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The Rooks move straight, then take a turn
The Knights on fire, make no return
Criss-Cross, Criss-Cross, go the bishops
The Queen's the leader of the group

The King resides in the castle
While all the pawns fight with power
Heavy blows for every side
Until the crown, it is destroyed

The Brain's the head, The Brain's the King,
The Greatest one will always win,
For in the game of chess, the king shall rule,
8 by 8 makes 64!

"Chess is an infinitely complex game, which one can play in infinitely numerous & varied ways." ― Vladimir Kramnik

"Tactics is knowing what to do when there's something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there's nothing what to do." ― Savielly Tartakower

"A sacrifice is best refuted by accepting it." ― Wilhelm Steinitz

"Chess is all about stored pattern recognition. You are asking your brain to spot a face in the crowd that it has not seen." ― Sally Simpson

"Chess, it's the struggle against error." ― Johannes Zukertort

The Bear and the Amateur Gardener

A certain mountain bear, unlicked and rude,
By fate confined within a lonely wood,
A new Bellerophon, whose life,
Knew neither comrade, friend, nor wife, –
Became insane; for reason, as we term it,
Dwells never long with any hermit.
It's good to mix in good society,
Obeying rules of due propriety;
And better yet to be alone;
But both are ills when overdone.
No animal had business where
All grimly dwelt our hermit bear;
Hence, bearish as he was, he grew
Heart-sick, and longed for something new.
While he to sadness was addicted,
An aged man, not far from there,
Was by the same disease afflicted.
A garden was his favourite care, –
Sweet Flora's priesthood, light and fair,
And eke Pomona's – ripe and red
The presents that her fingers shed.
These two employments, true, are sweet
When made so by some friend discreet.
The gardens, gaily as they look,
Talk not, (except in this my book;)
So, tiring of the deaf and dumb,
Our man one morning left his home
Some company to seek,
That had the power to speak. –
The bear, with thoughts the same,
Down from his mountain came;
And in a solitary place,
They met each other, face to face.
It would have made the boldest tremble;
What did our man? To play the Gascon
The safest seemed. He put the mask on,
His fear contriving to dissemble.
The bear, unused to compliment,
Growled bluntly, but with good intent,
"Come home with me." The man replied:
"Sir Bear, my lodgings, nearer by,
In yonder garden you may spy,
Where, if you'll honour me the while,
We'll break our fast in rural style.
I have fruits and milk, – unworthy fare,
It may be, for a wealthy bear;
But then I offer what I have."
The bear accepts, with visage grave,
But not unpleased; and on their way,
They grow familiar, friendly, gay.
Arrived, you see them, side by side,
As if their friendship had been tried.
To a companion so absurd,
Blank solitude were well preferred,
Yet, as the bear scarce spoke a word,
The man was left quite at his leisure
To trim his garden at his pleasure.
Sir Bruin hunted – always brought
His friend whatever game he caught;
But chiefly aimed at driving flies –
Those hold and shameless parasites,
That vex us with their ceaseless bites –
From off our gardener's face and eyes.
One day, while, stretched on the ground
The old man lay, in sleep profound,
A fly that buzz'd around his nose, –
And bit it sometimes, I suppose, –
Put Bruin sadly to his trumps.
At last, determined, up he jumps;
"I'll stop your noisy buzzing now,"
Says he; "I know precisely how."
No sooner said than done.
He seized a paving-stone;
And by his modus operandi
Did both the fly and man die.

A foolish friend may cause more woe
Than could, indeed, the wisest foe.

Never judge a book by its cover.

Blindfold chess record holder Georges Koltanowski was a warm, friendly man with anecdotes and a folksy maxim. "Pawns are like buttons," he liked to say. "Lose too many and your pants fall down."

Georges Koltanowski, chess player, Belgium champion, blindfold world record holder, U.S. Open tournament director, USCF president, author, prolific newspaper columnist, coach, guest lecturer and showman, born September 17, 1903 in Antwerp, Belgium; died February 5, 2000 in San Francisco, California, USA. Koltanowski, the "Dean of American chess" died at age 96 due to heart failure. "Kolti" as he was often called, was one of three founder members inducted into the US Chess Hall of Fame, with Paul Morphy, the first great US champion, and the preeminent Bobby Fischer.

‘May your Departures equal your Landfalls!'

The Ass And His Masters

A gardener's ass complained to Destiny
Of being made to rise before the dawn.
"The cocks their matins have not sung," said he, vere I am up and gone.
And all for what? To market herbs, it seems.
Fine cause, indeed, to interrupt my dreams!"
Fate, moved by such a prayer,
Sent him a currier's load to bear,
Whose hides so heavy and ill-scented were,
They almost choked the foolish beast.
"I wish me with my former lord," he said;
"For then, whenever he turned his head,
If on the watch, I caught
A cabbage-leaf, which cost me nothing.
But, in this horrid place, I find
No chance or windfall of the kind:
Or if, indeed, I do,
The cruel blows I rue."
Anon it came to pass
He was a collier's ass.
Still more complaint. "What now?" said Fate,
Quite out of patience.
"If on this jackass I must wait,
What will become of kings and nations?
Has none but he anything here to tease him?
Have I no business but to please him?"
And Fate had cause; – for all are so.
Unsatisfied while here below
Our present lot is aye the worst.
Our foolish prayers the skies infest.
Were Jove to grant all we request,
The din renewed, his head would burst.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

"Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people." ― Elizabeth Green

"Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies." ― Andy (Tim Robbins), "The Shawshank Redemption"

Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~ Scottish Proverb

Question: On which planet is a year longer than a day? Answer: Venus has the longest day of any planet in our solar system. Venus is unusual because it spins the opposite direction of Earth and most other planets and it's extremely slow. It takes about 243 Earth days to spin around just once. Because it's so close to the sun, a year goes by fast. Therefore, a day on Venus is nearly 20 Earth days longer than its year.

Gelotophobia is the fear of laughter. Those who suffer from gelotophobia respond to all laughter as if it is at their expense. Up to 13% of the population could be afraid of laughter. Fredthebear doubts this; decide for yourself.

Question: Which girl's name is also the name given to a female donkey? Answer: Jenny

Here's a poem a dad wrote:

<ODE TO CHESS

Ten times I charged the grim, foreboding walls

and was pitched into the pit of defeat.

But, heedless of humiliating falls,

I clambered bravely back onto my feet

and charged again, again to be down thrust

onto the scrap heap of people who lose

onto the mound of mortifying dust

whilst my opponent sat without a bruise

upon his pedestal. We changed sides

and fought again, but I was defeated

whilst he with arrogant and haughty strides

took the throne upon which I had been seated.

Ha! Win or lose, it's how you play the game.

But I would like to beat him just the same.>

"The Seven Social Sins are:

Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.

From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925." ― Frederick Lewis Donaldson

'Don't let the cat out of the bag'

'Don't shut the stable door after the horse has bolted'

'Don't throw good money after bad'

'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'

The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1807-1882

The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,
But the sea, the sea in darkness calls;
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,
Efface the footprints in the sands,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls
Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;
The day returns, but nevermore
Returns the traveller to the shore,
And the tide rises, the tide falls.

"There are good ships, and there are wood ships, ships that sail the sea, but the best ships are friendships, and may they always be." — Anonymous

"Zeitnot" is German for "time pressure."

"....his countrymen, Kolisch and Steinitz, are greatly indebted for their later success to their having enjoyed early opportunities of practicing with the departed amateur whose death is also greatly deplored amongst all who knew him personally." — Wilhelm Steinitz, regarding Karl Hamppe

The first appearance of the (John) Cochrane gambit against Petrov's defense C42 was in the year 1848 against an Indian master Mohishunder Bannerjee.

"Sorry don't get it done, Dude!" — John Wayne, Rio Bravo

"Gossip is the devil's telephone. Best to just hang up." — Moira Rose

High Flight
BY JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR.

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds,—and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air ....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor ever eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

"No one has ever won a game of chess by taking only forward moves (What about Scholar's Mate?). Sometimes you have to move backwards in order to be able to take better steps forward. That is life." — Anonymous

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." ― Thomas Jefferson, chess player

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." ― Mahatma Gandhi

Easter, 1916 by William Butler Yeats

I have met them at close of day
Coming with vivid faces
From counter or desk among grey
Eighteenth-century houses.
I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words,
And thought before I had done
Of a mocking tale or a gibe
To please a companion
Around the fire at the club,
Being certain that they and I
But lived where motley is worn:
All changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

That woman's days were spent
In ignorant good-will,
Her nights in argument
Until her voice grew shrill.
What voice more sweet than hers
When, young and beautiful,
She rode to harriers?
This man had kept a school
And rode our winged horse;
This other his helper and friend
Was coming into his force;
He might have won fame in the end,
So sensitive his nature seemed,
So daring and sweet his thought.
This other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vainglorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;
He, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
He, too, has been changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

Hearts with one purpose alone
Through summer and winter seem
Enchanted to a stone
To trouble the living stream.
The horse that comes from the road.
The rider, the birds that range
From cloud to tumbling cloud,
Minute by minute they change;
A shadow of cloud on the stream
Changes minute by minute;
A horse-hoof slides on the brim,
And a horse plashes within it;
The long-legged moor-hens dive,
And hens to moor-cocks call;
Minute by minute they live:
The stone's in the midst of all.

Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
To murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.
What is it but nightfall?
No, no, not night but death;
Was it needless death after all?
For England may keep faith
For all that is done and said.
We know their dream; enough
To know they dreamed and are dead;
And what if excess of love
Bewildered them till they died?
I write it out in a verse -
MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

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.

"The great thing about chess is it's a game for oneself. You don't work on what you can't control, you just work on yourself. And I think if more people did that, we'd all be a lot better off." — Daniel Naroditsky

<Writing from his experience of the devastation of World War I, Edwardian poet Alfred Noyes' well-known "On the Western Front" speaks from the perspective of soldiers buried in graves marked by simple crosses, asking that their deaths not be in vain. Praise of the dead was not what the dead needed, but peace made by the living. An excerpt:

We, who lie here, have nothing more to pray.
To all your praises we are deaf and blind.
We may not ever know if you betray
Our hope, to make earth better for mankind.>

"Rooks need each other in the middlegame. This is why one should keep their rooks connected until the opposing queen is off the board. She'll snare 'em (usually from a centralized square on an open diagonal or perhaps a poisoned pawn approach of the unprotected b2/b7 and g2/g7 square next to the occupied corner) if the two rooks aren't protecting each other." ― Fredthebear

"In baseball, my theory is to strive for consistency, not to worry about the numbers. If you dwell on statistics you get shortsighted; if you aim for consistency, the numbers will be there at the end." ― Tom Seaver

This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! ― Fort Minor

Deuteronomy 6:6-9: "These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates."

Isaiah 66:24
24 "And they will go out and look on the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; the worms that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind."

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

<chess writer and poet Henry Thomas Bland.

Another example of his way with words is the start of ‘Internal Fires', a poem published on page 57 of the March 1930 American Chess Bulletin:

I used to play chess with the dearest old chap,
Whom naught could upset whatever might hap.
He'd oft lose a game he might well have won
But made no excuse for what he had done.
If a piece he o'erlooked and got it snapped up

He took it quite calmly and ne'er ‘cut up rough'.>

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." ― William Faulkner

"Sometimes in life, and in chess, you must take one step back to take two steps forward." — IM Levy Rozman, GothamChess

So much, much, much better to be an incurable optimist than deceitful and untrustworthy.

Old Russian Proverb: "Scythe over a stone." (Нашла коса на камень.) The force came over a stronger force.

"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." ― Leonardo da Vinci

The king is not the most powerful chess piece, but it is the most important one! If a king is put in checkmate, then the game is over! Two very important aspects of the game of chess are attacking your opponent's king while also keeping your own king safe and protected.

Kings Alfonso VI and X of Castile, John I and Martin of Aragon, Louis XIII and Louis Philippe of France and Knut V and Valdemer of Denmark were all keen chess players. https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-...

EstudiandoAjedrez wrote:
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Daniel King is one of the best teachers (chess streamers) around. I learnt a lot from his Power Play courses on ChessBase. His "problem" is that his content is not for beginners, and it's very difficult to get great numbers doing that.

Q: Why do tigers have stripes?
A: They don't want to be spotted.

My boss told me to have a good day. So I didn't go to work.

I once got fired from a keyboard factory. They said I wasn't putting in enough shifts.

I used to be afraid of hurdles. But I got over it.

Q: Why do dragons sleep during the day?
A: So they can hunt knights.

In medieval Europe, the rook took on more ominous overtones. As castles and fortresses represented power and security, deserted ones implied loss of control. Rookeries were considered bad luck if abandoned, but good fortune if they thrived.

'A stitch in time saves nine'

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FACTRETRIEVER: Even though dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk.

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

"Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves." — J.M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)

A man who spent his life delighting the masses with his words, perfectly understood that you reap what you sow, and that when we make other people happy, we often find happiness ourselves.

<Seeing For A Moment
by Denise Levertov (1923-1997)

I thought I was growing wings—
it was a cocoon.

I thought, now is the time to step
into the fire—
it was deep water.

Eschatology is a word I learned
as a child: the study of Last Things;

facing my mirror—no longer young,
the news—always of death,
the dogs—rising from sleep and clamoring
and howling, howling,

nevertheless
I see for a moment
that's not it: it is
the First Things.

Word after word
floats through the glass.
Towards me.>

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

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

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

Old Russian Proverb: "Measure seven times, cut once. (Семь раз отмерь — один отрежь.)" Be careful before you do something that cannot be changed.

"I'm 58 years old and I just went through 8 back surgeries. They started cutting on me in February 2009, and I was basically bed ridden for almost two years. I got a real dose of reality that if you don't have your health, you don't have anything." — Hulk Hogan

I'm a Pirate
by Annette Wynne

I'm a pirate in the grass—
Hear ye people as ye pass;
I'm a pirate bad and bold,
Taking dandelion gold—
All my hands and ships can hold.
I'm a pirate—how the sun
Glitters on the gold I've won;
I shall buy you house and land
And a castle silver-grand
With the gold within my hand.

Best Jean De La Bruyere Quotes
"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is their father." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"As favor and riches forsake a man, we discover in him the foolishness they concealed, and which no one perceived before." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"We are afraid of the old age which we may never attain." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things." ― Jean De La Bruyere

"Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"To laugh at men of sense is the privilege of fools." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"If some persons died and others did not die death would indeed be a terrible affliction." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Out of difficulties, grow miracles" ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Not to be able to bear with all bad-tempered people with whom the world is crowded, shows that a man has not a good temper himself." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The same principle leads us to neglect a man of merit that induces us to admire a fool." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain and he forgets to live." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"A man is rich whose income is larger than his expenses, and he is poor if his expenses are greater than his income." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Time, which strengthens friendship, weakens love." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme poverty." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune, and favor cannot satisfy him." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The great charm of conversation consists less in the display of one's own wit and intelligence than in the power to draw forth the resources of others; he who leaves you after a long conversation, pleased with himself and the part he has taken in the discourse, will be your warmest admirer. Men do not care to admire you, they wish you to be pleased with them; they do not seek for instruction or even amusement from your discourse, but they do wish you to be made acquainted with their talents and powers of conversation, and the true man of genius will delicately make all who come in contact with him feel the exquisite satisfaction of knowing that they have appeared to advantage." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"We can recognize the dawn and the decline of love by the uneasiness we feel when alone together." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"A fool is an automaton, a machine with springs which turn him about always in one manner and preserve his equilibrium. He is ever the same and never changes. If you have seen him once you have seen him at every moment and period of his life. He is at best but as the lowing ox or the whistling blackbird. He is fixed and obstinate, I may say, by nature. What appears least in him is his soul; that has neither activity nor energy; it reposes." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect" ― Jean de La Bruyère

"The very essence of politeness is to take care that by our words and actions we make other people pleased with us as well as with themselves." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought too late." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"We should only endeavor to think and speak correctly ourselves, without wishing to bring others over to our taste and opinions; this would be too great an undertaking." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"That we seldom repent of talking too little and very often of talking too much is a … maxim that everybody knows and nobody practices" ― Jean de La Bruyère

"We keep a special place in our hearts for people who refuse to be impressed by us." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Sudden love takes the longest time to be cured." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"Novice exists which does not pretend to be more or less like some virtue, and which does not take advantage of this assumed resemblance." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"When a book raises your spirit and inspires you with noble and manly thoughts, seek for no other test of its excellence. It is good and made by a good workman." ― Jean de La Bruyère

"If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing." ― Will Rogers

"The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket." ― Will Rogers

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." ― Will Rogers

"Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved." ― Will Rogers

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." ― Will Rogers

"Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat." ― Will Rogers

"The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other." ― Will Rogers

"It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute." ― Will Rogers

"An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh." ― Will Rogers

"I am not a member of any organized political party — I am a Democrat." ― Will Rogers

"You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people." ― Will Rogers

"The difference between death and taxes is death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets." ― Will Rogers

"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're actually paying for." ― Will Rogers

"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." ― Will Rogers

"The problem ain't what people know. It's what people know that ain't so that's the problem." ― Will Rogers

"If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing." ― Will Rogers

"Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff." ― Will Rogers

"What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds." ― Will Rogers

"If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?" ― Will Rogers

"There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches." ― Will Rogers

"There is no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you." ― Will Rogers

"Most men are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." ― Will Rogers

"The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has." ― Will Rogers

"Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago." ― Will Rogers

"You can't say civilization don't advance, in every war they kill you in a new way." ― Will Rogers

"Personally, I have always felt that the best doctor in the world is the Veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter...he's just got to know." ― Will Rogers

"It is better for some one to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt." ― Will Rogers

"If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging." ― Will Rogers

"Give her a day, and then in return Momma gives you the other 364." ― Will Rogers

"It's not what we don't know that hurts. It's what we know that ain't so." ― Will Rogers

"Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." ― Will Rogers

"Never miss a good chance to shut up." ― Will Rogers

"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went." ― Will Rogers

"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like." ― Will Rogers

"There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin'. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." ― Will Rogers

"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else." ― Will Rogers

"There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works." ― Will Rogers

"All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance." ― Will Rogers

"Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth." ― Will Rogers

"I never met a man that I didn't like." ― Will Rogers

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today." ― Will Rogers

"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces." ― Will Rogers

"Common sense ain't common." ― Will Rogers

"Everyone is ignorant, only on different subjects." ― Will Rogers

"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." ― Will Rogers

"You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects." ― Will Rogers

"When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging." ― Will Rogers

"Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious." ― Will Rogers

"When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." ― Will Rogers

"The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer." ― Will Rogers

"The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office." ― Will Rogers

"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by." ― Will Rogers

"A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people." ― Will Rogers

"If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?" ― Will Rogers

"If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out." ― Will Rogers

"A fool and his money are soon elected." ― Will Rogers

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts." ― Will Rogers

"Always drink upstream from the herd." ― Will Rogers

"Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip." ― Will Rogers

"The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected."― Will Rogers

"When you're through learning, you're through." ― Will Rogers

"I'll bet you the time ain't far off when a woman won't know any more than a man." ― Will Rogers

"Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was." ― Will Rogers

"Get all the good laughs you can." ― Will Rogers

"Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches." ― Will Rogers

"Even if you are on the right track, but just sit there, you will still get run over." ― Will Rogers

"The only way to beat the lawyers is to die with nothing." ― Will Rogers

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer." ― Will Rogers

"A man that don't love a horse, there is something the matter with him." ― Will Rogers

"People's minds are changed through observation and not through argument." ― Will Rogers

"Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so." ― Will Rogers

"The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match." ― Will Rogers

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat." ― Will Rogers

"Plans get you into things but you've got to work your way out." ― Will Rogers

"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today." ― Will Rogers

"There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education." ― Will Rogers

"Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is." ― Will Rogers

"Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else." ― Will Rogers

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there." ― Will Rogers

"An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out." ― Will Rogers

"If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics." ― Will Rogers

"Lord, let me live until I die." ― Will Rogers

"Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans." ― Will Rogers

"I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good." ― Will Rogers

"When you find youself in a hole - stop digging." ― Will Rogers

"If you can't identify it, don't stick it in your mouth." ― Will Rogers

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression." ― Will Rogers

"The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets." ― Will Rogers

"It's almost been worth this depression to find out how little our big men know." ― Will Rogers

"I never met a person that I did not want to like." ― Will Rogers

"Three couples approached the Pearly Gates and asked permission from Saint Peter to enter. To the first husband he responded, "You may not enter heaven. All your life you've been obsessed with money. Why, you even married a woman named Penny!" He then turned to the second husband and responded, "You may not enter heaven. All your life you've been obsessed with food. Why, you even married a woman named Candy." Taking his wife gently by the hand and looking very sad, the third husband said, "Come on, Fanny, we might as well get out of here!" ― Kevin Kenworthy, The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told:

"A couple was celebratin' their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a reception. They were standin' in line greetin' their friends and about halfway through, she hauled off and hit him! He looked surprised and said, "What was that for?" She said, "For fifty years of bad sex!" He thought about that a minute and then hauled off and hit her. Now it was her turn to look surprised and she said, "What on earth was that for?" And he answered, "For knowing the difference!" ― Kevin Kenworthy, The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told:

"God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work." ― Minnie Pearl

"So often when you start talking about kindness to animals someone comments that starving and mistreated children should come first. The issue can't be divided like that. It isn't a choice between children and animals. It's our duty to care for both. Kindness is the important thing. Kids and animals are our responsibility." ― Minnie Pearl

"Take the back roads instead of the highways." ― Minnie Pearl

"Kissing a man with a beard is a lot like going to a picnic. You don't mind going through a little bush to get there!" ― Minnie Pearl

"The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up." ― Minnie Pearl

"Once you've gotten used to performing, you can't give it up." ― Minnie Pearl

"Show business is made up of disappointments, and it's through life's disappointments that you grow." ― Minnie Pearl

"Since religion was so much a part of my life as a child, and since my childhood was so happy and so full of laughter and joy, I associate the two. Even my concept of Jesus goes along with this association of happiness and religion." ― Minnie Pearl

"Watch out fer these fellers around here. It ain't safe fer a pretty girl. Why, I had one just now tell me I looked like a breath of spring. Well, he didn't use them words, exactly. He said I looked like the end of a hard winter." ― Minnie Pearl

"Marriage is like a hot bath; once you get used to it, it ain't so hot." ― Minnie Pearl

"We have boys now, and men, in the rock and roll business and all the show business, who have this reaction on women. They scream. They yell. They do all sorts of wild things." ― Minnie Pearl

"It's the most unglamourous glamour business in the world." ― Minnie Pearl

"Elvis said, Miss Minnie, do you think it would be out of order if I go up and speak to General Stewart? I've always been such a fan of his. So Elvis went up to speak to the Stewarts." ― Minnie Pearl

"When we got to the hotel, the Hawaiian Village, there were 500 screaming women there. The police were trying to keep the crowd back. It was very dangerous." ― Minnie Pearl

"They were taking pictures and everything. When we got down off the plane, the minute Elvis made his appearance at the door of the plane, the screaming got even worse." ― Minnie Pearl

"My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country." ― Minnie Pearl

"I think Elvis loved his fans - I think that's why they loved him and still love him. Fans are very conscious and sensitive to the fact that performers love them." ― Minnie Pearl

"I knew about Elvis. Of course, everybody knew about him then." ― Minnie Pearl

"Colonel Parker asked Henry and me to come to Elvis' suite and have breakfast. There were at least five policemen stationed up there. He was talking on the telephone." ― Minnie Pearl

"Elvis couldn't leave the hotel except under heavy guard. It was incredible how they went wild over him." ― Minnie Pearl

"I've been with certain stars; some are caring and pay attention to their fans and to their fellow performers and some are too busy. Elvis never seemed too busy." ― Minnie Pearl

"That's what life is all about: remembering someone and smiling!" ― Minnie Pearl

"Getting married is a lot like getting into a tub of hot water. After you get used to it, it ain't so hot." ― Minnie Pearl

Bric-A-Brac
by Dorothy Parker 1893-1967

Little things that no one needs —
Little things to joke about —
Little landscapes, done in beads.
Little morals, woven out,
Little wreaths of gilded grass,
Little brigs of whittled oak
Bottled painfully in glass;
These are made by lonely folk.

Lonely folk have lines of days
Long and faltering and thin;
Therefore — little wax bouquets,
Prayers cut upon a pin,
Little maps of pinkish lands,
Little charts of curly seas,
Little plats of linen strands,
Little verses, such as these.

"A broke man is not a man without a nickel, but a man without a dream." ― Jesse Duplantis

"It's not how you start that matters, it's how you finish."

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

Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

1 John 4:18
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

If the game is well-played, the rook's first move is usually sideways.

The Dancing Bear
by James Russell Lowell

Far over Elf-land poets stretch their sway,
And win their dearest crowns beyond the goal
Of their own conscious purpose; they control
With gossamer threads wide-flown our fancy's play, And so our action. On my walk to-day,
A wallowing bear begged clumsily his toll,
When straight a vision rose of Atta Troll,
And scenes ideal witched mine eyes away.
'Merci, Mossieu!' the astonished bear-ward cried, Grateful for thrice his hope to me, the slave
Of partial memory, seeing at his side
A bear immortal. The glad dole I gave
Was none of mine; poor Heine o'er the wide
Atlantic welter stretched it from his grave.

Reggie called.

You can't make bricks without straw

You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

You can't take it with you when you die

You can't teach an old dog new tricks

You can't judge a book by its cover

You can't win them all

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar

You pays your money and you takes your choice

You reap what you sow

You win some, you lose some

Youth is wasted on the young

Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; his love endures forever.

"A God you understood would be less than yourself." ― Flannery O'Connor

Psalms 31:24 - Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.

* Red States: https://www.redhotpawn.com/

Captain Stratton's Fancy
edited by John Masefield (1878-1967)

Oh some are fond of red wine, and some are fond of white, And some are all for dancing by the pale moonlight: But rum alone's the tipple, and the heart's delight Of the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.

Oh some are fond of Spanish wine, and some are fond of French, And some'll swallow tay and stuff fit only for a wench; But I'm for right Jamaica till I roll beneath the bench, Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.

Oh some are for the lily, and some are for the rose, But I am for the sugar-cane that in Jamaica grows; For it's that that makes the bonny drink to warm my copper nose, Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.

Oh some are fond of fiddles, and a song well sung, And some are all for music for to lilt upon the tongue; But mouths were made for tankards, and for sucking at the bung, Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.

Oh some are fond of dancing, and some are fond of dice, And some are all for red lips, and pretty lasses' eyes; But a right Jamaica puncheon is a finer prize
To the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.

Oh some that's good and godly ones they hold that it's a sin To troll the jolly bowl around, and let the dollars spin; But I'm for toleration and for drinking at an inn, Says the old bold mate of Henry Morgan.

Oh some are sad and wretched folk that go in silken suits, And there's a mort of wicked rogues that live in good reputes; So I'm for drinking honestly, and dying in my boots, Like an old bold mate of Henry Morgan.

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Lichess has all the same basic offerings as Chess.com: a large community, many game types, tutorials, puzzles, and livestreams. The site has a simple appearance, and it seems built to get you where you want to go in as few clicks as possible. You can create an account, but if you're not concerned with tracking your games and finding other players at your level, there's no need to log in. Just fire up a new game, try some puzzles, or watch a chess streamer play three-minute games while listening to techno and chatting with the comments section.

"Whatever you are doing in the game of life, give it all you've got." — Norman Vincent Peale

"Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim." ― Nora Ephr

"What you do today can improve all your tomorrows." — Ralph Marston

"A wise man never knows all; only a fool knows everything." — African Proverb

^Dudz

אכול ושתו כי מחר נמות – Eat and drink for tomorrow we shall die. This Hebrew proverb is similar to the English version ‘life is short'.

It is often used to suggest that you should make the most of your life as you never know when you will die.

"Many people perceive the merit of a manuscript which is read to them, but will not declare themselves in its favor until they see what success it has in the world when printed, or what intelligent men will say about it. They do not like to risk their opinion, and they want to be carried away by the crowd and dragged along by the multitude. Then they say that they were amongst the first who approved of that work, and the general public shares their opinion. Such men lose the best opportunities of convincing us that they are intelligent, clever, and first-rate critics, and can really discover what is good and what is better. A fine work falls into their hands; it is an author's first book before he has got any great name; there is nothing to prepossess anyone in his favor, and by applauding his writings one does not court or flatter the great. Zelotes, you are not required to cry out: "This is a masterpiece; human intelligence never went farther; the human speech cannot soar higher; henceforward we will judge of no one's taste but by what he thinks of this book." Such exaggerated and offensive expressions are only employed by postulants for pensions or benefices and are even injurious to what is really commendable and what one wishes to praise. Why not merely say—"That's a good book?" It is true you say it when the whole of France has approved of it, and foreigners as well as your own countrymen, when it is printed all over Europe and has been translated into several languages, but then it is too late." ― Jean de La Bruyère

InkHarted wrote:

Checkmate.
I started off as an equal
I have everything that they do
my life was one and the same as my foe
childish battles of lesser
I won baring cost of a little
but as time outgrew my conscience
I found that the pieces were moving against me
with time my company reduced
they left one by one
all in time forgetting me
my castles collapsed
my religion dissuaded
my protectors in hiding
I could not run anymore
I have been cornered to a wall
as the queen left silently
without saying goodbye
I could not live any longer
she was most precious to me
I could not win without her by my side
so the king knelt down and died.

"Everyone should know how to play chess." — José Raúl Capablanca

Mark 3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

'Finders keepers, losers weepers'
No, turn it over to Lost and Found.

Drive sober or get pulled over.

"For surely of all the drugs in the world, chess must be the most permanently pleasurable." — Assiac

Once I asked Pillsbury whether he used any formula for castling. He said his rule was absolute and vital: castle because you will or because you must; but not because you can.' — W.E. Napier (1881-1952)

The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

A lion, old, and impotent with gout,
Would have some cure for age found out.
Impossibilities, on all occasions,
With kings, are rank abominations.
This king, from every species, –
For each abounds in every sort, –
Called to his aid the leeches.
They came in throngs to court,
From doctors of the highest fee
To nostrum-quacks without degree, –
Advised, prescribed, talked learnedly;
But with the rest
Came not Sir Cunning Fox, M.D.
Sir Wolf the royal couch attended,
And his suspicions there expressed.
Forthwith his majesty, offended,
Resolved Sir Cunning Fox should come,
And sent to smoke him from his home.
He came, was duly ushered in,
And, knowing where Sir Wolf had been,
Said, "Sire, your royal ear
Has been abused, I fear,
By rumours false and insincere;
To wit, that I have been self-exempt
From coming here, through sheer contempt.
But, sire, I have been on pilgrimage,
By vow expressly made,
Your royal health to aid,
And, on my way, met doctors sage,
In skill the wonder of the age,
Whom carefully I did consult
About that great debility
Termed in the books senility,
Of which you fear, with reason, the result.
You lack, they say, the vital heat,
By age extreme become effete.
Drawn from a living wolf, the hide
Should warm and smoking be applied.
The secret's good, beyond a doubt,
For nature's weak, and wearing out.
Sir Wolf, here, won't refuse to give
His hide to cure you, as I live."
The king was pleased with this advice.
Flayed, jointed, served up in a trice,
Sir Wolf first wrapped the monarch up,
Then furnished him whereon to sup.

Beware, you courtiers, lest you gain,
By slander's arts, less power than pain;
For in the world where you are living,
A pardon no one thinks of giving.

"One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today." ― Robert Jordan, Lord of Chaos

"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." ― Denis Waitley

Psalm 31:24
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord!

"The wind cannot defeat a tree with strong roots." — The Revenant

<Faute De Mieux
by Dorothy Parker 1893-1967

Travel, trouble, music, art,
A kiss, a frock, a rhyme-
I never said they feed my heart,
But still they pass my time.>

HACKED!

Hippopotamus 28...0-0-0 (A00) 0-1 K walk is a K saver!
Indjic vs M Demidov, 2019
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Budapest Def: Rubinstein Var (A52) 0-1Making hay on open d-file
S Martin vs V Setkauskas, 2019
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 25 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: General (A45) 1-0 White Queens rule
S Williams vs S Melaugh, 2019
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense (A41) 0-1 Pawn forks both Knights
Gelfand vs T Gareyev, 2019
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 31 moves, 0-1
Polish Opening: Exchange Var (A00) 1-0 blitz tactics to promote
T Gareyev vs Dominguez Perez, 2019
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
English vs Anglo-Indian Def. KID Dble Fianchetto (A15) 0-1
R Ruck vs Mamedyarov, 2019
(A15) English, 48 moves, 0-1
King's English. General (A20) 1-0 Exch Sac cracks P shield
Nepomniachtchi vs Anand, 2019
(A20) English, 22 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Classical (A84) 1-0 She's Overloaded
O Girya vs J Eric, 2019
(A84) Dutch, 37 moves, 1-0
P-Q4 Torre Attack (A46) 1-0 Cut-off the K, then give +
K Lie vs E O Risting, 2019
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Polish Defense: General (A40) 1-0 B-last rounder
N Bradbury vs D H Fernandez, 2019
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
K's English. 2Knts' Smyslov Sys (A22) 1-0Armageddon; So Stunned
Aronian vs So, 2019
(A22) English, 47 moves, 1-0
English, Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls (A18) 1-0Stockfi
Ding Liren vs S Press, 2019
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 18 moves, 1-0
K's English. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21) 0-1 Late Discovered+
Nepomniachtchi vs Anand, 2019
(A21) English, 77 moves, 0-1
K's English. 4 Knights Botvinnik Line (A28) 1/2-rogge called it
Carlsen vs Giri, 2019
(A28) English, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Indian Game: Yusupov-Rubinstein System (A46)1-0 Nxg7 allows Bf6
Karjakin vs Caruana, 2019
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
English, Anglo-Indian Def. Zviagintsev-Krasenkov Attk (A18) 1/2
Indjic vs B Socko, 2019
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
English Opening: Symmetrical. Three Knights (A34) 1-0 Stockfish
Radjabov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 45 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 0-1 Now that was some finish!
Duda vs Rapport, 2019
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 41 moves, 0-1
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation (A56) 0-1 video links
Keymer vs Carlsen, 2019
(A56) Benoni Defense, 81 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A13) 0-1
P Maghsoodloo vs M Matlakov, 2019
(A13) English, 43 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Anglo-Slav. General (A11) 0-1 Stockfish notes
Kramnik vs Shankland, 2019
(A11) English, Caro-Kann Defensive System, 66 moves, 0-1
English Opening: Agincourt Def. Catalan Def (A13) 1-0 Q+ & fork
D Gordievsky vs A Tahbaz, 2019
(A13) English, 23 moves, 1-0
Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls (A18) 1-0 Stockfish notes
J Gustafsson vs T Duong, 2019
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 25 moves, 1-0
K's English. Four Knights, Fianchetto Lines (A29) 1-0 Stockfish
Carlsen vs Giri, 2019
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 38 moves, 1-0
Benoni Def: Classical. New York Var (A70) 0-1 Baffling, Blunder
Keymer vs F Vallejo Pons, 2019
(A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 36 moves, 0-1
English, Symmetrical. Fianchetto Var (A34) 1-0 2 mating squares
Ding Liren vs Jakovenko, 2019
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 42 moves, 1-0
English, Symmetrical (A33) 1-0 Can u finish what u start?
Ganguly vs Wei Yi, 2019
(A33) English, Symmetrical, 16 moves, 1-0
Benko Gambit: Accepted. Fully Accepted Var (A58) 1-0Unstoppable
A Donchenko vs J A Herrera Reyes, 2019
(A58) Benko Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
Jobava London System vs. Slav- Def (A45) 1-0 Rockin' the g-file
Jobava vs N Meshkovs, 2019
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Symmetrical (A36) 1-0 35.?
L Rogule vs A Avramidou, 2019
(A36) English, 45 moves, 1-0
English Opening: Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 1-0 Attraction
S Savitskiy vs A Tskhadadze, 2019
(A13) English, 38 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Var (A01) 0-1 Sac P to promote
A P Horton vs J Grabinsky, 2019
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 103 moves, 0-1
Dbl Fio Ret vs Polish Def (A04) 0-1Black has lengthy initiative
R Rakshitta vs S Maze, 2020
(A04) Reti Opening, 37 moves, 0-1
2...b5 It's no KIA, it's strange (A05) 1/2-1/2 Stockfish notes
Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2019
(A05) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
1.Nf3 d5 English (A06) 1-0 Bishops playground
Nakamura vs Topalov, 2019
(A06) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Alekseenko's Best
Karjakin vs K Alekseenko, 2019
(A06) Reti Opening, 89 moves, 0-1
KIA vs French/QGD (A07) 1-0 23.Nxh6? NxNh6 wins for Black
D Gukesh vs M Rafiee, 2019
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 45 moves, 1-0
KIA: Symmetrical Def (A07) 0-1White N for 2 Black Ps insufficie
A Triapishko vs A Esipenko, 2019
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 NxNf6+ Remove the Guard
A Avila Fraire vs S Logothetis, 2019
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 11 moves, 1-0
KIA vs Reversed Botvinnik System (A07) 0-1 Blitz
B Amin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Closed (B23) 1-0 Rook to the 7th
Ehlvest vs S Savitskiy, 2019
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
KIA e5 strong point vs French-Double Fio (A07) 1-0 holes on 6th
A Ismagambetov vs R Yanchenko, 2019
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
K's Indian Attack: Sicilian (A08) 1-0 Reversed Gruenfeld Exchan
M A Tabatabaei vs A Smith, 2019
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 61 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Advance. Michel Gambit (A09) 1-0 Dbl R Sac
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019
(A09) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0
English, Anglo-Scandinavian Def. cxd5 Qxd5 (A10) 0-1 Q gets in
NN vs Carlsen, 2019
(A10) English, 13 moves, 0-1
Modern Def: Beefeater Var (A40) 1-0 Blitz; Stockfish notes
Carlsen vs Svidler, 2019
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Rat Defense (A41) 0-1 No admission
V Akobian vs Nakamura, 2019
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 47 moves, 0-1
Barry Attk vs NY System (A45) 0-1 Remove the Defender!
E Danielian vs A Matnadze Bujiashvili, 2019
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C72) 0-1 Controversy
Firouzja vs Carlsen, 2019
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 66 moves, 0-1
Draw R vs B by using the Bishop's "double corner"
F Vallejo Pons vs S Drygalov, 2019
(B20) Sicilian, 109 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Closed 3.Bb5+ (B23) 0-1 Kings in flight
E Safarli vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Carlsen's only loss in this tournament.
D Andreikin vs Carlsen, 2019
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C71) 1-0 blitz
S Sjugirov vs K Sek, 2019
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def Siesta Var (C74) 1-0
Morozevich vs K Sek, 2019
(C74) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0 blitz
E Can vs N Petrov, 2019
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: General (C23) 0-1 Rob the pin
K Sek vs T Gareyev, 2019
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 23 moves, 0-1
Vienna Game: Mieses Var (C26) 1-0 Kside assault; it's NOT a KIA
Nakamura vs S Khanin, 2019
(C26) Vienna, 20 moves, 1-0
Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C24) 1-0 Battery, Pin
K Alekseenko vs P Zarnicki, 2019
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
Scandinavian Def: Schiller-Pytel 3...Qd6 (B01) 1-0 Prevent 0-0
Carlsen vs A Utegaliyev, 2019
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0
ties the record for most queens (six) on the board at once
E Rosen vs S Lang, 2019
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Russian. Byrne (Simagin) Var (D97) 1-0 Q pickins
Nepomniachtchi vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 36 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Def (B12) 1-0 Stockfish
Karjakin vs Wei Yi, 2019
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Modern Def: Two Knights. Suttles Var (B06) 1/2-1/2White had a W
Vachier-Lagrave vs D Andreikin, 2019
(B06) Robatsch, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian, Closed (B23) 0-1 Allergies to castling
D Andreikin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 36 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Modern Attack (C43) 1-0 Stockfish notes
So vs Y Yu, 2019
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: General (D10) 0-1 No castling
McShane vs G Jones, 2019
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Two Knts Def. Polerio Def B+ line (C58) 1-0
Aronian vs V S Gujrathi, 2019
(C58) Two Knights, 54 moves, 1-0
Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk. Bg7, Bb7 Var (B31) 0-1 Live Video
Giri vs Carlsen, 2019
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 55 moves, 0-1
Sicilian UnClosed f4, Nf3 Bc4 (B23) 1-0 Blitz outnumbering, pin
Nepomniachtchi vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Defense (E60) 1/2-1/2 Promotion wins
F Hand vs J C Pigott, 2019
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
P-K4: Alapin Opening (C20) 0-1 Hog on 2nd, Passer on 3rd
Ole Gjelstrup vs B Hojgaard, 2019
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1
QGD: Exchange. Positional (D35) 0-1 Dbl N sac for Kside attack!
A Moiseenko vs K Korley, 2019
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Sally reports
Adams vs S Gordon, 2019
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 Blitz fun
Leko vs Abdusattorov, 2019
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 66 moves, 1-0
QGD: Barmen Var (D37) 1-0 Undeveloped
Grischuk vs Vitiugov, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (E73) · 0-1
E Yakushina vs E Mokshanova, 2019
(E73) King's Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Almost two years since Ding lost with white
Ding Liren vs Carlsen, 2019
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 59 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian. General (B30) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit. Advance Var (C45) 1/2-1/2 Blitz
Carlsen vs So, 2019
(C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spanish, l'Hermet Variation Berlin Wall Def (C67) 1-0 Exch Sac!
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2019
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 55 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense (B06) 0-1 Blitz
Anand vs Carlsen, 2019
(B06) Robatsch, 43 moves, 0-1
KID: Normal. K's Knight Var (E60) 0-1 Black looked like Bobby F
Mamedyarov vs Nepomniachtchi, 2019
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) 0-1 Black penetrates
E Kanter vs R Yanchenko, 2019
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 0-1
NID: Kmoch Var (E20) 1/2-1/2 Heck of a game!
Mamedyarov vs Karjakin, 2019
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Queen's Gambit Declined (D37) 1-0 QxP?
Caruana vs Nakamura, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Paulsen Attack (C42) 1/2-1/2 busy Q
H Wang vs Wei Yi, 2019
(C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicil Def: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 0-1 Another f3 blu
Giri vs Carlsen, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Canal Attack. M.L. (B52) 0-1 Not much of a bind
V Kovalev vs V Artemiev, 2019
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 38 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Advance. Van der Wiel Attk B Hunt (B12) 0-1mixed up Q
S A Jones vs B Derakhshani, 2019
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Armageddon first
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 52 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Rossolimo Var (B31) 1/2-1/2 Missed wins
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2019
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Armageddon
Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2019
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 52 moves, 1-0
Catalan Opening: General (E00) 1/2-1/2 Black IQP
Y Yu vs Ding Liren, 2019
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Var (C43) 1-0 R ending
Xiong vs Duda, 2019
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 55 moves, 1-0
QGD: Ragozin Def. Alekhine Var (D38) 0-1 Stockfish notes
X Xu vs Grischuk, 2019
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
QGD: Three Knights. General (D37) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Nisipeanu vs Nakamura, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
QGD: Traditional (D30) 1-0 Unique Bxf7; Stockfish notes
Mamedyarov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2019
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Giri vs R Mohammad Fahad, 2019
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 47 moves, 1-0
Spanish Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 0-1Blitz; interference fails
Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2019
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 40 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50) 1-0 csmath annotates!
Carlsen vs So, 2019
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 43 moves, 1-0
Q's Gambit Declined 5.Bf4 & BxBa6 (D37) 1-0 Bishop-less MG
Ding Liren vs Caruana, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 57 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Def: Exchange. Classical (D86) 1-0 Pin and Pawn Mate!
Karjakin vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 51 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1/2-1/2 Bishop pairs & pawns
Nakamura vs Ding Liren, 2019
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense (C65) 1-0 Remove the Defender
Caruana vs Aronian, 2019
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 53 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Var (D45) 1/2-1/2 Unbeaten Streak
Mamedyarov vs Carlsen, 2019
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
the highest average rating classical game ever played!?!
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2019
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 1/2-1/2
Caruana vs Nepomniachtchi, 2019
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Caro-Kann Defense: Exchange (B13) 0-1 Lay back and get ran over
Caruana vs Ding Liren, 2019
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1
Russian Game: Cochrane Gambit. Center Var (C42) 0-1 Pin & fork
Carlsen vs Y Yu, 2019
(C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense (C63) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2019
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 62 moves, 1-0
Four Knights Game: Scotch. Accepted (C47) 1-0 Blitz
Karjakin vs Rapport, 2019
(C47) Four Knights, 71 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Schallopp Def (D12) 0-1 blitz
Ding Liren vs Y Yu, 2019
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1
Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 An idea
Vachier-Lagrave vs Aronian, 2019
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Quiet Var (D11) 1/2-1/2 Missed it
Aronian vs Y Yu, 2019
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 81 moves, 1/2-1/2
Indian Game: West Indian Defense (E61) 1-0 Blitz Q vs R ending
Carlsen vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(E61) King's Indian, 90 moves, 1-0
Sicil Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attk (B30) 1-0 Pin, Remove the Def
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0
French Def: Advance. Main Line (C02) 1-0 blitz positional Q sac
Vachier-Lagrave vs Rapport, 2019
(C02) French, Advance, 50 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein Opening w/Ne5 (D05) 1/2-1/2 Q+ Perpetual
Karjakin vs Y Yu, 2019
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Colle System 5.b3 w/open c- & d- files (D05) 1-0 Rs, Ns, Ps EG
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2019
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 56 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Berlin Def (C65) 1-0 blitz; notes by Stockfish
Anand vs Grischuk, 2019
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
QGD: Exchange (D35) 1-0 Raking Bishops, Exchange Sac
Ding Liren vs So, 2019
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
Modern Def: Norwegian Def. Norwegian Gambit (B06) 0-1 Blitz
Caruana vs Carlsen, 2019
(B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 0-1
Gruenfeld Defense: Three Knights (D90) 0-1 Rs & Ns ending
G Meier vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(D90) Grunfeld, 94 moves, 0-1
KID: Immediate Fianchetto (E60) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Ding Liren vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical (E32) 1/2-1/2 Qside sorties
Y Yu vs Vitiugov, 2019
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
French Defense: La Bourdonnais Var (C00) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Y Yu vs Vitiugov, 2019
(C00) French Defense, 40 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern (C89) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Radjabov vs Ding Liren, 2019
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 46 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Kaufmann Attack (C42) 1-0 Exch Sac, Unpin+
B Adhiban vs L Wu, 2019
(C42) Petrov Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
British Chess Magazine 2020 March...
Jansa vs A Sarana, 2019
(B27) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
French Advance 6.Be2 Paulsen Attk (C02) 0-1 N sac offer
L'Ami vs Shirov, 2019
(C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Potter Variation (C45) 0-1 Deluxe Legall's Mate!
Van der Wiel vs M Warmerdam, 2019
(C45) Scotch Game, 14 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Def: Four Ps Attack. Trifunovic Var (B03) 1-0Stockfish
Xiong vs Duda, 2019
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
"Let's Go Brandon" (game of the day Oct-03-2022)
B Jacobson vs Niemann, 2019
(E15) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
London System 6.BxBd6 QxB 7.dxc5 Qxc5 (D02) 1-0 Blitz
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2019
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Closed. Traditional (B25) 0-1 Exchange Sac, Q+ & fork
E Can vs E Hansen, 2019
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 0-1
Both Petrosian & Anand got to play this Qh8+/Nxf7+ tactic twice
Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2019
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 63 moves, 1-0
KID: Makagonov Var (E71) 0-1 Game of His Year
Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019
(E71) King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3), 52 moves, 0-1
50-move Capture-for-Stalemate
Sevian vs T Gareyev, 2019
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 117 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spanish, Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 She got in, but no
Eljanov vs N Batsiashvili, 2019
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0
KID: Orthodox. Bayonet Attk (E97) 0-1 Sir Gawain & the Black N
J Werle vs G Jones, 2019
(E97) King's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1
Vienna Gambit. Kaufmann Var (C29) 1-0 R rocks the 6th
C De Seroux vs A C Taylor, 2019
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Adams Attack (B90) 0-1Notes by Stockfish
Sindarov vs Firouzja, 2019
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 48 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (B51) 0-1 BOC
B Amin vs So, 2019
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 45 moves, 0-1
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit (C44) 1-0 Bxh6 cracks the castle
V Markovski vs Z Bajrami, 2019
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
This way Gareyev defeated Robson indeed was remarkable.
T Gareyev vs Robson, 2019
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 27 moves, 1-0
French Def: La Bourdonnais Var (C00) 0-1 P sac imbalances
C Yip vs T Abrahamyan, 2019
(C00) French Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
featured in the 2019 movie "The Coldest Game"
Geller vs Tal, 1976
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicil Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen Formation (B21) 1-0
F Rhine vs NN, 2019
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Var (E25) 1-0 Stockfish
V S Gujrathi vs Kramnik, 2019
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 29 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Tarrasch Var (C77) 1-0Stockfish notes
Carlsen vs Anand, 2019
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 76 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch Def: Williams Var (B00) 1-0 Promotion #
F Rhine vs NN, 2019
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 9 moves, 1-0
Slav Def: Czech. Carlsbad Var (D17) 0-1Dark-squared B delivers!
A Zatonskih vs J Yu, 2019
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 0-1
Carlsen back over 2850 for the first time since 2016
Navara vs Carlsen, 2019
(B33) Sicilian, 58 moves, 0-1
Owen Defense: General (B00) 1-0 Bxf7+ generates Pawn mate!
M Trajkovski vs G Bytyqi, 2019
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 10 moves, 1-0
Semi-Slav Def: Marshall Gambit (D31) 1-0 Mating net
D Wagner vs G M Todorovic, 2019
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 23 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 Tactics
Giri vs Karjakin, 2019
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal (C69) 1/2-1/2 Missed Zugzwang
Naiditsch vs B Adhiban, 2019
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation. Monster Declined (C27) 1-0
Topalov vs Dominguez Perez, 2019
(C27) Vienna Game, 61 moves, 1-0
There's a Kangaroo at the Caleta Hotel, La Caleta, Gibraltar
E Zanan vs Short, 2019
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Def (B12) 1-0video link
Anand vs Mamedyarov, 2019
(C02) French, Advance, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attack (B78) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
Robson vs Nakamura, 2019
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 55 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. l'Hermet Var (C67) 1-0 Stockfish
Vitiugov vs Harikrishna, 2019
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0
QGA: Classical Def. Main Lines (D27) 0-1 Pin the Def., x fork+
B Bok vs Xiong, 2019
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 37 moves, 0-1
KID: Six Ps Attk (E77) 1/2- 6 is afraid of 7, because 7 ate 9!
Kazhgaleyev vs G Guseinov, 2019
(E77) King's Indian, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Old Sicilian. 3.Nc3 e5 (B30) 0-1 Sac and mate by a pawn roller
Svidler vs Carlsen, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1
QGD: Vienna Variation (D39) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Keymer vs G Meier, 2019
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 81 moves, 1-0
Scotch Game: General (C45) 0-1 like a pinball machine!
Shankland vs Xiong, 2019
(C45) Scotch Game, 41 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def Exchange. Rubinstein Var (B13) 0-1Invade 3rd rank
E Zanan vs S P Rahul, 2019
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 28 moves, 0-1
Old Sicilian. General (B30) 0-1 exf6 Siberian Trap
NN vs F Rhine, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 0-1
morfishine: Game of the tournament!
V Gunina vs M Sebag, 2019
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 30 moves, 1-0
French Def: Tarrasch. Closed Var (C05) 1-0 Attack & Recoil
Nisipeanu vs A Parvanyan, 2019
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0
Old Sicilian. General 3...e5 4.Bc4 Be7 (B30) 0-1 Easy Peezy
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2019
(B30) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Modern Var (B50) 1-0 Sac attack on 7th!
Firouzja vs M Zarkovic, 2019
(B50) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Neo-Modern Nezhmetdinov Attk (B69) 1-0
A Esipenko vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2019
(B69) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6, 44 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical (D32) 1-0 Kside assault!
V Artemiev vs Hracek, 2019
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 29 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed 8.a4 Anti-Marshall (C84) 1-0 Extra pawn
Aronian vs Svidler, 2019
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
"The Shankland Redemption" (game of the day Jan-30-2019)
Shankland vs Nepomniachtchi, 2019
(B07) Pirc, 35 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Morphy Def. Breyer Def Zaitsev Hybrid (C95) 1-0 Blitz
Carlsen vs B Amin, 2019
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 38 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def: Classical. ML (B18) 0-1Rob the Back Rank Defendr
U Weisbuch vs N Krishna Teja, 2019
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 19 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin (B40) 1-0 Discovered +
B Adhiban vs P Maghsoodloo, 2019
(B40) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal (C69) 0-1 Q grabs b-pawn later
Naiditsch vs Svidler, 2019
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
editor's pick as Best Game of Volume 139 of Chess Informant
A Goganov vs A Puranik, 2019
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 51 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Neo-Archangelsk (C78) 0-1 B&N vs B&R
F Vallejo Pons vs Carlsen, 2019
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 73 moves, 0-1
QGD. Ragozin Def. Alekhine Var (D38) 1-0 Kside Shootout!
Radjabov vs V S Gujrathi, 2019
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 36 moves, 1-0
KID: Averbakh. Benoni Def Advance Var (E75) 1-0
H Wang vs Firouzja, 2019
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 36 moves, 1-0
QGD: Semi-Tarrasch Def (D40) 1-0 Add to the King's EAD
A Sarana vs S Drazic, 2019
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Sveshnikov Sicil1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2019
(B33) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Four Knights. Exchange Var (B45) 1-0 Stockfish
Wei Yi vs A Fier, 2019
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 34 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 1-0 Damiano's Mate!
Ganguly vs A Smith, 2019
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed. Martinez Var (C78) 1-0 Bxh6!
V Gunina vs B Khotenashvili, 2019
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0
French Defense: McCutcheon. Lasker Var (C12) 1-0 Passed Pawn
J van Foreest vs Sindarov, 2019
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 37 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Defense (B12) 1-0
A Muzychuk vs A Stefanova, 2019
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw vs f3, 0-0-0 (B07) 1-0 Remove the Def
T Lei vs F Peralta, 2019
(B07) Pirc, 35 moves, 1-0
Caro-Kann Def. Exchange (B13) 0-1 B trap, R pin
Aronian vs D Howell, 2019
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1
French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn (C18) 1-0 find the mate
J van Foreest vs A Suleymenov, 2019
(C18) French, Winawer, 38 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense: Bg7 Fianchetto (B06) 1-0 Blitz
Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019
(B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 0-1 37...?
A Bodnaruk vs Z Abdumalik, 2019
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 0-1
NID: Normal. B Attack Classical Def. (E48) 1-0 Stockfish notes
Carlsen vs Anand, 2019
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 31 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: 2Ns Def. Fried Liver Attk (C57) 0-1 8...Nb4 9.Bb3
A Abmayr vs Kirill Zolotuskiy, 2019
(C57) Two Knights, 29 moves, 0-1
Italian, Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 Q sac for pin,
Nepomniachtchi vs Grischuk, 2019
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 1-0
Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 (E06) 1-0 Ns nab Qs, bring out the Ks
Grischuk vs Nakamura, 2019
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 54 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Poisoned Pawn Accepted (B97) 1/2-1/2
Wei Yi vs Nepomniachtchi, 2019
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spanish Game: Morphy Def. Anderssen Var (C77) 0-1The Wrong Rook
Jakovenko vs Wei Yi, 2019
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1
QGD: Traditional Var (D30) 1-0 multi-purpose 19.0-0-0!!
Dubov vs Giri, 2019
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 10...Kh8?
Duda vs So, 2019
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Sic Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov, Novosibirsk (B33) 0-1 Stockfish
Topalov vs Carlsen, 2019
(B33) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack. Modern Def Mieses Line (B13) 0-1
B Adhiban vs A M Sargsyan, 2019
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1
QGD: Three Knights. General (D37) 1-0 Back ranker
Nakamura vs Radjabov, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
Spanish Game: Closed Var (C84) 1-0 Qs & pieces, passers ending
Nepomniachtchi vs Aronian, 2019
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 72 moves, 1-0
Two Knights (C59) 1-0 and Two Rooks!!
C Zeng vs Motylev, 2019
(C59) Two Knights, 28 moves, 1-0
Philidor Defense: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 Pile on the pin to win
M Kobalia vs B Thing, 2019
(C41) Philidor Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
French Def: Winawer. Advance Var (C18) 1-0 offramp's study
Saric vs A Suleymanli, 2019
(C18) French, Winawer, 71 moves, 1-0
French Defense: Winawer. Classical Var (C18) 1-0 Deflection
M Kobalia vs J Lundin, 2019
(C18) French, Winawer, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Scheveningen. Classical (B84) 0-1 Promotion won't
M Bagi vs Zvjaginsev, 2019
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 61 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def: Advance. Botvinnik-Carls Def (B12) 1-0 passer
Kryvoruchko vs N Umudova, 2019
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Grischuk vs Duda, 2019
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 60 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 Exch Sac,
So vs Aronian, 2019
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Def: Panov Attack. Modern Def (B13) 1-0 21.Bxg7 sac
V Artemiev vs Giri, 2019
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0
QGD. Harrwitz Attack. Fianchetto Def (D37) 1-0 31.?
Dubov vs R Svane, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Bg2 (B40) 1-0 Interesting possibilities w/Ns lurking
Aronian vs Dreev, 2019
(B40) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
King's Gambit: Accepted. Abbazia Def (C36) 1-0 banter blitz
Carlsen vs NN, 2019
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Russian Game: Modern Attk. Center Var (C43) 1-0 Instructional Q
Carlsen vs Shirov, 2019
(C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 43 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch Def: Swedish Variation, Central Break (D33) 1-0 N hit
V Zakhartsov vs S Grishchenko, 2019
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
Bogo-Indian Def: Nimzowitsch Var (E11) 1-0 B sac for R on 7th
Tomashevsky vs S Lomasov, 2020
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 1-0 No Trade
So vs Anand, 2020
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Najdorf. Poisoned P Accepted (B97) 1-0 R&P ending
Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 60 moves, 1-0
B30: Sicilian defense, Botvinnik System 1-0 Pins win
M Paragua vs Niemann, 2019
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0
KID: Saemisch. Bobotsov-Korchnoi-Petrosian Var (E81) 0-1 Pin to
B van de Plassche vs S Maroroa, 2019
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 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
Anderssen Opening transposes to Polish Opening (A00) 0-1
J Tan vs Niemann, 2019
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 37 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
Sicilian Def: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 It's not Larry?
Zeev Ben Porat vs L Christensen, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Closed GPA (B23) 0-1 f4 leaves dark sqr weakness
A Hina vs M Digernes, 2019
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
D37 1/2-1/2 47 Stalemate worth seeing
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2019
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bird-Larsen Attack vs Lasker's NY System (A01) 0-1
Jobava vs L Lenic, 2019
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 20 moves, 0-1
Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Var (E16) 0-1 internet rapid
A Ivlev vs Jobava, 2019
(E16) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 0-1
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