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Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners 54 games, 1887-2018 GM Vugar Gashimov plays the Modern Benoni This is in honor of the great late super grandmaster Vugar Gashimov (24 July 1986 – 10–11 January 2014). He was best known as an expert of the sharp Modern Benoni in top level grandmaster play. 6 games, 2009-2011 London System Collection 24 games, 1882-2007 London System v. KID (1-0) 15 games, 1953-2017 Neil McDonald: Chess - The Art of Logical Thinki 30 games, 1978-2003 Pre-Romantic era of chess -Content: -oldest recorded game of chess -Italian masters through history: Polerio, Busnardo and Greco -Spanish maters through history: Damiano and Ruy Lopez -Philipp Stamma -Legal - first proffesion chess player and Philidor's teacher -Englishmen Bowdler -François André Philidor - probably the strongest player of his time -La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell match in 1834 -other masters of 19th century: Sarrat, Captain Evans, Von der Lasa, Bilguer, Bledow, Saint Amant and Staunton 23 games, 1475-1842