk. Main Line (D37) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 34...?
Topalov vs Anand, 2016
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 0-1
QGD vs Stonewall Def (D30) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 34...?
Gleizerov vs Krasenkow, 2016
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 0-1
QGD: General (D30) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 27...?
R Loetscher vs Bluebaum, 2016
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 0-1
Rat Defense: English Rat (A41) 1-0 threat to Q wins a N
D Cilia Vincenti vs W F Forster, 2015
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 23 moves, 1-0
Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 1-0 Notable
Grischuk vs A Filippov, 2014
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: double d-pawns (A00) 1-0 issues after 0-0?!
Khismatullin vs M Bartel, 2015
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 1-0
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fianchetto Var (A58) 1-0 Overextended
A Zhigalko vs U Kongsee, 2014
(A58) Benko Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Dutch Var (A03) 1-0 Stockfish notes; discovered+
Rapport vs Fressinet, 2015
(A03) Bird's Opening, 39 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense: English Rat (A41) 1-0 Stacked up Q trap
V Gunina vs W Ju, 2013
(A21) English, 30 moves, 1-0
Benko Gambit: Fully Accepted (A58) 0-1 weird; Stockfish notes
Gelfand vs Carlsen, 2014
(A58) Benko Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Def: Stoltz Var. Shabalov Attk (D45) 0-1Wing P storms
P Hopman vs A Kveinys, 2016
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 26 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Symmetrical. General (A30) 0-1 Beat 'em to the
J Rapport vs A Muzychuk, 2016
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 0-1
Bird-Larsen Attack Be2, Bb2 (A02) 1-0 White has extra N
Rene Zimmermann vs Kimia Moradi, 2015
(A03) Bird's Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Dutch Bg4-Ne5 (A03) 1-0 Hungry Pawn
L Nicholls vs R Perry, 2016
(A03) Bird's Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Pseudo KGD vs Robatsch (A02) 1-0 R skewer+, Q+ &
J Cavendish vs K Millward, 2014
(A02) Bird's Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
"the sting in the end of the tail" (of a combination)
Karjakin vs Nakamura, 2016
(E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
NID: Normal. Schlechter Def (E52) 0-1 Black has the pressure
P Maletin vs A Riazantsev, 2014
(E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 38 moves, 0-1
English vs Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0 His Recipe
Aronian vs So, 2014
(A15) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 Reti's Mate Extended
D Flores vs J Duarte, 2016
(A04) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: General (E00) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Kramnik vs D Andreikin, 2013
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Agincourt Def. Wimpy System (A13) 1-0 blitz
So vs Nakamura, 2017
(A13) English, 29 moves, 1-0
World Blitz Championship (Women) (2017), Riyadh KSA, rd 9,
E Danielian vs Asma Al Fawzan, 2017
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: Poisoned Pawn (A45) 1-0 Q+ & fork Rg8 next
I Ivanisevic vs D Derakhshani, 2016
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 Cornered
A Velikanov vs J Alexander, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
NID: Normal. B Attk Classical Def. (E48) 0-1 Stockfish; 20...?
Navara vs E Inarkiev, 2016
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 37 moves, 0-1
KID: Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 0-1 Bold Black Attack!
Gelfand vs Giri, 2016
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
"Holm For The Holidays" (game of the day Dec-17-2019)
T Villiers vs K Holm, 2014
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 57 moves, 0-1
QGD: Ragozin Defense (D38) 1-0 Her best game
Lagno vs Y Hou, 2014
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Spielmann Def (A33) 0-1 Qs
K Holm vs J Bai, 2014
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 58 moves, 0-1
"Kipper Belt" (game of the day May-11-2020)
J Kipper vs Z Harari, 2013
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 73 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: General (A45) 1/2-1/2 Poisoned P Perpetual Threat
Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2
English vs. Agincourt Def. Catalan Def Accepted (A24) 0-1 S-D
C Mangione vs B Grachev, 2015
(A13) English, 24 moves, 0-1
The game that clinched the US Championship for Gata
Kamsky vs V Akobian, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 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
King's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 1-0 Crossfire!
Aronian vs Anand, 2017
(A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0
QGD: Albin Countergambit. Normal Line (D08) 1-0 blitz
Jobava vs Morozevich, 2016
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation (A04) 0-1 Indulging
J Vang Glud vs Timman, 2013
(A04) Reti Opening, 34 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Rossolimo Var (A41) 1-0 Clearance sacrifice!
O Girya vs O Gritsayeva, 2014
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 39 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: General (D80) 1-0 Rs & Ns chase Ks
I Bukavshin vs U Eliseev, 2015
(D80) Grunfeld, 44 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 21.?
Anand vs J L Hammer, 2013
(D85) Grunfeld, 45 moves, 1-0
KID: Orthodox. Bayonet Attack Sokolov's Line (E97) 1-0
S Mareco vs T Nedev, 2014
(E97) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
KIA d3, c3, d4 vs Sicilian Kan (A07) 1-0 Resembles French Adv
Kuzubov vs I Krush, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D10) 1-0 trapped
H Melkumyan vs C Balogh, 2013
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: General (D30) 1-0 Stockfish notes
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2015
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
QGD: Albin Countergambit (D08) 0-1
Ben Thompkins vs A Belakovskaia, 2015
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Jan-23-15 jrofrano: The 8th best game from 2014: link
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2014
(E70) King's Indian, 51 moves, 0-1
Bogo-Indian Def: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 0-1 Get the Q in close
G Sargissian vs Tkachiev, 2013
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
English vs Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0 Zugzwang
Y Wang vs P Maghsoodloo, 2016
(A15) English, 43 moves, 1-0
G24 in Most Instructive Endgames of 2016 by Naiditsch & Balogh
C Li vs L Lenic, 2016
(A13) English, 41 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Women's champ
A Ushenina vs Svidler, 2013
(D85) Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Def: Goglidze Attack (D70) 0-1 Too many P moves
Maziar Bagheri vs P Maghsoodloo, 2017
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 17 moves, 0-1
Catalan Opening: Closed Var (E06) 0-1 blitz
Aronian vs Anand, 2015
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 51 moves, 0-1
Slav Defense: Schlechter Var (D15) 1-0
Shirov vs Y Boidman, 2013
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 19 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def: Marshall Gambit. Main Line (D31) 1/2-1/2 Raucous
Nakamura vs Tomashevsky, 2013
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Anand - Carlsen World Champship Match (2013), Chennai IND, rd.1
Carlsen vs Anand, 2013
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game5 'Most Exciting Games of 2016' by Naiditsch, Balogh & Maze
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2016
(A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack or Barry Attack or Jobava-Priè Attack?
Jobava vs D Andreikin, 2014
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Var (A02) 0-1 Greco's # next!
C Eichab vs D Mehmeti, 2014
(A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: General (A45) 1/2-1/2 White was better
Jobava vs A Sarana, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Var (A02) 0-1 Greco's # next
C Gottschalck vs T B Nielsen, 2015
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
An 11-year-old, as Black, annihilating a GM in 18 moves
Bachmann vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2016
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. Capablanca Var (A12) 0-1 Kside crush
Agnar T Moller vs S Bergsson, 2015
(A12) English with b3, 37 moves, 0-1
KIA vs Rev Botvinnik System (A07) 1-0 P thrust, discovery
Y Quesada Perez vs L Figueredo Losada, 2016
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: London System (A46) 1-0 ...f6? cracks the dam
S Lochte vs K Pattni, 2015
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Full Symmetry Line (A38) 1-0 Shazam!
S Rishovd vs J Ekberg, 2015
(A38) English, Symmetrical, 21 moves, 1-0
Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Var (E11) 0-1 Q nabs cornered R
M M Jacobsen vs S Soors, 2015
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
Reti Opening/Gambit info (A06) 1-0 0-0 vs 0-0-0
N Khomeriki vs P Gasimov, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 Creative play!
A Fier vs Wojtaszek, 2013
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Fianchetto Attack (A81) 1-0 Strip the pawns
I Solomunovic vs M Pap, 2013
(A81) Dutch, 26 moves, 1-0
TWO Pinned pieces NOT useless at game's end-- Rook and Bishop!!
V Zakhartsov vs A Ainutdinov, 2013
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 49 moves, 1-0
Apr-27-15 kingscrusher: I have video annotated this game
Anand vs Adams, 2015
(A20) English, 51 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Def: Classical. Advance Var (D34) 1-0 Discovery
A H Williams vs C F Morris, 2015
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Var (A01) 1-0 Triangle/Fish Tail #
Jobava vs Mamedyarov, 2015
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
King's English. General (A20) 1-0 Different sort B-Q Spearhead
Y Meshkov vs W Espirito Santo, 2014
(A20) English, 29 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Bg2 vs Bg7 Copycat (A02) 0-1 Passed P, Exposed K
L Nicholls vs P Macdonald, 2016
(A02) Bird's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Jobava London System (A45) 0-1 blitz; video link
Jobava vs G Quparadze, 2016
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
KIA Dbl Fio e5 strong point vs French Def (A07) 0-1 pin robbing
V Jorquera Cabello vs E Barbosa, 2014
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 80 moves, 0-1
QID. Fianchetto. General (E15) 1-0 Thank you, Sir! May I have
Ding Liren vs Eljanov, 2016
(E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04) 0-1 31...? Find the Finish
L Andonovski vs G Caprio, 2015
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1
QGD: Cambridge Springs Var (D52) 1-0Stockfish notes; video link
Carlsen vs Mamedyarov, 2014
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Two video links
Karjakin vs Grischuk, 2014
(D85) Grunfeld, 54 moves, 1-0
NID. Three Knights Var (E21) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2014
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 44 moves, 1-0
NID: Three Knights Var (E21) 1-0 Bxh6
J L Hammer vs Movsesian, 2013
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 29 moves, 1-0
KID. Six Pawns Attack (E77) 0-1 full go Max Lange's Mate!!
O Hackner vs R Bates, 2013
(E77) King's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
QGD. Harrwitz Attack. Two Knights Def (D37) 1-0 48.?
So vs Sasikiran, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A60) 0-1 Stunning!!
Lupulescu vs G Papp, 2016
(A60) Benoni Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
QID. Fianchetto. Nimzowitsch Var Nimzowitsch Attack (E15) 1/2-
Houdini vs Stockfish, 2013
(E15) Queen's Indian, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
KID. Normal. K's Knight Var (E60) 0-1Nxf7, can't follow up fast
D E Cori Tello vs I Sokolov, 2010
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
KID: Semi-Averbakh System (E73) 1-0 Kside Assault!
X Zhao vs M Zuriel, 2015
(E73) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Anglo-Slav. General (A11) 1-0 Stockfish notes
M Dziuba vs J Bartholomew, 2013
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 33 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 GM Danny King video
A Moiseenko vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2013
(D85) Grunfeld, 41 moves, 1-0
Double Fianchetto Hippopotamus (A06) 1-0 Blitz; Stockfish notes
Carlsen vs Radjabov, 2013
(A06) Reti Opening, 61 moves, 0-1
Mexican Defense: General (A50) 1/2-1/2Check all possible checks
J Chabanon vs C Bauer, 2014
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Var (E32) 1-0 video link
V Akobian vs I H Labib, 2013
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0
KID. Fianchetto. Lesser Simagin (Spassky) (E62) 1-0 K flush
F Firman Syah vs R Djurhuus, 2014
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 29 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 The N is next
I Alahakoon vs A Mellace, 2014
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Panov Attack. Main Line (E54) 0-1 28...?
W Kobese vs Brunello, 2014
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 30 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Leningrad. Warsaw Var (A88) 0-1 Stockfish
Kramnik vs Caruana, 2015
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 73 moves, 0-1
KID: Saemisch. Orthodox Var (E85) 1-0 Arabian Mate variation
Z Mohammed vs W Espirito Santo, 2016
(E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
KID. Orthodox. Glek Def (E94) 1-0 Mate w/two knights!!
Niemann vs V Panchanatham, 2015
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 104 moves, 1-0
QGD: Harrwitz Attack (D35) 0-1 Battery sets pins
D Gonzales vs N A Adricula, 2016
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 0-1
KID: Four Pawns Attack. Dynamic Attack (E76) 0-1 Scholarly
A Shabanaj vs A Martinez, 2016
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 18 moves, 0-1
QGA: Central Variation. Alekhine System 9.a3 (D20) 1-0
Kramnik vs Karjakin, 2014
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attk vs Indian Game: 4.BxNb8 RxBb8 (A45) 0-1 QxQ KxQ
C Sykes vs I Tomba, 2013
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
QGD. Tartakower Defense. General (D58) 1-0 Decoy Sac & Pin
J Houska vs T Hebbes, 2014
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 33 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: QG Invitation (A04) 1-0 Double Pin
M Voyska vs S Dierckens, 2014
(A04) Reti Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
8 out of Black's first 10 moves were pawn moves...
G Kjartansson vs Rapport, 2014
(A04) Reti Opening, 61 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Anglo-Slav. General/Bb2 (A11) 1-0 P lever xf7+
C Crouch vs Z Harari, 2013
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 42 moves, 1-0
World Blitz Championship (2016) (blitz), Doha QAT, rd 18, Dec-3
Jobava vs Carlsen, 2016
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 0-1
Kramnik shows us how to *destroy* the HIPPO.
Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2013
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Benoni Def: Czech Benoni Def (A56) 1-0 Make way for the heavies
M Fedorovsky vs D Muse, 2014
(A56) Benoni Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 1-0 armageddon
Mamedyarov vs A Tari, 2023
(A13) English, 47 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Capablanca Var (A47) 0-1 Good notes & video analys
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2014
(A47) Queen's Indian, 70 moves, 0-1
Her and is immense
M Mikadze vs T Kosintseva, 2013
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
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