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Who can people count on when the goin' gets tough? Who keeps thy word? Talk is cheap when times are good.

"My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you." ― Aeschylus, Agamemnon

"Chess is life in miniature. Chess is a struggle, chess battles." ― Garry Kasparov

"The game of chess is not just an idle amusement. Several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired or strengthened by it… Life is a kind of chess, in which we have often pointed to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with." — Benjamin Franklin

"In chess as in life, when defending or attacking, a good chess player understands that one rash, ill-conceived, bad move can worsen the position and lose the game." ― John Bain, chess author

"For a period of ten years--between 1946 and 1956--Reshevsky was probably the best chessplayer in the world. I feel sure that had he played a match with Botvinnik during that time he would have won and been World Champion." ― Bobby Fischer

"After we have paid our dutiful respects to such frigid virtues as calculation, foresight, self-control and the like, we always come back to the thought that speculative attack is the lifeblood of chess." — Fred Reinfeld

"Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess." ― Evan Esar

"There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning; no learning so excellent both for Prince and subject, as knowledge of laws; and no knowledge of any laws so necessary for all estates and for all causes, concerning goods, lands or life, as the common laws of England." ― Sir Edward Coke

"Without integrity and honor, having everything means nothing." ― Robin Sharma

"I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest." ― Andrew Carnegie

"Luckily, there is a way to be happy. It involves changing the emphasis of our thinking from what we want to what we have." ― Richard Carlson

"Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Let a man play chess, and tell him that every pawn is his friend; Let him think both bishops are holy. Let him remember happy days in the shadows of his castles. Let him love his queen. Watch him love his queen." ― Mark Lawrence (Prince of Thorn)

"...It is a proud privilege to be a soldier – a good soldier … with discipline, self-respect, pride in his unit and his country, a high sense of duty and obligation to comrades and to his superiors, and a self-confidence born of demonstrated ability." ― George S. Patton Jr.

"Life is like a chess game. Every decision, just like every move, has consequences. Therefore, decide wisely!" ― Susan Polgar

"When people insult and disrespect you, the best revenge is to continue to win, and win, and win…." ― Susan Polgar

"The mind has no restrictions. The only restriction is what you believe you cannot do. So go ahead and challenge yourself to do one thing every day that scares you." ― Susan Polgar

* 100: Game Collection: 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures

* Basic Rules: https://thechessworld.com/basic-che...

* Common Phrases and Terms: https://www.ragchess.com/chess-basi...

* Capablanca's Double Attack — having the initiative is important: https://lichess.org/study/tzrisL1R

* One of Pandolfini's Best: Game Collection: Solitaire Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

* Two Great Attackers: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* Anderssen - Steinitz Match: Anderssen - Steinitz (1866)

* Alapins: Game Collection: Alapin

* Aggressive Gambits: https://thechessworld.com/articles/...

* Brilliancies: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Brutal Attacking Chess: Game Collection: Brutal Attacking Chess

* Bishop's Opening Miniatures: https://www.chessonly.com/bishop-op...

* Brilliant (and mostly famous)! Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures

* Blackburne strikes! games annotated by Blackburne

* B20s: Game Collection: Grand Prix (Ginger's Models)

* B23-B25: Game Collection: Sicilian Closed / Grand Prix Attack

* Botvinnik: Game Collection: Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games

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

* Checkmate patterns: Game Collection: Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns

* Checkmate Art: Game Collection: Art of Checkmate

* Chessmaster 2000 Classic Games:
Game Collection: Chessmaster '86

* C21-C22 miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Danish Gambits: Game Collection: Danish Gambit Games 1-0

* Del's: Game Collection: Del's hidden gems

* Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz): Game Collection: Golden Treasury of Chess (Wellmuth/Horowitz)

* Glossary NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/13/...

* GK: Game Collection: Kasparov - The Sicilian Sheveningen

* GPA: https://chesstier.com/grand-prix-at...

* 21st Century: Game Collection: 21st Century Masterpieces - First decade (2000)

* Hans On French: Game Collection: French Defense

* Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv...

* How dumb is it? Game Collection: Diemer-Duhm Gambit

* Javed's way: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...

* King's Gambit start-up: Game Collection: Batsford's MCO 14 King's Gambit

* King Bishop's Gambit: Game Collection: rajat21's kings gambit

* KG Video: Game Collection: Foxy Openings - King's Gambit

* GM Gallagher is an author:
Game Collection: 0

* King Registration: https://www.kingregistration.com/to...

* Morphy Miniatures:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Make a Stand: https://www.history.com/topics/amer...

* MC Move-by-Move: Game Collection: Move by Move - Carlsen (Lakdawala)

* Old P-K4 Miniatures: Game Collection: Games for Classes

* One Game Shy: Game Collection: 107 Great Chess Battles: 1939-45 Alekhine

* Online safety: https://www.entrepreneur.com/scienc...

* Oskar plays 1e4: Oskar Oglaza

* Ponziani Games: Game Collection: PONZIANI OPENING

* Prize Games: Game Collection: Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the ChessMasters

* Simple tactics course using miniatures:
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP...

* The Chess Portal will broaden your horizons: http://schackportalen.nu/English/es...

* Tactical Games: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Terminology:
https://www.angelfire.com/games5/ch...

* 38 Tactics: https://www.chess.com/article/view/...

* Volo plays the KP faithfully: Volodymyr Onyshchuk

* Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Bill Wall miniatures: Bill Wall

* Wei Yi spent 48 minutes on a move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF8...

* Glossary W: Wikipedia article: Glossary of chess

* 41 Chess Movies (List): https://www.chessonly.com/chess-mov...

* 20 Various Italian Games: Game Collection: Italian Game

* C53s: Game Collection: rajat21's italian game

* The Italian Game, Classical: Game Collection: Giuco Piano

* Annotated Evans Gambits: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

* RL Minis: Game Collection: Ruy Lopez Miniatures

* Russian Ruys: Game Collection: Chess in the USSR 1945 - 72, Part 2 (Leach)

* Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S...

* Chess Records: https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/record...

"The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution" ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov...

* Short and Quick by Jungol (101 games of various lengths): Game Collection: SHORT AND QUICK

* Scandinavian miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

* Sports Clichés: http://www.sportscliche.com/

* Sacs on f7/f2: Game Collection: Demolition of Pawn Structure: Sac on f7 (f2)

* Sicilian Face Plants:
Game Collection: sicilian defense(opening traps)

* TIP: Click on the e8 square to see a computer engine analysis of the position.

* tacticmania - Game Collection: tacticmania

* Top Chessgames by ECO Code: http://schachsinn.de/gamelist.htm

* Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/

WTHarvey:
There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles did daily delay,
The brain-teasers so tough,
They made us all huff and puff,
But solving them brought us great satisfaction today.

There once was a website named WTHarvey
Where chess puzzles were quite aplenty
With knight and rook and pawn
You'll sharpen your brain with a yawn
And become a master of chess entry

There once was a site for chess fun,
Wtharvey.com was the chosen one,
With puzzles galore,
It'll keep you in store,
For hours of brain-teasing, none done.

There once was a website named WTHarvey,
Where chess puzzles were posted daily,
You'd solve them with glee,
And in victory,
You'd feel like a true chess prodigy!

"Chess is played with the mind and not with the hands." ― Renaud & Kahn

"Chess is a terrific way for kids to build self-image and self-esteem." ― Saudin Robovic

"Chess is a sport. The main object in the game of chess remains the achievement of victory." ― Max Euwe

"Life is like a chess. If you lose your queen, you will probably lose the game." ― Being Caballero

"If you wish to succeed, you must brave the risk of failure." — Garry Kasparov

"You win some, you lose some, you wreck some." — Dale Earnhardt

"In life, unlike chess the game continues after checkmate." ― Isaac Asimov

Colorado: San Luis
Established in: 1851

San Luis has a predominately Hispanic population of less than 700 people, and so the town features a very strong Spanish influence. It was once part of four Spanish land grants decreed by the King of Spain, and a classic adobe architecture and Spanish town layout remain.

* Chess History: https://www.britannica.com/topic/ch...

This poem is dedicated to all Caissa's members
who understand that chess is but a game.

An Irish Blessing:

May we all feel…
happy and contented,
healthy and strong,
safe and protected
and living with ease…

~

Oct-09-11 FSR: After 1.e4 e5, 2.Ba6?? is the worst move by a country mile. After that, probably 2.b4 and 2.Ke2 are the worst. 2.Qg4 and 2.g4 are also pretty bad. White still has equality after 2.Qh5, so it's actually not a <terrible> move.

No title
To Madame De Montespan

The apologue is from the immortal gods;
Or, if the gift of man it is,
Its author merits apotheosis.
Whoever magic genius lauds
Will do what in him lies
To raise this art's inventor to the skies.
It has the potence of a charm,
On dulness lays a conquering arm,
Subjects the mind to its control,
And works its will on the soul.
O lady, armed with equal power,
If ever within celestial bower,
With messmate gods reclined,
My muse ambrosially has dined,
Lend me the favour of a smile
On this her playful toil.
If you support, the tooth of time will shun,
And let my work the envious years outrun.
If authors would themselves survive,
To gain your suffrage they should strive.
On you my verses wait to get their worth;
To you my beauties all will owe their birth, – For beauties you will recognize
Invisible to other eyes.
Ah! who can boast a taste so true,
Of beauty or of grace,
In either thought or face?
For words and looks are equal charms in you.
On a theme so sweet, the truth to tell,
My muse would gladly dwell:
But this employ to others I must yield; –
A greater master claims the field.
For me, fair lady, it were enough
Your name should be my wall and roof.
Protect henceforth the favoured book
Through which for second life I look.
In your auspicious light,
These lines, in envy's spite,
Will gain the glorious meed,
That all the world shall read.
It's not that I deserve such fame; –
I only ask in Fable's name,
(You know what credit that should claim;)
And, if successfully I sue,
A fane will be to Fable due, –
A thing I would not build – except for you.

"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

Chess is but a Game

As he secretly rode his knight out of the castle's gate, still believing that he could escape this inevitable fate, the sky broke open with an array of incredible light. and there smitten to the earth lay nova under his knight. I am who I am and always am, spoke this thundering voice and you, my friend nova, do not at all have another choice but to go forth south and north, west and east
loudly proclaiming the good Word to man and beast. Thus beset by the compelling voice from the broken sky nova set about explaining through the word the how and why. He travelled north and south, west and east never losing aim to let all Caissa's members know: chess is but a game.

Q: What do you call a cat that likes to eat beans? A: Puss 'n' Toots!

Q: What do you call a clown who's in jail?
A: A silicon!

Q: What do you call a deer with no eyes?
A: No eye deer!!

Q: What do you call a three-footed aardvark?
A: A yardvark!

Q: What do you call a dancing lamb?
A: A baaaaaa-llerina!

Q: What do you call a meditating wolf?
A: Aware wolf!

Q: What do you call a witch who lives at the beach? A: A sand-witch!

Q: What do you call an avocado that's been blessed by the pope? A: Holy Guacamole!

"He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.'
Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm power. White always mates." ― George Orwell, 1984

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.

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

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)

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.

Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER

"God offers salvation without the need for any sort of advanced payment." ― douglaskiogoraquotes

Dialing *67 conceals your number from someone you call. There are similar numbers you can dial to respond to mystery callers.

The first is *69, which traces the number of the last person who called you. It works even for anonymous or hidden calls, so you can get the phone number and exact time they called. Once you have that number, you can block it on your phone so it can't call you anymore.

"Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely." ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"‎Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning... Anyone can start over and make a new ending." ― Chico Xavier

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

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

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

An Animal In The Moon

While one philosopher affirms
That by our senses we're deceived,
Another swears, in plainest terms,
The senses are to be believed.
The twain are right. Philosophy
Correctly calls us dupes whenever
On mere senses we rely.
But when we wisely rectify
The raw report of eye or ear,
By distance, medium, circumstance,
In real knowledge we advance.
These things has nature wisely planned –
Whereof the proof shall be at hand.
I see the sun: its dazzling glow
Seems but a hand-breadth here below;
But should I see it in its home,
That azure, star-besprinkled dome,
Of all the universe the eye,
Its blaze would fill one half the sky.
The powers of trigonometry
Have set my mind from blunder free.
The ignorant believe it flat;
I make it round, instead of that.
I fasten, fix, on nothing ground it,
And send the earth to travel round it.
In short, I contradict my eyes,
And sift the truth from constant lies.
The mind, not hasty at conclusion,
Resists the onset of illusion,
Forbids the sense to get the better,
And never believes it to the letter.
Between my eyes, perhaps too ready,
And ears as much or more too slow,
A judge with balance true and steady,
I come, at last, some things to know.
Thus when the water crooks a stick,
My reason straightens it as quick –
Kind Mistress Reason – foe of error,
And best of shields from needless terror!
The creed is common with our race,
The moon contains a woman's face.
True? No. Whence, then, the notion,
From mountain top to ocean?
The roughness of that satellite,
Its hills and dales, of every grade,
Effect a change of light and shade
Deceptive to our feeble sight;
So that, besides the human face,
All sorts of creatures one might trace.
Indeed, a living beast, I believe,
Has lately been by England seen.
All duly placed the telescope,
And keen observers full of hope,
An animal entirely new,
In that fair planet, came to view.
Abroad and fast the wonder flew; –
Some change had taken place on high,
Presaging earthly changes nigh;
Perhaps, indeed, it might betoken
The wars that had already broken
Out wildly over the Continent.
The king to see the wonder went:
(As patron of the sciences,
No right to go more plain than his.)
To him, in turn, distinct and clear,
This lunar monster did appear. –
A mouse, between the lenses caged,
Had caused these wars, so fiercely waged!
No doubt the happy English folks
Laughed at it as the best of jokes.
How soon will Mars afford the chance
For like amusements here in France!
He makes us reap broad fields of glory.
Our foes may fear the battle-ground;
For us, it is no sooner found,
Than Louis, with fresh laurels crowned,
Bears higher up our country's story.
The daughters, too, of Memory, –
The Pleasures and the Graces, –
Still show their cheering faces:
We wish for peace, but do not sigh.
The English Charles the secret knows
To make the most of his repose.
And more than this, he'll know the way,
By valour, working sword in hand,
To bring his sea-encircled land
To share the fight it only sees today.
Yet, could he but this quarrel quell,
What incense-clouds would grateful swell!
What deed more worthy of his fame!
Augustus, Julius – pray, which Caesar's name
Shines now on story's page with purest flame?
O people happy in your sturdy hearts!
Say, when shall Peace pack up these bloody darts, And send us all, like you, to softer arts?

<Steinitz's Theory

1. At the beginning of the game, Black and White are equal.

2. The game will stay equal with correct play on both sides.

3. You can only win by your opponent's mistake.

4. Any attack launched in an equal position will not succeed, and the attacker will suffer.

5. You should not attack until an advantage is obtained.

6. When equal, do not seek to attack, but instead, try to secure an advantage.

7. Once you have an advantage, attack or you will lose it.>

The Boy and the Schoolmaster

Wise counsel is not always wise,
As this my tale exemplifies.
A boy, that frolicked on the banks of Seine,
Fell in, and would have found a watery grave,
Had not that hand that plants never in vain
A willow planted there, his life to save.
While hanging by its branches as he might,
A certain sage preceptor came in sight;
To whom the urchin cried, "Save, or I'm drowned!" The master, turning gravely at the sound,
Thought proper for a while to stand aloof,
And give the boy some seasonable reproof.
"You little wretch! this comes of foolish playing, Commands and precepts disobeying.
A naughty rogue, no doubt, you are,
Who thus requite your parents" care.
Alas! their lot I pity much,
Whom fate condemns to watch over such."
This having coolly said, and more,
He pulled the drowning lad ashore.

This story hits more marks than you suppose.
All critics, pedants, men of endless prose, –
Three sorts, so richly blessed with progeny,
The house is blessed that does not lodge any, – May in it see themselves from head to toes.
No matter what the task,
Their precious tongues must teach;
Their help in need you ask,
You first must hear them preach.

Oct-04-23 HeMateMe: I play 3/2 blitz occasionally on Lichess. I find it an excellent site, none of the delays/cancellations that ruined chess.com (for me). Oct-04-23 Cassandro: Yes, lichess is by far the best site for online chess. And you never know, apparently you may even get to play against a living legend like the highly esteemed Leonard Barden there!

FTB plays all about but has always been happy with FICS: https://www.freechess.org/

by W.A. Ballantine given on page 153 of the American Chess Journal, September 1878:

Charming as the sweetest music;
High above the common reach,
Easy to the bright and wise;
Splendid in the hands of genius;
Such the royal game of chess.

"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

Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds.

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

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

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

Chris Chaffin wrote:

master/piece
She moves him ‘round the chess board,
dodging bishops, pawns and rooks.
She coaxes him from square to square
without a second look.

The white knight cannot catch him.
Piece by piece, the foe now yields.
Her king is safe; the game is done.
The queen controls the field.

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.

"Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow." ― Chris Burkmenn

Be slow in choosing a friend but slower in changing him. ~ Scottish Proverb

Q. How can you tell when Bill Clinton is lying? A. His lips are moving

Q. What's the difference between Bill Clinton and a dog? A. A dog chases his own tail.

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters." ― Epictetus

"I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other 'gentleman' stuff is a chess game, especially these days." ― Anna Kendrick

Never judge a book by its cover.

* Dover publishers: https://store.doverpublications.com...

The Heron

One day, – no matter when or where, –
A long-legged heron chanced to fare
By a certain river's brink,
With his long, sharp beak
Helved on his slender neck;
It was a fish-spear, you might think.
The water was clear and still,
The carp and the pike there at will
Pursued their silent fun,
Turning up, ever and anon,
A golden side to the sun.
With ease might the heron have made
Great profits in his fishing trade.
So near came the scaly fry,
They might be caught by the passer-by.
But he thought he better might
Wait for a better appetite –
For he lived by rule, and could not eat,
Except at his hours, the best of meat.
Anon his appetite returned once more;
So, approaching again the shore,
He saw some tench taking their leaps,
Now and then, from their lowest deeps.
With as dainty a taste as Horace's rat,
He turned away from such food as that.
"What, tench for a heron! poh!
I scorn the thought, and let them go."
The tench refused, there came a gudgeon;
"For all that," said the bird, "I budge on.
I'll never open my beak, if the gods please,
For such mean little fishes as these."
He did it for less;
For it came to pass,
That not another fish could he see;
And, at last, so hungry was he,
That he thought it of some avail
To find on the bank a single snail.
Such is the sure result
Of being too difficult.
Would you be strong and great,
Learn to accommodate.
Get what you can, and trust for the rest;
The whole is often lost by seeking the best.
Above all things beware of disdain;
Where, at most, you have little to gain.
The people are many that make
Every day this sad mistake.
It's not for the herons I put this case,
You featherless people, of human race.
– List to another tale as true,
And you'll hear the lesson brought home to you.

Switch your pawn insurance to Promotion and you could save hundreds.

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

"I've come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists." ― Marcel Duchamp

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'.

"God's mercy and grace give me hope - for myself, and for our world." — Billy Graham

"Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness." — Billy Graham

"Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education." ― Martin Luther King Jr.

* Riddle-zep-pelin: https://www.briddles.com/riddles/ch...

"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

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it." ― Yogi Berra, 10-time World Series champion

Zee Chess Network workz lika chrmd sn ache rvr ride it out toth finish line of demarcation in Lost Wages.

Telephone Tommy's son's sister-in-law's uncle about the zion church social committee's decision to replace WGM Anna Rudolf with IM Levy Rozman for the Monday night instructional videoz. Levy's emotional remarks are not appropriate at times and he'z a louzy golfer.

Sorry Levy, it's business.

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." — Calvin Coolidge

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.

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Ecclesiastes 9:9: "Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun."

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have this wish I wish tonight

16 yellow #2 pencilz

Center Game: Halasz-McDonnell Gambit (C21) 1-0 Kside assault
G Halasz vs S P Tanin, 1990 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5/Nc6 (B01) 1/2-1/2 Qk draw by repetition
Spielmann vs J Mieses, 1909  
(B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2

Cntr Cntr 3...Qa5 Main Lines. Mieses (B01) 1-0 Two en prise
Garbap vs I Berezovsky, 1988 
(B01) Scandinavian, 12 moves, 1-0

Cntr Cntr 3...Qd8 Ilundain (B01) /C-K Exchange (B13) 1-0 Unpin
T Aalto vs NN, 1993 
(B01) Scandinavian, 11 moves, 1-0

Lasker gets scorched when he brings out his queen
Bird vs Lasker, 1892 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted (C21) 1-0 Bxf7+ means Q is lost
C Gibbs vs C Davie, 1916 
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Danish G. Accepted. Classical Def (C21) 1-0 Q forks loose B & #
H Reinle vs Niendler, 1921 
(C21) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Declined. Sorensen Defense (C21) 0-1 Discovered+
H Leeners vs Edwards, 1903 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Danish Gambit Accepted. Classical Def (C21) 1-0 7...Na5 8.Bxf7+
V Svensons vs Aldersons, 1912 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit (C21) 1-0 Frozen f-pawn is pinned so battery wins
F Bethge vs Legal, 1930 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted (C21) 1-0 Humdinger!!
Bernhold vs Kreut-Zahler, 1941 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted. Copenhagen Def (C21) 1-0 Q skewer
D A Albin vs Horinek, 1922 
(C21) Center Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted. Copenhagen Def (C21) 1-0 Two hangers
J Bobber vs S Albrecht, 1990 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Dunne Attack (B20) 1-0 Pawn fork comin
E Mozes vs T Porrasmaa, 1966 
(B20) Sicilian, 12 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

Game 74: The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
G Nagy vs J Balogh, 1932 
(B20) Sicilian, 11 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit (C30) 1-0 Unpin, quick Gueridon/Swallow's Tail #
J Chamouillet vs NN, 1849 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit (C30) 1-0 Bxf7+ Unpin, QxQ decoy, N+ fork
Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Declined. Classical(C30) 0-1Multiple ways to mate
Pulvermacher vs Capablanca, 1907 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit: Declined. Classical (C30) White seizes e-file
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit (C30) 1-0 Resembles Damiano's Defense w/a Qmate
B Wall vs D Ferguson, 1989 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 9 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Declined. Mafia Defense (C30) 1-0 Uncommon #
B Raphael vs H Montgomery, 1856 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

K's Gambit: Declined. Q's Knight Defense (C30) 1-0 Spearhead+N
Lasker vs C R McBride, 1902 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit Declined 2...f6? (C30) 1-0 Destroyed ala Damiano
W Knoop vs L Malandain, 1995 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

"White's King is a target, and the shooting can't be stopped"
A K Ettlinger vs Janowski, 1898 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

One of those Games Determined by a Single Profound Move
Chigorin vs Walbrodt, 1896 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 13 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Blackburne Attack (C31)
NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

Steiner Gambit (C31) 1-0 Mated while having 2 queens aboard
Sanders vs NN, 1910 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

KGD Falkbeer Countrgambit. Charousek Gambit Morphy Def (C31)0-1
F Egido vs J Sanchez Almeyra, 1992 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

Falkbeer CG. Charousek G. Accepted (C32) 1-0Escape w/royal fork
M Lange vs T Albert, 1987 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 10 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Stanley. Reversed Spanish (C33) 1-0 Spearhead
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921 
(C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0

Game 104: The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
Keres vs G Menke, 1933 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

KG Accepted. Bishop's Gambit (C33) 1-0 Blackburne's Mate
W Rudolf vs NN, 1912 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA Mason-Keres Gambit (C33) 0-1 If QxR, then N + forks royalty
F Crowl vs C Purdy, 1936 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 0-1

King's Gambit Accepted. Schallop Def (C34)0-1Royal fork or#
Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

KGA Cunningham Def McCormick Def (C35) 1-0 Authorized
B H Wood vs G Stokes, 1964 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA Abbazia Defense (C36) 0-1 Minors chase K, trap Q
P Larsson vs Englund, 1942 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

KGA. King's Knight Gambit (C37) 1-0 f7+ is a crusher
Staunton vs NN, 1841 
(000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA MacDonnell Gambit (C37) 1-0 Black moves his K and pawns
McDonnell vs Tyssen, 1830 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted (C37) 1-0 Legall's Mate in 10
H Reinle vs Seyfried, 1959 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Paulsen Def (C39) 0-1 Immediate K walk
Bird vs Gossip, 1873 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 11 moves, 0-1

KGA Kieseritsky Gambit Berlin Def (C39) 1-0 Which N wins?
Blackburne vs Wilson, 1880  
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

KG Accepted. Allgaier Gambit (C39) 1-0Black didn't move minors
W Lewis vs NN, 1820 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Englund Gambit Complex: Declined (A40) 0-1 Bxf2+ ala Budapest G
Heltay vs G Janny, 1916 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Stalemate with all the pieces still on board in just 12 moves
J Hohmeister vs T Frank, 1993 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Englund G Complex: Hartlaub-Charlick G (A40) 0-1 Opera Mate
J Krejcik vs J Thirring, 1898 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def. 2 Pawn Attack (B02) 1-0Bone in throat, Deflection
F M Wren vs W E Mayfield, 1941 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Spielmann Gambit (B02) 1-0He opened the door?
H Russ vs K Zeh, 1974 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def. Hunt Variation. Lasker Simul G. (B02)0-1 Q&N roam
L Dobrovolsky vs P Hardicsay, 1978 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Def: The Squirrel (B02) 1-0 Had a few too many nuts
Hill vs C Janeway, 1946 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Maroczy Var (B02) 0-1 Beware same side B&N
J Lastovicka vs F Vykydal, 1971 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Scandinavian Var (B02) 0-1 Eat just one rook
M Herdering vs H Schultz, 1993 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation. Lasker Simul Gambit (B02) 1-0
B Arvola Notkevich vs A Edakina, 2006 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

P-K4 Macleod Attack (C20) 1-0 Two pieces won't suffice
Morphy vs A Bottin, 1858 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

K Pawn: Alapin Opening (C20) 0-1 Pretty deep for opening trap
L Mouillaux vs J Matisson, 1986 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Alapin Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2?! (C20) 1-0 Watch your backdoor!
A Vihmand vs H Haavamae, 2012 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

K's English. Reversed Closed Sicilian (A25) 0-1 Double Rs sac
J M Craddock vs J Mieses, 1939 
(A25) English, 14 moves, 0-1

An old, lethal queen sac miniature vs. Kside fianchetto defense
Muller vs NN, 1928 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 10 moves, 1-0

K's English. Three Knights System (A27) 1-0 Black took the bait
J Loy vs R Erickson, 1989 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 10 moves, 1-0

King's English. Three Knights System (A27) 1-0 minors pop c7
Onischuk vs A Kovacevic, 1991 
(A27) English, Three Knights System, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Schleimann Def. Jaenisch G. Acptd (C40) 0-1Old KY Like
P de Schloezer vs Chigorin, 1878 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1

Elephant Gambit (C40) 1-0 8...Bc4 is strong too!
Koltanowski vs White, 1960 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Elephant Gambit/Cntr Cntr 3...Qxd5 (C40) 0-1Qs thrust on e-file
Abrikossowoski vs Parkow, 1938 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

P-K4 Gunderam Gambit (C40) 0-1 Open Game pseudo-Englund Gambit
Rasmussen vs Strong, 1956 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 9 moves, 0-1

Elephant Gambit: Wasp Var (C40) 0-1 She can't do it by herself
NN vs Bronstein, 1954 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Greco plays the Greco Counter-Gambit and mates on f2!
NN vs Greco, 1620 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

P-K4 Damiano Gambit Chigorin Gambit (C40) 1-0 Q trap
J Krejcik vs R Muenz, 1911 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

P-K4 Damiano Defense (C40) 1-0 Q&B battery, K walk
P Korhonen vs C C Lim, 2000 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit, Pseudo 4 Knights (C40) 1-0 Smothered Mate Mini
Kranzle vs Krause, 1939 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense (C40) 0-1 WARNING! WARNING!
B King vs W Baker, 1958 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Bilguer Variation (C40) 1-0 Gain time
P ten Hacken vs Nobbe, 1982 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: Greco Variation (C40) 0-1 Dovetail Mate
NN vs Greco, 1620 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Latvian Gambit (C40) 1-0 Keep developing new pieces w/threats
J S Morgado vs J C Torres, 1967 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: Accepted. Main Line (C40) 1-0 The B pin is next
E Roethler vs L Klavins, 1957 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Philidor Def 5.Bc4 Be7 (C41) 0-1 P thrust removes the defender
M Al Sayed vs Jobava, 2003 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 11 moves, 0-1

Ponziani Opening: Spanish Var (C44) 0-1 the ...d5 rebuttal
NN vs F Rhine, 2022 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense vs Italian c3, d3(C41) 1-0 Smothered Q is next
F de la Paz Perdomo vs A Wohl, 2001 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 8 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense (C41) 1-0 Legall's Mate in 10 moves
J Kvisla vs A Kabashaj, 2001 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

This same mate can occur on the 12th move of a Ruy Lopez
Mackenzie vs F Perrin, 1866 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation (C41) 1-0 Q trap
N Krogius vs N Aratovsky, 1945 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation (C41) 1-0 Minors trap Q
Philidor vs NN, 1990 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 11 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense (C41) 10.Bxf7+ Rxf7 11.Qc4 leaves White better
Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 1-0

Philidor: Lopez CG (C41) 1-0 Spurious but gorgeous miniature
J Blake vs G Hooke, 1891 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation (C41) 1-0 hole on f6
B Wall vs Kubasek, 1974 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

The "Magnetized King Game"
F Dupre vs Torre, 1927 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 10 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: Hanham Var (C41) 1-0 Neat Q trap
P Leonhardt vs NN, 1912 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Steinitz 4...Qh5 (C45) 0-1Don't go chasin' knights
J A Nunez Vallina vs C Ferron Garcia, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Q Pawn 2.Bf4 Steinitz Countergambit (D00) 0-1Trespasser rebuke
K Regan vs R Michell, 1905 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

QP Barry Attack (D00) 1-0 Interpose w/thy hanger!
M G Isakov vs NN, 2013 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1-0

Ryder Gambit 5.Qxf3 1-0 Halosar Trap that Fredthebear dodged
E Diemer vs H Halosar, 1934 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 One piece mate
Baitsch vs Pahlke, 1956 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Von Popiel G (D00) 1-0 Pick your poison
F J Wallis vs NN, 1914 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Von Popiel G(D00) 0-1Q sac,Reti's Mate
E Kunath vs N Grant, 1975 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Game 78: 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
Bartsch vs Jennen, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

B-D Gambit, Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 R sac wins 3 units
M Brzoza vs T Bartnik, 1991 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Deflection: Diemer had this mating pattern down pat
E Diemer vs Toth, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Indian Game/Veresov (A45) 1-0 Remove the Guard, not Fredthebear
J Hector vs N Kirkegaard, 2006 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Veresov 3...c5 4.BxN exBf6 (A45) 0-1 Uncommon Discovered Mate
E Sollano vs F Rhine, 1977 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Trompowsky Attack: Edge Variation (A45) 1-0 Stunning Discovery
Mamedyarov vs J Polgar, 2014 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Knights Variation (A46) 0-1 Drawish rapid game
A Ooms vs Andersson, 2005 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Stone-Ware Var (C51) Old game; Qd5 fork is coming
G Neumann vs C Mayet, 1865 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit. Tartakower Attack (C52) 1-0 Clearance sac fails
J Mehringer vs K Johannesson, 2012 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 11 moves, 1-0

1960 Koltanowski 56-board blindfold-simul
Koltanowski vs K B Richardson, 1960 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch Gambit. Double Gambit Accepted (C56) 1-0 Rob the pin
M Illescas vs D Garcia Ilundain, 1991 
(C56) Two Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Two Knights Def. Lolli Attack (C57) 1-0 Spearhead
E Schiller vs Busch, 1970 
(C57) Two Knights, 11 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening (A00) 1-0 Sweet decoy sacrifice
A Sokolsky vs G Krupsky, 1960 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Polish Opening Miniature (A00) 1-0 Stunning Blackburne's Mate!
Konstantin Chernyshov (elder) vs A Lesiak, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

The Sokolsky Gambit 4... Ne7 5. Qh5+ (A00) 1-0 QxN robs the pin
W Brinkmann vs K Woschkat, 1985 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

The Sokolsky Gambit 4... Ne7 5. Qh5+ (A00) 1-0 Bxf7+ Decoy, e6+
B Katalymov vs G Ilivitsky, 1959 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

The Sokolsky Gambit 4... Kf8!? 5. c3!? (A00) 1-0 Slashing Pawn
K Woschkat vs B Plath, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 11 moves, 1-0

Chess variants, Q odds (000) 1-0 Reinfeld checkmate puzzle
Tarrasch vs Schroeder, 1890 
(000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0

Odds game produces Legall's mate w/an extra step!
C F Smith vs NN, 1849 
(000) Chess variants, 11 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Spike. Hurst Attack (A00) 1-0, 12 moves
H Grob vs NN, 1966 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit. Fritz Gambit (A00) 1-0 Q nabs Q
C Bloodgood vs J Boothe, 1972 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Van Geet (Dunst), Hector Gambit (A00) 0-1 Support mate coming
A Aasum vs L Frenzel, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

Van Geet (Dunst), Klüver Gambit (A00) 1-0 Hello?!
K De Smet vs T Plath, 1989 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Reversed Alekhine's Defense; Beautiful Miniature w/a Q Sac
D van Geet vs W Versnel, 1950 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Game 70: 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
NN vs M Bier, 1905 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 11 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening: From Gambit - the wrong variation (A02) 1-0
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 10 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Sicilian Invite (A04) 0-1 Protest->Expelled
I Penko vs Jernej Novak, 2001 
(A04) Reti Opening, 10 moves, 0-1

English Defense (A10) 0-1, 12 moves, attack on f2, deflection
D Pergericht vs J Boudre, 1988 
(A10) English, 12 moves, 0-1

English Opening (A10) 1/2-1/2 Stalemate in 10 moves?!?!
J Upmark vs R Johansson, 1995 
(A10) English, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Opening: Symmetrical. Normal (A34) 1-0 Q trap
A C Rocha vs E Gonzalez Haro, 1965 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 12 moves, 1-0

Modern, Averbakh. Kotov Var (A42) 0-1 Looks like a dumb move!
W Thormann vs K Bischoff, 1982 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 11 moves, 0-1

Benoni / Franco-Sicilian Defense (A43) 1-0 3 simultaneous pins
Morphy vs A Meek, 1857 
(A43) Old Benoni, 12 moves, 1-0

Russian Game (C42) 1-0 Omaha CC named after Jack Spence
Koltanowski vs J Spence, 1960 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 11 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C42) 1-0 5...e4?
H Van Oostrum vs Rohner, 1981 
(C27) Vienna Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Game 152: 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
L Bachmann vs J Kunstmann, 1899 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Classical (C45) 1-0 3-in-1 threats hard to meet
A Khasin vs Lilienthal, 1955 
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch G. Kside Var (C45) 1-0 Black unlocks his own back door
D Mueller vs Werra, 1941 
(C45) Scotch Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Three Knights Opening (C46) 1-0 Legall's Mate w/2 Ns & 2 Bs
W Pollock vs E Hall, 1890 
(C46) Three Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: Schmidt Var (C47) 1-0 Bxf7+ w/a twist
Astapovich vs Golosov, 1967 
(C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz - Steiner Var (A51) 0-1 Smothered#
K Lagha vs E Contedini, 1960 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 10 moves, 0-1

Budapest Defense (A52) 0-1 Smothered Mate w/pin
B Farzamfar vs R Gralla, 2006 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Def. Janowski M L (A53) 0-1 En prise Black minors
R J Gross vs L Christiansen, 1973 
(A53) Old Indian, 12 moves, 0-1

Old Indian Defense: Ukrainian(A54) 1/2-1/2 N sac, Q+ perpetual
O Chernikov vs Vasiukov, 2005 
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Benoni, Hromadka System (A56) 0-1 Pin it to win it FAILED!
L Spassov vs Adorjan, 1977 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Four Pawns Attack (A68) 0-1 12...NxNc3 does it
I Arakelov vs S A Ivanov, 1995 
(A68) Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, 12 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit (A83) 1-0 Spearhead g6+
L Palau vs J Nollmann, 1948 
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

Dutch Defense: Rubinstein Var (A84) 0-1 Siberian Trap replica
L Arcila vs J U Guerrero, 1991 
(A84) Dutch, 12 moves, 0-1

Dutch Defense: Q's Knight Variation (A85) 1-0 Sudden Switch
Staunton vs Horwitz, 1846 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 12 moves, 1-0

Dutch; messed up Stonewall Def (A90) 1-0 LPDO
Euwe vs N Cortlever, 1940 
(A90) Dutch, 11 moves, 1-0

Ripley loses in 11, believe it or not
J M Ripley vs O Hardy, 1963 
(A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 11 moves, 0-1

Modern Def: Standard Line (B06) 0-1 P lever; can't save both Bs
Unzicker vs S Telljohann, 1994 
(B06) Robatsch, 11 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Standard (B06) 1-0 Bxf7+ vs both Ns developed
J Sylvan vs A Flaata, 1994 
(B06) Robatsch, 10 moves, 1-0

Pirc Def. Classical Bc4 Two Knights Sy (B08) 1-0 P fork, N fork
Koltanowski vs Magmusson, 1960 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 12 moves, 1-0

(B13) C-K Panov Attack, 12 moves, 1-0 Q caught grabbing Ps
Botvinnik vs Spielmann, 1935 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed opens, traps Black queen using minors
Blackburne vs J Loye, 1913 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Closed Korchnoi Def (B23) 1-0 Greed is a sin.
Blatny vs M Werner, 1988 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 11 moves, 1-0

Source: Sid Pickard - The Games of Wilhelm Steinitz p. 179 #692
Steinitz vs H G Voigt, 1885 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Closed. Fianchetto Variation (B24) 0-1 Q pinned to K
L Palau vs Najdorf, 1939 
(B24) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Nimzowitsch. Exchange Var (B29) 1-0 Castled into it!
J Cepiel vs Knaudt, 1975 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 12 moves, 1-0

Old Sicilian (B30) 1-0 Don't bring your queen out too early!
Fetzer vs Schmidt, 1951 
(B30) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack (B30) 1-0 Boy, oh boy.
O Kali vs Lior Duek, 2015 
(B30) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0

Donaldson & Silman, 1998 book Accelerated Dragons, p. 33
M McCue vs F Lindsay, 1975 
(B32) Sicilian, 12 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Pin. Koch Var (B40) 1-0 Gary was 13 years old
Kasparov vs G West, 1977 
(B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen (B46) 1-0 kNarly kNight
Portisch vs Oravez, 1952 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Paulsen (B48) 1-0 Odd trap missed Fredthebear
P Dely vs L Szollosi Sr, 1963 
(B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Classical Var (B57) 1-0 Mini: Hit f7 or it's defender!
C Zuidema vs H Ree, 1967 
(B56) Sicilian, 11 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Exchange (B62) 1-0 Ridiculous works!
B Koch vs W Kuppe, 1932 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 12 moves, 1-0

VK wins in 12; Spassky (age 11) could play on with 12...Kd8!
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1948 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Levenfish Var (B71) 1-0 Leaps and bounds
D Mueller-Using vs F Hoffmann, 1995 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 10 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Fischer-Sozin Attack. Leonhardt Var (B88) 0-1 ...Nf3+
S Sursock vs Larsen, 1970 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 12 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Najdorf (B90) 1-0 Bishop highway looms large
F Gragger vs Vieltorf, 1952 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. English Attack (B90) 1-0 Uncommon Q trap
P Shields vs R Spiers, 1970 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 10 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian Four Knights (C50) 0-1 Q+ & fork B
J H Lohr vs Euwe, 1923 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 0-1

Italian Game 3...Nh6? (C50) 1-0 Develop, Castle, Attack, Mate
Koltanowski vs Day, 1960 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Giuoco Pianissimo. Italian 4 Kts (C50) 1-0Black unpin will fail
E Daniels vs G Walker, 1841 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian Game 4.0-0 f5 5.d4 (C50) 1-0 A rim rockin' slam dunk!!
Morphy vs J Schulten, 1857 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian, Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) 0-1Pin & pawn roller
G Teitz vs B Wall, 1984 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 0-1

P-Q4 Anti-Torre (D02) 1-0 White N fork or B pin next
Bogoljubov vs N I Grekov, 1914 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 1-0

QG Declined: Baltic Def. Q Attack Deferred (D02) 0-1, 10 moves
J van der Linden vs L Svensson, 1993 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 0-1

Colle c3 System (D04) 1-0 Early bird march of the b-pawn
G Welling vs F Sergent, 1998 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0

QGD Albin Countergambit. Normal Line(D08) 0-1 "Smothered Check"
J Roscher vs W Seemann, 1988 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

AMAZING - game that never happened; pawn hurts like a splinter!
Schlechter vs J Perlis, 1911 
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 10 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Exchange Var (D13) 1-0 Qside exchanges, trapped R
Birjukov vs Frolov, 1968 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 11 moves, 1-0

QGA Old var (D20) 1-0 Black lost 2 minor pieces in 12 moves
J Sarratt vs NN, 1818 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

QGA Alekhine Def. Borisenko-Furman Var (D21) 1-0Remove defender
Botvinnik vs Schmid, 1965 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

QGA (D25) 1-0 Black can't hold onto the pawn this way
S Papacek vs P Jerabek, 1989 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Semi-Slav, Accelerated Move Order (D31) 1-0Greek gift miniature
Pillsbury vs NN, 1899 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch Defense (D32) 0-1 Both sides assault the c-pawn
N I Grekov vs N Grigoriev, 1919 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 10 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical (D32) 0-1 En Prise Intermezzo+
Voloschin vs Forarasi, 1988
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def. Swedish, Central Break (D33) 0-1 She robs the pin
S Khalilbeili vs Furman, 1956 
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 10 moves, 0-1

Q's Gambit Declined, Cambridge Springs(D52) 1-0Remove the Guard
I Cheparinov vs L Lang, 1995 
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D71) 0-1 Up 2 pawns
G Andruet vs A Bofill Mas, 1988 
(D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 10 moves, 0-1

Gruenfeld Def. Modern Exchange Var (D85) 1-0 Q grabs pawn
I Polovodin vs L Maslov, 1984 
(D85) Grunfeld, 12 moves, 1-0

Catalan Opening (E00) 0-1Pinned to mating square and piled upon
S Demmery vs B Sambuev, 2010
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 11 moves, 0-1

QID Petrosian Var. Farago Defense (E12) 1-0 Double attack LPDO
L Christiansen vs Karpov, 1993 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0

QID Classical. Traditional (E17) 1-0 Discovery on the diagonals
H Karner vs Mass, 1971 
(E17) Queen's Indian, 9 moves, 1-0

(E18) QID, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 12 moves, 1-0 Double Attack
H Heinicke vs P A Seitz, 1934 
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 12 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Kmoch Variation (E20) 0-1 Thunderbolt!
R Saeidi vs A Roghani, 2001
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 11 moves, 0-1

Standard Remove the Defender, then + & Fork LPDO
Botvinnik vs N Sorokin, 1933 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian, Normal Var. Schlechter Def (E52) 1-0 Bs trap Q
A Lugovoi vs Balashov, 2003 
(E52) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6, 12 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Pierce Gambit (C25) 1-0 Pretty far gone days
F J Perez vs Alekhine, 1943 
(C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0

Vienna Game: Stanley Var. Meitner-Mieses Gambit (C25) 1-0 N+s
P Leisebein vs H Tuchtenhagen, 1989 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Knight Var (C25) 1-0 Can opener
Steinitz vs NN, 1860 
(C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 0-1 The wrong way
J Gallagher vs Miles, 1990 
(C28) Vienna Game, 11 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack(B10)1-0Auer, das tut weh!
Wurm vs Auer, 1937 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 Nxf7 KxNf7 Qxe6+
Alekhine vs R Bruce, 1938 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

C-K Accelerated Panov Attack (B10) 0-1, 12 moves, Dbl R Pins!!
A Espeli vs Andersen, 1952 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann: Two Knights Attack (B10) 1-0 King walk
B Wall vs T Louie, 1974 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense (B15) 1-0 kNights love to eat pawns
A Karpatchev vs R Oney, 2006 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 10 moves, 1-0

C-K Def. Main Line (B15) 1-0 Famous off-hand miniature w/Q sac
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs Variation (B15) 1-0 Boden's Mate w/Q
Chulkov vs Gavemann, 1947 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

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

Reshevsky drops Q in 12, but plays to to move 40
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958 
(B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0

Siciliian Kan. Polugaevsky Var (B42) 1-0 After 13.Bh5 Q trap
P Popovic vs P Schlosser, 1992 
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 12 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Chigorin 2.Qe2 (C00)1-0 Q&N work well together
V Sanduleac vs C Paun, 2012 
(C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit I (C01) 1-0 N sac, Qf7#
Koltanowski vs D Jong, 1960 
(C01) French, Exchange, 10 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange. Monte Carlo (C01) 1-0 Deflection
C Andersson vs F McCluskey, 1993 
(C01) French, Exchange, 11 moves, 1-0

French Def 3...b6 vs. Advance (C02) 0-1 Make a bigger threat
H Nishimura vs M Wiedenkeller, 1982 
(C02) French, Advance, 12 moves, 0-1

French Defense: Tarrasch. Guimard Def (C03) 0-1 Messed up Ns
E Walther vs L Schmid, 1961 
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 0-1

FR Tarrasch, Guimard Def (C04) 1-0 White threatens # & LPDO N
Tal vs Vaganian, 1973 
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 12 moves, 1-0

French Def. Tarrasch. Guimard Def. ML (C04) 0-1Royal Discovery+
NN vs Ross, 1974 
(C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 12 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) Bad Boyzz!
Wilk vs Neumann, 1956 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 10 moves, 1-0

French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 1-0 Pin
Carlsen vs Caruana, 2014 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 11 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein Var (C10) 1-0 Q gets snarred pawn grabbing
Steinitz vs Bird, 1866 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 1-0 Double threat
E Woehl vs P Krusius, 1920 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein (C10) 1-0 Another fatal Nge7 w/Greek Gift
K Blom vs Niels Jensen, 1934 
(C10) French, 9 moves, 1-0

Game 39 of 1000, Baruch Harold Wood vs L.D.H, Correspondence
B H Wood vs L D H, 1948 
(C10) French, 10 moves, 1-0

French Rubinstein. Blackburne Def (C10) 0-1 Dbl threat crusher!
H Lohmann vs R Teschner, 1950 
(C10) French, 10 moves, 0-1

French Rubinstein (C10) 1-0 Useless vs. Useful Checks
B Wall vs W Wall, 1969 
(C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0

French Classical. Frankfurt Var (C13) 1-0The hunter becomes the
Velimirovic vs H Ree, 1994 
(C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0

French Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Spielmann (C13) 1-0 Greek gift
Bogoljubov vs NN, 1952 
(C13) French, 12 moves, 1-0

FR Winawer. Fingerslip Kunin Double Gambit (C15) 1-0Open d-file
V Kunin vs Ochsengoit, 1958 
(C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer (C15) 1-0 Freebie or Forking N+
B Wall vs F Aparasi, 1973 
(C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0

French Winawer (C15) 1-0 g-pawn stabs at bishops
Andersson vs Velimirovic, 1997 
(C15) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0

Danish Gambit: Accepted. Schlechter Def (C21) 0-1 Withdrawal?!
W Piegeler vs H Dymek, 1986 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Potter Var (C45) 0-1 Bxf2+ Decoy, Ne4+ Unpin
E El-Khater vs J Raphael, 1986 
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game 4...Ne5 Copycat (C45) 1-0 Black forgot the Bourbon
K Busch vs H Emser, 1987 
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch, Schmidt 5.Bg5?! (C45) 0-1 White moves 2 minors too much
I P Ferreres vs A Nuevo Perez, 1992 
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 0-1

Evans Gambit. Waller Attack (C52) 1-0 Deflection & Decoy
Fischer vs R Sugerman, 1964 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Defense (C60) 1-0 Notes by JHB
Blackburne vs de Vere, 1869  
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def. (C60) 1-0 White owns the dark squares
Anderssen vs B Suhle, 1859 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Zukertort sacs the Queen for Boden's mate in 12 moves
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def (C60) 1-0 Legal's Mate variant
D Benjafield vs C J Wippell, 1938 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Defense. Beverwijk Var (C65) 0-1 Ng4, Qh4, Ba6+
NN vs G Sewell, 1951 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 11 moves, 0-1

Spanish Berlin Defense. Beverwijk Var (C65) 0-1 Ng4, Qh4, Ba6
A Hobbis vs A Cooper, 1952 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Spanish Berlin, Improved Steinitz Defense?! (C66) 1-0 Dbl ++
A Nimzowitsch vs Ryckhoff, 1910 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Hedgehog (C66) 1-0 Interference
D H Campora vs J Eslon, 1991
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Berlin Def. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1-0 Back ranker
Winawer vs C Schmid, 1881 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Exchange; Black Fishin' Pole (C69) 1/2-Q sac perpetual
Adorjan vs Karpov, 1967 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 10 moves, 1/2-1/2

Spanish Game: Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 Fishin' Pole
W John vs E Dyckhoff, 1904 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 10 moves, 0-1

Spanish Exchange. Normal (C69) 1-0 Defendant & Defender under f
B Wall vs B Henline, 1977 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 10 moves, 1-0

Spanish Exchange. Alapin Gambit (C69) 0-1 She's overworked
H Bohm vs R Hernandez Onna, 1979 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 12 moves, 0-1

Well known Noah's Arc trap in the Modern Steinitz Defense
R Dworzynski vs Keres, 1956 
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 11 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Mackenzie Var (C77) 1-0Spearhead Q fork
D Burk vs A Wishnek, 1968 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 8 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Steinitz Deferd (C79) 1-0 Legal's # w/2 Bs
M Kolnik vs Schurr, 1940 
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open Variation (C80) 0-1 Q forks LPDO & Mating square
V Kirillov vs Taimanov, 1947 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 12 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Open. Richter Variation (C80) 1-0 You shouldn't
Laroschin vs Groper, 1923 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 10 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Open. Riga Var (C80) 0-1 Bxh2+ discovery nabs LPDO Q
S Osborne vs J M Garcia, 2005 
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 11 moves, 0-1

White missed 12.Bxf7+ KxB 13.Ng5+ Kg8 14.Ne6 smothers the Q
J Polgar vs Spassky, 1993 
(C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 63 moves, 0-1

Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Qc5 trapped
J Krejcik vs Reti, 1922 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 1-0

QGD Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Legall's Mate on Qside
H Berliner vs A Rott, 1956 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Game 114: 1000 Best Short Games of Chess by Irving Chernev
Denker vs Chiera, 1936 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

QGD Marshall Def (D06) 1-0 Common unpin wins in 11
D Genz vs D Boehmer, 1985 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 1-0

QGA Mannheim Var (D23)1-0 Mutual Support: Ng5, Bxf7+, Ne6*
J Sajtar vs Sliwa, 1947 
(D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Bird Opening: From Gambit (A02) 0-1 Boden's Mate w/a Q
Krauthauser vs H Herrmann, 1934 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Center Game: Normal Var (C22) 1-0 Decoy, Pin, QxQ
Bronstein vs NN, 1950 
(C22) Center Game, 10 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann. Karlsbad Var (E23) 0-1 Q trap
A Hansen vs S Jensen, 1945 
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 9 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Canal Attack (B51) 1-0 Black will lose Q or #
R Nicevski vs Ljubojevic, 1975 
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 12 moves, 1-0

Game 141 in Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
Eliascheff vs NN, 1948 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit Anderssen Def (C39) 0-1 Deep trouble
J Arizmendi Martinez vs Grischuk, 2000 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

Game 52 in The Fireside Book of Chess by Chernev & Reinfeld
H Steiner vs J C Thompson, 1940 
(D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 12 moves, 1-0

Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attk. Strautins Gambit (C40) 0-1 Corr cra
Siegers vs O Purins, 1971 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

English Opening: The Whale (C20) 0-1 tpstart quotes Mellencamp
M Helin vs D Larsson, 1992 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 0-1

QID. Spassky System (E14) 1-0 The White N wins the joust
B Harper vs P Sontag, 1979 
(E14) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer G., Ryder Gambit (D00) 1-0 Is Black winning?!
Ryder vs NN, 1898 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Def: Kennedy. Linksspringer (B00) 1-0 Invitation 2C
C Saulson vs H Phillips, 1907 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Morphy Gambit (B21) 1-0The cavalry is coming!
E Rosenblatt vs H Fabian, 1960
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 12 moves, 1-0

Falkbeer Countergambit 3...e4 Charousek Gambit (C32) 1-0
W Van Humbeeck vs P Limbos, 1964 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

QGD Marshall Defense (D06) 0-1 White Q ate the b-pawn & rook
F Schubert vs L Tipary, 1938 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 0-1

KGA. B's Gambit Bogoljubow Var (C33) 1-0 No center P fork trick
D Gedult vs M von Zweigbergk, 1971 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

KID. Zinnowitz Var (E90) 1-0 Youth off-hand game
Fischer vs J Altusky, 1954 
(E90) King's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0

KIA vs Bg7 (A07) 1-0Black Q a gonner, but it's worse than that!
W Beckemeyer vs A Delanoy, 1991 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Marshall Gambit (B23) 1-0Backwards Legall's #
O Bernstein vs NN, 1927 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 1-0

Not the Caro-Kann Defense; it's garbage (B10) 1-0 QxNf7#
A David vs Marc Daniel, 2005 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 12 moves, 1-0

French Winawer. Winckelmann-Riemer G. (C15)1-0 Q sac for K walk
C Toerber vs G Menke, 1950 
(C15) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Vienna Var (D00) 1-0 Open long diagonal
Nielsen vs H Christiansen, 1968 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Fajarowicz Variation (A51) 0-1Decoy & Deflect
Soderstrom vs A Olsson, 1981 
(A51) Budapest Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

Budapest Def (A52) 0-1 Peculiar knight is deadly!
J Laszlo vs L Alfoldy, 1933 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

Barnes Opening: Walkerling (A00) 1-0 1 defender isn't enough
H Walkerling vs Nagy, 1930 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Reti Gambit (A09) 0-1 N+; it's one or the other
B Andonov vs Lputian, 1987 
(A09) Reti Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

King's English. Reversed Sicilian (A21) 1-0 Six N moves??
Marshall vs E McCormick, 1938 
(A21) English, 12 moves, 1-0

Anglo-Indian Def. Flohr-Mikenas-Carls Var (A18)1/2-1/2 12 moves
Keene vs D Anderton, 1977 
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

English Defense (A10)1/2-1/2 Wonderful Q trap saves the day
I Bilek vs H Schussler, 1978 
(A10) English, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Four Knights Spanish. Rubinstein (C48) 0-1 Reverberation
H Spangenberg vs Tkachiev, 1997 
(C48) Four Knights, 12 moves, 0-1

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

French Defense: NOT Normal (C00) 1-0 Pawn fork on move 4
M Mas vs R Guerrero, 1991 
(C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection (B00) 1-0 Q trap
J Curdo vs S Rabinowitz, 1996 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

IM Nikolay Minev's book Mastering Tactical Ideas
Alekhine vs S Lugowski, 1931 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Closed (B29) 1-0 Discovered Attk
A Shiplay vs E Shipley, 1977 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA. Greco Gambit (C38) 1-0 Remove the Defender
M Lopez Michelone vs A Camara, 1997
(C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Dragon. Yugoslav Attack (B75) 0-1 Strange blunder
K Kaliwoda vs A Laustsen, 1956 
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 12 moves, 0-1

Sicilian Defense: Venice Attack (B56) 1-0 Lead in development
M Ashley vs A Zelner, 1993 
(B56) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Var (A04) 1-0 Pin the pawn to royalty
K Schulz vs M Maenner, 1994 
(A04) Reti Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Budapest Def: Alekhine. Abonyi Var (A52) 0-1 Correspond Pawn up
H Anders vs W Pohl, 1987 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Spielmann Def (A32) 1-0 Qd5
Adorjan vs L Zsinka, 1982 
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Berlin Def. Beverwijk Var (C65) 0-1Q got in, got caught
D Smith vs B Wall, 1971 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attk (C55) 1-0 9...Qxf6?
H Heider vs J Platz, 1920 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Grob Gambit. Declined d5, e5 (A00) 1-0 Ns help trap Q
H Grob vs Sperling, 1952 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Exchange Var (C01) 0-1 Overworked defender
W Gwin vs B Wall, 1983
(C01) French, Exchange, 12 moves, 0-1

King's English. Two Knts 3...e4 4.Ng5 (A22) 1-0 Q+ & fork
J Bermejo Collado vs E Martinez, 1991 
(A22) English, 12 moves, 1-0

KIA smashes Dutch Stonewall Def (A07) 1-0 Shattered Pawns
R M McKay vs P M Giulian, 1988 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA. Becker Def (C34) 1-0 Possible Swallow's Tail/Gueridon #
B Hulse vs R E Fauber, 1976 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Russian Game: Classical Attk. Chigorin Var (C42) 1-0Wrong unpin
S Isaksson vs H Broberger, 1976 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Schliemann Def. Schönemann Attk (C63) 1-0 Pseudo Boden
E Aaltio vs H Plukker, 1974 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Discovered Check answered w/a Discovered Check!!
A Visitor vs H J Macthomas Thoms, 1924 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1

French 3.c3? (C00) 1-0 The horse ran off from his K
V Hergert vs G Handke, 1988 
(C00) French Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Drill Variation (A20) 0-1 turkey not at workey
I Manolov vs O Rause, 1988 
(A20) English, 12 moves, 0-1

English/Reti vs Bg7, f6, e5 (A04)1-0 12...QxN still loses piece
K Spraggett vs L Day, 1984 
(A04) Reti Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 N hits defender - 2x
J D Tresling vs Swiderski, 1899 
(C28) Vienna Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian, Scotch Gambit. Nakhmanson Gambit (C56) 1-0 Smothered #
T Chan vs D Schneider, 2008 
(C56) Two Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

Three Knights Opening: General (C46) 1-0 Ng5 Legall's #?
S Sloan vs William F Cox, 1956 
(C46) Three Knights, 12 moves, 1-0

King's English. Two Knights' General (A22) 0-1 Correspondence
Shaw vs Whitney, 1949 
(A22) English, 12 moves, 0-1

Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit (C41) 1-0 4-piece assault
Cochrane vs Moheschunder, 1855 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Deutz Gambit (C55) 1-0 Pile on the pin w/a grin
Y Estrin vs K Klaman, 1957 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit Fraser-Minckwitz Def (C28) 0-1
J P Morgan vs W P Shipley, 1891 
(C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 0-1

Gedult/Barnes Opening 1.f3? (A00) 0-1 Masterly foolishness
B Schneider vs Van Wely, 2005 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Bird Opening into Stonewall Attack (A02) 1-0 Discovery Q trap
H Brown vs O Friedman, 1949 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 1-0

Game 117 in Irving Chernev's 1000 Best Short Games of Chess
O Soyka vs B Tot, 1948 
(C57) Two Knights, 12 moves, 0-1

Caro-Kann Def: Bronstein-Larsen Var (B16) 1-0Compare back ranks
E Marchand vs M Reiss, 1954 
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

KID. Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 1-0 Ng4 bait backfires·
M Pein vs E Hernandez Guerrero, 1991 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Slav Defense: Czech Var (D17) 0-1 Lit in Liechtenstein
B Fartmann vs E Weinzettl, 1988 
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 12 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit. Hamppe-Muzio Gambit (C25) 1-0 Open kside
Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura, 2016 
(C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0

KGA 3...Bc5. K's Knight Gambit (C34) 1-0 P roller, Ne5, Bxf7#
M Dietrich vs R Mcginnis, 1974
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation (B40) 1-0 Uncastled K crush
M Henneberger vs Lengacher, 1931
(B40) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted. B's Gambit (C33) 0-1 Q crashes in!
Courel vs J Blake, 1889 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1

English Opening: Anglo-Indian Def. KID Formation (A15) 1-0 11.?
I Berezovsky vs V Rusel, 1984 
(A15) English, 12 moves, 1-0

KID: Accelerated Averbakh Var (E70) 1-0 Anticipated P fork
A W Conger vs Fischer, 1955 
(E70) King's Indian, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Dragon. Yugoslav Attk (B78) 0-1Discovery; overloaded Q
L Nemkova vs D Hahalev, 2010 
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 12 moves, 0-1

French Tarrasch. Open System Euwe-Keres Line (C07) 0-1 Q trap
B Anderson vs W Milbratz, 1990 
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 0-1

Pawn advances into Single-Double attacks
Euwe vs J Graafland, 1925 
(A15) English, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Staunton-Cochrane Variation (B20) 1-0 Q trap
B Wall vs S Farmer, 1989 
(B20) Sicilian, 12 moves, 1-0

P-Q4: Zukertort Variation (D02) 1-0 Black castled into it?
R Scott vs F Wenman, 1920 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Modern Var (B61) 1-0 Double attack
D Baretic vs I Radulov, 1971 
(B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 12 moves, 1-0

KGD: Falkbeer Countergambit. Anderssen Attk (C31) 0-1 Boden's #
Cardiff vs Bristol, 1969 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox (E94) 0-1 Qg5 threat
M Pacheco vs Bachmann, 2006 
(E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 12 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Falkbeer Var (C26) 0-1 zanzibar notes
NN vs B Lasker, 1881 
(C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 0-1

the "San Francisco Chronicle", Sunday, August 12, 1923, p.6F
G Branch vs E Gruer, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

Indian Game: Kingside Fianchetto (A48) 0-1 f2 is undefended
B Gurgenidze vs Azmaiparashvili, 1986 
(A48) King's Indian, 12 moves, 0-1

KID: Normal. King's Knight Var (E60) 0-1 Q+ and fork LPDO N
V Nedilko vs Bologan, 2010 
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Scotch Game: Malaniuk Var (C45) 1-0 Scholar's Mate
Mohamed Ali Samiro vs Hao Io Lao, 2020 
(C45) Scotch Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Castle w/king first, two squares. Always move R after the K.
Ashley Todd vs R Miller, 2020 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 0-1

Four Knights Game: Italian Var (C50) 1-0Don't miss your unpins!
C Morrow vs G L Langan, 1992 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Alapin 2.c3. Barmen Def (B22) 0-1 Mate next
L Pospisil vs L Klima, 1995 
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 12 moves, 0-1

Indian Game: General (A45) 1-0 rare Max Lange # in center
Nita Saraci vs Nafissatou Gbadamassi, 2018 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Canal Var (C56) 0-1 Correspond
L Talavera vs M Worsley, 1965 
(C56) Two Knights, 12 moves, 0-1

Van Geet (Dunst), Klüver Gambit (A00) 0-1What's a pawn or two?
S Plath vs W Kreuscher, 1990 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

English, Symmetrical. Four Knts (A35) 1-0 Q&N# Kill Box on 3rd
G Sutton vs A Marthinsen, 2004 
(A35) English, Symmetrical, 12 moves, 0-1

QGD. Chigorin Def. Tartakower Gambit (D06) 0-1 Caught uncastled
Bafrali vs E Schiller, 1991 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 0-1

Scandinavian Def: Bronstein Qd6 (B01) 0-1 2 Attackers, 1 Guard
P Wolff vs S Getz, 2020 
(B01) Scandinavian, 12 moves, 0-1

Bishop's Opening: Stein Gambit (C23) 0-1 Balestra Mate
Weigel vs Ebert, 1936 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Main Line (C29) 1-0 Discovered+
G Tidd vs M Greenwalt, 1983 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

Budapest Defense: Rubinstein Var (A52) 1-0 Correspondence
R Wegelin vs J Roscher, 1987 
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Schliemann Def. Dyckhoff Var (C63) 0-1 Correspond
G H Phillips vs J Roscher, 1989 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Game 122 in 'The Soviet Championships' by Taimanov & Cafferty
A Mikhalchishin vs Romanishin, 1981 
(D85) Grunfeld, 12 moves, 0-1

NID: Saemisch Var (E26) 1-0 Black will drop additional material
Keres vs U Mikkov, 1953 
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 12 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Hungarian Def (C50) 1-0 Punish Wayward Knight
Hope vs Pickering, 1974 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 1-0

Nimzo-Indian Def: Saemisch Var (E25) 0-1 12.BxN or 13.BxN =+
H Enevoldsen vs Larsen, 1954 
(E25) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 12 moves, 0-1

Elephant Gambit: Maroczy Gambit (C40) 0-1 Correspondence
P Topholm vs R Pape, 1988 
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Spanish, Morphy Def. Archangelsk Var (C78) 0-1Philidor's Legacy
P Avgousti vs C Uzman, 1970 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 0-1

QGD. Ragozin Defense (D38) 1-0 Discovered Attack
N Sarin vs B Adler, 2016 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 12 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Def: Normal (B02) 1-0 Bxf7+ KxB, Ng5+ unpin
H J Ament vs NN, 1922 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Alekhine Defense: Normal Variation (B02) 0-1 Creative
Malle vs Dankert, 1921
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Standard Def (B06) 1-0 Discovered Attack
G West vs I Rogers, 1981 
(B06) Robatsch, 12 moves, 1-0

delete
S Gichurkin vs K Petrosian, 2006
(E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 11 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense. Exchange Var (C63) 0-1
H Buker vs J Stander, 1972 
(C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

QID. Dbl Fio. Nimzowitsch Var Quiet Line (E15) 0-1 Early promo
P Petran vs Adorjan, 1985 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 12 moves, 0-1

KGA. Ghulam-Kassim Gambit (000) 1-0 Sac attack on open f-file!
Morphy vs M Conway, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Def: Grand Prix Attack (B23) 1-0 Black Q is trapped
A Bryn vs C Sigamoney, 2010 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 12 moves, 1-0

French Defense: Winawer. Advance Var (C18) 1-0 Bxh7+ Greek gift
Tal vs E W Jaggs, 1964 
(C18) French, Winawer, 12 moves, 1-0

Steeplechase castle-by-hand avoids Fool's #, but not folly
A Kalnins vs Petrov, 1932 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 12 moves, 0-1

Modern Defense: Two Knights Var (B06) 1-0 Remove the Guard!
Lachex vs J Nogueiras, 1990 
(B06) Robatsch, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz Def (C73) 1-0 Remove the G
I Lipnitsky vs Smirnov, 1949 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

King's Gambit: Accepted. Cunningham Def (C35) 0-1 Q&N backrankr
Frank F Moore vs C F Wright, 1943 
(C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 12 moves, 0-1

Mikenas Defense (A40) 1-0 Trapped Knight gets worse
H Y Ibrahim vs K Anderson, 1984 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

English Opening: Golombek Defense (A16) 0-1 Double Attack!!
N Rudnev vs N Kopilov, 1938 
(A16) English, 12 moves, 0-1

QGD: Marshall Defense (D06) 1-0 Read the blue link
F Rhine vs NN, 2017 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0

variants less QN, Bird's Opening (000) 1-0 Q sac for Mayet's #!
W Cook vs A E Wilson, 1881 
(000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0

English vs Agincourt Def. K's Knight (A13) 1-0 Gain material
K Petschar vs W Scholzen, 2014 
(A13) English, 12 moves, 1-0

variants / KGA, Muzio Gambit (000) 1-0 Black gets blasted
L Hesse vs Charles Lochman, 1891 
(000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 1-0

Caro-Kann Def: Classical Var (B18) 0-1Q trap using Boden's mate
A Matoussi vs C Jorgensen, 2010 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 12 moves, 0-1

Italian Game: Classical. Giuoco Pianissimo (C53) 0-1 P traps B
A Olkhovskiy vs McShane, 2017 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 12 moves, 0-1

Benoni Defense: Vulture Defense (A56) 0-1 Q & N mate
Anderson vs Edwards, 1988 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 12 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch Def: Two Knights Var (D32) 1-0 Blindfold simul record
Koltanowski vs Lamb, 1937 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28) 1-0 Corresp catch a N
M Ale vs J Geus, 1983 
(C28) Vienna Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense (C55) 1-0 Don't take the bait
B Koch vs G Weissgerber, 1935 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 12 moves, 1-0

Scotch Game: General 3...Nf6?! (C44) 1-0 Bishops raid
S Tkeshelashvili vs P Mellon, 1991
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 12 moves, 1-0

Spanish Game: Cozio Def. General (C60) 1-0 Double Disc Check!!
A Kveinys vs Viljar Kapp, 2017
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Unpin with a capture threatening to capture again
W Paulsen vs von Bardeleben, 1883 
(C22) Center Game, 12 moves, 0-1

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