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The t_t Players: The 1900s rok
Compiled by fredthebear

The 19th century games of Staunton, Steinitz, Saint Amant, JH Sarratt, and William Potter are in another collection. For those who are not romantically inclined, the 20th century hypermodernists Savielly Tartakower, Duncan Suttles and Kevin Spraggett are in here! (Richard Reti is in the R's collection, and it would be wise to study Vasily Smyslov.)

"We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." — Aristotle

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." — Lao Tzu

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

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

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

"Happiness is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes and sits softly on your shoulder." — Henry David Thoreau

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for – in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it." — Ellen Goodman

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

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

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

* A book about Richard Reti: Game Collection: Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek

* GoY's 40 Favs: Game Collection: GoY's favorite games

* A few of Smyslov's best: Game Collection: Smyslov's Selected Games 1942-1951

* Emory Tate likes the initiative: Game Collection: Emory Tate Chess Hero

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

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

* 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!

The Two Mules

Two mules were bearing on their backs,
One, oats; the other, silver of the tax.
The latter glorying in his load,
Marched proudly forward on the road;
And, from the jingle of his bell,
It was plain he liked his burden well.
But in a wild-wood glen
A band of robber men
Rushed forth on the twain.
Well with the silver pleased,
They by the bridle seized
The treasure-mule so vain.
Poor mule! in struggling to repel
His ruthless foes, he fell
Stabbed through; and with a bitter sighing,
He cried, "Is this the lot they promised me?
My humble friend from danger free,
While, weltering in my gore, I'm dying?"
"My friend," his fellow-mule replied,
"It is not well to have one's work too high.
If you had been a miller's drudge, as I,
You would not thus have died."

Page 166 of The Personality of Chess by I.A. Horowitz and P.L. Rothenberg (New York, 1963) gave ‘a hitherto unpublished limerick-acrostic:

Caissa, the goddess of Chess,
Has this task, no more and no less;
Every game, match and damn bit,
Sicilian and gambit
She must ever be ready to bless.

<"Greetings, students. Today you will learn to transform a king into a rook. Which of course means you will transform a chess piece into a noble relative of crows and ravens. Today's lesson is no joke, but I will not mark you down for appreciating my wordplay. Watch closely as I demonstrate..." — Professor McGonagall teaching King to Rook to seventh-yearssrc

A rook is a bird related to crows and ravens.1

History
During the 1990–1991 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Minerva McGonagall taught her seventh-year students in Transfiguration how to transform king chess pieces into rooks with the King to Rook spell.1>

The Rook Cancelled: https://tvline.com/news/the-rook-ca...

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

Why did the rooster cross the road?
He had something to cock-a-doodle dooo!

Why did the raccoon cross the road?
He saw you put out the garbage.

Mercury Hg 80 200.59 1.9

Next Verse:

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

* Dr. Edmund Adam Miniatures: Edmund Adam

H.T. Bland. On page 207 of the December 1929 American Chess Bulletin he exalted the challenger in that year's world championship match:

Bravo ‘Bogol', you've shown pluck.
One and all we wish you luck.
Gee, some thought you'd barged between
Other players who'd have been
Less likely straightaway to lose
Just as friend Alekhine might choose;
Undaunted, ‘Bogol', you went in
Believing you'd a chance to win.
Or failing that, to make a fight,
Which you are doing as we write.

Don't trust the smile of your opponent. ~ Babylonian Proverbs

Trust me, but look to thyself. ~ Irish Proverbs

Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~ Saudi Arabian Proverb

Don't trust your wife until she has borne you ten sons. ~ Chinese Proverb

If someone puts their trust in you, don't sever it. ~ Lebanese Proverb

Trust your best friend as you would your worst enemy. ~ Mexican Proverbs

"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

"If you're too open-minded; your brains will fall out." ― Lawrence Ferlinghetti

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"My concern about my reputation is with the people who I respect and my family and my Lord. And I'm perfectly comfortable with my reputation with them, sir." — John Durham

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.

"A wise man will know what game to play to-day, and play it. We must not be governed by rigid rules, as by the almanac, but let the season rule us. The moods and thoughts of man are revolving just as steadily and incessantly as nature's. Nothing must be postponed. Take time by the forelock. Now or never! You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment. Fools stand on their island opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this, or the like of this. Where the good husbandman is, there is the good soil. Take any other course, and life will be a succession of regrets. Let us see vessels sailing prosperously before the wind, and not simply stranded barks. There is no world for the penitent and regretful." — Henry David Thoreau

"If you open it, close it. If you turn it on, turn it off. If you take it out, put it back. If you empty it, fill it. If you fill it, empty it." — Kathryn Malter, St. Paul, MN

* Dec-12-20 MissScarlett: My advice to <acapo> is to close the pop-up ads by clicking on the little <x> in the top right corner.

<"From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day." ― William Shakespeare, Henry V>

"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

A GAME OF CHESS
by T S (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines From which a golden Cupidon peeped out 80 (Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, Unguent, powdered, or liquid— troubled, confused And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air That freshened from the window, these ascended 90 In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.

Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, In which sad light a carved dolphin swam.

Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale 100 Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues, "Jug Jug" to dirty ears.

And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.

Footsteps shuffled on the stair.

Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still. 110

"My nerves are bad to-night.
Yes, bad.
Stay with me.

"Speak to me.
Why do you never speak.
Speak.

"What are you thinking of? What thinking? What? "I never know what you are thinking.
Think.
"

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

"What is that noise?"
The wind under the door.

"What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?" Nothing again nothing. 120
"Do "You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember "Nothing?"

I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.

"Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?" But O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag—
It's so elegant
So intelligent 130 "What shall I do now? What shall I do?"
I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street
"With my hair down, so.
What shall we do to-morrow?
"What shall we ever do?"
The hot water at ten.

And if it rains, a closed car at four.

And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said—
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, 140 HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart.

He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth.
He did, I was there.

You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set, He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you.

And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert, He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time, And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said.

Oh is there, she said.
Something o' that, I said.
150
Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look.

HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said.

Others can pick and choose if you can't.

But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling.

You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique.

(And her only thirty-one.
) I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face, It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said.

(She's had five already, and nearly died of young George. ) 160
The chemist said it would be alright, but I've never been the same.

You are a proper fool, I said.

Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don't want children? HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon, And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot— HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill.
Goonight Lou.
Goonight May.
Goonight.
170
Ta ta.
Goonight.
Goonight.

Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.

Patience is a virtue.

Dec-26-23 hemy: I sent email messages to <jessicafischerqueen> and <Tabanus>. I was contacted by email to both of them for many years. Responses from the mail servers were: "Sorry, your message to <her email address> cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled" and "Recipient address rejected: Access denied". Credits for Robert Bergersen aka <Tabanus>, include his picture, for his contribution to "Lithuanian chess history" project, you can find on page 45 of this project. He also mentioned on page 141 (with one more picture), pages 166, 1315, 1383-1386, 1823, 2807 and 3423.

"Make peace with imperfection." ― Richard Carlson

Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

* 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

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

"To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment." — Richard Carlson

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

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

Old Russian Proverb: "The elbow is close but you cannot bite it. (Близок локоток, да не укусишь.)" Close is no cigar.

Ya might be ah redneck if'n ya thunk "lol" means low on liquor.

"If you ain't the lead dog, the view never changes."

"Here's a two-step formula for handling stress... Step number one: Don't sweat the small stuff. Step number two: Remember it's all small stuff." ― Tony Robbins

Q: What do you call the lights on Noah's Ark?
A: Flood lights.

Q: What do you call a snobby criminal walking down the steps? A: A condescending con descending!

Q: What do you call a dollar frozen in a block of ice? A: Cold hard cash.

Q: What do you call a dead pine tree?
A: A nevergreen.

Q: What do you call a pencil that is broken?
A: Pointless.

Q: What do you call two birds in love?
A: Tweethearts!

Q: What do you call a sad coffee?
A: Depresso.

Q: What do you call a priest that becomes an attorney? A: Father-in-Law.

Q: What do you call a man with a toilet on his head? A: John.

'A stitch in time saves nine'

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

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

"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

"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

"You can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds."

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

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Matthew 19:26
But Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.'

HUMPTY DUMPTY
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses
And all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty
Together again.

Q: What is money called in space?
A: Star bucks.

Q: Where do the stars go to get their milk?
A: The Milky Way.

Q: Why didn't the Dog Star laugh at the joke? A: It was too Sirius.

QGA: Central Variation. McDonnell Def (D20) 0-1 KEG & Stockfish
Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1899
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Staunton Var (C42) 0-1Stockfish
E Williams vs Staunton, 1851
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio de Janeiro (C67) 1-0MutualDbld f-pawns
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1862
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0
KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 1-0 Boden's Mate!
Steinitz vs W Wilson, 1862
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. London Def (C44) 0-1 Pin, B fork
F Lehmann vs Zukertort, 1864
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Var (A84) 0-1 Crossfire
J Fraser vs Steinitz, 1867
(A84) Dutch, 28 moves, 0-1
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 0-1 The anchor drops!
NN vs Zukertort, 1868
(C21) Center Game, 18 moves, 0-1
KGA. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 0-1 Q sac for a Dbl Knight Mate!!
C Mayet vs Zukertort, 1868
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit (C25) 1-0Pick the mating pattern
Steinitz vs H Eschwege, 1871
(C25) Vienna, 32 moves, 1-0
This game represents "the beginning of modern positional play"
Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1873
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: French Var (B40) 1-0 Q & R sacs for Suffocation #
Steinitz vs J B Brockenbrough, 1885
(B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Notes by Robert James Fischer
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1
French Classical. Tarrasch Var (C14) 0-1 Blackburne Annotates
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1887
(C14) French, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1
French, Classical. Steinitz (C11) 1-0Greek gift, P wedge, Q+
Steinitz vs C Golmayo, 1888
(C11) French, 19 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Slow Var (C52) 0-1 World Champship blunders
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Game 70 in Modern Chess Instructor by Wilhelm Steinitz
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889
(C52) Evans Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 81: Modern Chess Instructor by Wilhelm Steinitz
M Chigorin / A Ponce vs W Steinitz / A Gavilan, 1889
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
The Father of Russian Chess takes down the World Champion
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892
(C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
KGA Schallop Def (C34) 0-1 A World Championship Blunder???
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1
This is a mad game; a blood thirsty rivalry
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Giuoco Pianissimo c3, d3 (C53) 0-1 Philidor's Legacy w/B assist
J Hanham vs Steinitz, 1894
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 32 moves, 0-1
Steinitz - Lasker World Champ Match (1894), Montreal CAN, Rd 17
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 51 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Classical. Steinitz (C11) 1-0Notes by Pillsbury
Steinitz vs B Vergani, 1895
(C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Solitaire Chess by I. A. Horowitz p. 89
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1895
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 24 moves, 1-0
Tal's Favorite: P sac, Discover +, Clearance, Deflect, Immune
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
QGD Harrwitz Attack (D35) 1-0 Rob the pin, bust up the h-file
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Ken je Winawer of dacht je: "wie nou weer?"
Winawer vs Steinitz, 1896
(C22) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0
The REAL "Immortal Zugzwang Game."
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 39 moves, 0-1
QGD Vienna. Quiet Var (D37) 0-1 Bully R says "Here take me!"
Pillsbury vs Steinitz, 1896
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 44 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Berlin Def. Hedgehog (C66)0-1 a-pawn is the difference
Schiffers vs Steinitz, 1898
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 60 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Berlin Def. Hedgehog (C66) 1-0 Black exposed his K
Tarrasch vs Steinitz, 1898
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0
K's Gambit: Accepted. B's Gambit (C33) 0-1 Greco Mate threat
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1898
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 0-1
Brilliancy prize; this line gets poor results for White
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1899
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1
French Advance Paulsen Attack (C02) 1-0 Insufficient preparatio
Steinitz vs Tinsley, 1899
(C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0
Game 1 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs J Schenkein, 1905
(B20) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
2...Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Marshall Var(B01) 0-1 W relieves cramp
H Appunn vs Tartakower, 1905
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 1-0 23.? Notes by Stockfish
Tartakower vs Vidmar, 1905
(B32) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Urusov Gambit>Scotch G. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 Back ranker
Tartakower vs M Billecard, 1907
(C56) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0
Unusual start; White needs to select and train on a target
F Lee vs Tartakower, 1907
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian, Kiel Var (B01) 1-0 2 many Black N moves, Q trapd
Tartakower vs Marshall, 1907
(B01) Scandinavian, 48 moves, 1-0
Early Queen exchange leaves both Kings in the middle
von Bardeleben vs Tartakower, 1908
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Old Indian (A53) 1/2 1/2 Pawn thrusts give this game character
Tartakower vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1909
(A53) Old Indian, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
The queen's power excellerates after the board clears
J Perlis vs Tartakower, 1909
(B15) Caro-Kann, 37 moves, 0-1
QGD Three Knights Variation (D37) 1-0 Nice 7th rank combo
Tartakower vs P Meitner, 1909
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
From 'My Best Games of Chess 1905-1930'.
Tartakower vs H Fahrni, 1909
(B15) Caro-Kann, 31 moves, 1-0
Nice Defensive Work After a Stunning Pin
Burn vs Tartakower, 1909
(B01) Scandinavian, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
#4876 in Laszlo Polgar's Book "5334 Problems, Combos & Games."
Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1909
(B15) Caro-Kann, 22 moves, 1-0
Notes by Lasker and this game needs notes!
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1909
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Barry Attack buys time aiming at the queen
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1910
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Aim your pieces at his king and bring them in closer
Tartakower vs A Speijer, 1910
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Game 20, My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1910
(A03) Bird's Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
Famous miniature
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Dual king hunt manuevering w/the major pieces
F G Jakob vs Tartakower, 1910
(A84) Dutch, 41 moves, 0-1
Four Knights, Double Spanish (C49) 1-0 Cross pins are a bitchew
A Nimzowitsch vs Tartakower, 1911
(C49) Four Knights, 17 moves, 1-0
French Exchange 4.c4 Nf6
Tartakower vs H Fahrni, 1911
(C01) French, Exchange, 50 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A46) 1-0 Beat at his own def
O Chajes vs Tartakower, 1911
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C55) 1/2-1/2 Same color Bs
Tartakower vs P Leonhardt, 1911
(C46) Three Knights, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
White takes the perpetual because his king is more exposed
Schlechter vs Tartakower, 1911
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black's central kNight outpost is strong
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1913
(C13) French, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Open lines to the king bring the end
J Hrdina vs Tartakower, 1913
(A80) Dutch, 24 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: Dutch Var vs Tarrasch Def (A03) 1-0 Bad Black Bs
Tartakower vs L Asztalos, 1913
(A03) Bird's Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
Black penetrates and exchanges; White's space advantage tells
Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1913
(A53) Old Indian, 34 moves, 1-0
White gets more out of his rooks than Black
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1913
(C00) French Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Zwischenzug capture w/check wins a piece
Tartakower vs E Wellisch, 1914
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
White has an excellent crossfire attack
Tartakower vs Reti, 1914
(A03) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
Game 28 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs G Nyholm, 1914
(C52) Evans Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0
one of the classic ways of playing the Danish, up to 10.Nxd2
G Nyholm vs Tartakower, 1914
(C21) Center Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Tartakower's Indian (A54) 0-1 Impressive EG cleanup
Schlechter vs Tartakower, 1917
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 66 moves, 0-1
Polish 2...f6 Tartakower Gambit (A00) 1-0 R+ deflects Q
Tartakower vs Reti, 1919
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Albin CG: Raging battle of passers; X-Ray defense saves the day
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1920
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Sicilian Bird (A02) 1-0 Qside majority produces
Tartakower vs P Leonhardt, 1920
(A02) Bird's Opening, 50 moves, 1-0
Dutch, Staunton Gambit. Lasker Var (A83) 0-1Exchange sacs fail
Euwe vs Tartakower, 1921
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Dutch, Staunton Gambit. Accepted (A82) 0-1 A kNight for 2 Ps
J Schweiger vs Tartakower, 1921
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
Game 94 in The Hypermodern Game of Chess by Savielly Tartakower
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1921
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 39 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1921
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 1-0
Slav Def. Exchange Variation (D13) 0-1 Spearhead piles on pin
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1922
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit (A83) 0-1 Notes by Geza Maroczy
D Marotti vs Tartakower, 1922
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 76 moves, 0-1
(A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922
(A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Tartakower Var (C45) 1-0 Notes by Geza Maroczy
Tartakower vs Yates, 1922
(C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 47 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1922
(D57) Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
QID: Spassky System (E14) 1-0 drops a piece
Tartakower vs Saemisch, 1922
(E14) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 0-1 The Great Escape
Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1923
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 33 moves, 0-1
Dbl Fio vs Dutch (A04) 1-0 Terrific knights EG race to promote
Reti vs Tartakower, 1923
(A04) Reti Opening, 61 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation (A81) · 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Tartakower, 1923
(A81) Dutch, 74 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Advance (A09) 1-0 Defend weak pawns, then Q roams
Tartakower vs Janowski, 1924
(A09) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
How to Calculate Chess Tactics by Valeri Beim
Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1924
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
FR, Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0 Efficient, beautiful attack
Tartakower vs Lasker, 1924
(C13) French, 31 moves, 1-0
Endgame lessons by Capablanca (notations by Alekhine & Reti)
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Game 78 in Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch.
Tartakower vs Lasker, 1924
(A20) English, 48 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. KID (A15) 1-0 Stockfish
Tartakower vs Marshall, 1924
(A15) English, 61 moves, 1-0
Saragossa Opening 1.c3 (A00) 1/2-1/2 King & Pawn Stalemate
Tartakower vs Reti, 1925
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
If Black plays 4... P-KR3, he avoids all the sacrificial variat
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1925
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0
Clear-cut, well-played game w/subtle kingside attack
Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1925
(C28) Vienna Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Reti Gambit (A09) 1-0 White is up the exchange and pawn
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1925
(A09) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Saemisch-Indian (A50) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 13...?
H Mattison vs Tartakower, 1925
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 0-1 Stockfish notes; 53...?
R Michell vs Tartakower, 1925
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 59 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Bb2 Stonewall Attk (A04) 1-0 En prise N
Tartakower vs J Pannekoek, 1926
(A04) Reti Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Accepted (D20) 1-0 Bf3 skewer coming
H Mattison vs Tartakower, 1926
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Even Tarrasch played the Budapest at Semmering '26
Tartakower vs Tarrasch, 1926
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 91 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Reti, 1927
(A48) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0
Ponziani Opening (C44) 1-0 Instructive Rook ending
Tartakower vs Reti, 1928
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Nimzowitsch. Closed (B29) 0-1 Siberian Trap Qxh2#
P Johner vs Tartakower, 1928
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 15 moves, 0-1
Game 97: My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
H A Cadman vs Tartakower, 1929
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Game 98: My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
F Lazard vs Tartakower, 1929
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 0-1
Budapest Def (A51) 0-1 Exchange sequence puts Black up a piece
Menchik vs Tartakower, 1929
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 101 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs D Przepiorka, 1929
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
French Defense (C00) 1-0 Great Brilliancy Prize Game
E Steiner vs Tartakower, 1929
(C00) French Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Dutch, Staunton Gambit. Accepted (A82) 0-1Black Q riddles White
Marshall vs Tartakower, 1930
(A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 37 moves, 0-1
Notes by A. Alekhine
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1932
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Notes by Alekhine; like a Stonewall Attack w/unusual play
Tartakower vs W Winter, 1932
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
The Mammoth Book of Chess by Burgess.
Tartakower vs NN, 1932
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
Game122/136 in 'My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954' by Tartakower
Lilienthal vs Tartakower, 1933
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 30 moves, 0-1
Tartakower defeats the world champ with his new defense.
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1933
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 74 moves, 0-1
Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack Long Variation(C55) 1-0Hog tied
Tartakower vs NN, 1933
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
Engl Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls (A18) 1-0K in center
Tartakower vs R Frentz, 1933
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 139, My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs A Gromer, 1933
(A36) English, 66 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def: Rubinstein (Anti Meran) System (D45) 1-0 g-file
Tartakower vs H J van den Heuvel, 1933
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 17 moves, 1-0
Vienna Gambit. Hamppe Allgaier Gambit (C25) 1-0 Scholar's # var
Tartakower vs M Berman, 1934
(C25) Vienna, 11 moves, 1-0
Creative Sacrifice Yields Connected Passed Pawns
Tartakower vs R Domenech, 1934
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit (C51) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Tartakower vs S Prokofiev, 1934
(C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
King's English. Four Knights General (A28) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs Keres, 1935
(A28) English, 54 moves, 1-0
Game 167: My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
M Lowcki vs Tartakower, 1937
(C41) Philidor Defense, 39 moves, 0-1
Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 Gain time, Remove the Guard
V Castaldi vs Tartakower, 1937
(C41) Philidor Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (C41) 0-1 Dbl Rook Sac
O Bernstein vs Tartakower, 1937
(C41) Philidor Defense, 13 moves, 0-1
NID: Three Knights Var (E21) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Tartakower vs J Enevoldsen, 1939
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0 There's a story
Tartakower vs Golombek, 1941
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Open Var (C55) 0-1 Qless crusher
Harold W Liggett vs H L Marks, 1942
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 W wins the knight
Tartakower vs M Ellinger, 1944
(B10) Caro-Kann, 13 moves, 1-0
21k French Defense: Rubinstein Variation (C10) · 0-1
G Thomas vs Tartakower, 1945
(C10) French, 33 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Dutch. Alekhine Var (A90) 1/2-1/2 Perpetual Mate threat
Najdorf vs Tartakower, 1946
(A90) Dutch, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 199, My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs G Fuster, 1948
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
Old Indian Def. Ukrainian Var (A54) 0-1 Connected passers
O Friedman vs Tartakower, 1949
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 31 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Def: General (E20) 1-0 Terror on the c-file
Tartakower vs L Barden, 1950
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Stonewall Def (D45) 0-1 31...?
F Mastichiadis vs Tartakower, 1950
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 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
Nimzowitsch Def: Kennedy Main Line (B00) 1-0 Smooth play by W
Suttles vs H Avram, 1963
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense 1...g6 2.h4 (B06) 1/2-1/2 Castle into Q sac?!
J Mora Corbera vs Suttles, 1964
(B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
KGA. 3.Be2 Tartakower Gambit (C33) 1-0 Kside sac attack
N Littlewood vs Lengyel, 1964
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
Bg2 vs Modern Defense: Bg7 (A40) 0-1 Uncommon castle by hand
Forintos vs Suttles, 1964
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
KGD Classical Var (C30) 1-0 Three piece foothold
Suttles vs W Addison, 1965
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: 2.f4 (A00) 1-0 Watch the center dissolve
Suttles vs C Aykroyd, 1965
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 36 moves, 1-0
White's Bishop sac fails: Suttles beats Larsen in his prime
B Larsen vs Suttles, 1967
(B06) Robatsch, 52 moves, 0-1
Modern Def. 2Knts. Suttles (B06)1/2-Arabian Stalemate w/Crazy R
Matulovic vs Suttles, 1970
(B06) Robatsch, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 1/2-1/2
Suttles vs Smyslov, 1970
(C26) Vienna, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Modern Defense: Geller's System (B06) 0-1 Fredthebear share
W Addison vs Suttles, 1970
(B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 0-1 Bad P structure
W F Shaw vs Suttles, 1971
(B06) Robatsch, 14 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: Symmetrical (A00) 1-0 From Qside to Kside
Suttles vs R Zuk, 1971
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 moves, 1-0
"many's the slip 'twixt cup and the lip"
Suttles vs P Brown, 1971
(A16) English, 19 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Standard (B06) 0-1 N sac opens line to K
Evans vs Suttles, 1972
(B06) Robatsch, 44 moves, 0-1
French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Albin-Chatard Gambit (C13) 1-0!
K Spraggett vs R Bedard, 1972
(C13) French, 21 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening / KIA vs NY System (A00) 1-0 Kill box
Suttles vs A Saidy, 1972
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Modern Def. K Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 B sac deflects back R
Tal vs Suttles, 1972
(B06) Robatsch, 40 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Averbakh System. Kotov Var (A42) 1-0 K walk
Timman vs Suttles, 1974
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 49 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening (A00) 1-0 OCB requires K's help
Suttles vs Benko, 1974
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 48 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang! 45.Bc5! forces Black onto the dark square "minefield"
K Spraggett vs G Glen, 1975
(C02) French, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch Def: Williams Var (B00) 1-0 Minors biting majors
K Spraggett vs F South, 1976
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attack. ML (B89) 1-0 Black threatened #
F Trabattoni vs B Toth, 1976
(B89) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Kan. Modern Var closed center (B42) 0-1 B vs N ending
L Williams vs K Spraggett, 1979
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 67 moves, 0-1
French Def: Advance 6.a3 c4 ML (C02) 0-1 2-for-1 Rook, & N fork
D Provost vs K Spraggett, 1979
(C02) French, Advance, 35 moves, 0-1
Hungarian/Sicilian 1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.e4 (A00)Brilliant W play
Suttles vs S Letic, 1977
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Spanish Open. Bernstein Var (C80) 1-0 Black K in line of fire
K Spraggett vs P Lake, 1982
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
published in New Zealand Chess, August 1982, p. 92
P Garbett vs P S Spiller, 1982
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Tal Variation (B82) 1-0 16.?
K Spraggett vs J Hebert, 1982
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 0-1Uncastled vs 0-0
L Morin vs K Spraggett, 1983
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 26 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Pin to win
P Garbett vs P S Spiller, 1983
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
K's English. Four Knts Flexible Line (A28) 0-1 Notes Triangle #
R Delaune vs K Spraggett, 1983
(A28) English, 25 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Anglo-Slav(A11) 0-1Monument to IM Boris Kogan
K Spraggett vs B M Kogan, 1984
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 29 moves, 0-1
QID. Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Kasparov Attk (E12) 1-0Risky
Plaskett vs Short, 1984
(E12) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
King's English. General (A20) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Tal vs Plaskett, 1984
(A20) English, 24 moves, 1-0
Spraggett takes opening advice from Suttles, wins.
Timman vs K Spraggett, 1985
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
English Opening vs Bb7 (A10) 1-0 Which battery is better?
K Spraggett vs Spassky, 1985
(A10) English, 40 moves, 1-0
English Dbl Fio vs Classical Dutch (A10) 1-0 Crossfire pins
K Spraggett vs G Basanta, 1986
(A10) English, 22 moves, 1-0
King's English (A20) 1-0 Entertaining final sequence
Plaskett vs Miles, 1986
(A20) English, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 4.Bg2, f4 (B26) 0-1 Black N tour security for Q
R Hawkes vs K Spraggett, 1986
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 0-1
D Scoones vs K Spraggett, 1986
(A04) Reti Opening, 57 moves, 0-1
QGD: Lasker Defense (D56) 1-0 Missed 23.?
Plaskett vs J Emms, 1986
(D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 22.?
E Schmittdiel vs T Ernst, 1987
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0
French Def: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn ML (C18) 0-1 Push the limits
Velimirovic vs J Levitt, 1987
(C18) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1 An outside passer is coming
K Spraggett vs Andersson, 1990
(B32) Sicilian, 45 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Scheveningen. Keres Attk (B81) 1-0 Q&N sacs for Hook #
K Spraggett vs Suba, 1994
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 35 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Leningrad. Warsaw Variation (A88) · 0-1
J Ochkoos vs K Spraggett, 2000
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 6.BxNc6 (B23) 1-0 Sac Exchange & Sac Exch offer
Plaskett vs K Bischoff, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Spanish Closed Flohr System (C92) 1-0 Dbl B sac and more
K Spraggett vs G Vescovi, 2004
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3.Nf3 Bg4, Nc6 6.c4 (B01) 1-0 Qside passers
K Spraggett vs J Shaw, 2006
(B01) Scandinavian, 71 moves, 1-0
Dbl Fio Reti Opening (A05) 1-0 Q sac for a K walk
K Spraggett vs P Llaneza-Vega, 2007
(A05) Reti Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
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
Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 1-0Shades of Edward
Tran Nguyen Duy Tung vs NN, 2021
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1-0
the immortal repitititititition gamemememe
G Neumann vs Steinitz, 1870
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 124 moves, 0-1
Game 40 p.281 of 'My System' by Nimzowitsch
A Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1912
(C02) French, Advance, 44 moves, 1-0
French Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 1-0Seize open diagonal
K Spraggett vs B Harper, 1976
(C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0
French Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 1-0 Bxh6 sac
K Spraggett vs S K Anderson, 1986
(C02) French, Advance, 20 moves, 1-0
French Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 1-0 W queen fights!
K Spraggett vs M Gurevich, 1986
(C02) French, Advance, 63 moves, 1-0
French Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 1-0 W gets the Dbl Ps!
K Spraggett vs F Baragar, 1986
(C02) French, Advance, 49 moves, 1-0
C54 0-1 22 Rd3 Interference followed by Q+ & fork LPDO B
Saint Amant / Marie Florimond de B vs Morphy, 1858
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: Symmetrical (A00) 1-0 Sham Q sac, P fork
Suttles vs P Ostojic, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0
KGA. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 0-1 Two Bishop Deflection Sacs
NN vs Steinitz, 1862
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1
Game 38 inThe Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time by John Emms
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
Barry Attack vs Dbl Fianchetto (A48) 1-0 Notes by Geza Maroczy
Tartakower vs V Wahltuch, 1922
(A48) King's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
KGA. Traditional (C38) 0-1 Steinitz missed his chance
Steinitz vs G Neumann, 1867
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 56 moves, 0-1
KGD. Classical (C30)1-0 Closed structure, open one file at time
Steinitz vs E D'Andre, 1867
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Steinitz Def (C62)0-1 Apply Your Chess Intellect
Liverpool CC vs Steinitz, 1893
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
G14 in The Modern Chess Instructor: Part II by Wilhelm Steinitz
Steinitz vs Liverpool CC, 1893
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Scheveningen. Keres Attk (B81) 0-1 Pressure the wings
N Medvegy vs Plaskett, 2003
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 41 moves, 0-1
Vienna Game: Anderssen Def (C25) 1-0 Each Q checks on the flank
Steinitz vs A Hodges, 1891
(C25) Vienna, 17 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game (C27) 1-0Creepy Black queen didn't develop her army
Steinitz vs S Loyd, 1867
(C27) Vienna Game, 17 moves, 1-0
KGA. Muzio Gambit Wild Muzio Gambit (C37) 1-0 Open f-file
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Variant/Scotch Gambit (000) 1-0 "The Austrian Morphy" is here!
Steinitz vs Holstein, 1863
(000) Chess variants, 17 moves, 1-0
Scotch Gambit. London Def (C44) 0-1 Compare dark-squared Bs
Staunton vs Horwitz, 1846
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Bird's Attack (C53) 0-1 h3 is lost
Harrwitz vs Staunton, 1846
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo Copycat (C50) 0-1
Lowenthal vs Staunton, 1851
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
KGA. Abbazia Defense (C36) 0-1 Foolin' w/the KG vs Spassky?!
W Hartston vs Spassky, 1965
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
QGD. Tartakower Def. General (D58) 0-1 Open c- & d- files
Janowski vs Tartakower, 1926
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 33 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. London Def (C44) 1-0 Uncastled
Staunton vs W Popert, 1840
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Fischer-Sozin Attack. Main Line (B89) · 1-0
K Movsziszian vs K Spraggett, 2006
(B89) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 0-1 Pile on the pin
von der Lasa vs Staunton, 1853
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 0-1
Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Var (C40) 1-0 Gain time on Q
L Steiner vs Tartakower, 1928
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 65 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani G. (C24) 1-0 Tartakover's Stampede!
Tartakower vs O Schewe, 1905
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
Philidor Def: Boden Var (C41) 1-0 White forms defensive barrier
Steinitz vs S Dubois, 1862
(C41) Philidor Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Elephant Gambit 3.Nxe5 Qe7 (C40) 1-0 Dbl N sac ends w/pin on N
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1843
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 20 moves, 1-0
variants / Bishop's Opening Gambit (000) 1-0 K gets flushed out
Steinitz vs NN, 1878
(000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game (C45) 1-0 The Black monarch walks up into checkmate
Staunton vs NN, 1841
(C45) Scotch Game, 48 moves, 1-0
Vienna Gambit (C28) 1-0 Fantastic! Various notes.
Zukertort vs NN, 1877
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Paulsen Defense (C25) · 1-0
Steinitz vs Winawer, 1883
(C25) Vienna, 52 moves, 1-0
Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Paulsen Defense (C25) · 1-0
Steinitz vs S Rosenthal, 1870
(C25) Vienna, 23 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs P Ravn, 1951
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 0-1 Qside Exch sequence
Kavalek vs Suttles, 1974
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attk (B06) 0-1 Aggressive Rs
R Zuk vs Suttles, 1971
(B06) Robatsch, 57 moves, 0-1
Modern Def: Pseudo-Austrian Attk (B06)1-0 Barrel through f-file
Plaskett vs M Hawelko, 1979
(B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 62 in Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker
Steinitz vs V Green, 1862
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Un-Closed (B25) 1-0 P grabbing Q to be Discovered+
Steinitz vs J Walsh, 1870
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 15 moves, 1-0
Game 25 in The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine
Steinitz vs G Simonson, 1883
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Chameleon Ne2 Bg2 (B20) 1-0Dbl Exchange Sac, Interfere
Tartakower vs R Broadbent, 1946
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Dutch Classical. Stonewall Be7, Bb7 (A95) 0-1 Qside P roller->
Vidmar vs Tartakower, 1946
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 45 moves, 0-1
Game 208 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs P Trifunovic, 1950
(C51) Evans Gambit, 56 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed. Chameleon (B23) 1-0 Dovetail #
K Spraggett vs G Pelle, 1997
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Krause Copycat (D02) 0-1 Premature Greek Gift loses time
Najdorf vs Tartakower, 1938
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical. Maroczy Attack (B18) 0-1
J Mieses vs Tartakower, 1922
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 30 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Rubinstein. Fort Knox (C10)1-0 R sac for promo
K Spraggett vs R Hamilton, 2004
(C10) French, 53 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Variation (A84) · 0-1
H M Schaefer vs Tartakower, 1905
(A84) Dutch, 29 moves, 0-1
Torre Attack (D03) 1/2-1/2 Notes by Alekhine
Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1936
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
G98 in My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954 by Savielly Tartakower
Tartakower vs V Halberstadt, 1930
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
King's English. Troger Defense (A21) 0-1 Dramatic!
Seirawan vs Suttles, 1981
(A21) English, 41 moves, 0-1
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation (C41) 1-0 book trap
K Spraggett vs D Boileau, 1973
(C41) Philidor Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 1-0Schipkov link
K Spraggett vs Short, 2014
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 22 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Rubinstein (A84) 1-0 One or the other falls
Tartakower vs J Mieses, 1920
(A84) Dutch, 17 moves, 1-0
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1876, p. 2000-1
G MacDonnell vs Zukertort, 1876
(C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 0-1
English/Reti vs Bg7, f6, e5 (A04)1-0 12...QxN still loses piece
K Spraggett vs L Day, 1984
(A04) Reti Opening, 12 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit (C24) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish notes
Staunton vs Saint-Amant, 1843
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Dimitrov vs K Spraggett, 1996
(B01) Scandinavian, 20 moves, 0-1
Staunton vs A Brodie, 1851
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Schlechter vs Steinitz, 1896
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1
Suttles vs K Spraggett, 1973
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 47 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Horwitz Attack 4...Qh4 5.Nb5 (C45) 0-1 Round 33
Paulsen vs Steinitz, 1882
(C45) Scotch Game, 62 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Open. Zukertort Var (C80) 1-0 St. Louis, MO
M Judd vs Zukertort, 1884
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 50 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Normal (B02) 1/2-1/2 17.Nc4 dares defender
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1933
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Hippopotamus (A00) 1-0 Peculiar R sacrifice for the passer
Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1862
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 57 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Modern Var (A60) 0-1 B-Q Spearheads
Najdorf vs J Rubinetti, 1980
(A60) Benoni Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 26.?
V Ruehrig vs G Stertenbrink, 1984
(B27) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein Opening/Colle-Zukertort (D05) 1-0 Raking Bishops
von Scheve vs Zukertort, 1887
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 0-1Tactics
A Galliano vs P Littlewood, 2010
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 22 moves, 0-1
King's Gambit: Declined. Classical Var (C30) 1-0Up the exchange
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1907
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense vs Ne2, f3 (B06) 1-0All of White's pieces attack
B Zuckerman vs Suttles, 1965
(B06) Robatsch, 36 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: General (C27) 0-1 Q & N#
Suttles vs Lombardy, 1966
(C27) Vienna Game, 42 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs Colle, 1930
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attack puts 4 Bs on c-file (D00) 1/2-Down to the last
S Khan vs Tartakower, 1931
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
KGD. Classical (C30) 1-0 Notes by Lasker
Tartakower vs Schlechter, 1909
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Steinitz - Zukertort World Champship Match (1886) New York, rd2
Steinitz vs Zukertort, 1886
(C45) Scotch Game, 46 moves, 0-1
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Von Popiel Gambit (D00) 1-0Simul Smash!
P Bobrov vs Steinitz, 1896
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit (C28) 1-0 Extended Legall's Mate!
Zukertort vs NN, 1884
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Source: Pages 159-161 of the May 1910 'Wiener Schachzeitung'
Tartakower vs Reti, 1909
(C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1
Indian Game/Richter-Veresov Attk (A45) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs G Thomas, 1923
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. General (B60) 0-1
P Sinprayoon vs K Spraggett, 1986
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 38 moves, 0-1
M Hebden vs K Spraggett, 1992
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 38 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1929
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0
Veresov 4Ns Attk (A45) 1/2-1/2Perpetual avoids mate on diagonal
Tartakower vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Dutch Def: Staunton Gambit. General (A83) 0-1 Battery blast!
M Hughey vs K Spraggett, 2004
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 35 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Chameleon (B20) 0-1 Missed Q sac for #
T Hart vs T Zietlow, 1993
(B20) Sicilian, 8 moves, 0-1
Game 25 in 'My System' by Aron Nimzowitsch
Gruenfeld vs Tartakower, 1926
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 0-1
S Djuric vs K Spraggett, 1983
(E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 35 moves, 0-1
Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Tartakower vs J Perlis, 1913
(C26) Vienna, 30 moves, 1-0
K Spraggett vs C Pereira dos Santos, 2000
(E97) King's Indian, 34 moves, 1-0
Suttles vs H Ardiansyah, 1984
(A16) English, 30 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Two Knights. Suttles Var (B06) 0-1
P Vaitonis vs Suttles, 1965
(B06) Robatsch, 44 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Dragon Formation (B09) 0-1 Chicago
J Manetta vs Suttles, 1973
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 46 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Dragon Formation (B09) 0-1
E Durrant vs Suttles, 1971
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 35 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Dragon Formation (B09) 0-1 Creative!
H Ree vs Suttles, 1968
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 24 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Austrian Attack. Dragon Formation (B09) 0-1 Creative!
A Filipowicz vs Suttles, 1964
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 59 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 0-1
D Collyer vs Suttles, 1971
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 50 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 0-1 San Anton
J Kaplan vs Suttles, 1972
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 34 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 0-1 Venice
Timman vs Suttles, 1974
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System Parma Def (B08) 0-1
L Piasetski vs Suttles, 1981
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 58 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Closed (B23) 1-0 Paper Tiger grabbed pawns
Plaskett vs T Hillarp Persson, 1998
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicil Wing Gambit. Deferred (B50) 1-0 Sideways Swallow's Tail #
Tartakower vs J T Andor, 1952
(B50) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Early deviations (B62) 1-0
H Rittner vs Simagin, 1966
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 45 moves, 1-0
Game 48/49 in My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs O Chajes, 1923
(C52) Evans Gambit, 63 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation (A04) 0-1 The wrong defense
S Fazekas vs N Littlewood, 1963
(A04) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 filling up the f-file
J Garnett vs J Littlewood, 2009
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def: Exchange (B03) 0-1 Lost to his own opening
Alekhine / Gosselin vs Tartakower / Villeneuve, 1933
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 57 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Anderssen Attack (C56) 1-0 R shot
Tartakower vs E Steiner, 1921
(C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0
QGD: Albin Countergambit. Tartakower Def (D08) 1-0Dovetail Mate
Gruenfeld vs Tartakower, 1923
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
Shaun Taulbut's How to Play the Ruy Lopez, p. 120
Tal vs K Spraggett, 1985
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 1/2-1/2
Italian, 2 Kts Def. Polerio Def Yankovich Var (C58) 1-0 Stockfi
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1927
(C58) Two Knights, 63 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Two Knights. Suttles Var (B06) 0-1time pressure
Browne vs Suttles, 1973
(B06) Robatsch, 50 moves, 0-1
G187/210 'My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954' Savielly Tartakower
Tartakower vs V Castaldi, 1950
(D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0
Experts vs the Sicilian by Aagaard et al
E Tate vs Shulman, 2001
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. English Attack (B80) 0-1 Exch Sac
N Firman vs K Spraggett, 2007
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 41 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Classical. Central Var (C64) 0-1 Stockfish notes
A Baratz vs Tartakower, 1932
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 28 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Old Benoni (A43) · 1/2-1/2
Rubinstein vs Tartakower, 1907
(A43) Old Benoni, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Pawn: Macleod Attack (C20) 0-1 BxNf3 gxB allows Qh3
de Rives vs Staunton, 1853
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1
Bishop's Opening: Boi Var (C20)1-0 Q sac for a N+ fork wins a P
Staunton vs Cochrane, 1842
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Steinitz 4...Qh4 (C45) 0-1 Exchange sac, pin
F Rose vs Steinitz, 1886
(C45) Scotch Game, 19 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: General (C45) 0-1 Save the B, lose a pawn
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1841
(C45) Scotch Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Game 4 inChess Secrets: Giants of Innovation by Craig Pritchett
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Classical. Central Var (C64) 0-1 stripped down
Maroczy vs Steinitz, 1896
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 26 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Fraser Variation (C45) 1-0 21.?
P Merian vs Steinitz, 1884
(C45) Scotch Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Paulsen Var (C51) 1-0 g-pawn surge
Zukertort vs V Knorre, 1866
(C51) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Berlin Def. Zukertort Var (C67) 1-0 Exchange sac
Zukertort vs V Knorre, 1866
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Compromised Def ML (C52) 1-0Greco theme, P roller
J Taylor vs Zukertort, 1883
(C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
Steinitz-Zukertort World Chmship Match (1886) New Orleans, Rd20
Steinitz vs Zukertort, 1886
(C25) Vienna, 19 moves, 1-0
Danish Gambit: Accepted. Copenhagen Def (C21) 1-0 Open g-file
Zukertort vs H Munk, 1870
(C21) Center Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) 0-1 Dovetail Mate
Staunton vs von der Lasa, 1853
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Agincourt Def (A13) 1-0 Pseudo Epaulette #
Steinitz vs O Gelbfuhs, 1873
(A13) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Main Line (B29) 1-0
C Pritchett vs E Gonzales, 1978
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 25 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: General 4.Nf3 Bg4 (A41) 0-1 Unpin fury
G Chappuis vs Suttles, 1964
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 34 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit Traditional(C54) 1-0Links
H Rossetto vs R Martins Lisboa, 1957
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Stanley. Frankenstein-Dracula Var (C27) 0-1 Corres
W Philipp vs I Schuett, 1980
(C27) Vienna Game, 19 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Symmetrical. Fianchetto Var (A34) 1-0 40.?
H Rossetto vs R Cardoso, 1958
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 1-0
Game 95 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1928
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 48 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
Bishop's Opening: General (C23) 0-1 check+, it could be mate!
M Burkett vs D Fritzinger, 1969
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Var (C40) 1-0 Smashing R~
G Thomas vs Tartakower, 1926
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 67 Winning With the Hypermodern (Keene, Schiller)
I Appel vs Tartakower, 1938
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 0-1
Old Indian Def: Two Knights Var (A54) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs R Grau, 1935
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: General (B10) 1/2-1/2 N+ perpetual
Tartakower vs Pirc, 1938
(B10) Caro-Kann, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 0-1 N fork
S Garcia Martinez vs Suttles, 1974
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 18 moves, 0-1
François Le Lionnais' book "Les Prix de Beauté aux Echecs"
Tartakower vs Burn, 1911
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 55 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Alekhine, 1924
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vienna Gambit. Kaufmann Var (C29) 1-0 Castling issues
Torre vs C E Norwood, 1925
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Def: Von Hennig Gambit (D32) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Kashdan vs Tartakower, 1931
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 53 moves, 0-1
Game 52 Elements of Combination Play in Chess - Fred Reinfeld
Tartakower vs H Weenink, 1930
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
French Def: Rubinstein Variation. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 18.?
K Spraggett vs R Pogorelov, 2006
(C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening vs ...d5, Bf5(A06) 1-0 Battery pins N to mate
A Gravett vs K Sajjadi, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense (C63) 1-0 Correspondence
E Steigert vs E Schattgen, 1919
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 19 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit: Accepted. Schallop Def (C34) 1-0 Correspondence
E Tettenborn vs N Mueller, 1975
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Scheveningen Formation (B21) 0-1
J Hebert vs K Spraggett, 1973
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 42 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Alapin's Defense Deferred (C70) 1-0
A Fuderer vs Tartakower, 1950
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack: Classical Def / Stonewall Exch (A46) 1/2- N+ perp
Tartakower vs Keres, 1937
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
KGD. Falkbeer Countergambit. Hinrichsen Gambit (C31) 1-0 Stockf
Tartakower vs Szabo, 1938
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0
King's English. Two Knights' General (A22) 1-0 Qside P roller
Suttles vs R Cosulich, 1974
(A22) English, 22 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack. Gossip Var (D03) 1-0 Spearhead #
H Rossetto vs Benko, 1960
(D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 32 moves, 1-0
Borg Defense: General (B00) 1/2-1/2 stalemate blunder
I Helgadottir vs Aldric Laure, 2019
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Caro-Kann Def: 5...exNf6 Tartakower Var (B15) 1-0 King walk
H Norman-Hansen vs Tartakower, 1923
(B15) Caro-Kann, 24 moves, 1-0
White Dbl Fio vs Budapest Def: Fajarowicz Var (A51) 1-0
T van Scheltinga vs Tartakower, 1939
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 56 moves, 1-0
Wow! A double rook and queen sac! Now that's amazing!
Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1
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
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D67) 0-1
L Labatt vs Torre, 1923
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 28 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Classical Attack (C42) 1-0 troubled before ...f6?
D Marotti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian S-M Gambit. Accepted Scheveningen Form (B21) 1-0 Sac?
Tartakower vs J Lokvenc, 1948
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 41 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C46) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs Reti, 1920
(C46) Three Knights, 31 moves, 1-0
Modern Def: pseudo-150 Attk (B06) 0-1 Ks in the corner pockets
L Zinn vs Suttles, 1966
(B06) Robatsch, 48 moves, 0-1
Game 104/119 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
S Khan vs Tartakower, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Game 132/149 My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
Tartakower vs Najdorf, 1935
(A47) Queen's Indian, 21 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed. Worrall Attack (C86) 1-0
J Littlewood vs J C Hawksworth, 1981
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 20.?
D Munoz vs W Atthaworadej, 2010
(B27) Sicilian, 71 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack. Haag Gambit (B51) 1-0 Stockfish
S Tiitta vs Carlsen, 2002
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Improved Steinitz Def (C66) 1-0
M Littleton vs M Gabriel, 1960
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicil Paulsen. Bastrikov Var English Attack (B48) 0-1
Anand vs Plaskett, 1988
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 56 moves, 0-1
KID: Saemisch Variation. Steiner Attack (E80) 1/2-1/2
Plaskett vs O Renet, 1992
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Panov Var (B76) 1-0
Plaskett vs Miles, 1982
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 73 moves, 1-0
QGD: Traditional Var (D30) 1-0 beautiful combination
G Stoltz vs Tartakower, 1931
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. Rubinstein Var (A34) 1-0 missed p
H Rossetto vs O'Kelly, 1948
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 59 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz. Center Variation (D45) · 1-0
R Sanguinetti vs H Rossetto, 1948
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 1-0
The above game won the first brilliancy prize in this event.
G Stoltz vs H Steiner, 1952
(A21) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Schliemann Def. Dyckhoff Var (C63) 0-1 Stockfish
D M Schapiro vs Tartakower, 1905
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order (D31) · 1-0
E Weinzettl vs F Lipinsky, 2000
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 72 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Classical Def Deferred (C70) 0-1f2pin
H Jonasson vs H Hauksdottir, 2014
(C70) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 0-1
Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation (D15) · 1/2-1/2
Euwe vs Tartakower, 1922
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Def: Lasker-Dunne Attack (B20) 1-0 Outside passer
Tartakower vs B Tot, 1938
(B20) Sicilian, 50 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 1-0 Stockfish notes
D Marotti vs G Matteucci, 1920
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation (A01) · 1-0
Plaskett vs P Large, 1983
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Russian Game:Three Knights Game (C42)Black's game flows easily
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1913
(C42) Petrov Defense, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Caro-Kann Def: Main Line (B15) 1-0 Stockfish notes; 14.?
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927
(B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Tartakower Var (C13) 1/2-1/2
Spielmann vs Tartakower, 1907
(C13) French, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Def: Chigorin 2.Qe2 c5 (C00) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Tartakower vs Kmoch, 1927
(C00) French Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Classical Attk. Staunton Var (C42) 1-0 Hanging N
Abdusattorov vs P Michalik, 2022
(C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def: Forgacs Var (B15) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish, Keene
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1922
(B15) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 0-1
NID: Normal. Bishop Attack (E47) 1-0 Invading minors
K Spraggett vs G Taylor, 1981
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 17 moves, 1-0
Four Knts, Italian 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.NxNe4 d5 fork ML (C46) 1-0 SF
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1922
(C46) Three Knights, 68 moves, 1-0
H Grob vs Tartakower, 1937
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 62 moves, 1-0
Barnett vs Eastwood, 1949
(C21) Center Game, 8 moves, 1-0
KGD. Classical 3.Qf3 (C30) 1-0 Rxg7+ crusher
W H Pratten vs NN, 1923
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
G88/96'My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954' by Savielly Tartakower
Tartakower vs G Thomas, 1929
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 40 moves, 1-0
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. ML (C29) 1-0 White castles by hand.
Plaskett vs M Lianes Garcia, 2017
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0
Ponziani Opening: Jaenisch Counterattack (C44) 1-0 Crazy game!
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1927
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Bg7 (B06) 0-1 White is f3 pawn happy
R Brieger vs Suttles, 1966
(B06) Robatsch, 44 moves, 0-1
Four Knights Game: Italian (C55) 0-1 Reinfeld checkmate puzzle
Tartakower vs H Atkins, 1922
(C46) Three Knights, 42 moves, 0-1
Colle System. Anti-Colle 3...Bf5 4.c4 (D04) 1-0 line disconnect
C Shih vs A Barrett, 2016
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Pirc Def: Classical. Quiet System (B08) 0-1Q&N are happy couple
N Weinstein vs Suttles, 1973
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 45 moves, 0-1
Slav Defense: Schlechter Var (D15) 1-0 Back ranker on the menu
K Spraggett vs A Mansoor, 1992
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit (B20) 1-0 Sacrifice to promote
S Mariotti vs S Holm, 1975
(B20) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
Unorthodox play (especially from Suttles, of course) and lots o
Benko vs Suttles, 1964
(B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 1-0
QGA: Janowski-Larsen Var (D25) 1-0 promotion comes up short
P Littlewood vs B P Andrews, 1990
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
King's English. Two Knights' Fianchetto Line (A22) 1-0Stockfish
Tartakower vs Gruenfeld, 1925
(A22) English, 39 moves, 1-0
French Def: Exchange. Svenonius Var (C01) 0-1 Unsound Sac
E Moser vs E Weinzettl, 1999
(C01) French, Exchange, 18 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Tartakower Var (C45) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Tartakower vs G J Wood, 1947
(C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Benoni Defense: Knight's Tour Var (A61) 1-0 34.?
K Spraggett vs B Willis, 1999
(A61) Benoni, 34 moves, 1-0
KGA. Philidor Gambit (C38) 0-1 It's a rout
N Harris vs B Leverett, 1992
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Nxf7
W H Pratten vs C Damant, 1977
(B10) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Exchange Var (D85) 1/2-1/2 Blindfold Simul
Koltanowski vs J Brockett, 1937
(D85) Grunfeld, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Chicken Little" (game of the day Oct-09-2007)
Torre vs Little, 1924
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0
French Def: Exchange. Monte Carlo Var (C01) 1-0 sockdolager
T Sawyer vs I Stetsenko, 2018
(C01) French, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0
Hungarian Opening: General (A00) 1-0 Black Q leads, K walks
M Arwanitakis vs T Kett, 2006
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
Blunder to end it
Tartakower vs E G Sergeant, 1926
(C47) Four Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
What happened?
Tartakower vs P Frydman, 1934
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 0-1
"Horse and Zuggy" (game of the day Sep-05-2008)
Torre vs J Araiza Munoz, 1926
(A48) King's Indian, 45 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: General Bxf7+ for Ne6 invasion (C41) 0-1
I Raud vs Tartakower, 1937
(C41) Philidor Defense, 26 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
French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Var (C03) 1-0 Stockfish
Abdusattorov vs R Reshetnikov, 2016
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
King's English. General Double Fianchetto (A20) 1-0 Hook Mate
M Cornette vs T Burg, 2016
(A20) English, 41 moves, 1-0
#115, After 49...Ra1 Instructive Positions from Master Chess
Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1921
(C51) Evans Gambit, 54 moves, 1-0
Owen Defense: Classical Var 6.Qe2 cxd4 (B00) 1-0
J Voelker vs R Sutter, 1992
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
Sally's quest for the lost treasure of Bonnie Prince Charlie.
N Littlewood vs R G Wade, 1964
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) 1-0
Plaskett vs J Mestel, 1986
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
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