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Compiled by Sergio X Garcia

You cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people you choose to be around.

* Here's 14 of the greatest tournaments of all time:

London 1851, Adolf Anderssen 15/21
Hastings 1895, Harry Nelson Pillsbury 16.5/21
St. Petersburg 1914, Emanuel Lasker 13.5/18
New York 1924, Emanuel Lasker 16.0/20
AVRO 1938, Paul Keres & Reuben Fine 8.5/14
FIDE World Championship 1948, Mikhail Botvinnik 14.0/20

Zurich Candidates 1953, Vasily Smyslov 18.0/28
Santa Monica 1966, Boris Spassky 11.5/18
Montreal 1979, Mikhail Tal & Anatoly Karpov 12.0/18

Linares 1994, Anatoly Karpov 11.0/13
Wijk Aan Zee 1999, Garry Kasparov 10.0/13
Mexico City FIDE World Championship 2007, Viswanathan Anand 9.0/14

London Candidates 2013, Magnus Carlsen (& Vladimir Kramnik) 8.5/14

Yektarinburg Candidates 2021, GM Ding Liren went through an entire tournament with 99% CAPS accuracy.

* Chess in the Newspaper: https://www.schach-chess.com/chess-...

* Bad bishops are...bad: https://lichess1.org/game/export/gi...

* Internet tracking: https://www.studysmarter.us/magazin...

* TFD: https://chessentials.com/category/l...

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed." ― Theodore Roosevelt

The Raven Wishing To Imitate The Eagle

The bird of Jove bore off a mutton,
A raven being witness.
That weaker bird, but equal glutton,
Not doubting of his fitness
To do the same with ease,
And bent his taste to please,
Took round the flock his sweep,
And marked among the sheep,
The one of fairest flesh and size,
A real sheep of sacrifice –
A dainty titbit bestial,
Reserved for mouth celestial.
Our gormand, gloating round,
Cried, "Sheep, I wonder much
Who could have made you such.
You're far the fattest I have found;
I'll take you for my eating."
And on the creature bleating
He settled down. Now, sooth to say,
This sheep would weigh
More than a cheese;
And had a fleece
Much like that matting famous
Which graced the chin of Polyphemus;
So fast it clung to every claw,
It was not easy to withdraw.
The shepherd came, caught, caged, and, to their joy,

Gave croaker to his children for a toy.

Ill plays the pilferer the bigger thief;
One's self one ought to know; – in brief,
Example is a dangerous lure;
Death strikes the gnat, where flies the wasp secure.

<<On the question about what he does to stay in good physical shape, Wesley So said:

I was reading about Bobby Fischer in the museum and that's one thing he was really really good at. He was so physically strong, and so is Magnus Carlsen, so that's definitely one thing I could improve upon. I try to exercise, either take long walks during a tournament. I try to swim when I'm back home, I swim two or three times a week for an hour.

I try to also eat healthy. When I was younger I could eat anything I wanted. I'm getting close to 30 and the doctor told me I have to watch my diet here and there. Try to you know eat healthier, try to eat more fruits and vegetables, try to sleep 12 hours every night.

Cristian Chirila: 12 hours? Okay!

Wesley So: I mean it's not easy but I try to lay in bed around 13 hours a night. Because during the game you need your full concentration. When I'm back at home I don't really need much sleep but when I'm in a tournament I try to get as much as possible.

I saw on Bobby Fischer's interview that he wakes up like an hour or half an hour before the game so he comes to the game very fresh. For me it's a bit different, I do some review here and there, but I usually wake up around three or two and a half hours before a game.

I know Magnus does the thing, he just wakes up and then goes to play a game and maybe that's the secret. I try to learn from great players.> ― chesstopics.com, March 2023

Confessed faults are half mended. ~ Scottish Proverb

<IF
Poet: Rudyard Kipling

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting, too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting.
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating.
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream — and not make dreams your master; If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truths you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken. And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone.
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will, which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings — nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it.
And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son.

About the poem, If by Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Morris wrote: "The central idea of this poem is that success comes from self-control and a true sense of the values of things. In extremes lies danger. A man must not lose heart because of doubts or opposition, yet he must do his best to see the grounds for both. He must not be deceived into thinking either triumph or disaster final; he must use each wisely--and push on. In all things he must hold to the golden mean. If he does, he will own the world, and even better, for his personal reward he will attain the full stature of manhood.">

Riddle: Three doctors all say Robert is their brother. Robert says he has no brothers. Who is lying?

Answer: No one—the doctors are Robert's sisters.

Armenian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Armenian Chess Championship

Austrian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Austrian Chess Championship

British Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: British Chess Championship

Bulgarian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Bulgarian Chess Championship

Croatian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Croatian Chess Championship

Cyprus Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Cypriot Chess Championship

Dutch Chess Championship:
Wikipedia article: Dutch Chess Championship

Finnish Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Finnish Chess Championship

French Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: French Chess Championship

German Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: German Chess Championship

Greek Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Greek Chess Championship

Hungarian Chess Championship:
Wikipedia article: Hungarian Chess Championship

Icelandic Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Icelandic Chess Championship

Irish Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Irish Chess Championship#:~:text=Irish%20Champions%20%20%20%20Year%20%20,%20Alexander%20Baburin%20%2054%20more%20rows%20

Israeli Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Israeli Chess Championship

Italian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Italian Chess Championship

Latvian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Latvian Chess Championship

Lithuanian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Lithuanian Chess Championship

Nordic Chess Championship:
Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship

Polish Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Polish Chess Championship

Portuguese Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Portuguese Chess Championship

Romanian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Romanian Chess Championship

Russian Chess Championship:
Wikipedia article: Russian Chess Championship

Scottish Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Scottish Chess Championship

Spanish Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Spanish Chess Championship

Swiss Chess Championship:
Wikipedia article: Swiss Chess Championship

Turkish Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Turkish Chess Championship

Ukranian Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Ukrainian Chess Championship

Welsh Chess Championship: Wikipedia article: Welsh Chess Championship

That's enough for now.

The Wolves and the Sheep

By-gone a thousand years of war,
The wearers of the fleece
And wolves at last made peace;
Which both appeared the better for;
For if the wolves had now and then
Eat up a straggling ewe or wether,
As often had the shepherd men
Turned wolf-skins into leather.
Fear always spoiled the verdant herbage,
And so it did the bloody carnage.
Hence peace was sweet; and, lest it should be riven, On both sides hostages were given.
The sheep, as by the terms arranged,
For pups of wolves their dogs exchanged;
Which being done above suspicion,
Confirmed and sealed by high commission,
What time the pups were fully grown,
And felt an appetite for prey,
And saw the sheepfold left alone,
The shepherds all away,
They seized the fattest lambs they could,
And, choking, dragged them to the wood;
Of which, by secret means apprised,
Their sires, as is surmised,
Fell on the hostage guardians of the sheep,
And slew them all asleep.
So quick the deed of perfidy was done,
There fled to tell the tale not one!

From which we may conclude
That peace with villains will be rued.
Peace in itself, it's true,
May be a good for you;
But It's an evil, nathless,
When enemies are faithless.

Riddle: Where does today come before yesterday?

Answer: In the dictionary.

My Wage
by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

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

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

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

<Chess has six different kinds of pieces, and they all interact in myriad ways. Your opponent's own pieces can often be used against him.

While the Queen is the strongest piece, it is the weakest defender; and while the pawn is the weakest piece, it is the strongest defender.

José Raúl Capablanca used the principle "Cutting off pieces from the scene of action.">

Site "Kiev RUE"
Event "Simul, 30b"
Date "1914.03.02"
EventDate "?"
Round "?"
Result "1-0"
White "Jose Raul Capablanca"
Black "Masyutin"
ECO "A83"
WhiteElo "?"
BlackElo "?"
PlyCount "37"

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 e6 7.Bd3 d5 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Ne5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qh5+ Ke7 12.Bxh7 Nf8 13.Qf7+ Kd6 14.Nc4+ dxc4 15.Ne4+ Kd5 16.Rf5+ Kxe4 17.Re1+ Kxd4 18.c3+ Kd3 19.Rd5# 1-0 Discovered Double Checkmate!!

"As an adult, Capablanca lost only 34 serious games. He was undefeated from 10 February 1916, when he lost to Oscar Chajes in the New York 1916 tournament, to 21 March 1924, when he lost to Richard Réti in the New York International tournament. During this streak, which included his 1921 World Championship match against Lasker, Capablanca played 63 games, winning 40 and drawing 23. In fact, only Marshall, Lasker, Alekhine and Rudolf Spielmann won two or more serious games from the mature Capablanca, though in each case, their overall lifetime scores were minus (Capablanca beat Marshall +20−2=28, Lasker +6−2=16, Alekhine +9−7=33), except for Spielmann who was level (+2−2=8). Of top players, only Keres had a narrow plus score against him (+1−0=5). Keres's win was at the AVRO 1938 chess tournament, during which tournament Capablanca turned 50, while Keres was 22." ― Wikipedia

The Chess Machine: https://chessville.com/jose-raul-ca...

Learn from the World Champions: https://www.chessable.com/blog/famo...

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

Q: What's the best thing about Switzerland?
A: I don't know, but the flag is a big plus.

The City Rat and the Country Rat

A city rat, one night,
Did, with a civil stoop,
A country rat invite
To end a turtle soup.

On a Turkey carpet
They found the table spread,
And sure I need not harp it
How well the fellows fed.

The entertainment was
A truly noble one;
But some unlucky cause
Disturbed it when begun.

It was a slight rat-tat,
That put their joys to rout;
Out ran the city rat;
His guest, too, scampered out.

Our rats but fairly quit,
The fearful knocking ceased.
"Return we," cried the cit,
To finish there our feast.

"No," said the rustic rat;
"Tomorrow dine with me.
I'm not offended at
Your feast so grand and free, –

"For I have no fare resembling;
But then I eat at leisure,
And would not swap, for pleasure
So mixed with fear and trembling."

French Proverb: "Il ne faut rien laisser au hasard." ― (Nothing should be left to chance.)

"There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the seas of the world." ― Pierre Mac Orlan

"You can only get good at chess if you love the game." ― Bobby Fischer

"As long as you can still grab a breath, you fight." — The Revenant

Weord Maze:
3z Darby's samichz haz da bst pigz eyez, no birdz eyez annie pig snoutz. Shout, shout, let it all out. Theez rtha things Ivan duel without. C'mon Mikhail Talkin youtube.

A pencil maker told the pencil 5 important lessons just before putting it in the box:

1. Everything you do you will always leave a mark.

2. You can always correct the mistakes you make.

3. What is important is what is inside of you.

4. In life, you will undergo painful sharpening which will only make you better.

5. To be the best pencil, you must allow yourself to be held and guided by the hand that holds you.

Lead Pb 82 207.2 1.8

Riddle: What invention lets you look right through a wall?

Answer: A window!

Double Rook sac & Queen sac for Boden's Mate!!!
E Canal vs Horvath, 1934
(B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Def. Four Ps Attack. Main Line (B03) A thing of beauty
E Maahs vs W Pajeken, 2001
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
The Magnus Smith Trap separates King from Queen
Fischer vs NN, 1964
(B56) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs (B15) 0-1 R+ deflects R guard
M Dienavorian vs H Perez Garcia, 1965
(B15) Caro-Kann, 20 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17) 1-0 Smothered Mate
F Vogt vs H Lehmann, 1947
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 6 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Var (B17) 1-0 Q trap
A Karklins vs Dlugy, 1986
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 22 moves, 1-0
Queen sac leads to double discovered check and beautiful mate
Keres vs Verbac, 1933
(C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Alexandra Kosteniuk: 1st Darts-Chess worldchampion
Kosteniuk vs C Gouw, 2000
(C00) French Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
French 2 knights (Zakharov aka "Russian Roulette")
Kosteniuk vs Stellwagen, 2000
(C00) French Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi simply squeezes tighter and tighter toward the end
T Mok vs Korchnoi, 2004
(C00) French Defense, 59 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Mediterranean Defense (C01) 1-0 Greek gift
Greco vs NN, 1620
(C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch exploiting the white square weaknesses.
N Mannheimer vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930
(C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Exchange. Svenonius Variation (C01) 1-0
Spielmann vs R Wahle, 1926
(C01) French, Exchange, 17 moves, 1-0
an incredible sequence of piece play by Sultan Khan
S Khan vs O Barda, 1930
(C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) 1/2-1/2
H R Jung vs E Porper, 2009
(C01) French, Exchange, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: Advance. Nimzowitsch System (C02) 0-1 famous
Keres vs Euwe, 1936
(C02) French, Advance, 31 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Advance. Main Line (C02) 1-0 interesting B sacr
Sveshnikov vs G Milos, 1988
(C02) French, Advance, 40 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Advance. Nimzowitsch Gambit (C02) 1-0
A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922
(C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
compare to Alekhine-Nimzwitsch San Remo 1930-same pinning motif
Reti vs Spielmann, 1928
(C02) French, Advance, 21 moves, 1-0
19. Rxc8+ Discovered Attack with Check wins Bishop
Sveshnikov vs Timman, 1992
(C02) French, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0
en passant checkmates
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928
(C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) 0-1 Rabid Rook
G Matteucci vs V Castaldi, 1938
(C02) French, Advance, 10 moves, 0-1
French, Advance. Milner-Barry Gambit (C02) 1-0 N single-double
B Wall vs H Murtaugh, 1971
(C02) French, Advance, 11 moves, 1-0
Shirov defends proactively, only to pounce on a slip by K
Shirov vs Korchnoi, 2004
(C02) French, Advance, 25 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Advance Variation (C02) 0-1 Checkmate the Queen
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850
(C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Advance, Wade Variation (C02) 0-1
S Thavandiran vs L Henry, 2009
(C02) French, Advance, 42 moves, 0-1
Bacrot vs M Cornette, 2010
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Korchnoi vs M Udovcic, 1967
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Korchnoi, 1970
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs Bird, 1866
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0
Shirov vs Chernin, 1993
(C10) French, 37 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927
(C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Tal vs M Strelkov, 1949
(C10) French, 16 moves, 1-0
J Dobias vs J Podgorny, 1952
(C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0
Svidler vs Bareev, 2004
(C10) French, 17 moves, 1-0
Double bishop sacrifice by Gelfand
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1994
(C10) French, 26 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs von Feldt, 1916
(C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975
(C11) French, 26 moves, 0-1
Geller vs Lengyel, 1973
(C11) French, 39 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994
(C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
R Lau vs Barsov, 1993
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
Macieja vs Nakamura, 2006
(C11) French, 40 moves, 0-1
R Panjwani vs N Arsenault, 2009
(C11) French, 53 moves, 1-0
A Fier vs Morozevich, 2011
(C11) French, 35 moves, 0-1
Svidler vs A Riazantsev, 2008
(C11) French, 38 moves, 1-0
B Maliutin vs Alekhine, 1909
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 49 moves, 0-1
Capablanca vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1913
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 41 moves, 0-1
Fischer's Ba5 was a suggestion of a Russian analyst in Shakmatn
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1962
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 43 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931
(C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909
(C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0
M Pestalozzi vs D Duhm, 1900
(C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0
A Kaspersky vs I Mazel, 1925
(C13) French, 20 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs NN, 1952
(C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0
G Marco vs Burn, 1898
(C14) French, Classical, 28 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931
(C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
Boleslavsky vs Bronstein, 1950
(C15) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 0-1
S Puc vs Ivkov, 1960
(C16) French, Winawer, 36 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
J Kaplan vs Timman, 1967
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 18 moves, 1-0
Knight vs Knight endgame
Lasker vs A Nimzowitsch, 1934
(C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 65 moves, 0-1
Ragozin vs Botvinnik, 1935
(C18) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 0-1
Oll vs M Ulybin, 1989
(C18) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0
H Stefansson vs E Hedman, 2002
(C18) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1-0
Short vs Timman, 1987
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0
New St. George. Traditional Line (B00) 1-0 Nxe6 sacrifice
P Jowett vs J Andersen, 1991
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian. Exchange (B00) 0-1 Disc +
T Keinanen vs Ludvig Morell, 2023
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
Incredible game! White is threatening 11.Qe6+ Kg5 12.h4#
E Reinhardt vs Reiss, 1934
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Def: Marshall Var 4.c4 Nb6 (B01) 1-0 Sudden Q trap
A Istratescu vs I Frosinos, 2001
(B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: Main Lines. Mieses Var (B01) 0-1 21...?
J Perlis vs J Mieses, 1907
(B01) Scandinavian, 28 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit (B01) 0-1 12...?
P Zarnicki vs F Fiorito, 2000
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Defense: Gubinsky-Melts Defense (B01) · 0-1
S Thavandiran vs K MacKinnon, 2009
(B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 0-1
Scandinavian Defense: Richter Variation (B01) · 1-0
Kamsky vs E Abdullayev, 2010
(B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses 6.d5 Nb4 (B01) 1-0 He's no fool
Fischer vs H Seidman, 1959
(B01) Scandinavian, 17 moves, 1-0
A Reir que el Mundo se va a Acabar
G Gibbs vs L Schmid, 1968
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
Exchange Variation 5...exd6 with 7...Bf5!?
S Einacker vs M Kopylov, 2001
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Franco-Sicilian Defense (A43) 1-0 12.0-0-0!
Morphy vs A Meek, 1857
(A43) Old Benoni, 12 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) · 0-1
C Robles Garcia vs A Kogan, 2001
(B40) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) 1-0 Blockade sacrifice
Capablanca vs W G Morris, 1911
(B40) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0
4...Bg4 main line, 12.Bxf3 Nc4 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.b3
Geller vs H Hecht, 1973
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 24 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Gurgenidze Defense (B06) 0-1
J Marsalek vs M Ujtelky, 1960
(B06) Robatsch, 57 moves, 0-1
The desperado Rook 35. Rxg7+!!
Tal vs Simagin, 1956
(B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
"A NAND Gate" (game of the day Jan-05-2016)
Topalov vs Anand, 1999
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 43 moves, 0-1
how to connected two passed pawns
Karpov vs Huebner, 1982
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 37 moves, 1-0
The day Garry Kasparov let down the entire human race. :(
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 19 moves, 1-0
One of the most famous wins by Mikhail Tal
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Bronstein played each other on 8 boards simultaneously!?
Tal vs Bronstein, 1982
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 19 moves, 1-0
The average computer program still no match whatsoever for GM's
Leko vs Pocket Fritz, 2001
(B10) Caro-Kann, 21 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation (B12) 1-0 32.?
Karjakin vs Grischuk, 2012
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
C-K Defense Two Knights Attack. Mindeno Exchange Line (B11) 0-1
B Gurgenidze vs Petrosian, 1961
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 33 moves, 0-1
Double feature: exchange sacrifice and king walk
A Dueckstein vs Petrosian, 1962
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Hyperaccelerated Dragon 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (B27) 1-0
Adorjan vs Sax, 1973
(B27) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (B38)
Shabalov vs A Wojtkiewicz, 2001
(B27) Sicilian, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Katalimov Variation (B27) · 1-0
H Hecht vs Velimirovic, 1973
(B27) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed (B25) · 1-0
V Plotkin vs Z Qin, 2009
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian. General (B30) · 1-0
L Gerzhoy vs A Calugar, 2009
(B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
Maroczy Bind, 6.Be3 (B38)
Short vs Larsen, 1985
(B32) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1
Tal vs R Hernandez Onna, 1977
(B32) Sicilian, 21 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian. Open (B32) 0-1
E Casareno vs N Noritsyn, 2009
(B32) Sicilian, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Szen Variation (B44)
J Tayar vs T Vincent, 2009
(B44) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Anand's first win against a Grandmaster at age 15.
Anand vs J Mestel, 1985
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Q on the Queenside
K MacKinnon vs L Gerzhoy, 2009
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 21 moves, 0-1
clever 10 Nc6 and 11 Nb4
Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1960
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B94) 0-1 Great game
B G Smith vs V Laznicka, 2010
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 47 moves, 0-1
Najdorf vs Stahlberg, 1941
(B15) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929
(B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
A Rakhmanov vs Y Ginzburg, 2010
(B10) Caro-Kann, 28 moves, 1-0
Khalifman vs Seirawan, 1991
(B15) Caro-Kann, 23 moves, 1-0
Vasiukov vs Razuvaev, 1972
(B06) Robatsch, 8 moves, 1-0
A Nimzowitsch vs E V Nielsen, 1930
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
A A Barbosa de Oliveira / M Kiss vs Reti / L Vianna, 1925
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
Anand vs Macieja, 2000
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
NN vs G Geshev, 1935
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
I Rabinovich vs Levenfish, 1927
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 0-1
Geller vs Korneev, 1995
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 57 moves, 1-0
The World vs Karpov, 1996
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
A Beliavsky vs Anand, 1991
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Z Sturua vs R Kutirov, 1996
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
H Spangenberg vs K Spraggett, 1996
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 34 moves, 1-0
Short vs Yudasin, 1996
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs H Berliner, 1960
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch vs von Scheve, 1879
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 19 moves, 1-0
Negi vs O Barbosa, 2012
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Bareev, 2003
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0
P Carlsson vs G Burgess, 2002
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 132 moves, 1-0
Unzicker vs Botvinnik, 1962
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1993
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 52 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922
(B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0
Tal vs A Kolarov, 1970
(B15) Caro-Kann, 35 moves, 1-0
J S Morgado vs H Rossetto, 1973
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 0-1
C Rebizzo vs J S Morgado, 1973
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 0-1
Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) 1-0 chess.com
G Meier vs D H Fernandez, 2018
(A04) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
KIA Double Fianchetto vs Black London System (A07) 0-1 25...?
W Hug vs Spassky, 1973
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 0-1
Colle c3 vs Polish Defense (A40) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
L Laustsen vs D H Fernandez, 2018
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 0-1
Wade Defense: General (A41) 0-1
H Grieve vs J Rudd, 2016
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 50 moves, 0-1
Rat/Modern Defense (for lines with ...g6) (A41) 0-1 Stockfish
B Derakhshani vs D H Fernandez, 2018
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 28 moves, 0-1
Owen Defense (B00) 1-0 The Ng5-Nxh7 Sac Attack
Alekhine vs V Rozanov, 1908
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch Defense: Williams Variation (B00) · 1-0
H Grieve vs J D Wager, 2015
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 25 moves, 1-0
St. George Defense: Polish Variation (B00) · 1-0
L Johansson vs D H Fernandez, 2016
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 81 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy. Linksspringer Variation (B00) 1-0
P Lalic vs C W Baker, 2023
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
Nimzo annotates--his own new first move for black.
Spielmann vs A Nimzowitsch, 1920
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
"When You Wish A Pawn A Starr" (game of the day May-28-2009)
N Starr vs J Trottier, 2001
(B01) Scandinavian, 38 moves, 1-0
"Old Geza" (game of the day Sep-20-2005)
Maroczy vs K Helling, 1936
(B01) Scandinavian, 33 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Defense: Lasker 5.Nf3 Bg4 (B01) 1-0
T Fodor Jr vs D H Fernandez, 2018
(B01) Scandinavian, 52 moves, 1-0
Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 ML. Mieses 9.Nd5 Qd8 (B01) 1-0Caught in centr
M Ragger vs J Chabanon, 2018
(B01) Scandinavian, 39 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Def. 3.Bb5+ Modern (B01) 1-0 Search & Seisure
J Martin vs M Lammers, 2016
(B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Two Pawn Attack (B02) · 1-0
H Perez Garcia vs H Volman, 1975
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation (B02) 0-1
A Nikitin vs Vasiukov, 2011
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Defense: Exchange (B03) 0-1 Pound 'em w/pins
H Wolf vs Gruenfeld, 1922
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Defense: Modern. Schmid Variation (B04) 0-1 25...?
A Ozsvath vs K Honfi, 1953
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 56 moves, 0-1
Carlsen hammered by an en passant mate
J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2023
(B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: King Pawn Fianchetto (B06) 1/2-1/2 Correspond
J S Morgado vs J Berry, 1981
(B06) Robatsch, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Modern Def: Pseudo-Austrian Attk (B06) 0-1 33...?
Janosevic vs Petrosian, 1978
(B06) Robatsch, 33 moves, 0-1
Modern Defense: Bg7 (B06) 1-0 Simul exhibition; 25.?
Fischer vs M Bedford, 1964
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0
From Saidy's "Diary of a Chess Master"
M Czerniak vs A Saidy, 1973
(B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 1-0
Modern Def Bxf7+ (B06) 1-0 The power of check w/3 en prise!!
Rublevsky vs C D'Amore, 2000
(B06) Robatsch, 16 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 1-0 Havana Olympiad
L Evans vs R Garcia, 1966
(B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 1-0 20.?
I Platonov vs Savon, 1968
(B07) Pirc, 24 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: 150 Attack (B07) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
J Langreck vs R Hess, 2003
(B07) Pirc, 32 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation (B07) 1-0 Rook penetration
V Faibisovich vs R Etruk, 1975
(B07) Pirc, 30 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Byrne 4.Bg5 (B07) 1-0 Storming the fianchetto
S Chumfwa vs W Kobese, 2002
(B07) Pirc, 26 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack. Weiss Variation (B09) 1-0 25.?
G Kuzmin vs E Torre, 1981
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack (B09) 1-0 Youth Greco's Mate
Ponomariov vs Grischuk, 1994
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 book traps
Lasker vs H Mueller, 1934
(B10) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knts Attack. Mindeno Exchange (B11) 1-0
D H Fernandez vs D Gormally, 2018
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 28 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk's last move is a "Oh?... ooooooooh!" moment
Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
C-K Panov Attack. Modern Def Czerniak Line (B13) 1-0Q sac, Dbl+
Tseitlin vs E Dizdarevic, 1999
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 0-1 Notes by SF
E Manet vs N Giffard, 2013
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 18 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack (B14) 1-0 17.?
D Keller vs A Pomar, 1968
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 23 moves, 1-0
"Happen a Pawn" (game of the day Jan-19-2015)
N Bakulin vs Bronstein, 1965
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 32 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def. Karpov. Modern ML (B17) 1-0 B+ removes K as def
J Polgar vs Karpov, 1998
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
Rooks and Bishop pair trap knight
N Povah vs P R Kemp, 1975
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical. Main lines (B18) 1-0 42.?
Kotronias vs F Vallejo Pons, 2009
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Tarrasch. Guimard Defense Main Line (C04) 1-0
Psakhis vs M Drasko, 1981
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 26 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05) 1-0 12.?
F Bahr vs V Zukaitis, 1960
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 14 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed (C05) 1-0 White stops passers
Karpov vs N Orekhov, 1965
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 62 moves, 1-0
Uncommon King's Pawn Opening (B00) 1/2-1/2
A Diulger vs Niemann, 2018
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
G5 in Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters by Edward Lasker
Ed Lasker vs Alekhine, 1908
(C41) Philidor Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
Kaidanov vs Anand, 1987
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0
Great effort by Palermo; he must have been unlucky to miss a wi
Shredder vs C Garcia Palermo, 2005
(B06) Robatsch, 65 moves, 1-0
Another tactical gem from the Tal man...
Tal vs W R Chandler, 1974
(B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0
kingscrusher video
Shirov vs Jobava, 2010
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
"Lemon Marangunic"
A Planinc vs S Marangunic, 1969
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0
"A Pound of Flesch"
Tal vs J Flesch, 1981
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
"A Small Vic-Torre"
V Small vs E Torre, 1978
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
"Like a Hurricane"
R H Steinmeyer vs N Bernstein, 1944
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Mikhail Tal 1936-1992
Tal vs Karpov, 1987
(B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
"A Bent Pin"
Tal vs Larsen, 1965
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
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