19h Instant Mess Trompowsky & Leningrad

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19h Instant Mess Trompowsky & Leningrad
Compiled by Littlejohn

A QUICK FIX opening selection, here are some good choices.

* Amazing: Game Collection: Amazing Chess Moves (Emms)

* Benefits of Chess: https://blog.amphy.com/11-surprisin...

* First of each ECO: Game Collection: First of Each ECO

* How to Analyze: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Master Boogie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSL...

* Recommendations: https://www.reddit.com/r/chess/wiki...

"Above the clouds I lift my wing
To hear the bells of Heaven ring;
Some of their music, though my fights be wild,
To Earth I bring;
Then let me soar and sing!" ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"Life has, indeed, many ills, but the mind that views every object in its most cheering aspect, and every doubtful dispensation as replete with latent good, bears within itself a powerful and perpetual antidote. The gloomy soul aggravates misfortune, while a cheerful smile often dispels those mists that portend a storm." ― Lydia Sigourney

"Genius does not need a special language; it uses newly whatever tongue it finds." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

"In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game which can unite people and generations! It's a language which you'll find people "speak" in every country. If you reach a certain level you find a very rich world! Art, sport, logic, psychology, a battlefield, imagination, creativity not only in practical games but don't forget either how amazing a feeling it is to compose a study, for example (unfortunately that's not appreciated these days but it's a fantastic part of chess!)." ― Judit Polgar

"Nowadays tournaments are for nurseries. Look at those kiddies." ― Miguel Najdorf

"Young players calculate everything, a requirement of their relative inexperience." ― Samuel Reshevsky

"When I start to play a game I try to forget about previous games and try to concentrate on this game. This game is now the most important to me. But of course I am not a computer and you cannot simply press a button, delete, and everything you want to forget disappears automatically. But if you want to play well, it's important to concentrate on the now." ― Vassily Ivanchuk

"The pawns are the soul of chess." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune." ― Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

"It so often happens that, after sacrificing a pawn, a player aims not to obtain the initiative for it, but to regain sacrificed material." ― Efim Geller

"Discovered check is the dive-bomber of the chessboard." — Reuben Fine

"We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre." ― Boris Spassky

"In my opinion, the style of a player should not be formed under the influence of any single great master." ― Vasily Smyslov

"Almost immediately after Kasparov played the magic move g4, the computer started to self destruct." — Sam Sloan

"In the endgame, it's often better to form a barrier to cut-off the lone king and keep shrinking the barrier than to give check. The mistaken check might give the lone king a choice move toward the center when the idea is to force the lone king to the edge of the board and then checkmate." — Fredthebear

This game an Indian Brahmin did invent,
The force of Eastern wisdom to express;
From thence the same to busy Europe sent;
The modern Lombards stil'd it pensive Chess.
— Sir John Denham

* Riddle-z-piddle: https://chessimprover.com/chess-rid...

Old Russian Proverb: "A drop hollows out a stone."

Drive sober or get pulled over.

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

"Life is fun. It's all up to the person. Be satisfied. You don't have to be ‘happy' all the time, you need to be satisfied." ― Lucille Boston Lewis, eternal optimist 101 years old

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." ― Dalai Lama

"Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song." ― Edmund Clarence Stedman

<Shakespearean Puns
Perhaps no writer is better known for the use of puns than William Shakespeare. He plays with "tide" and "tied" in Two Gentlemen of Verona:

"Panthino
Away, ass! You'll lose the tide if you tarry any longer.

Launce
It is no matter if the tied were lost; for it is the unkindest tied that ever any man tied.

Panthino
What's the unkindest tide?

Launce
Why, he that's tied here, Crab, my dog."

In the opening of Richard III, the sun refers to the blazing sun on Edward IV's banner and the fact that he is the son of the Duke of York:

"Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York."

In this line from Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare plays on the different meanings of heavy (which also means sad) and light:

"Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling; Being but heavy I will bear the light."

Later in Romeo and Juliet, a morbid pun comes from a fatally-stabbed Mercutio, where grave means serious, but also alludes to his imminent death:

"Ask for me tomorrow, you shall find me a grave man."

If you open any Shakesperean play, you're likely to find at least one pun on the page! Keep an eye out for a clever play on words example the next time you read Hamlet or watch As You Like It on the stage.>

THE HOOSIER'S NEST
by John Finley, Mayor of Richmond, Indiana from 1852 - 1866

Untaught the language of the schools,
Nor versed in scientific rules,
The humble bard may not presume
The literati to illume;
Or classic cadences indite,
Attuned "to tickle ears polite;"
Contented if his strains may pass
the ordeal of the common mass,
And raise an anti-critic smile,
The brow of labor to beguile.

But ever as his mind delights
To follow fancy's airy flights,
Some object of terrestrial mien
Uncourteously obtrudes between,
And rudely scatters to the winds
The tangled threads of thought he spins.
Yet why invoke imagination
To picture out a new creation,
When nature, with a lavish hand,
Has formed a more than fairy land
For us - an El Dorado real,
Surpassing even the idea?
Then who can view the glorious West,
With all her hopes for coming time,
And hoard his feelings unexpressed
In poetry or prose, or rhyme?
What mind and matter, unrevealed;
Shall unborn ages her disclose!
What latent treasures, long concealed,
Be disinterred from dark repose!
Here Science shall impel her car*
O'er blended valley, hill, and plain;
While Liberty's bright natal star
Shines twinkling on her own domain.
Yes, land of the West! thou art happy and free! And thus evermore may thy hardy sons be,
Whist thy ocean-like prairies are spread far and wide, Or a tree of thy forests shall tower in pride.
Blest Indiana! in thy soil
Are found the sure rewards of toil,
Where honest poverty and worth
May make a Paradise on earth.
With feelings proud we contemplate
The rising glory of our State;
Nor take offense by application
Of its good-natured appellation.
Our hardy yeomanry can smile
At tourists of "the sear-girt isle,"
Or wits who traveled at the gallop,
Like Basil Hall or Mrs. Trollope.
'T is true among the crowds that roam
To seek for fortune or a home,
It happens that we often find
Empiricism of a kind.
A strutting fop, who boasts of knowledge,
Acquired at some far eastern college,
Expects to take us by surprise,
And dazzle our astonished eyes.
He boasts of learning, skill, and talents
Which, in the scale, would Andes balance;
Cuts widening swaths from day to day,
And in a month he runs away.
Not thus the honest son of toil,
Who settles here to till the soil,
and with intentions just and good,
Acquires an ample livelihood:
He is (and not the little-great)
The bone and sinew of the State.
With six-horse team to one-horse cart,
We hail here from every part;
And some you'll see, sans shoes or socks on,
With snake-pole and a yoke of oxen;
Others with pack-horse, dog, and rifle,
Make emigration quite a trifle.
The emigrant is soon located-
In Hoosier life initiated:
Erects a cabin in the woods,
Wherein he stows his household goods.
At first, round logs and clapboard roof,
With puncheon floor, quite carpet proof,
And paper windows, oiled and neat,
His edifice is then complete.
When four clay balls, in form of plummet,
Adorn his wooden chimney's summit.
Ensconced in this, let those who can
Find out a truly happier man.
The little youngsters rise around him,
So numerous they quite astound him;
Each with an ax or wheel in hand,
And instinct to subdue the land.
Erelong the cabin disappears,
A spacious mansion next he rears;
His fields seem widening by stealth,
An index of increasing wealth;
and when the hives of Hoosiers swarm,
To each is given a noble farm.
These are the seedlings of the State,
The stamina to make the great.
'T is true, her population, various,
Find avocations multifarious;
But having said so much, 't would seem
No derogation to my theme,
Were I to circumscribe the space,
To picture but a single case:
And if my muse be not seraphic,
I trust you'll find her somewhat graphic.

I'm told, in riding somewhere West,
A stranger found a Hoosier's Nest -
In other words, a buckeye cabin,
Just big enough to hold Queen Mab in;
Its situation, low but airy,
Was on the borders of a prairie;
And fearing he might be benighted,
He hailed the house, and then alighted.
The Hoosier met him at the door -
Their salutations soon were o'er.
He took the stranger's horse aside,
And to a sturdy sapling tied;
Then having stripped the saddle off,
He fed him in a sugar-trough.
The stranger stooped to enter in -
The entranced closing with a pin -
And manifested strong desire
To seat him by the log-heap fire,
Where half-a-dozen Hoosieroons,
With mush-and-milk, tin-cups, and spoons,
White heads, bare feet, and dirty faces,
Seemed much inclined to keep their places.
But Madam, anxious to display
Her rough but undisputed sway,
Her offspring to the ladder led,
And cuffed the youngsters up to bed.
Invited shortly to partake
Of venison, milk, and johnny cake,
The stranger made a hearty meal,
And glances round the room would steal.
One side was lined with divers garments,
The other spread with skins of varmints;
Dried pumpkins overhead were strung,
Where venison hams in plenty hung;
Two rifles placed above the door;
Three dogs lay stretched upon the floor -
In short, the domicile was rife
With specimens of Hoosier life.
The host, who centered his affections
On game, and range, and quarter sections,
Discoursed his weary guests for hours,
Till Somnus' all-composing powers
Of sublunary cares bereft 'em;
And then -
No matter how the story ended;
The application I intended
Is from the famous Scottish poet,
Who seemed to feel as well as know it,
That "buirdley chiels and clever hizzies
Are bred in sic' a way as this is."

*Railroads were problematical in 1830, when this was written.

"Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly." ― John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, and former Navy Lieutenant

"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ― Abraham Lincoln

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." ― Winston Churchill

"Remember us,
Should any free soul come across this place,
In all the countless centuries yet to be,
May our voices whisper to you from the ageless stones, Go tell the Spartans, passerby:
That here by Spartan law, we lie."
― Frank Miller, 300

Luke 2:9, 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

Conceive a man by nature and misfortune prone to a pallid hopelessness, can any business seem more fitted to heighten it than that of continually handling these dead letters and assorting them for the flames? For by the cart-load they are annually burned. Sometimes from out the folded paper the pale clerk takes a ring: - the finger it was meant for, perhaps, moulders in the grave; a bank-note sent in swiftest charity: - he whom it would relieve, nor eats nor hungers any more; pardon for those who died despairing; hope for those who died unhoping; good tidings for those who died stifled by unrelieved calamities. On errands of life, these letters speed to death. Ah Bartleby! Ah humanity! — Herman Melville

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." ― Thomas A. Edison

The Shepherd
by William Blake
1757 (Soho) – 1827 (London)

How sweet is the shepherd's sweet lot!
From the morn to the evening he strays;
He shall follow his sheep all the day,
And his tongue shall be filled with praise.

For he hears the lambs' innocent call,
And he hears the ewes' tender reply;
He is watchful while they are in peace,
For they know when their shepherd is nigh.

"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

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." ― Siegbert Tarrasch

"In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." — Max De Pree

special 38 z2bcr: move 27. zoottr Frat z dumbo drops Qa2? trollie pokd hiz cmputr Laznicka needz upgrad butter didnt half da moolah.

Feb-13-11 keypusher: <scutigera: They give this as one of Myagmarsuren's notable games with 162 others in the database?> notable games are selected based on how many games collections they are in.

Dec-12-16 DrGridlock: Q: When is a pin not a pin? A: When the piece is:
(i) not pinned to the king
and
(ii) in moving the piece threatens either mate or greater material gain than what it was pinned to. (iii) in moving the piece now defends the unit it was pinned to, such as Nf3xd4 and protects the Be2 that was behind the knight.

Riddle Question: What has to be broken before you can use it?

More than 60 million people annually visit France, a country of 60 million people.

Riddle Answer: An egg

Riddle Question: I'm tall when I'm young, and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

The oldest inhabited city is Damascus, Syria.

Riddle Answer: A candle

SIX REASONS WHY CHESS IS SO FUN!

01) Hardly any luck is involved in chess.

02) Chances of the same exact game being repeated is highly unlikely.

03) Chess can be played anytime, anywhere.

04) There is no age, gender, or language barrier in chess.

05) Chess takes your mind away from your problems.

06) Playing chess makes you feel special.

Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Indian Var (A01) 1-0 Well that was fun!
Jobava vs Mamedyarov, 2015
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Bird Opening: Unusual From Gambit (A02) 0-1 6.? Fool's Mate
L De Veauce vs Keene, 1963
(A02) Bird's Opening, 7 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation
C Klug vs L Bohman, 2015
(A03) Bird's Opening, 33 moves, 1-0
a Reversed Gruenfeld - a relative of the Catalan and the QGD Ta
V Laznicka vs O Kobo, 2015
(A04) Reti Opening, 26 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening vs ...d5, Bf5(A06) 1-0 Battery pins N to mate
A Gravett vs K Sajjadi, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 29 moves, 1-0
Zukertort Opening: Q Pawn Def (A06) 1-0 Black harms himself
A Gravett vs D Jameson, 2015
(A06) Reti Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
King's Indian Attack (A07) 1-0 Long diagonal battle
M Daneri vs T Spanton, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
Reti: Double Fianchetto (A07) 1-0 Pinch the Rook
Khismatullin vs H Stefansson, 2015
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Reti Opening: Anglo-Slav. New York System (A12) 1-0 equal
I Iljiushenok vs D Kroll, 2014
(A12) English with b3, 29 moves, 1-0
Ooh, Bacrot held to a draw here in the first round.
R Forster vs Bacrot, 2015
(A15) English, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Indian Formation
M Hasidovsky vs D Iliaguev, 2015
(A15) English, 28 moves, 1-0
White will pick off the h6 pawn and queen...
Vitiugov vs Y Vovk, 2015
(A15) English, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
English vs AID. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var (A18) 1-0
So vs B van der Zwet, 2015
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 28 moves, 1-0
Pterodactyl Def: Fianchetto. Queen Pteronodon (A40) 1-0 SF note
H Melkumyan vs J Murey, 2015
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
opening catastrophe for White in the first round.
N Veinberg vs Smirin, 2015
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 25 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense (A45) 1-0 Q+ & fork LPDO R
H Cordes vs V Rodriguez Alvarez, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
G Schneider vs S Lejlic, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1
Rating can be very deceptive
P Cawley vs A Gravett, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: 0-0 vs 0-0-0 (A45) 1-0 Support the Q
H Cordes vs D Vanheirzeele, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation (A45) 1-0
J Bellon Lopez vs M Krockenberger, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: Classical Def. Big Center Var (A45) 1/2-
D Sorm vs S Melia, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
fail to convert two healthy connected passers in a R+B vs. R+N
Adams vs Kramnik, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
Trompowsky Attack: QGA (A45) 1-0 RR mate next
J R McKenna vs C Denham-Kennedy, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: Transposes to QGA (A45) 1-0
Koneru vs S Zaksaite, 2013
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 blitz in Moscow
Nakamura vs D Andreikin, 2013
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Trompowsky Attack/ Curry 0-0-0 vs 0-0 (A45) 0-1 Blunder
R Lucena Moreno vs S Gonzalez De La Torre, 2013
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1-0 Heavy piece batteries
Shimanov vs E Kanter, 2013
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 47 moves, 1-0
TROMP-General worthy of a fair Trial !!
I Salgado Lopez vs A Belytsky, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Want to try this !
Jobava vs Nepomniachtchi, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 95 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Bf4 vs Bg5 (A45) 1-0 blitz
Jobava vs B Savchenko, 2014
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Must find a better line in this set up.
K Grigoryan vs A Sarana, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Trompowsky Attack: General (A45) 1/2-1/2 Rs & Ns ending
Dubov vs A Zhigalko, 2015
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46) 1-0 invasion
Short vs R Bates, 2015
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Torre Attack: Classical Defense (A46)
Y Vovk vs P Aronin, 2015
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46) ·
G Suez-Panama vs A Gravett, 2015
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Czech-Indian (A46) 1-0 rapid
Q L Le vs Jobava, 2014
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Indian Game: Knights Variation. General (A46) 1-0 K walk
E Can vs L Draskovic, 2015
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
King's English. Four Knights Fianchetto (A29) Shoot-out
Nepomniachtchi vs D Howell, 2015
(A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 35 moves, 1-0
Worth trying vg game!!
N Grandelius vs G Flom, 2015
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 1-0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICI...
Jobava vs M Leon Hoyos, 2014
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 36 moves, 1-0
Excellent game by Navara
Navara vs Nepomniachtchi, 2015
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 53 moves, 1-0
Budapest Defense: Adler Var (A52) 1/2-1/2 typical Q perpetual
Y Saber vs P Michalowski, 2015
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Murey vs R Mamedov, 2015
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
S Grishchenko vs Jobava, 2014
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 41 moves, 1-0
K Troff vs Jobava, 2014
(A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black revived the 4...g5 line
A Riazantsev vs V Kovalev, 2015
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Anders Nilsson Aure vs M Curado, 2015
(A60) Benoni Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
P Bublei vs Nepomniachtchi, 2015
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 34 moves, 0-1
GM Kamsky. A true chess warrior!
Gelfand vs Kamsky, 2012
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 33 moves, 0-1
R Edouard vs Nakamura, 2013
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 35 moves, 0-1
Nice game, how Kamsky kept the initiative.
Kasimdzhanov vs Kamsky, 2013
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 31 moves, 0-1
T Sachdev vs V Moskalenko, 2013
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 25 moves, 0-1
Beautiful Q-trap.
V Exler vs I Videnova-Kuljasevic, 2013
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 28 moves, 0-1
Leningrad. Matulovic Variation
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007
(A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
an interesting sacrifice. 22.Qxb2
M de Verdier vs A Lauber, 2010
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 30 moves, 0-1
Please note the beautiful journey of the B8 Knight!!
T Franke vs A Graf, 2006
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 21 moves, 0-1
Staunton Gambit. General Variation
Evander Correa Fragoso vs S Cunha Pereira, 2014
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
Leningrad. Warsaw Variation
H Wang vs Ponomariov, 2013
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 29 moves, 0-1
Leningrad. Warsaw Variation
D Blagojevic vs S P Sethuraman, 2014
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 32 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Carlsen, 2015
(A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1
12...Qh5!! here is a monster novelty
Wojtaszek vs S Williams, 2011
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 20 moves, 0-1
A Korobov vs J Murey, 2015
(A81) Dutch, 33 moves, 1-0
Y Kraus vs J Gottfried, 2015
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 1-0
Dutch Defense: Classical. Huisl Variation (A96)
I Cheparinov vs R Forster, 2015
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 (A88)
E Romanov vs G Kjartansson, 2015
(A88) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6, 34 moves, 1-0
A Aleksandrov vs N Batsiashvili, 2015
(A80) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
Jobava vs S Chanda, 2014
(A80) Dutch, 15 moves, 1-0
V Babula Sr vs R Schnabel, 2015
(A81) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0
A Baert vs E Sanchez Jerez, 2015
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 20 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs Jobava, 2014
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
K Odeh vs I Elishev, 2015
(B01) Scandinavian, 32 moves, 0-1
Dvoirys vs D Kudischewitsch, 2015
(B01) Scandinavian, 31 moves, 1-0
V Kovalev vs V Laznicka, 2015
(B01) Scandinavian, 58 moves, 0-1
Kryvoruchko vs V Iordachescu, 2015
(B01) Scandinavian, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
good middle game play & end game
A Shevelev vs Dubov, 2015
(B06) Robatsch, 53 moves, 0-1
I Salgado Lopez vs T Petenyi, 2015
(B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 0-1
T Rydstrom vs G Jones, 2015
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 0-1
v gd
A Beliavsky vs O Gamayev, 2015
(B07) Pirc, 29 moves, 1-0
Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack (B07)
Jobava vs Grischuk, 2014
(B07) Pirc, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
B Bok vs M Yilmazyerli, 2015
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
worth trying
M Yilmazyerli vs I Khairullin, 2015
(B10) Caro-Kann, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black in total zugzwang after a4 K-any
Shimanov vs J Henseler, 2015
(B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 32 moves, 1-0
Motylev vs B Khotenashvili, 2015
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
GM's patient handling
O Reshef vs Motylev, 2015
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance. Short Variation
E Nakar vs S Sjugirov, 2015
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 26 moves, 0-1
Needs to be explored
Van Kampen vs Vitiugov, 2015
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
21...Rc8 was a killer move. short varN!!
Svidler vs Jobava, 2015
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 0-1
The opening resembles Morozevich's line in the French Tarrasch
Vachier-Lagrave vs Jobava, 2014
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Needs a good exploring-it's interesting
L Draskovic vs A Riazantsev, 2015
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
I Iljiushenok vs S Sjugirov, 2014
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
I Berenboym vs R Hovhannisyan, 2015
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1
McDonnell Attack. Tal Gambit
S Jensen vs B Robertsen, 2014
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 12 moves, 1-0
McDonnell Attack. Tal Gambit
A R Andersen vs E Djurhuus, 2014
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0
White to play and win on move 17
D Gershkowich vs P Zisman, 2014
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 19 moves, 1-0
N Petrov vs Khismatullin, 2015
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 0-1
D Gorodetzky vs O Globus, 2015
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 18 moves, 1-0
Nice opening Jobava!
Jobava vs Nepomniachtchi, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 47 moves, 1-0
A Boruchovsky vs L Altshul, 2015
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 16 moves, 1-0
White played a fantastic game !
E Najer vs A Korobov, 2015
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 40 moves, 1-0
Sengupta vs J Bellon Lopez, 2015
(B30) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
V Artemiev vs A Kholopov, 2015
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Variation
M Atabayev vs M Ali, 2015
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
K Zalkind vs Van Kampen, 2015
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
B Bok vs Y Yu, 2015
(B33) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
A really nice blocking move..
R Mamedov vs D Sadzikowski, 2015
(B40) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Kan. Maroczy Bind Reti Variation
M Kunin vs D Solak, 2015
(B41) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 0-1
very fine
E Inarkiev vs P Kantarji, 2015
(B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 24 moves, 1-0
Great Game 4 Spectators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvC...
I Iljiushenok vs Eljanov, 2015
(B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 60 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation
M Manakova vs A Landa, 2015
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 19 moves, 1-0
Absolutely relentless attack by White.
Navara vs R Kempinski, 2015
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 1-0
tremendous battle....
Nisipeanu vs A Korobov, 2015
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2
apparently white missed a win.
I Iljiushenok vs Khismatullin, 2015
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Motylev vs M Bartel, 2015
(C02) French, Advance, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
O Aharon vs I Ivanisevic, 2015
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 50 moves, 0-1
Navara vs M Bartel, 2015
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 63 moves, 0-1
French : Classical. Burn Var Morozevich Line-Gd
I Popov vs M Manakova, 2015
(C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
demonstrate great middle game plans for White..
A Brkic vs David Nareznoy, 2015
(C11) French, 45 moves, 1-0
N Grandelius vs C Ciobanu, 2015
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 27 moves, 1-0
R Amgalanbaatar vs T Spanton, 2015
(C26) Vienna, 15 moves, 1-0
Flakbeer Counter Gambit
S Weill vs A Fayard, 2013
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 14 moves, 0-1
never play KG against Super GM.
K Shirazi vs Jakovenko, 2009
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
X Gu vs W Li, 2009
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
A Hagesaether vs G Andersen, 2014
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
P Rosenvasser vs G Lotito, 1998
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 21 moves, 0-1
N Faulks vs N Resika, 1998
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
R Soupizon vs E Thorsteinsson, 2000
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
Nepomniachtchi vs U Sadikhov, 2015
(C41) Philidor Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
A nice creative win by White with sharp intermezzo 20.f6
D Klein vs A Beliavsky, 2015
(C41) Philidor Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
A crazy brawl
M Lahav vs D Dvirnyy, 2015
(C41) Philidor Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
To be explored-gd game
E Najer vs Nisipeanu, 2015
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Tayler Opening. Inverted Hanham-reverse KID
Jobava vs Svidler, 2014
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 1-0
Tayler Opening. Inverted Hanham
Jobava vs Caruana, 2014
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
L de La Fuente vs T Spanton, 2015
(C45) Scotch Game, 21 moves, 1-0
P Michalowski vs F Terron Elena, 2015
(C45) Scotch Game, 35 moves, 0-1
Black forces the draw
E Najer vs Eljanov, 2015
(C45) Scotch Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
seems to be Drawish line
I Popov vs H Stefansson, 2015
(C45) Scotch Game, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation (C45)
I Iljiushenok vs P Aronin, 2015
(C45) Scotch Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Y Hou vs D Howell, 2015
(C48) Four Knights, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
E Najer vs H Melkumyan, 2012
(C52) Evans Gambit, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
G Barrenechea Bahamonde vs Kimia Moradi, 2015
(C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack
G Barrenechea Bahamonde vs A Zude, 2015
(C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Keep Evans Gambit ready,21..Bb6? throws away a promising game
B Savchenko vs V Cmilyte, 2011
(C52) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
That's some stuff!!
Y Wan vs C M Sihite, 2012
(C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Z Andriasian vs A Zlatin, 2015
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 1-0
Two Knights Defense. Modern Bishop's Opening
M Curado vs G Veltkamp, 2015
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 32 moves, 0-1
T Kosintseva vs H Dronavalli, 2011
(C59) Two Knights, 38 moves, 0-1
C Londt vs R R Laxman, 2011
(C59) Two Knights, 33 moves, 0-1
M Bartel vs Topalov, 2015
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 37 moves, 0-1
Beautiful end game !
A Volokitin vs Vocaturo, 2015
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0
M Burrows vs S Lejlic, 2015
(C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
J Urbina Perez vs P Michalowski, 2015
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 1-0
I would have captured the Bishop on d6 &taken practical chance
Y Gruenfeld vs A Brkic, 2015
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 0-1
O Kanmazalp vs D Dvirnyy, 2015
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1
V Zakhartsov vs A Gabrielian, 2015
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
I Zlotogorski vs I Iljiushenok, 2015
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Good option
A Riazantsev vs I Iljiushenok, 2015
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 42 moves, 0-1
nice game by the youngster
G Gajewski vs I Iljiushenok, 2015
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 54 moves, 0-1
J Gottfried vs Q Ducarmon, 2015
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 17 moves, 0-1
exciting tactics revolve around a passed center pawn.
B Grachev vs V Korchmar, 2015
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Beautiful.
T Banusz vs I Zlotogorski, 2015
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
Fine game-to be explored
S B Hansen vs J Ferreira, 2015
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 20 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Topalov, 2014
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Slav Defense: Soultanbeieff Variation (D16) ·
Jobava vs Jakovenko, 2015
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 0-1
Nice tactical shot 17 Nb5 !
M Marin vs Q Ducarmon, 2015
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 1-0
worth exploring
V Babula Sr vs R Mamedov, 2015
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
K Kuenitz vs L A Maximino Bouxo, 2015
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1
Promising start for the 15 year old.
A Sarana vs S Zhigalko, 2015
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 68 moves, 1-0
Potkin vs M Vaisberg, 2015
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
G Jones vs K Moynihan, 2015
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0
So vs A Baburin, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
good game
Nepomniachtchi vs R Makhmutov, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Dreev vs S Golubov, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
A Goganov vs E Inarkiev, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
I Bukavshin vs D Klein, 2015
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Eljanov vs Saric, 2015
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 34 moves, 1-0
Nepomniachtchi vs A Korobov, 2015
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 46 moves, 1-0
I Cheparinov vs A Kogan, 2015
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
A Fier vs D Svetlov, 2015
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Anand, 2015
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 33 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack (D70) 1-0
F Vallejo Pons vs A Timofeev, 2015
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange (D76) 0-1
J Houska vs Mikhalevski, 2015
(D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 24 moves, 0-1
What a handling of knights on the wide open board !
S Sjugirov vs Navara, 2015
(D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange (D85) 1-0
J Henseler vs Ori Yaniv, 2015
(D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange (D85) 1/2-1/2 to be explored
A Korobov vs Navara, 2015
(D85) Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
QID: Petrosian Variation (E12) 1-0 Queenside clash
E Hansen vs S Khademalsharieh, 2015
(E12) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
Queen's Indian Defense: Miles Variation (E12) 1-0 Centralized Q
M Bartel vs Q Ducarmon, 2015
(E12) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Nimzo-Indian Defense: General (E20) 1-0 Should have captured
S Chanda vs A Tate, 2015
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
NID. Three Knights (E21) 0-1 Went on the attack, left en prise
H Stefansson vs J Salomon, 2015
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights (E21) 0-1 Q sac for K hunt
J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 32 moves, 0-1
VERY GOOD
S Holleland vs S Lochte, 2015
(E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 28 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Var (E32) 0-1
Aronian vs Caruana, 2015
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 40 moves, 0-1
NID- Classical Variation (E32)
Yigal Ben-Natan vs A Goganov, 2015
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Huebner. Rubinstein Var (E42) 0-1
J O'Connor vs Short, 2015
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 26 moves, 0-1
Fantastic game -NID E43-St. Petersburg Variation
I Ben Artzi vs R Hovhannisyan, 2015
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 34 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Fischer Variation
L Javakhishvili vs M Santos Ruiz, 2015
(E44) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2, 35 moves, 1-0
Bishop Attack Classical Def
Jobava vs Jakovenko, 2014
(E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
NID: Normal. Schlechter Def (E52) 0-1 P grabber gets surprised
B Kantsler vs M Matlakov, 2015
(E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 26 moves, 0-1
NID: Normal. Bernstein Def Except Gligoric System (E53) 1/2-1/2
V Sipila vs E Alekseev, 2015
(E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Exchang
K Sajjadi vs K Downey, 2015
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 22 moves, 1-0
NID-Normal Variation. Gligoric System Exchange at c4 (E54)
P Marusenko vs E Romanov, 2015
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 37 moves, 0-1
Gd middlegame
L Altshul vs J Bakalchuk, 2015
(E70) King's Indian, 24 moves, 0-1
Korobov continues to play strong with white
A Korobov vs Smirin, 2015
(E73) King's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Match 1866, Dundee "Caged Bird" (GOTD)
Bird vs Steinitz, 1866
(A02) Bird's Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 Rook Roller
Rasmussen vs Hansen, 1976
(A02) Bird's Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: Lasker Variation (A03) 0-1 New York, NY
E Delmar vs M Weiss, 1889
(A03) Bird's Opening, 66 moves, 0-1
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) 1/2-1/2 New York, NY
Bird vs M Weiss, 1889
(A03) Bird's Opening, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Veresov Atack. Dutch System (A80) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
M Antonsen vs Krasenkow, 2007
(A80) Dutch, 44 moves, 0-1
Veresov Atack. Dutch System (A80) 0-1 Notes by Stockfish
A Abolianin vs H Perez Garcia, 1994
(A80) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1
Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation (A81) 1-0 promotion
E Najer vs Vasiukov, 2006
(A81) Dutch, 53 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik - Bronstein World Championship Match (1951), Moscow U
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1951
(A91) Dutch Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Dutch, Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky General (A97) 0-1 26...?
I A Horowitz vs Fine, 1934
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 28 moves, 0-1
44 Rb1-h1+! Black f3-queen must pin White f4-knight to f5-king
M Rodshtein vs B Amin, 2005
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 45 moves, 1-0
Dutch, Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Modern Main Line (A99) 1/2-1/
K Grigorian vs J Lechtynsky, 1978
(A99) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
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