Italian Game: Schilling-Kostic Gambit (C50) 1-0Shades of Edward
Tran Nguyen Duy Tung vs NN, 2021  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 16 moves, 1-0
Grob Opening: Keene Defense (A00) 0-1 loose bishops
S Sloan vs J Schroer, 1985  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
A02 0-1 33
Bird vs Blackburne, 1888  (A02) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
A02 0-1 30
Bird vs Blackburne, 1892  (A02) Bird's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
A02 1/2-1/2 71
Bird vs Blackburne, 1895  (A02) Bird's Opening, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 self-pinned rook on e-file
Portisch vs Ivkov, 1969  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense: English Rat (A41) 1-0 Overloaded Rook
Portisch vs Gulko, 1993  (A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 24 moves, 1-0
A43 0-1 29
F J Lee vs Blackburne, 1899  (A43) Old Benoni, 29 moves, 0-1
Colle c3 vs Indian Game: Kside Fianchetto (A48) 0-1 P fork
N Seifert vs Mamedyarov, 2006  (A48) King's Indian, 13 moves, 0-1
A81 1-0 22
Blackburne vs E Delmar, 1889  (A81) Dutch, 22 moves, 1-0
Pure logical move, attack the defending piece, a.k.a. undermini
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946  (A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0
B00 1-0 21
Blackburne vs J Owen, 1890  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 21 moves, 1-0
Owen Defense: General (B00) 0-1 Q double attack final position
Westerinen vs Larsen, 1977  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
Modern Def: Gurgenidze Var (B06) 1-0 Overloaded Black Q
C J Liew vs L Goonetilleke, 1978  (B06) Robatsch, 20 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's Block links
Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 Bxf7+ removes K as defender of Q
S Titova vs D Koveshnikova, 2002  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Freak Attack (B90) 1-0 Freaky Deer
D Radovanovic vs W Van Deer, 2000  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Winawer. Delayed Exchange (C01) 1-0 Beautiful
Blackburne vs F Ford, 1877  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Richter Attack (C13) 1-0 Nxf7, B-Q spear
Blackburne vs Collins, 1898  (C13) French, 26 moves, 1-0
French Def: Classical. Steinitz Var (C14) 0-1 Can that move be?
D Winslow vs J Wehener, 1981  (C14) French, Classical, 11 moves, 0-1
Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 0-1 back ranker; Reinfeld puzzle
K Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1859  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
KGD. Falkbeer CG. Anderssen Attack (C31) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Charousek vs Maroczy, 1895  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
Three pieces given for a queen and an attack
Blackburne vs J E Rabbeth, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Latvian Gambit: Greco Var. 3.Nxe5 Qe7 (C40) 1-0 Cut & Thrust!
F Slous vs W Bone, 1846  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Philidor Def: General (C41) 0-1 correspondence double attack
J Curdo vs H Berliner, 1960  (C41) Philidor Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Classical Attk. Mason-Showalter Var (C42) 0-1Dis+
D Heiman vs H Charlick, 1887  (C42) Petrov Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit. Dbl P Sac (C44) 0-1 Siberian Trap
Marshall vs J Hopkins, 1916  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: General (C45) 1-0 Always do a blunder check -
D Pavasovic vs P Petek, 1993  (C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Four Knts Game: Italian. Noa Gambit Nxe4 (C47) 0-1 Ns w/issues
Lenzerk vs Lasker, 1913  (C47) Four Knights, 22 moves, 0-1
20. Rxb5!! uses defense, demolition, clearance and a pin threat
Anderssen vs S Hamel, 1857  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C51) 1-0 Rare Royal Family Pin!
Recsi vs Szen, 1856  (C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C55) 1-0 Don't take the bait
B Koch vs G Weissgerber, 1935  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
2 Ns Def. Modern B's Opening (C55) 1-0Open e-file discovery/pin
J Armas vs T Hartung, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 8 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Cozio Defense (C60) 1-0 Notes by JHB; Qh5 awaits
Blackburne vs De Vere, 1869  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
utilizing five instructive tactical themes:
Tarrasch vs Zukertort, 1887  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 17 moves, 1-0
Overworked pawn
A Afonasieva vs L Dryaeva, 2022  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
P-Q4: Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Unsound Greek Gift works!
F Crosby vs B Rose, 1967  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 Remove the Defender
B N Dong vs T Dickinson, 2019  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Slav Def: Alapin Var (D16) 1-0 Threat of N fork of two pins
M Dziuba vs S Bruchmann, 2023  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 19 moves, 1-0
Link to The Ninth Pawn's chess course toward the bottom.
F Bindrich vs Z Andriasian, 2007  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch Def: Symmetrical (D32) 1-0 Classic double B sacrifice
Miles vs Browne, 1982  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical (D32) 0-1 Swappin' down
Alexander Mukhin vs E Romanov, 2000 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Def: Brinckmann Attk. Grünfeld Gambit Accepted (D84)
Ivkov vs H Bouwmeester, 1960  (D84) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Exchange Var (D85) 0-1 Free isn't always free
M Hockx vs Pieter Baltus, 1993  (D85) Grunfeld, 16 moves, 0-1
Remove the Defender, two-for-one in the final position shown.
W Hanewinkel vs T Oral, 1999  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 20 moves, 0-1
B01 0-1 48
B Vergani vs Blackburne, 1895  (B01) Scandinavian, 48 moves, 0-1
French Def: Exchange (C01) 1-0 unpinning in a blindfold simul
Blackburne vs NN, 1898  (C01) French, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0
C01 1-0 38
Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1889  (C01) French, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0
French Exchange. Monte Carlo (C01) 1-0 19...Nf4 discovery
Anderssen vs K Mayerhofer, 1851  (C01) French, Exchange, 48 moves, 1-0
C10 1-0 32
Blackburne vs J Mason, 1889  (C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0
C10 1-0 28
Tarrasch vs Blackburne, 1895  (C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0
C10 1-0 32
Schiffers vs Blackburne, 1895  (C10) French, 32 moves, 1-0
C10 1-0 24
Blackburne vs Tinsley, 1895  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
C11 0-1 49
Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1889  (C11) French, 49 moves, 0-1
C11 1-0 34
Blackburne vs Schiffers, 1896  (C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0
C13 1-0 22
Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1885  (C13) French, 22 moves, 1-0
C13 1-0 17
Blackburne vs A Muller, 1894  (C13) French, 17 moves, 1-0
C20 1-0 64
Blackburne vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 64 moves, 1-0
P-K4 Macleod Attack (C20) 1-0 a "windmill" procedure
Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1854  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Paulsen Attack (C22) 1-0 Connected Ps, in style!
Blackburne vs D Forsyth, 1883  (C22) Center Game, 48 moves, 1-0
C22 0-1 17
J G Colbourne vs Blackburne, 1894  (C22) Center Game, 17 moves, 0-1
C25 1-0 26
Blackburne vs J M Hanham, 1889  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1-0
C26 0-1 34
J Mieses vs Blackburne, 1892  (C26) Vienna, 34 moves, 0-1
C29 0-1 52
D G Baird vs Blackburne, 1889  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 52 moves, 0-1
C29 1-0 19
Blackburne vs Conill / Lopez, 1891  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
C29 0-1 25
C M Jonas vs Blackburne, 1897  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
C30 1-0 18
Blackburne vs Blanchard, 1891  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
C30 1-0 40
Blackburne vs Schlechter, 1894  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
C31 0-1 24
Allies vs Blackburne, 1893  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1
C31 0-1 31
Blackburne vs G Marco, 1895  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1
C33 1/2-1/2 76
Blackburne vs Pillsbury, 1895  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 76 moves, 1/2-1/2
C32 0-1 20
E Schallopp vs Blackburne, 1896  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
Philidor Def: Exchange (C41) 0-1 Overloaded K can't defend both
Pillsbury vs Blackburne, 1899  (C41) Philidor Defense, 41 moves, 0-1
C45 1-0 38
Blackburne vs Winawer, 1881  (C45) Scotch Game, 38 moves, 1-0
C45 1-0 39
Blackburne vs Mackenzie, 1885  (C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 1-0
C44 0-1 52
Gunsberg vs Blackburne, 1889  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 0-1
C44 0-1 35
Blackburne vs K Walbrodt, 1895  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1
C41 0-1 69
W Pollock vs Blackburne, 1895  (C41) Philidor Defense, 69 moves, 0-1
C45 1-0 32
J Mieses vs Blackburne, 1895  (C45) Scotch Game, 32 moves, 1-0
C50 0-1 33
A C Vazquez vs Blackburne, 1891  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 0-1
C51 0-1 20
Allies vs Blackburne, 1894  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
C52 0-1 47
Blackburne vs J Mason, 1895  (C52) Evans Gambit, 47 moves, 0-1
C53 1-0 46
Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1896  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 1-0
C54 0-1 23
R Fenton vs Blackburne, 1897  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 23 moves, 0-1
C55 1/2-1/2 48
Blackburne vs Pillsbury, 1897  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
C66 0-1 33
Burn vs Blackburne, 1889  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1
C66 0-1 30
Taubenhaus vs Blackburne, 1889  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
C63 0-1 22
Gossip vs Blackburne, 1890  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
C60 1-0 24
Blackburne vs NN, 1893  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0
C62 0-1 36
Dobell / Elsden vs Blackburne, 1894  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
C83 1-0 35
Blackburne vs Zukertort, 1887  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 35 moves, 1-0
D02 0-1 29
F J Lee vs Blackburne, 1890  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
D02 1-0 22
Blackburne vs D Forsyth, 1894  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
D02 1-0 36
Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1894  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
D20 0-1 31
Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1899  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1
D37 1-0 43
Blackburne vs Taubenhaus, 1887  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0
D37 1-0 36
Blackburne vs Lipschutz, 1889  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
D38 1-0 38
Blackburne vs Gossip, 1889  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 38 moves, 1-0
D31 1-0 30
Blackburne vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
D50 1-0 82
Blackburne vs Tarrasch, 1887  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0
D50 1-0 21
Blackburne vs Showalter, 1889  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 1-0
D63 1/2-1/2 80
Pillsbury vs Blackburne, 1898  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 80 moves, 1/2-1/2
Polish Opening: Exchange (A00) 0-1 pin and pseudo-Q overload
M Rajagopal vs L Day, 1969  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
Van't Kruijs Opening/Reversed Owen Def (A00) 0-1 lots o'tactics
J Owen vs Zukertort, 1878  (A06) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: English Var (A01) 1/2- B corrals N on edge
V Artemiev vs Zvjaginsev, 2013  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Zukertort Opening: Dutch mutual dbl fios (A04) 0-1disc dbl attk
Radjabov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021  (A04) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 0-1
Why did he do that? If I do this, what will he do next?
R Praggnanandhaa vs H Yeritsyan, 2017  (A05) Reti Opening, 18 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack vs BxNf3 (A06) 1-0 Alekhine's Gun
P Romanovsky vs Y Vilner, 1927  (A06) Reti Opening, 66 moves, 1-0
A classic KIA, with 13 a3 a key move.
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical. Rubinstein Var (A34) 1-0Undermine
Illescas Cordoba vs J de la Villa Garcia, 1990  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 18 moves, 1-0
This game was used in the Wikipedia article about the Skewer
Kasparov vs Lutikov, 1978  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Def: ML (B01) 1-0 Black doesn't get castled
D Brodsky vs Anish Kumar, 2022  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Modern. Main Line (B05) 1-0 Undermine
McShane vs A Olkhovskiy, 2017  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 18 moves, 1-0
Modern Def: King Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 0-1 Bxh2+ Discovery QxQ
M Porges vs Winawer, 1892  (B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 0-1
his share of the tactics in this game; he just threw away the g
Benko vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Bg7 (B06) 1-0 B robs the back rank defender
R Kuczynski vs L Kristensen, 1988  (B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attk. Modern Def (B13) 1-0TerrificTactics!
Polgar vs Seirawan, 1993  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Nimzowitsch. Exchange (B29) 0-1 Remove the Guard
E Contedini vs F Roessel, 1958  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 22 moves, 0-1
queen "sac" decoy/deflection provides a N+ royal family fork
M Rohde vs Miles, 1978  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 46 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Kan. Modern Var (B42) 1-0 Just take it!
Ivanchuk vs F Vallejo Pons, 2002  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Classical. General (B56) 1-0 blitz pin to win
Carlsen vs L P Supi, 2022  (B56) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Boleslavsky Var (B59) 1-0 Undermine the Defender
S Bouaziz vs B Ziska, 1990  (B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Scheveningen. Tal Var (B82) 1-0 Q sac for blind swine
Tal vs Gulko, 1969  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicil, Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 0-1 missed cap-recap fork
S Arslanov vs S Klimov, 2009  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 22 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attk. Leonhardt Var (B88) 0-1Overloaded
O Neikirch vs Botvinnik, 1960  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 26 moves, 0-1
Undefended White e1-rook? 17 ... Bxh2+! 18 KxB Qh4+ forks it
V Goldfarb vs Alekhine, 1909  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1
amusing touch of rival Alekhine's Gun
N Mannheimer vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1
13. Nxd7! prepares 14. Nf6+! and 15. Bxh7+!
Jansa vs D Marovic, 1974  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 1-0 uncommon double fork
S Delgado Ramirez vs W Stevens, 1956  (C21) Center Game, 26 moves, 1-0
Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit (C21) 1-0 Lolli's Mate awaits
Blackburne vs Woodward, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0
The "Immortal Zwichenzug Game" (Chernev)
Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1924  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
KGA B's Gambit 3...Ne7 (C33) 1-0 Rob the pin; it can't defend
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
G24 in 1869 book "Chess Brilliants" by John Odin Howard Taylor
Dubois vs A Mongredien, 1862  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Der Schwarze Tod (the Black death) has to attack via the white
Blackburne vs J G Witton, 1885  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: Tartakower Var (C45) 1-0 Remove the Guard
Tartakower vs G J Wood, 1947  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0Exch Sac Attk
J Balint vs Chernev, 1938  (C57) Two Knights, 10 moves, 1-0
Italian, 2Knts Def. Polerio Def Bogoljubow Var (C58) 1-0 Turn!
J Zhu vs W Doudou, 2015  (C58) Two Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Levitsky Attack. Euwe Var Modern Line (D00) 0-1 B+ fork awaits
M Cornette vs S Galdunts, 2004  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
P-Q4: Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 Seize open lines!!
D Andreikin vs A Timofeev, 2019  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Def: Two Knights Var (D32) 1-0 Blindfold simul record
Koltanowski vs Lamb, 1937  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 1-0
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
Neo-Grünfeld Def: Delayed Exchange (D75) 0-1 Just Take IT!
S Erdelyi vs Szabo, 1949  (D75) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5, 33 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical Var (E32) 1-0 Exchange & keep comin
M Baldauf vs P Zpevak, 2016  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0
Simple minority attack win. Capa makes it look easy!
Capablanca vs Golombek, 1939  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
28 Qc5+! double attacks defending Black a7-queen and c8-king
Gligoric vs Larsen, 1973  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
KID. Fianchetto. Debrecen Defense (E67) 1-0 Disc Attack
A Simutowe vs Yung Lau, 2000  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 30 moves, 1-0
Bird-Larsen Attack: Classical Var (A01) 1-0 peachy Zatonskih
N D Bezaleel vs D Vest, 2003  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
15 Nd4xc6! Qd7xNc6 16 c4xd5 forks the Black Qc6, Ne6
Fischer vs P Lapiken, 1956  (A04) Reti Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Dbl Fio KIA: Symmetrical Def (A05) 1-0 Take, Recapture, Fork
Dubov vs L Trent, 2017  (A05) Reti Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Dbl Fio vs Lasker's NY System (A15) 1-0 Single-Double P thrust
Euwe vs J Graafland, 1925  (A15) English, 12 moves, 1-0
Englund Gambit Complex: Zilbermints Gambit II (A40) 0-1 N&Q
T Popa vs L Abramavicius, 1936  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attk: General (A45) 1-0 Time wasted is time lost.
Morozevich vs Karpov, 2022  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Kotovs' Masterpiece (Zurich 1953) 1st Brilliancy Prize
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Benko Gambit: Fully Accepted Var (A58) 1-0 blitz tactics!!
Carlsen vs P A Hansen, 2009  (A58) Benko Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
Dutch Def: Leningrad. Warsaw Var (A88) 0-1 Octopus!!
M de Verdier vs A Lauber, 2010  (A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 30 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Def: Marshall Var (B01) 0-1 Failed Zwischenzug
C G Hilton vs A Hollis, 1963  (B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def. Steiner Var (B02) 1-0Windmill/Morphy's Mate ahead
A A Barbosa de Oliveira / M Kiss vs Reti / L Vianna, 1925  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Modern. Larsen Var (B04) 1-0 Zatonskih
S P Sethuraman vs A Akhmetov, 2023 (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Bg7 vs Bc4 (B06) 0-1 Pins, Forks, etc.
A Medina Garcia vs Larsen, 1972  (B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack (B14) 1-0 Pins aplenty
M Ruck-Petit vs R Herstein, 1978  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicil Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Chelyabinsk (B33) 1-0Disc Dbl
P B Weir vs A Parakrama, 1978  (B33) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0
Mikenas Defense (A40) 1-0 Q sac unpin, checks, pins, forks
Keene vs E Fielder, 1964  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: French Variation. Open (B40) 1-0 Tuned up
Z Gofshtein vs D Godes, 1993  (B40) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Arabian Mate / Mastering Tactical Ideas by IM Nikolay
Parma vs M Damjanovic, 1960  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 26 moves, 0-1
A TACTICAL CONCEPT/TERMINOLOGY LESSON IN ONE MOVE
M Jadoul vs Karpov, 1986  (B44) Sicilian, 41 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Var (B48) 1-0 Discovered+
A Sznapik vs R Meulders, 1980  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 24.? They missed it.
E Rosen vs M Yilmaz, 2023  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 67 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 Deadly Discovery Dbl Attk
S Maze vs J Murey, 2003  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 26 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Dragon. Yugoslav Attk Modern Line (B76) 1-0 Outnumber
S Chanda vs A Belezky, 2008  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Najdorf. English Attk (B90) 1-0Not quite Alekhine's G
J Zhu vs F Sun, 2017  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0
Power of the pin and fork.. Bh5 set up the N sac, and allowed N
Keres vs Kotov, 1950  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
Royal Fork by Bishop at EOG
J Szmetan vs Quinteros, 1972  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 35 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Tarrasch Var (C10) 1-0 pin and obstruction
Browne vs J F Hurt, 1973  (C10) French, 36 moves, 1-0
Center Game (C21) 1-0 Just take it!
Carlsen vs Aronian, 2023  (C21) Center Game, 31 moves, 1-0
27...Re8? pin boomerangs into double attack
Meleh N Davis vs Binta Sy Mame, 2022  (C26) Vienna, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Scotch Game: Mieses Var (C45) 1-0 Scary Garry strikes again
Kasparov vs Adams, 1999  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
What a great example of Nimzowitsch plays
Nimzowitsch vs Spielmann, 1910  (C45) Scotch Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Queen sacrifice to deflect the defender from obstructing
J Shoup vs Marshall, 1906  (C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: Scotch. Accepted (C47) 0-1 Pile up
T Engqvist vs B Amin, 2022  (C47) Four Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
Four Knights Game: Scotch. Accepted (C47) 0-1 Pawn fork
M Izaura Nielsen vs F B Nielsen, 2001  (C47) Four Knights, 26 moves, 0-1
Making threats isn't always the answer -- don't remove thy own
E Safarli vs N Sarin, 2019  (C52) Evans Gambit, 37 moves, 1-0
excellent teaching game for the technique of exploiting a pin
Sutovsky vs Kramnik, 2005  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 51 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) 1-0 Discovered Double Attack
E A Mandelbaum vs R Ortega, 1952  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
cross-pin x-ray
Tal vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1966  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Rubinstein System (D33) 1-0 Dbl Windmill
J Brach Sr vs J R von Pessler, 1910  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
14. Bxf6! uses "pin break" & "double attack" to win a pawn
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Def: Ultra-delayed Exchange (D79) 1-0 Remove the G
H Rossetto vs J H Donner, 1955  (D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 39 moves, 1-0
Great tactics by Euwe.
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 45 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: General (E00) 1-0 This one or that one?
Vladimirov vs L Zaid, 1975  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: Closed Var (E06) 1-0 Discovery Zatonskih
F Doettling vs K Schulz, 2007  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0
The ol' double en prise, double check whammy!!
B Calton vs N Nippell, 1987  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
Dutch, Staunton Gambit 4...d5?! (A83) 1-0 Where will Q go next?
J Verboven vs H van der Heijden, 1976  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 8 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06) 0-1 bullet
T M Le vs Carlsen, 2023 (A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Three Knights Opening: General (C46) 1-0 Center Pawn fork trick
S Rosenthal vs M Fleissig, 1873  (C46) Three Knights, 18 moves, 1-0
English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni, Geller Var (A33) 1-0 Disc ++
L B Hansen vs de Firmian, 1998  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 13 moves, 1-0
18.Nb3 makes an equal or greater threat to escape the P fork
M Rudzinska vs K Vo, 2023 (C00) French Defense, 67 moves, 1-0
QGD: Exchange. Positional Var (D35) 1-0 N+ discovered attk
A Kaspi vs M Allmacher, 2023 (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: Italian, Center P fork trick (C46) 0-1
A Sermier vs A David, 1993  (C46) Three Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
Modern Def: Three Ps Attk (B06) 1-0 Meet check w/checkmate!!
F Corrales Jimenez vs Naroditsky, 2019  (B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Cozio Def. General (C60) 1-0 Double Disc Check!!
A Kveinys vs Viljar Kapp, 2017 (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Var (B41) 1-0 Greek gift
Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen, 2023  (B41) Sicilian, Kan, 29 moves, 1-0
French Def: Winawer. Positional Var (C19) 1-0 Remove the Guard!
Nunn vs Yusupov, 1991  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def: Scandinavian. Geschev Gambit (B02) 0-1 Legall's #
NN vs G Geshev, 1935  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
Q+ and fork LPDO B
Crampton vs W Baker, 1977  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 7 moves, 0-1
Q forks 2 LPDO
N Littlewood vs J Penrose, 1964 (C78) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1
The old I'll Queen first and skewer you trick.
B Adhiban vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, 2023  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 56 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. ML (C52) 1-0 R sac for promotion
Blackburne vs J B L'Oste, 1885  (C52) Evans Gambit, 42 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Modern Attack 7.Qd5+ forks Bc5 (C43) 1-0
N Theodorou vs Radjabov, 2023  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 19 moves, 1-0
Unpin with a capture threatening to capture again
W Paulsen vs Von Bardeleben, 1883  (C22) Center Game, 12 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Closed (C84) 0-1 pinned after a pawn grab
I Cheparinov vs I Sokolov, 2023  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
22.Bc4! (interference/Q trp); 32.Bd6+! (dbl interference)
G Lane vs S Djuric, 2001  (B40) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
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