how little recognition Steinitz's predecessors receive
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Anti-Torre (D02) 0-1 SF notes
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1
nobody climbs the ramparts so swiftly!
Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1
numerous instructive inaccuracies
Lasker vs Janowski, 1910  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 29 moves, 1-0
"Pictures at an Exhibition" (game of the day Jan-30-2005)
Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Stonewall Attk Game 23 Logical Chess: Move By Move (Chernev)
L van Vliet vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1907  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
London System BxNe5, and Ng5 attack (D02) 1-0
Maroczy vs G Martinolich, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
London System in London (D02) 1-0 Queenside promotion
Capablanca vs O Tipal, 1911  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
2.17 Tartakower "Die neuen Ideen im Schachspiel" byRichard Reti
Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1921  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 12 Chess Praxis (Nimzowitsch)
Tartakower vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 65 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 1-0 central battle
Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 notes by Lasker
Rubinstein vs J Perlis, 1906  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 blindfold simul
Alekhine vs Cercle de la Saint Germain, 1925  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 blindfold simul
Alekhine vs L Curtois, 1922 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
"My best game in ten years." - Vasily Smyslov
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968  (A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0
Old Benoni. Russian Variation (A44) 1-0
G Flear vs J Polgar, 1987  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 53 moves, 1-0
Levon was only 11 when he played this.
Aronian vs I Khamrakulova, 1993  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Pseudo-Benko (A46) 0-1 U16 girls
M Riofrio Palma vs J Polgar, 1986 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Pseudo-Benko (A46) 1-0 trap
J Piket vs J Polgar, 1987  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46) 0-1 U14
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46) 0-1 23...?
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Bxh6 sac lets in Q, N, Rs.
Shirov vs Sakaev, 1986  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 Black did not castle
V Georgiev vs L Arias, 2006 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack 5.cxd5 cxd5 (D00) 1-0
A Stefanova vs J Houska, 2008 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Sarratt Attack (D00) 1-0 battery on the 7th rank
P Cramling vs E Frisk, 2010 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
petite combination: nuance in move order, X-ray motif
Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
London System (D02)1-0 Sac the exchange to remove the defender
T Batchimeg vs S Shaydullina, 2014 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 R decoy sac arranges N+ royal fork
W Ju vs N Dzagnidze, 2017 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Anti-London System 4.e3 Bf5 (D02) · 1-0
A Ushenina vs T Batchimeg, 2017 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 Rs & Ns ending
Nakamura vs Shimanov, 2018 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 53 moves, 1-0
London System 6.Be2 Be7 (D02) 0-1
H Nowotny vs J Polgar, 1987  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 SF notes
Abetisian vs Karpov, 1967  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1
London System (D02) 0-1 promotion
Braasch vs K Junge, 1939  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
"Last Bishop of Havana" (game of the day Jul-29-2021)
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
"Pass the Pawn and Pepper, Please" (game of the day Aug-16-2021
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1908  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch annotates Die Praxis meines Systems pg. 154-156.
J A Brekke vs A Nimzowitsch, 1921  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 0-1
Colle System (D04) 0-1 "The Knights of Nottingham"
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1936  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Colle System (D04) 0-1 Blitz; unsound pawn advance
So vs Carlsen, 2017  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Colle System 4.Bd3 Bg4 (D04) 0-1 Unpin
C Fegan vs A A Zaremba, 2010 (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein Opening (D05) 0-1 "Nimzowitschcraft"
L van Vliet vs A Nimzowitsch, 1907  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
Smyslov's earliest known complete game score
K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
QGD: Chigorin Defense. Main Line (D07) 1-0
Tarrasch vs Schiffers, 1896  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 59 moves, 1-0
Bishop & Queen hanging and still mate!
A Karu vs Keres, 1931  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 27 moves, 0-1
Chiburdanidze vs J Polgar, 1988  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
V Porubin vs J Polgar, 1988 (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1
Ljubojevic vs G Tringov, 1982  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
D Pergericht vs J Polgar, 1987  (A04) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
C Landenbergue vs J Polgar, 1987 (A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
B Borisova vs J Polgar, 1988 (A04) Reti Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 2007  (A48) King's Indian, 17 moves, 1-0
Van Wely vs S Zierk, 2009  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Reshevsky vs H Seidman, 1951  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 41 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky vs I A Horowitz, 1955  (A56) Benoni Defense, 57 moves, 0-1
S Hosea vs S Thomson, 2009  (A56) Benoni Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
I Nemet vs J Polgar, 1987  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0
B Leverett vs J Polgar, 1987  (A57) Benko Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1
L D Kovacs vs J Polgar, 1988 (A57) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
Z Nemeth vs J Polgar, 1988 (A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1
Hort vs J Polgar, 1987  (A58) Benko Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1827  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs Kramnik, 1993  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Polugaevsky, 1963  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Gulko, 1996  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
I A Horowitz vs Fine, 1933  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 26 moves, 0-1
Spielmann vs Gruenfeld, 1929  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs I Aramanovich, 1945 (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Najdorf vs NN, 1942  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky vs I A Horowitz, 1934  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 15 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Geller, 1962  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 41 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0
R Cifuentes vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Tolush vs Simagin, 1952  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein vs J Mieses, 1905  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 45 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Sax, 1982  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0
R Nezhmetdinov vs M Ujtelky, 1964  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 75 moves, 0-1
G Welling vs T Szakall, 1996  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 55 moves, 1-0
Tomashevsky vs Morozevich, 2007  (A09) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs P Nikolic, 1995  (A14) English, 34 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Anand, 2007  (A15) English, 21 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Smyslov, 1953  (A17) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Seirawan vs M Narciso Dublan, 2011  (A25) English, 35 moves, 1-0
K Spraggett vs P San Segundo Carrillo, 1989  (A26) English, 45 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Anand, 1994  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 26 moves, 1-0
The Polish defense in its most well-known appearance... fails
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 Inverted Dovetail Mate
A Diaz vs A J Goldsby, 2003  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Colle vs QID (A46) 1-0 Rook on 7th
Stahlberg vs E Andersen, 1934 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
504 Gateway Time-out
Van Wely vs C Hansen, 1992  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 0-1
Torre Attack: Classical Defense. Nimzowitsch (A46) 1/2-
I Argandona Riveiro vs G Baches Garcia, 2003 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Pawn Return Variation (A57) 1-0
Kasparov vs Superstar 36K, 1985  (A57) Benko Gambit, 53 moves, 1-0
M Shofman vs Tal, 1962  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
E Schweinburg vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927 (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
A Vajda vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
A Brinckmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Kmoch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 63 moves, 0-1
V Wendel vs A Nimzowitsch, 1921  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
W Von Holzhausen vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 71 moves, 0-1
J Polgar vs P Orev, 1988  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 52 moves, 1-0
J Polgar vs A Papa, 1987  (B06) Robatsch, 19 moves, 1-0
Anand vs Khalifman, 1993 (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0
Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
J Polgar vs D Hausrath, 1988 (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0
504 Gateway Time-out
Plaskett vs J Polgar, 1989  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Three Knights (D15) 0-1 Boden's Mate
M Sicilia vs O Bernstein, 1959  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 0-1
Slav Defense: Czech. Classical System (D18) 0-1 SF notes
J Piket vs Anand, 1993  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 30 moves, 0-1
QGA: Classical Defense. Main Lines (D27) 1-0
Seirawan vs J Rowson, 2002 (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
QGA: Classical Defense. Main Lines (D27) 1-0
Mamedyarov vs Kharlov, 2006  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32) 1-0
Kasparov vs G Gonda, 1988  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0
QGD: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35) 1-0
Gulko vs Chiburdanidze, 1985  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
QGD: Harrwitz Attack. Two Knights Defense (D37) 1-0 blitz
Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 2007  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0
QGD: Three Knights Variation. General (D37) 0-1
Vaganian vs A Petrosian, 1980 (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation (D37) 1-0 SF notes
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Steinitz - Lasker World CC Match (1894), Montreal CAN Rd 15
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38) 1-0 29.?
Ding Liren vs H Wang, 2011  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense (D38) 1-0 IQP
Ivanchuk vs Aronian, 2007  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 49 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def: Stoltz, Shabalov Attk (D45) 1-0this one crackles
A Pavlov vs G Doronkin, 2012  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45) 1-0 passed pawns
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Normal Var (D45) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
C Bauer vs Gelfand, 2005  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 43 moves, 0-1
Game 024 Garry KASPAROV on Garry KASPAROV II 1985-1993
Kasparov vs Huebner, 1986  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
Tupalov blunders violently to hand title to Kramnik
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
13(!)-year old Magnus Carlsen almost beats Kasparov!
Carlsen vs Kasparov, 2004  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense (D56) 1-0 23.?
Plaskett vs J Emms, 1986  (D56) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
QGD: Tartakower Defense. General (D58) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1998  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 0-1
27. Bf6+!! uses discovered check for a winning exchange sac
Ding Liren vs H Ni, 2009  (D85) Grunfeld, 35 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: East Indian Defense (E00) · 0-1
B Rivlin vs Botvinnik, 1925  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down" (game of the day Jun-20-2010)
Timman vs K Spraggett, 1985  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 0-1
"Catalan Nine Tails" (game of the day Nov-08-2010)
Anand vs Topalov, 2010  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0
Magnus just 17 years old here, in the den of the lions...
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2007  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 30 moves, 1-0
Bogo/Nimzowitsch-Dutch 3...Bb4+ 7...b6 (E11) 0-1 Notes by A.N.
Vidmar vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
"Vishy Regime" (game of the day May-07-2010)
Radjabov vs Anand, 2002  (E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1
Game 18 Dynamic Chess by R. N. Coles
D Przepiorka vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927  (E12) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
Slav Defense: Modern Line (D11) 0-1 Brilliant!
V Petkov vs T Hillarp Persson, 2006  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Bg2 vs Bg7 (D02) 1-0 SF notes
Kamsky vs Karjakin, 2009  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Good Bishop vs Bad Knight
Spassky vs Fischer, 1966  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 50 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: Closed Var (E06) 1-0 trolls
Caruana vs Short, 2009  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 67 moves, 1-0
Sac on move 27, and the next capture is 11 moves later.
Topalov vs Kamsky, 2006  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0
504 Gateway Time-out
Fridman vs Lenderman, 2010  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 0-1
Morphy's Mate after Windmill
Reshevsky vs Shainswit, 1951  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
The h2 pawn survives the longest (73.92%)
Reti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern (D50) 1-0 blindfold; 29.?
Alekhine vs N Vainshtein, 1916  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
"Crazy Yates" (game of the day Nov-04-2014)
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: Modern Exchange Variation (D85) 0-1
A Huzman vs Sutovsky, 2000  (D85) Grunfeld, 40 moves, 0-1
minority attack shuts down a popular Slav formation arising
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1934  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 53 moves, 1-0
QGD: Orthodox Defense. Alekhine Variation (D67) 1-0 SF notes
Ivanchuk vs Ehlvest, 1996  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 40 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Alapin Variation (D16) 1-0 SF notes
L Metanomski vs E Glass, 1931  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 92 moves, 1-0
Tal - Botvinnik World CC Rematch (1961), Moscow URS, Round 11
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961  (D14) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) · 0-1
M Matlakov vs M Muzychuk, 2015  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 42 moves, 0-1
VERY instructive endgame. Botvinnik at his best.
Taimanov vs Botvinnik, 1967  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 0-1
"King Artur" (game of the day Apr-20-2007)
A Yusupov vs Anand, 1992  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 70 moves, 1-0
An ending where one tempo makes all the difference.
Ivanchuk vs Giri, 2012  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 1-0
Vidmar is a tactical monster!
Vidmar vs Rubinstein, 1918  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
"Connect Four" (game of the day Nov-11-2012)
A Pomar vs J Cuadras Avellana, 1974  (D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 50 moves, 0-1
Pillsbury's finish was brilliant and brutal
Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
An underpromotion+ saves the draw in a basic R vs P ending
A Evdokimov vs Sveshnikov, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2
QGD Modern. Knight Def (D52) 1-0 Q sac for Blind Swine
Swiderski vs A Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
QGD: Ragozin Defense. Alekhine Var (D38) 0-1 SF notes
N Pogonina vs L Garifullina, 2022  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch Defense: Two Knights (D32) 1-0 raking bishops
Rubinstein vs V Kulomzin, 1903  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik System. Lilienthal (D44) 1-0 blitz
Nakamura vs Giri, 2014  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def: Accelerated Move Order (D31) 0-1 wild ending
A Tadevosyan vs I Cheparinov, 2020  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 73 moves, 0-1
Jobava London System (A45) 1-0 Brilliant Kingside Sac Attack
Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2022  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack. Gruenfeld Variation Main Line (D03) 1-0 Stockfish
Short vs D Haessel, 2012  (D03) Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation), 23 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack (D00) 0-1 email
C Coco vs J Grau Ribas, 1997  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 0-1 email
C Coco vs A de Groot, 1997  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack: Classical Def. Big Center (A45) 0-1 email
C Coco vs S K Kristensen, 1997 (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
"The Uruguayan Immortal" (game of the day Jul-03-2015)
B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1
"He's Mikenas Crazy" (game of the day Nov-07-2010)
V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Main Lines (D45) 1-0
Najdorf vs G Primavera, 1948  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0
Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Symmetrical (D40) 0-1 documents
Tarrasch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1910  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 58 moves, 0-1
the player on the verge of victory has to be careful
Kasparov vs I A Zaitsev, 1980  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 30 moves, 1-0
Vasily in Moscow
Smyslov vs Panov, 1943  (A53) Old Indian, 45 moves, 1-0
Another success for Petrosian in the Bg5 line against the KID.
Petrosian vs Lutikov, 1959  (E92) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
This is a brilliant display by Spassky!
Spassky vs T Ghitescu, 1967  (A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
This is an underrated game by Tal.
Timman vs Tal, 1973  (A56) Benoni Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
The King's Indian is a fighting defense
Ivkov vs Huebner, 1971  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 40 Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess by Drazen Marovic
Chernin vs Uhlmann, 1991 (E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 42 moves, 1-0
This is Yusupov's only win against Kasparov.
A Yusupov vs Kasparov, 1989  (E92) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Variation (D86) 0-1
M Prusikin vs Svidler, 2002 (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 27 moves, 0-1
29. The Power of Passed Pawns (Endgame Theme)
Kramnik vs Svidler, 1998  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Classical Var (D86) 1-0 video link
Van Wely vs Svidler, 2007  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 22 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: General (D00) 0-1 Block IQP
A Nimzowitsch vs O Bernstein, 1907  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Def: Accelerated Meran Variation (D45) 1-0 25.?
Ding Liren vs H Wang, 2009  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 49 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Normal Line (D55) 1-0 K walk
Colle vs Roethemeyer, 1922  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 19 moves, 1-0
passed pawn in the center
Kasparov vs J Pribyl, 1980  (D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0
Double Bishop sac on h7 and g7
Miles vs Browne, 1982  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
11...Qa5! -+ to win is what Black should have played
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Jobava London System
Jobava vs V Veremeichik, 2015 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
London System (D02) 1-0 internet rapid
Aronian vs Lupulescu, 2020 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
Maróczy won one of the brilliancy prizes for this game.
Marshall vs Maroczy, 1903  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical London (D02) 1-0
Giri vs Krishna S Rohith, 2023  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
38.?
C Garcia Palermo vs C Herrera, 2001  (A57) Benko Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs P Sharov, 1929  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Miles vs C Pritchett, 1982  (D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Erdos vs Lichtner, 1922  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
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