A nice arch of minor pieces after 16...Be3#
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
From a simultaneous exhibition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Capablanca vs W P Shipley, 1910  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Bb2xg7
A M Erichsen vs H Wium, 1920 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Sarratt Attack in Berlin (D00) 1-0
Mason vs H von Schuetz, 1881  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Stonewall Attk (D00) 1-0 29.? SF notes
Pillsbury vs D G Baird, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Zukertort Var (D02) 1-0 Combinational King Hunt!!
J Cukierman vs A Voisin, 1928  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
"My Three Sons" (game of the day Sep-30-2017)
Janowski vs Ed Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
Q Pawn Game: Zukertort vs Baltic Def (D02) 1-0 Morphy's Mate
J Owen vs Burn, 1887  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
"Pratfall" (game of the day Apr-08-2011)
Alekhine vs M Prat, 1913  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
game 54 GM RAM Game Selection
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1921  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0
Marshall missed a win here.
C Jaffe vs Marshall, 1909  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 22 Logical Chess: Move By Move (Chernev)
Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Queen's Pawn Game (D02) 0-1 Trade down, then snatch extra pawn
A Espolita vs A Medina Garcia, 1947 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: London System (D02) 0-1
T Aalheim vs H Norman-Hansen, 1920 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: Krause Variation 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 (D02) 1-0
B Eriksson vs H Norman-Hansen, 1920 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Q Pawn Game: Krause Variation / Colle Zukertort (D02) 1/2-1/2
J A Brekke vs H Norman-Hansen, 1920 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
QGD: Baltic Defense (D02) 1-0
R Svanberg vs T C Jensen, 1920 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Colle System / Ne5 Stonewall Attack (D04) 1-0 Damiano's net
T Aalheim vs K Beskow, 1920 (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
"What's All Defosse About?" (game of the day Sep-02-2009)
Koltanowski vs M Defosse, 1936  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 103 Modern Chess Strategy (Pachman)
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1924  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1
Colle System (D05) · 1/2-1/2
J A Brekke vs R Svanberg, 1920 (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Colle System (D05) 1-0 Castled into Greek Gift
Koltanowski vs E Sanger, 1943  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
D05 Rubinstein Opening: Classical Defense ~ Tartakower
Blackburne vs J Minckwitz, 1881  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
504 Gateway Time-out
M Monticelli vs Tartakower, 1930  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
A nice arch of minor pieces after 16...Be3#
S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
QGD: Albin Countergambit. Normal Line (D08) 0-1
R Svanberg vs H Wium, 1920  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1
The rare and amazingly beautiful En Passant Mate!
F Rhine vs NN, 2010  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0
QGA. Central Var. McDonnell Def (D20) 1-0Bxf7+, Ne5+ Unpin, etc
von der Lasa vs P Bilguer, 1837  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
A Bent Larsen favorite
E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
27. Ne6!! is truly awesome. Count the mate threats.
Krasenkow vs Adianto, 1998  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
QGD: Capablanca Variation (D30) 1-0 dual mating attacks
C Purdy vs J Kinman, 1928  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
QGD-TMB notes
Lozevich vs A Zamikhovsky, 1936  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 0-1
Q's Gambit Declined: Q's Knight Variation (D31) 1-0 Greco Mate
S P Johnston vs Marshall, 1899  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
18. Qh7+! is a fitting end to a spectacularly sacrificial game.
C Hartlaub vs W Benary, 1911  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical (D32) 0-1 24...? Stockfish notes
G Fontein vs Euwe, 1939  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 24 moves, 0-1
"Neat-o, Mate!" (game of the day Aug-16-2008)
J Sunye Neto vs Kasparov, 1981  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 47 moves, 0-1
Queen sacrifice then mate with bishop + knight double check
E Delmar vs NN, 1898  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 20 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32) · 0-1
Teichmann vs Spielmann, 1909  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 34 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
"Teach this young fellow a lesson"-King and pawn Endgames
Seirawan vs Kasparov, 1983  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 54 moves, 0-1
"hors d'Euwe" (game of the day Jun-20-2022) photo
Euwe vs Fischer, 1957  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
QGD: Ragozin Defense (D38) 1-0 Capture first, Remove the Guard
Petrosian vs A Matanovic, 1958  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
(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
partij 78 hans bouwmeesters 100 briljante partijen
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 41 moves, 1-0
Exception to Troitsky-line 2N mate
M Dziuba vs M Sorokin, 2005  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 81 moves, 0-1
"Vlad to the Bone" (game of the day Nov-06-2005)
Gelfand vs Kramnik, 1996  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Def: Accelerated Meran Var (D45) 0-1 32...?
G J Wood vs Najdorf, 1946  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1
"A Masterful Attack" (game of the day Oct-13-2018)
Capablanca vs Levenfish, 1935  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 26 moves, 1-0
"Pillsbury d'oh!" (game of the day Aug-01-2005)
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
"The Oldest Trick in the Book" (game of the day Aug-04-2018)
C Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1
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
Maróczy won one of the brilliancy prizes for this game.
Marshall vs Maroczy, 1903  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1
98_D58/D59_QGD_Tartakover-Makogonov-Band_(TMB)
A R Saleh Salem vs Carlsen, 2017  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 62 moves, 0-1
Minority attack--> winning endgame
Rubinstein vs S Takacs, 1926  (D65) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line, 53 moves, 1-0
Euwe shows the form of the World Champion he would be in a year
Euwe vs G Thomas, 1934  (D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 26 moves, 1-0
"Fine Arts" (game of the day Aug-20-2014)
Fine vs A Dake, 1933  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
QGA: Classical Def. Rubinstein (D27)1-0great finish by Speelman
Speelman vs N Borge, 1996  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 33 moves, 1-0
With 25…Rg8 Xu Jun breaks the pin on the g-pawn
J Piket vs J Xu, 1994  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 31 moves, 1-0
White can gain queen AND a rook, but strangely, he is LOST.
G Bauermann vs R Butze, 1979  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 18 moves, 0-1
Stonewall Attack vs Indian Game (A45) 0-1 Bxg3, Qxg3+
C Arico vs V Georgiev, 2001  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch attacks on the Kingside, in a Bf4 Queen's Gambit
Tarrasch vs von Scheve, 1894  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Krause Variation (D02) 0-1 SF notes
von Scheve vs Tarrasch, 1892 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 0-1
Semi-Slav Defense: Accelerated Move Order, Stonewall (D31) 0-1
Burn vs Tarrasch, 1898  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Defense: Russian. Hungarian Variation (D97) 1-0 28.?
Karpov vs Leko, 1996  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 29 moves, 1-0
QGD. Cambridge Springs Var (D52) 0-1 Standard trap 2 hanging Bs
E Kahn vs D Zifroni, 1996 (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 0-1
Ng5?? Qd8-Qa5+! forks K and undefended Ng5
I Farago vs V Bliumberg, 1994  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 5 moves, 0-1
"Demian: the Omen" (game of the day Apr-14-2017)
M Stock vs V Demian, 1976  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 18 moves, 0-1
he famous Englund Gamabit swindle mate in action.
H Silbermann vs Honich, 1930  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 0-1
Horwitz Defense: General (A40) · 1-0
B Eriksson vs S J Bjurulf, 1920 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Horwitz Defense: General (A40) · 0-1
B Eriksson vs R Svanberg, 1920 (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: General (A45) 0-1 flank Q+ and fork LPDO B
Shuler vs C S Hall, 1990  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 6 moves, 0-1
Richter Attack vs Indian Def. (A45) 1-0 heavy pieces on g-file
K Richter vs Gruenfeld, 1928  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 0-1 25...?
S Hayes vs G Chandler, 2004  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Benoni Def: Classical. Argentine Counterattack (A75) 0-1 29...?
Mecking vs R Vasquez Schroeder, 1993  (A75) Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4, 40 moves, 0-1
A young Petrosian demolishes an even younger Korchnoi
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946  (A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 1-0 Notes by SF
Maroczy vs L Singer, 1929  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
"Høi Ploy" (game of the day Apr-21-2007)
C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
QGD. Semi-Tarrasch Def. Pillsbury Var (D41) 1-0 Rh3 lift, Bxh6
Carlsen vs Duda, 2021  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 18 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense (A48) 1-0 B-Q battery
S Avila Pavas vs J D Becerra, 2020  (A48) King's Indian, 20 moves, 1-0
QGD: Orthodox Defense. Alekhine Variation (D67) 1-0 keep pin
Szabo vs P Vaitonis, 1952  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 34 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation (D16) 1-0 battery
Q L Le vs L Dominguez Perez, 2011  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Veresov Attack 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (D00) 1-0 N vs B ending
C Logallo vs P Cafolla, 2015  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 1-0
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Boden's Mate
E Diemer vs Portz, 1948  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Torre, Classical Def. (A46) 0-1Underpromotion avoids stalemate
J Garcia Padron vs J Bellon Lopez, 1990  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Colle System (D05) 1-0 Philidor's Legacy strikes again!
Koltanowski vs J Salazar, 1939  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Def: Symmetrical (D32) 1-0 Double B sac on h7 and g7
Miles vs Browne, 1982  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Game 3 in Korchnoi's 400 best games by Wade & Blackstock
V Shiyanovsky vs Korchnoi, 1947  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46) 1-0 N forks loom
D Kopec vs de Firmian, 1985  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
QGD. Semi-Tarrasch Def. Main Line (D42) 1-0 18.? SF notes
Keene vs Miles, 1976  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Burn vs E Cohn, 1912  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld vs Maroczy, 1922  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Gedult Gambit (D00) 1-0 Q deflects Q!!
Erdos vs Lichtner, 1922  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
A Blackmar vs A Lapeyre, 1882  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1
Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional (D30) 1-0 "First Meeting"
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Colle System (D05) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish 11
A Gulko vs F Guo, 2011 (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46) 0-1 blitz
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2013  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Queen Pawn Game: Barry Attack. Gruenfeld Variation (D02) · 1-
D H Fernandez vs R Cumming, 2014 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Levitsky Attack (D00) · 1-0
H Grieve vs J Jarmany, 2015  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: London System (D02) · 0-1
D H Fernandez vs R Svane, 2016 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: London System (A46) · 1/2-1/2
D H Fernandez vs Short, 2016 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
London System Bf4 vs Bf5 (D02) 1-0
N Batsiashvili vs M Garcia Martin, 2017 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 1-0
504 Gateway Time-out
D H Fernandez vs N McDonald, 2017 (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1-0
Veresov Attack (D00) 0-1 passed pawn
S Marder vs M Garcia Martin, 2018 (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 0-1
Colle c3 queenside play
D H Fernandez vs E Can, 2018 (A04) Reti Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
London System vs Dutch Def Be7 (A46) 0-1
L'Ami vs D H Fernandez, 2018 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 55 moves, 0-1
London System vs Ba6 (A46) 1-0
D H Fernandez vs N Bradbury, 2018 (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 75 moves, 1-0
Carlsen - Nepomniachtchi World C C Match (2021), Dubai, rd 6
Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 136 moves, 1-0
Queen's Gambit Declined: General (D30) 1-0isolani, exchange sac
K Tsatsalashvili vs S Khademalsharieh, 2023  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack: Wagner Gambit (A46) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Marshall vs A Nimzowitsch, 1928  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 73 moves, 0-1
It's amazing that 13. Rxf6! wins while 13. Bxf6? is a big mista
P Leisebein vs M Rohde, 2000  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Queen Pawn Game: Stonewall Attack (D00) 1-0 Battery
Pillsbury vs N Jasnogrodsky, 1893  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
41. "The finest game of the match" Immortal Games of Capablanca
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: East Indian Defense (E00) 1-0 24.?
L Rellstab vs G Stoltz, 1930  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
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