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B2 Bombers
Compiled by Littlejohn

These lines are anti-Sicilian approaches.

Sicilian Defence

Andreaschek Gambit – B21 – 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3

Bronstein Gambit – B52 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4

Kasparov Gambit – B44 – 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5

Morra Gambit – B32 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3

Portsmouth Gambit – B30 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b4

Rubinstein Countergambit – B29 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6

Sicilian Gambit – B45 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.O-O

Smith-Morra Gambit – B21 – 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3

Wing Gambit Deferred Sicilian 2...d6 – B50 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 (or 2...e6) 3.b4

Wing Gambit – B20 – 1.e4 c5 2.b4

Zollner Gambit – B73 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 10.e5

The King's Indian Attack and Sicilian Wing Gambit have separate files. Many of the 2.c3 Alapin Sicilians and Closed Sicilians/Grand Prix will be moved to those particular files and deleted from here.

The Waste Land
BY T. S. ELIOT

‘Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: άποθανεîν θέλω.'

For Ezra Pound
il miglior fabbro.

I. The Burial of the Dead

April is the cruellest month, breeding
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
Memory and desire, stirring
Dull roots with spring rain.
Winter kept us warm, covering
Earth in forgetful snow, feeding
A little life with dried tubers.
Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee With a shower of rain; we stopped in the colonnade, And went on in sunlight, into the Hofgarten,
And drank coffee, and talked for an hour.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch. And when we were children, staying at the archduke's, My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
And I was frightened. He said, Marie,
Marie, hold on tight. And down we went.
In the mountains, there you feel free.
I read, much of the night, and go south in the winter.

What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man,
You cannot say, or guess, for you know only
A heap of broken images, where the sun beats,
And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, And the dry stone no sound of water. Only
There is shadow under this red rock,
(Come in under the shadow of this red rock),
And I will show you something different from either Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you;
I will show you fear in a handful of dust.
Frisch weht der Wind
Der Heimat zu
Mein Irisch Kind,
Wo weilest du?
‘You gave me hyacinths first a year ago;
‘They called me the hyacinth girl.'
—Yet when we came back, late, from the Hyacinth garden, Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not
Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither
Living nor dead, and I knew nothing,
Looking into the heart of light, the silence.
Oed' und leer das Meer.

Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante,
Had a bad cold, nevertheless
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe,
With a wicked pack of cards. Here, said she,
Is your card, the drowned Phoenician Sailor,
(Those are pearls that were his eyes. Look!)
Here is Belladonna, the Lady of the Rocks,
The lady of situations.
Here is the man with three staves, and here the Wheel, And here is the one-eyed merchant, and this card, Which is blank, is something he carries on his back, Which I am forbidden to see. I do not find
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water.
I see crowds of people, walking round in a ring. Thank you. If you see dear Mrs. Equitone,
Tell her I bring the horoscope myself:
One must be so careful these days.

Unreal City,
Under the brown fog of a winter dawn,
A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many,
I had not thought death had undone so many.
Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled,
And each man fixed his eyes before his feet.
Flowed up the hill and down King William Street, To where Saint Mary Woolnoth kept the hours
With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine.
There I saw one I knew, and stopped him, crying: 'Stetson! ‘You who were with me in the ships at Mylae!
‘That corpse you planted last year in your garden, ‘Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? ‘Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed?
‘Oh keep the Dog far hence, that's friend to men, ‘Or with his nails he'll dig it up again!
‘You! hypocrite lecteur!—mon semblable,—mon frère!"

II. A Game of Chess

The Chair she sat in, like a burnished throne,
Glowed on the marble, where the glass
Held up by standards wrought with fruited vines
From which a golden Cupidon peeped out
(Another hid his eyes behind his wing)
Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra
Reflecting light upon the table as
The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it,
From satin cases poured in rich profusion;
In vials of ivory and coloured glass
Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, Unguent, powdered, or liquid—troubled, confused And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air That freshened from the window, these ascended
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone, In which sad light a carvéd dolphin swam.
Above the antique mantel was displayed
As though a window gave upon the sylvan scene
The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale
Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
And still she cried, and still the world pursues, ‘Jug Jug' to dirty ears.
And other withered stumps of time
Were told upon the walls; staring forms
Leaned out, leaning, hushing the room enclosed.
Footsteps shuffled on the stair.
Under the firelight, under the brush, her hair
Spread out in fiery points
Glowed into words, then would be savagely still.

‘My nerves are bad tonight. Yes, bad. Stay with me. Speak to me. Why do you never speak. Speak.
What are you thinking of? What thinking? What?
I never know what you are thinking. Think.'

I think we are in rats' alley
Where the dead men lost their bones.

‘What is that noise?'
The wind under the door. ‘What is that noise now? What is the wind doing?' Nothing again nothing. ‘Do ‘You know nothing? Do you see nothing? Do you remember ‘Nothing?'

I remember
Those are pearls that were his eyes.
‘Are you alive, or not? Is there nothing in your head?' But

O O O O that Shakespeherian Rag—
It's so elegant
So intelligent
‘What shall I do now? What shall I do?'
‘I shall rush out as I am, and walk the street ‘With my hair down, so. What shall we do tomorrow? ‘What shall we ever do?'
The hot water at ten. And if it rains, a closed car at four.
And we shall play a game of chess,
Pressing lidless eyes and waiting for a knock upon the door.

When Lil's husband got demobbed, I said—
I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Now Albert's coming back, make yourself a bit smart. He'll want to know what you done with that money he gave you To get yourself some teeth. He did, I was there. You have them all out, Lil, and get a nice set,
He said, I swear, I can't bear to look at you. And no more can't I, I said, and think of poor Albert, He's been in the army four years, he wants a good time, And if you don't give it him, there's others will, I said. Oh is there, she said. Something o' that, I said. Then I'll know who to thank, she said, and give me a straight look. HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
If you don't like it you can get on with it, I said. Others can pick and choose if you can't.
But if Albert makes off, it won't be for lack of telling. You ought to be ashamed, I said, to look so antique. (And her only thirty-one.)
I can't help it, she said, pulling a long face, It's them pills I took, to bring it off, she said. (She's had five already, and nearly died of young George.) The chemist said it would be all right, but I've never been the same. You are a proper fool, I said.
Well, if Albert won't leave you alone, there it is, I said, What you get married for if you don't want children? HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Well, that Sunday Albert was home, they had a hot gammon, And they asked me in to dinner, to get the beauty of it hot— HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Goonight Bill. Goonight Lou. Goonight May. Goonight. Ta ta. Goonight. Goonight.
Good night, ladies, good night, sweet ladies, good night, good night.

III. The Fire Sermon

The river's tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf Clutch and sink into the wet bank. The wind
Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed. Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song.
The river bears no empty bottles, sandwich papers, Silk handkerchiefs, cardboard boxes, cigarette ends Or other testimony of summer nights. The nymphs are departed. And their friends, the loitering heirs of City directors; Departed, have left no addresses.
By the waters of Leman I sat down and wept . . . Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song,
Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long. But at my back in a cold blast I hear
The rattle of the bones, and chuckle spread from ear to ear.

A rat crept softly through the vegetation
Dragging its slimy belly on the bank
While I was fishing in the dull canal
On a winter evening round behind the gashouse
Musing upon the king my brother's wreck
And on the king my father's death before him.
White bodies naked on the low damp ground
And bones cast in a little low dry garret,
Rattled by the rat's foot only, year to year.
But at my back from time to time I hear
The sound of horns and motors, which shall bring Sweeney to Mrs. Porter in the spring.
O the moon shone bright on Mrs. Porter
And on her daughter
They wash their feet in soda water
Et O ces voix d'enfants, chantant dans la coupole!

Twit twit twit
Jug jug jug jug jug jug
So rudely forc'd.
Tereu

Unreal City
Under the brown fog of a winter noon
Mr. Eugenides, the Smyrna merchant
Unshaven, with a pocket full of currants
C.i.f. London: documents at sight,
Asked me in demotic French
To luncheon at the Cannon Street Hotel
Followed by a weekend at the Metropole.

At the violet hour, when the eyes and back
Turn upward from the desk, when the human engine waits Like a taxi throbbing waiting,
I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives, Old man with wrinkled female breasts, can see
At the violet hour, the evening hour that strives Homeward, and brings the sailor home from sea,
The typist home at teatime, clears her breakfast, lights Her stove, and lays out food in tins.
Out of the window perilously spread
Her drying combinations touched by the sun's last rays, On the divan are piled (at night her bed)
Stockings, slippers, camisoles, and stays.
I Tiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs
Perceived the scene, and foretold the rest—
I too awaited the expected guest.
He, the young man carbuncular, arrives,
A small house agent's clerk, with one bold stare, One of the low on whom assurance sits
As a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire.
The time is now propitious, as he guesses,
The meal is ended, she is bored and tired,
Endeavours to engage her in caresses
Which still are unreproved, if undesired.
Flushed and decided, he assaults at once;
Exploring hands encounter no defence;
His vanity requires no response,
And makes a welcome of indifference.
(And I Tiresias have foresuffered all
Enacted on this same divan or bed;
I who have sat by Thebes below the wall
And walked among the lowest of the dead.)
Bestows one final patronising kiss,
And gropes his way, finding the stairs unlit . . .

She turns and looks a moment in the glass,
Hardly aware of her departed lover;
Her brain allows one half-formed thought to pass: 'Well now that's done: and I'm glad it's over.' When lovely woman stoops to folly and
Paces about her room again, alone,
She smooths her hair with automatic hand,
And puts a record on the gramophone.

‘This music crept by me upon the waters'
And along the Strand, up Queen Victoria Street.
O City city, I can sometimes hear
Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street,
The pleasant whining of a mandoline
And a clatter and a chatter from within
Where fishmen lounge at noon: where the walls
Of Magnus Martyr hold
Inexplicable splendour of Ionian white and gold.

The river sweats
Oil and tar
The barges drift
With the turning tide
Red sails
Wide
To leeward, swing on the heavy spar. The barges wash
Drifting logs
Down Greenwich reach
Past the Isle of Dogs.
Weialala leia
Wallala leialala

Elizabeth and Leicester
Beating oars
The stern was formed
A gilded shell
Red and gold
The brisk swell
Rippled both shores
Southwest wind
Carried down stream
The peal of bells
White towers
Weialala leia
Wallala leialala

‘Trams and dusty trees.
Highbury bore me. Richmond and Kew
Undid me. By Richmond I raised my knees
Supine on the floor of a narrow canoe.'

‘My feet are at Moorgate, and my heart
Under my feet. After the event
He wept. He promised a ‘new start.'
I made no comment. What should I resent?'

‘On Margate Sands.
I can connect
Nothing with nothing.
The broken fingernails of dirty hands.
My people humble people who expect
Nothing.'
la la

To Carthage then I came

Burning burning burning burning
O Lord Thou pluckest me out
O Lord Thou pluckest

burning

IV. Death by Water

Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.
Gentile or Jew O you who turn the wheel and look to windward,
Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you.

V. What the Thunder Said

After the torchlight red on sweaty faces
After the frosty silence in the gardens
After the agony in stony places
The shouting and the crying
Prison and palace and reverberation
Of thunder of spring over distant mountains
He who was living is now dead
We who were living are now dying
With a little patience

Here is no water but only rock
Rock and no water and the sandy road
The road winding above among the mountains
Which are mountains of rock without water
If there were water we should stop and drink
Amongst the rock one cannot stop or think
Sweat is dry and feet are in the sand
If there were only water amongst the rock
Dead mountain mouth of carious teeth that cannot spit Here one can neither stand nor lie nor sit
There is not even silence in the mountains
But dry sterile thunder without rain
There is not even solitude in the mountains
But red sullen faces sneer and snarl
From doors of mudcracked houses
If there were water And no rock
If there were rock
And also water
And water
A spring
A pool among the rock
If there were the sound of water only
Not the cicada
And dry grass singing
But sound of water over a rock
Where the hermit-thrush sings in the pine trees Drip drop drip drop drop drop drop
But there is no water

Who is the third who walks always beside you?
When I count, there are only you and I together
But when I look ahead up the white road
There is always another one walking beside you
Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
—But who is that on the other side of you?

What is that sound high in the air
Murmur of maternal lamentation
Who are those hooded hordes swarming
Over endless plains, stumbling in cracked earth
Ringed by the flat horizon only
What is the city over the mountains
Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air
Falling towers
Jerusalem Athens Alexandria
Vienna London
Unreal

A woman drew her long black hair out tight
And fiddled whisper music on those strings
And bats with baby faces in the violet light
Whistled, and beat their wings
And crawled head downward down a blackened wall
And upside down in air were towers
Tolling reminiscent bells, that kept the hours
And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells.

In this decayed hole among the mountains
In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing
Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel
There is the empty chapel, only the wind's home. It has no windows, and the door swings,
Dry bones can harm no one.
Only a cock stood on the rooftree
Co co rico co co rico
In a flash of lightning. Then a damp gust
Bringing rain

Ganga was sunken, and the limp leaves
Waited for rain, while the black clouds
Gathered far distant, over Himavant.
The jungle crouched, humped in silence.
Then spoke the thunder
DA Datta: what have we given?
My friend, blood shaking my heart
The awful daring of a moment's surrender
Which an age of prudence can never retract
By this, and this only, we have existed
Which is not to be found in our obituaries
Or in memories draped by the beneficent spider
Or under seals broken by the lean solicitor
In our empty rooms
DA Dayadhvam: I have heard the key
Turn in the door once and turn once only
We think of the key, each in his prison
Thinking of the key, each confirms a prison
Only at nightfall, aethereal rumours
Revive for a moment a broken Coriolanus
DA Damyata: The boat responded
Gaily, to the hand expert with sail and oar
The sea was calm, your heart would have responded Gaily, when invited, beating obedient
To controlling hands

I sat upon the shore Fishing, with the arid plain behind me
Shall I at least set my lands in order?
London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down Poi s'ascose nel foco che gli affina
Quando fiam uti chelidon—O swallow swallow
Le Prince d'Aquitaine à la tour abolie
These fragments I have shored against my ruins
Why then Ile fit you. Hieronymo's mad againe.
Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata.
Shantih shantih shantih

gladiator#

Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 Seize open lines
Y Visser vs Stellwagen, 2004
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Staunton-Cochrane Var (B20) 0-1 c & e pawns are moved
Molinari vs Bordais, 1979
(B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
More of an English approach trapping royalty
Berecky vs Sonderso, 1986
(B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
Incredible blindfold victory uses B+N# pattern into B's corner
Ljubojevic vs J Polgar, 1994
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 106 moves, 0-1
Sicilian (B20) Alternative defense to BDG gets smothered
Deming vs Cornell, 1980
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 6 moves, 1-0
Nakamura punished for 2.Qh5?!
Nakamura vs A Volokitin, 2005
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense 2.Qh5?! (B20) 0-1 Truly Bizarre!
Y Treger vs S Agaian, 2003
(B20) Sicilian, 68 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense (B20) 0-1 2.Na3?! leaks oil
Zvjaginsev vs D Bocharov, 2006
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 0-1
Sicilian vs. 2.Na3 (B20) 1-0 Paper Tiger is a wood pusher
E Nemeth vs Chess Tiger, 2001
(B20) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense 2.Na3 (B20) 1-0 Back rank threats
Zvjaginsev vs Khalifman, 2005
(B20) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense 2.Na3!? (B20) 1-0 W ends one move ahead.
V Malakhov vs Milov, 2006
(B20) Sicilian, 56 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: 2.a3 Mengarini Var (B20) 0-1Remove the Guard
S Tofte vs G Sarakauskas, 2007
(B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: 2.a3 Mengarini Var (B20) 0-1 A Compliment?
N Larter vs E Inarkiev, 2008
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Italian Gambit (B20) 1-0 Bxf7+, Ne5+, Qh5+, etc.
Cochrane vs Saumchurn, 1855
(B20) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Chekhover misplayed (B20) 1-0 one diagonal to another
N Arosemena vs T Debowska, 2008
(B20) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Marshall Gambit (B23) 1-0Backwards Legall's #
O Bernstein vs NN, 1927
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense 2.Bb5 (B20) 0-1 This game is awful. Flush it.
T Christiansen vs I Sajid, 2004
(B20) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20) 1-0 Threats and counters
Spassky vs K Wockenfuss, 1981
(B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Snyder Variation (B20) 1-0 Q sac for a windmill
T Gelashvili vs M Gagunashvili, 2001
(B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, French Variation (B40) 1-0 He gave her away
L Bruzon Batista vs Krasenkow, 2005
(B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0
Sicilian b3 French Var. Westerinen Attack (B40) 0-1 Pile on pin
V Malaniuk vs Kotronias, 1988
(B40) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
5-move howler; Sicilian Wing Gambit. Marshall Var (B20) 0-1
K Shirazi vs J Peters, 1984
(B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
Marshall pushes pawns...for 14 straight moves.
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940
(B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Wing Gambit (B20) 1-0 Bxh7+, Ng5+, Qh5, etc.
Marshall vs Stodie, 1920
(B20) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Wing Gambit (B20) 1-0 Greek Gift delivers qk result!
Koltanowski vs NN, 1946
(B20) Sicilian, 14 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Wing Gambit. Marshall Var (B20) 1-0 Bf6 better than 2P
R Kujoth vs J Fashingbauer, 1950
(B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Wing Gambit. Carlsbad (B20) 1-0 Dbl Discovered Check
A Gorbunova vs E Sapojnikov, 2001
(B20) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne Attack (B20) 0-1 Smothered Mate
Schneider vs Schmidts, 1958
(B20) Sicilian, 5 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne Attack (B20) 1-0 Pawn fork comin
E Mozes vs T Porrasmaa, 1966
(B20) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0
09 World Blitz Ch: Sicilian Lasker-Dunne Attack; Remove the Def
Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2009
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Hungarian Opening: Sicilian Invite (A00)Brilliant play by White
Suttles vs S Letic, 1977
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
Reclassify the ECO code in this game as B21. White B sac fails
Larsen vs Suttles, 1967
(B06) Robatsch, 52 moves, 0-1
Sic Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1 d-pawn thrust removes the defender
A Simons vs E Lowe, 1849
(B20) Sicilian, 7 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0Rapid development; pin & skewr
Karlstrom vs Simmens, 1967
(B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1 Qe4 has no escape square
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1843
(B20) Sicilian, 9 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Dbl Rook Sacrifices
Cochrane vs Staunton, 1842
(B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Mini 0-0-0#! A castle mate!
A Kvicala vs NN, 1869
(B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1 If QxN then Discovered+
E Gutschi vs N Shalnev, 2010
(B20) Sicilian, 7 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Bowlder Attk (B20) 0-1 What occurs after an exchange?
H Bailey vs Keene, 1962
(B20) Sicilian, 35 moves, 0-1
10 yr olds, Sicilian Bowlder Attk (B20) 0-1 Always 1 step ahead
I Andrade vs F Vallejo Pons, 1992
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Magnus misses simple mate in one but still gets his first win.
B Svendsen vs Carlsen, 1999
(B20) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1 White misused Rooks
N Shaposhnikov vs Alekhine, 1908
(B20) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1 Looking for a lost dog
H Fidaeyee vs Ganguly, 2005
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1Exchange to win the exchange
C Louw vs A Gupta, 2011
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1 She got caught pokin' about
M Pesa vs G Jones, 2011
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Bowlder Attack (B20) 0-1 Offramp comments
E Lowe vs H A Kennedy, 1849
(B20) Sicilian, 18 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Bowlder Attack (B20) 1-0 Jaw dropper
Kieseritzky vs H Buckle, 1846
(B20) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
Sic Bowlder Attack (B20)1-0 Premature Bg4 pin loses again
B South vs T Neshan, 1980
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Oldie but Goodie becomes lethal KG attack on the f-file
G Schnitzler vs Eberle, 1861
(B20) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Morphy G, Andreaschek Gambit (B21) 1-0 Bxf7+ K Walk
R Krogius vs A Ojanen, 1944
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 14 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Morphy Gambit (B21) 0-1Pile on the pin w/a Pawn
B Lyubimov vs Alekhine, 1908
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 16 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit (B21) 0-1 molto istruttiva
von der Lasa vs Anderssen, 1846
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 20 moves, 0-1
Morphy Gambit (B21) Scorching game from Morphy
Morphy vs J L Preti, 1858
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0
Morphy Gambit (B21) 1-0 Opening blunder; truly amazing comebk
Shumov vs C Jaenisch, 1851
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian: Morphy Gambit (B21) Bxf7+ Removes the Defender
J Krejcik vs H Suechting, 1908
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Alapin Var (B22) 1-0, 9 moves
D Brandenburg vs J Broekmeulen, 2006
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 1-0
ANTI-ALAPIN DEFENSE
Kaidanov vs Areshchenko, 2013
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 91 moves, 0-1
ANTI-ALAPIN DEFENSE
Sengupta vs S P Sethuraman, 2013
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 40 moves, 0-1
ANTI-ALAPIN DEFENSE
R Mamedov vs J Polgar, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 52 moves, 0-1
ANTI-ALAPIN DEFENSE
S Zhigalko vs A Korobov, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 30 moves, 0-1
ANTI-ALAPIN: BARMEN DEFENSE
T Nabaty vs Nakamura, 2015
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 58 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin Variation (B22) 0-1 She changed her mind
B Wall vs S Millimaci, 1988
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 11 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Alapin Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 0-1Black mates in 2
Blatny vs Jansa, 1986
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 26 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Alapin Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 0-1Uncastled vs 0-0
L Morin vs K Spraggett, 1983
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 26 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1-0 Pins dictate
Naroditsky vs G Oparin, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 53 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 0-1
D Howell vs Z Medvegy, 2005
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 58 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 0-1 Bxf2+
N Napoli vs I Miladinovic, 2005
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 15 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1/2-1/2
I Khairullin vs S Novikov, 2005
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 62 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1/2-1/2
T Shaked vs Hodgson, 1997
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian 2.c3Alapin, Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1-0 Q&B battery
P Reyes Jara vs M I Oliveira, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0
Alapin Var, S-M Declined (B22) 1-0 N sac vs. hanging N
Hort vs W Hartston, 1976
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin 2.c3 Barmen Def Central Exch (B22) Common trap
S Noorda vs J Sibe, 1965
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 14 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin 2.c3 Barmen Def Central Exch (B22) Common trap
N Miranda Gonzalez vs S Coro, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 1-0
Sic 2.c3Alapin, Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 MG c-pawn passer dictates
R Hess vs E Romanov, 2011
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin, Barmen Def (B22) 1-0 Hit by both B's R&L
S Khader vs Yu Tien Poon, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin/Pseudo French Advance (B22) 0-1 B centralizes
G Szabo vs Aronian, 1994
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 29 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin, Stoltz Attack (B22) 1-0 Remove D, rob pin
Kosteniuk vs T Kosintseva, 2013
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Crushing pins like daggers
Jobava vs Nepomniachtchi, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 47 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Tactical pawn manipulation
G Jones vs J Reid, 2013
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 34 moves, 1-0
Sic Alapin B22 This "missing" game was found by Vlastimil Fiala
A Nimzowitsch vs Schlechter, 1905
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 26 moves, 0-1
Sic Alapin (B22) Mini: Line opening w/a pawn capture discovery
N Zambor vs K Biro, 2001
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 15 moves, 1-0
Sic Alapin, Barmen Def Central Exchange (B22) 1-0 Standard trap
W Godoy Neto vs K Banas, 1993
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin (B22) 0-1 Comp has no plan for closed positions
Deep Thought vs Kasparov, 1989
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 52 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Alapin 2...Nf6 (B22) 1-0 When to take the c-pawn?
R Mamedov vs Wojtaszek, 2014
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 54 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin (B22) 1-0 Remove Guard, Underpromotion+, Skewer
R Roehll vs D Funston, 1979
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 11 moves, 1-0
Dropped a Knight, but picked up a Queen!
Jackson vs Fuller, 1981
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 7 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin, Barmen Def (B22) Black picks his poison
G Lane vs J Flesch, 1983
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 0-1 B & N+ attack c2, Ke1
Zakar vs Szabo, 1933
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin. Stoltz Attack (B22)1-0 K walk along B hwy
D Pavasovic vs V Hamitevici, 2010
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 22 moves, 1-0
The first time a reigning champion loses to a computer!
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Greek Gift declined; Deflection
P Ofstad vs W Barlo, 2005
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin (B22) 1-0 Exchange sequence could differ
S Yudin vs A Kravtsova, 2003
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Alapin. Barmen Def. Modern (B22) 1/2-1/2 Doubled pawns
K Al-Zarouni vs S Wafa, 2012
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sac thy Queen and checkmate her majesty instead!
S Soors vs A R Saleh Salem, 2012
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 35 moves, 0-1
Delayed Sicilian Alapin 3.c3 Unpin miniature in 8 moves, 1-0
B Thelen vs NN, 1930
(B30) Sicilian, 8 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin. Smith-Morra Declined (B22) 1/2- Even
M Ashley vs Hodgson, 1997
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B22) 1-0 3 pieces for Q, control cnter
Smagin vs S Semkov, 1988
(B40) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin Barmen Def Central Exchange / C-K(B13) 1-0
B Wall vs Johnny Thomas, 1977
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin / Caro-Kann Panov Attack (B13) 1-0 Q trap
Capablanca vs M Czerniak, 1939
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 36 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.c3 Alapin / French Advance 6.a3 Main Line (C02) 0-1
S Yordanova vs I Vasilevich, 2014
(C02) French, Advance, 53 moves, 0-1
Morphy notes (Fritz disagrees), defeat snatched from jaws of V
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 44 moves, 0-1
Game 29 in Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)
Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1850
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 49 moves, 1-0
McDonnell Attack 2.f4How to turn the tables in a tense position
S Khavsky vs Korchnoi, 1950
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 31 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, McDonnell Attack 2.f4 (B21) 1-0 Youth w/Qside passer
So vs Caruana, 2004
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 g-file demolition
L Szell vs E Paoli, 1982
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 38 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 Miniature: Smothered mate
V Disawal vs M Anshuman, 2008
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) · 1-0
D H Campora vs I Herrera, 1999
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: McDonnell Attk (B21) 0-1White gives up the center
H Wagner vs Baklan, 2017
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 36 moves, 0-1
Sicilian 2.f4 McDonnell Attack. Tal Gambit (B21) 0-1 W misery
V Zhuravliov vs Yermolinsky, 1988
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 34 moves, 0-1
Sicilian McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 B sac breakthrough at base
Hodgson vs H Kingston, 1999
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian McDonnell Attack. Tal Gambit (B21) 1-0 Centralized N
Short vs Kasparov, 1990
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 52 moves, 1-0
Sicilian McDonnell Attack, Unorthodox (B21) 1-0 Sharp
Larsen vs B Andersen, 1964
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1Defensive Exchange Sac Fails
S Dubois vs de Riviere, 1855
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 48 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 Kside attack
Anderssen vs M Wyvill, 1851
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian McDonnell Attk / French(B21) 1-0 Premature resignation
Greco vs NN, 1620
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.f4 McDonnell Attk. Tal Gambit(B21) 0-1Exchange Sac
M W Johnson vs T Niessen, 1996
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 38 moves, 0-1
The wrong Smith-Morra Gambit defense; accuracy by White
L Kurtesch vs Berta, 1958
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
S-M G Declinded (B21) A nice selection of forks w/Bxf2+
Petterson vs E Larsson, 1963
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1 The Siberian Trap
G Rohit vs K Szabo, 2001
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1
Siberian Trap [Smith-Morra Gambit]
P Baran vs O Vacek, 2000
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1
The "Evans Defense" to the Smith-Morra Gambit
K Smith vs L Evans, 1972
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 40 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1 Reti's Mate
Dutch vs J N Sugden, 1964
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 11 moves, 0-1
Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Fianchetto Def (B21) 1-0 Stunner!
L Dubeck vs R Weinstein, 1958
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0
S-M G: 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.e5!
J Freyre Forest vs A Rittiphunyawong, 1984
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 19 moves, 1-0
p. 85 of IM Marc Esserman's book *Mayhem in the Morra!* (2012)
Tal vs M Neibults, 1959
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 Sweet c7 royal attack
P De Bortoli vs B Smaraglay, 1993
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 12 moves, 1-0
It's a Danish>Smith-Morra Gambit, same Bxf7+ concept
B Wall vs R Monahan, 1972
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1 Siberian Trap
W Byrne vs R Rozycki, 1992
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 0-1
Sic S-M Gambit (B21) Stock Bxf7+ Sac; the K is Overworked
F Rechi Perez vs E Grassi, 1986
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 7 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1A pinned N does not defend
Moller vs Krasborg, 1987
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1
1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
S Crakanthorp vs H N Maddox, 1933
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Smith-Morra G (B21)1-0 Common open d-file K deflection
D Zardus vs A Steventon, 1986
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 7 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted Scheveningen Formation (B21) 1-0Rh3
J Acers vs T Jenkins, 1968
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 Bxf7+ removes K as defender of Q
S Titova vs D Koveshnikova, 2002
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Sic Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen (B21) 1-0 Rob the pin
M Esserman vs Van Wely, 2011
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 26 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 Royal family fork
B Wall vs K Saint Amant, 1991
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 pawn grabbing Q trap
B Wall vs J Friedrichsen, 1974
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1 Siberian Trap
D Sorensen vs J M Nielsen, 2012
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 9 moves, 0-1
A remarkable 16-move crush of an IM.
M Esserman vs J Sarkar, 2008
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 16 moves, 1-0
Rip open the d-file to get to the monarch
Fischer vs Auner, 1960
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Chess in the Fast Lane by Michael Adams
Adams vs W N Watson, 1990
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian: Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 1-0 QxQd8 KxQ, Nxf7+ forks R
B Stokes vs Bett, 1974
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 7.Bxf7+ 8.Ng5+ Unpin
A Diaz Alonso vs M R Bernaldo De Quiros Lopez, 2001
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 18 moves, 1-0
S-M G Accepted There is a whole lot to like about this attack!
M Esserman vs V Martirosov, 2008
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 25 moves, 1-0
S-M G Accepted Loose as a goose. Don't over analyze this one!
Matulovic vs V Sokolov, 1953
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 29 moves, 1-0
S-M G Accepted It's easy to attack w/open lines, active pieces
Matulovic vs L Segi, 1953
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 35 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra Gambit e6 Qc7 Qe2
B Tan vs J Verwoert, 2000
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra Gambit. Declined Push Var (B21) 1-0 Maroczy Bind
Matulovic vs Z Vospernik, 1955
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 53 moves, 1-0
01) Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit (B21) 0-1
G Barrenechea Bahamonde vs I Krush, 2015
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 34 moves, 0-1
02) Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Scheveningen Formatio
K Polishchuk vs A Smirnov, 2014
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 42 moves, 0-1
03) Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Scheveningen Formatio
E Shmirina vs K Dolzhykova, 2007
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 61 moves, 0-1
04) Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Classical Format
R Hojem vs H Molvig, 2015
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 20 moves, 0-1
05) Sicilian Smith-Morra G Declined Scandi Formation (B21) 0-1
K Winter vs A B Gikas, 2015
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 37 moves, 0-1
06) Sicilian Smith-Morra Gambit. Declined Push Var (
V Mesic vs C Barros Rivadeneira, 2013
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 62 moves, 0-1
07) Sicilian Alapin 2.c3 (B22) 0-1 connected pawn is a passer
R Lagunow vs Zvjaginsev, 2015
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 55 moves, 0-1
Declining the Smith-Mora with 3...Nf6 and Beginner's Book Draw?
J Tamargo vs Fischer, 1956
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 40 moves, 0-1
World Championships U12 (2002) Sicilian Closed (B23) 1-0
Carlsen vs F Bindrich, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Traditional (B23) 0-1 RxP sets up skewer+
R Hess vs J Fedorowicz, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed (B23) 1-0 A pretty pair of knight sacrifices
F Vallejo Pons vs Nepomniachtchi, 2008
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed 3.g4 (B23) 1-0 Odd start, 0-0-0, N fork
Nakamura vs A Zhigalko, 2009
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed Variation (B23) · 1-0 Methodical destruction
G Welling vs Kappler, 1983
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 1-0
Correction: Open Sicilian; making use of pins w/a pesky knight
von Bardeleben vs Paulsen, 1887
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Sic O'Kelly Variation. Yerevan System (B23) HOLYMOLYKASMOLY
Kupreichik vs J Sunye Neto, 1989
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Closed Variation (B23) Miniature: 0-0 or Capture??
P A Ursell vs A T Watson, 1953
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 1-0
Always consider En Prise moves as possible 2-movers
N Gaprindashvili vs A Blagidze, 1963
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 15 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Pawn fork, Spearhead
O Mikalsen vs Carlsen, 2003
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack (B23) 0-1 Rob the pin
P Marie vs So, 2006
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 18 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Rook sac busts pawns
G Jones vs C Boikanyo, 2011
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 24 moves, 1-0
Sic Grand Prix Attk (B23)0-1 Qa5+ forks LPDO B shooting gallery
F Smrcka vs K E Engel, 1965
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1
Grand Prix Attack (B23) Q decoy sac then discovery ala Harrwitz
K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Grand Prix Attack (B23) Interesting manuevering to bag targets
C Bouzoukis vs A Wojtkiewicz, 1997
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack (B23) Black's Q is trapped
Favela vs D Ohlhausen, 1974
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 11 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Variation (B24) 1-0 She closes in
L Day vs A Sundar, 2007
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Variation (B24) 0-1 Q pinned to K
L Palau vs Najdorf, 1939
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 0-1
Early sac Nd5 in the Sicilian Chameleon leads to Q trap.
Smirin vs Gelfand, 1987
(B20) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Var (B24) 1-0 4 Queens, Standing O
Burn vs O Chajes, 1911
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 115 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto (B24) 1-0 Clown Knights Mischief
A Lehtinen vs T Simola, 1995
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Sic Closed. Fianchetto (B25) 1-0 Resigning in a won position
V Bilinski vs I David Glaz, 1982
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Closed (B25) 0-1 White overlooked check
R Hess vs E Sevillano, 2006
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed (B25) 0-1 Triple on d-file
W Walz vs Fischer, 1956
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed Variation (B26) 0-1 Fine Defense!
Adams vs Kasparov, 1999
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 59 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Katalimov 2...b6?! (B27) 1-0 Back to moth balls
A Beliavsky vs Quinteros, 1986
(B27) Sicilian, 15 moves, 1-0
Sic Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 0-1 P thrusts, basic tactics
Mac Hack VI vs Fischer, 1977
(B27) Sicilian, 47 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 OCB ending trapped B
M Esserman vs E Perelshteyn, 2008
(B27) Sicilian, 72 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 1-0 Backdoor
Kaidanov vs E Perelshteyn, 2008
(B27) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Katalimov Var (B27) 1-0 Black K caught in the center
Sutovsky vs Jobava, 2014
(B27) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) 0-1 The Immortaller Game
A W Fox vs C Curt, 1906
(B27) Sicilian, 29 moves, 0-1
Pterodactyl Sicilian. Siroccopteryx (B27) 0-1 Early Bxf7+ fails
I Golyak vs L Day, 1995
(B06) Robatsch, 40 moves, 0-1
Sic Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) or 2.c3 Alapin 1-0 Q trap
Fressinet vs M Al-Modiahki, 2014
(B27) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Sic Katalimov Variation (B27) 0-1Passive White gives away pawns
B C Yildiz Kadioglu vs Koneru, 2012
(B27) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) Miniature: Q Sortie
B Ivanovic vs I Grigic, 1982
(B27) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
Sic, Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) Common # w/Ne7 & fianchetto
J Reeder vs T Peria, 1977
(B27) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0
Cited in Polugayevsky's <"The Silician Labyrinth">
Aronin vs Kantarovich, 1960
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Sic Hyperaccelerated Dragon (B27) Mini: Fischer's Q trap or #
H Humburg vs W Mandel, 1965
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Open Sicilian, 5.Bf4 pawn fork decoys the bishop into Q+ & fork
NN vs B Pandolfini, 1967
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 6 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1/2-1/2
H Dronavalli vs I Krush, 2015
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian O'Kelly. Normal, Kan Line (B28) 1-0 + repositions Q
J Curdo vs J L Watson, 1970
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 92 in My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
P Johner vs Tartakower, 1928
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 15 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Nimzowitsch. ML (B29) 1-0 Spearhead->Philidor's Legacy
T Peine vs V Budde, 1970
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 21 moves, 1-0
Sic Nimzowitsch Var Main Line (B29) 1-0 Be careful what U take
Unzicker vs O Sarapu, 1970
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
Sic Nimzowitsch Exch Var (B29) Rob the pinned pawn defender 2X!
Spassky vs J Saadi, 1960
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 40 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Nimzowitsch Exchange Var (B29) 1-0Sacrifices all over
H Seidman vs Santasiere, 1939
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 24 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Nimzowitsch. Exchange Var (B29) 1-0 Castled into it!
J Cepiel vs Knaudt, 1975
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 12 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Nimzowitsch. Advance Var (B29) 1-0 Pawn snatching
Keres vs W Winter, 1935
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B40) 1/2-1/2 Threats & Exchanges
L Christiansen vs J Grefe, 1977
(B40) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Delayed Alapin/KIA (B50) 1/2-1/2 Mutual overlook
J Emma vs Stein, 1966
(B50) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Delayed Alapin vs Sicilian-French (B40) 1-0Early Nxf7
T Shaked vs J Hellsten, 1997
(B40) Sicilian, 67 moves, 1-0
Resembles the Smith-Morra Gambit; Bxf7+ removes the K defender
M de Bolster vs NN, 1970
(B53) Sicilian, 9 moves, 1-0
Game 14: The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames by Steve Giddins
K Plater vs Botvinnik, 1947
(B20) Sicilian, 62 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon Var (B23) 1-0 Knock and come on in
M Delgado Crespo vs N Collazo Hidalgo-Gato, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon Var (B23)0-1 A brawl from the start
T Rakic vs I Nemet, 1966
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon Var (B23) 1-0 Smothered Mate
Anand vs NN, 1993
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 7 moves, 1-0
Black must watch those Sicilian White knights on the d-file!
H Andruschak vs L Strull, 1986
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 7 moves, 1-0
Sic Chameleon (B20) 1/2-Astonishing problem-like save by Keres
Keres vs Fischer, 1962
(B20) Sicilian, 77 moves
Sicilian Chameleon (B20) 1-0 Miniature: Open the d-file
Keres vs Kotov, 1947
(B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Chameleon (B20) 0-1 Exchange Sac, Boden's Attack
Balashov vs D Saulin, 1994
(B20) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: Chameleon (B20) 1-0 She did it again?!
L Schmid vs W Sahlmann, 1948
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Chameleon (B20) 0-1 Chess Faux Pas
M Peckar vs Fine, 1939
(B20) Sicilian, 8 moves, 0-1
Sicilian, Chameleon 7...QxQ (B20) 1-0 White has B pair
Keres vs Kotov, 1947
(B20) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
McShane is a big fan of the Big Clamp
McShane vs I Cheparinov, 2009
(B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense vs LDL (B20) 1-0 Kside battery; score error
McShane vs A Rotstein, 2005
(B20) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Chameleon (B20) 1-0 Pin followed by N fork
N Gusev vs D Wiebe, 2011
(B20) Sicilian, 16 moves, 1-0
Sicilian unClosed. Chameleon Var (B23) 0-1 Space is weak behind
A Soltis vs I Ivanov, 1992
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 45 moves, 0-1
Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Pin Def (B21) 0-1 Royal threats
J Stopa vs Kosteniuk, 2011
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1
Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Pin Def (B21) 0-1 Central P roller
R Malpert vs Benjamin, 1992
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 41 moves, 0-1
Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Pin Def (B21) 0-1 3 pieces 2 many
M Baleja vs T Dusik, 2000
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 40 moves, 0-1
Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen (B21) 1-0 Just like Tal!!
R Malpert vs B Rind, 1992
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 23 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra Gambit. Accepted Paulsen (B21) 1-0 f6 aids 8 yr old
S Polgar vs Sirko, 1977
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 28 moves, 1-0
Smith-Morra G. Accepted Kan Formation (B21) 1-0Seize the moment
G Spain vs M McNabb, 2006
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 54 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack Bb5 (B23) 0-1 Q+ & fork LPDO Bishop
P Herzman vs B Vuckovic, 2002
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 8 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed 2...d6 3.f4 Grand Prix Attk (B23) 1-0Pawn gifts
Nakamura vs W M Buehl, 2001
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Game 25 in Think Like a Grandmaster by GM Kotov
A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed (B23) 0-1 Double ++ on open e-file is decisive
Puck vs Troll, 1961
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 9 moves, 0-1
Anti-Sicilian Grand Prix Attk 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 then play 3 Bb5
S Iuldachev vs A Fier, 2006
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Anti-Sicilian Grand Prix Attk 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 then play 3 Bb5
H Simonian vs I Lutsko, 2007
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0
Anti-Sicilian Grand Prix Attk 1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 then play 3 Bb5
A Kovacevic vs N Djukic, 2002
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 52 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def McDonnell Attack Dbl Fio (B21) 1-0 Overextended
M Hebden vs D King, 1984
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 49 moves, 1-0
Sicilian McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 N & Dbl Rook sacs
H Bohm vs A Kochyev, 1977
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 32 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 Qs race to 7th+, 8th#
I Sabau vs A J Goldsby, 2003
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 59 in Starting Out: The Sicilian by John Emms
B Kristjansson vs M Roberts, 1967
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 29 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 P fork
J Ramos Dominguez vs I Teran Alvarez, 2001
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 20 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 White Q out-of-play
E Keogh vs M Vassallo, 2001
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 38 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 Best battery
J Wilson vs G Atwood, 1796
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 31 moves, 0-1
The first consultation match of chessgames....Amazing!
M Ronteltap / Allies vs R Barber / Allies, 2006
(B53) Sicilian, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sicilian Def: Morphy Gambit (B21) 1-0 Centralized Q support
Anderssen vs Harrwitz, 1848
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Morphy Gambit (B21) 1-0 Notes by Stockfish
Morphy vs P Journoud, 1858
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 17 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Morphy Gambit w/Delayed Maroczy Bind (B21) 1-0
Tarrasch vs Marshall, 1905
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 37 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Morphy Gambit (B21) 0-1 White is a wood pusher
U O Aavelaid vs P Garbett, 1974
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 34 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. Bowdler Attack (B20) 1-0 Clear the way for passer
Anderssen vs Szen, 1851
(B20) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. 2c4 Staunton-Cochrane Var (B20) 0-1 Connected Ps
H Rossetto vs Huebner, 1972
(B20) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Defense 3.Qxd4 Nf6 (B20) 0-1 Discovery threatens K & Q
R Gantt vs B Wall, 1978
(B20) Sicilian, 10 moves, 0-1
Sic S-M Gambit. Accepted Pin Def (B21) 1-0 Royal family fork+
S J Wexler vs B Germalm, 1967
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 12 moves, 1-0
Unusual Minor Piece Mate from Krush
E Kuzmenko vs I Krush, 2008
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def 2.b3 Var (B20) 1-0 Closed position w/open g-file
Morozevich vs A Moiseenko, 2014
(B20) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Var (B20) 1-0 Better pawns
Carlsen vs R Leitao, 2014
(B20) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Var (B20) 1-0 EG skewer+ drops a piece
C Aravindh vs G Danner, 2014
(B20) Sicilian, 57 moves, 1-0
Sicilian 2.b3. Q Fianchettos (B20) 1-0 R cannot stop 3 passers
T Gelashvili vs Marjanovic, 2001
(B20) Sicilian, 66 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. 2.b3 (B20) 1-0 N vs B but White has passer
A Reprintsev vs J Guo, 2007
(B20) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Var (B20) 1-0 Passer on the d-file
Short vs B Thorfinnsson, 2000
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Katalimov Var (B27) 1-0 Black wins P, loses game!
Koronghi vs Szemegyi, 1985
(B27) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
Sicilian O'Kelly. Delayed Wing Gambit (B28) 1-0 Ns kick up a s
J Yohan vs P Rout, 2017
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 36 moves, 1-0
Sicilian O'Kelly. Maroczy Bind Robatsch Line (B28) 0-1
O Dobierzin vs H Bastian, 1997
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 48 moves, 0-1
Sicilian O'Kelly Yerevan System (B28) 1-0 Wasting time w/the Q
P Sochorova vs J Manak, 1995
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 10 moves, 1-0
Shumov's Shocker!! in the Sicilian Defense (B20) 0-1
C Jaenisch vs Shumov, 1849
(B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Bowdler Attack/Italian (B20) 0-1 Nice K hunt
NN vs F Rhine, 2013
(B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def: Myers Attack (B20)1-0 K caught in center, pin Be7
C Dunn vs B Wall, 2004
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
svart sicilianskt överraskas i drag 2
G Welling vs R Kassebaum, 1996
(B20) Sicilian, 51 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Chameleon Ne2 Bg2 (B20) 1-0Dbl Exchange Sac, Interfere
Tartakower vs R Broadbent, 1946
(B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def (B20) 0-1 Be2 Big Clamp disappears quickly
W Arencibia Rodriguez vs V Akopian, 1993
(B20) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def Chameleon (B20) 1-0 Action on open c-file
Suetin vs R Moor, 1995
(B20) Sicilian, 69 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def Chameleon (B20) 0-1 QxN+ decoy sac!
G Oskam vs Colle, 1923
(B20) Sicilian, 24 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Closed. Chameleon Ne2xd4 (B23/B77) 1-0 R eats the edge
Hort vs Forintos, 1969
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def Chameleon Ne2xd4 (B20) 1-0 Systematic destruction
B Al Qudaimi vs O Croes, 2010
(B20) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def Closed. Chameleon Ne2xd4 (B23) 1-0 White Q accepts
O Sarapu vs K W Lynn, 1982
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. Chameleon (B20) 1-0 Raking Bs, invading N
Capablanca vs G Wheatcroft, 1939
(B20) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Chameleon (B20) 1-0 Black comes out swinging
E Ermenkov vs S Hmadi, 1985
(B20) Sicilian, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def. McDonnell Attack (B21) 1-0 3 piece sacs & R lift
C Hartlaub vs Fleischer, 1913
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 19 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit (B21) · 1/2-1/2
H W Trenchard vs Blackburne, 1898
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sic Alapin. Barmen Def Central Exchange (B22) 1-0 Common unpin
E Naiditsch vs A Draeger, 2000
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 9 moves, 1-0
Kolisch vs C Golmayo, 1867
(B20) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack (B21) 0-1 Bishop surprise
R J Kermeen vs E Tate, 1989
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. Staunton-Cochrane Var(B20) 0-1Raking Bishops plus
A Beni vs Tal, 1958
(B20) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. McDonnell Attack (B21) 1/2-1/2 White loads up 3rd
A Bisguier vs D Waterman, 1972
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Phiona Mutesi (Queen of Katwe) is a whole piece down but...
P Mutesi vs A Miladi, 2016
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 40 moves, 1-0
Sicilian O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1-0Black Q leads
E Tate vs S Kriventsov, 1998
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly. Maroczy Bind (B28) 0-1 38...?
I Wallis vs N Maisuradze, 2014
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
Full King Hunt then Castle Mate
L Prins vs L Day, 1968
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
Sicilian Def. O'Kelly. Normal System Kan Line (B28) 1-0 Rxg7
J Penrose vs L Popov, 1963
(B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Sicilian? Hyperaccelerated Pterodactyl. Exchange Var (B27) 1-0
H Rasch vs E Schiller, 2007
(B27) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Def: Morphy Gambit 7...e5 (B21) 1-0 Central battle
C De Vere vs G MacDonnell, 1872
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 38 moves, 1-0
The first rated chessplayer to lose to software. Opera Mate.
Mac Hack VI vs B Landey, 1967
(B20) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Colle System c4, Nc3 vs c5, Nc6 Copycat (D05) 1-0 Battery
Zukertort vs S Rosenthal, 1883
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
delte
Bernd Schaefer vs Z Gaal, 2023
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1
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