| Jun-03-25 |
D Root vs S Rubin, 1991
GumboGambit: At the end of the game, White had:
<The Root of all e-file>
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| Jun-03-25 |
Nakamura vs D Gukesh, 2025
MarcusBierce: What is up with Gukesh getting into such positions? The way things are going though, we may me looking at another 0-1
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| Jun-03-25 |
Kibitzer's Café
harrylime: <<diceman: <harrywhine:
<Scazz>
I'll give you a prototype list
But this is just between me , you , the Russians and China .. ok ? Nobody else ...
It neeeeeeeeeeds to be private .
1. He Mate me
2. Stone free or fook ...
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| Jun-03-25 |
M Machalova vs N Popova, 2008
FM David H. Levin: I suspect that the moves 3...d5 4. cxd5 should be inserted, yielding 3...d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 (although the score would still seem rather incomplete).
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| Jun-03-25 |
Wei Yi vs Carlsen, 2025
cehertan: Wow, the old ugly nineteenth century idea dot dot dot Bd6, only MC could get away with that.
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| Jun-03-25 |
E Sowden vs R Babcock, 2011
GumboGambit: If the email correspondence was not encrypted, then this game may have been exposed to: <RickyLeaks>
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| Jun-03-25 |
Y Sitorus vs E Achilles, 2020
GumboGambit: Edgar currently has 100 games in the database with 90 of them being drawn. Since this is the last one, we can say that it was: <Achilles Last Stand>
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| Jun-03-25 |
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1936
FM David H. Levin: <<Whitehat1963>: Try as he might, Capa can't find the win. Given that it's a simul,
I suspect there's a more than a couple of missed opportunities for white here.> The missed opportunity that struck me was in the ...
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| Jun-03-25 |
Karpov vs Taimanov, 1977
An Englishman: Good Morning: "Time Enough at Last," a classic episode of The Twilight Zone. Without <Petrosianic's> clue, would not have solved it, either.
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| Jun-03-25 |
W Wayte vs A Guest, 1893
GumboGambit: Some impatient hosts lose their <Will> when having to <Wayte> for their <Guest> to arrive.
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| Jun-03-25 |
Chessgames - Sports
perfidious: <Petrosianic: No sooner do I dare to suggest that the Sacramento A's might possibly make the playoffs, than they go on a 1-18 tear that puts it out out of the question.> Troublemaker. (laughs)
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| Jun-03-25 |
D Gukesh vs Carlsen, 2025
MarcusBierce: < Fusilli: <Sally> You made me lol. And I read your post to my non-chess-playing wife and she laughed too. Clearly, the more unchessy chess is, the more attention it generates.> To second this, Karpov was only exciting to
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| Jun-03-25 |
Norway Chess (2025)
stone free or die: <<Olavi> (plus something that I've forgotten).> One could write it as
<3-[1.5|1.0] -0>, since a draw's Armageddon can earn the winner a 0.5-point more.
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| Jun-03-25 |
Robert J Fischer
Petrosianic: <Check It Out: This is not who you think it is.> It's exactly who I think it is.
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| Jun-03-25 |
Norway Chess (Women) (2025)
offramp:
<So lets see, now, I got 1 share for being 1 person, 1 share for going down the hill, 1 share for the truck, and 1 share for being a person in the truck, but no matter how you figure it out, I still don't get as much as anybody else!
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| Jun-03-25 |
D Gukesh vs A Erigaisi, 2025
keypusher: Playing over the opening it looks like Amateur v. Expert at a weekend Swiss. But what an incredible struggle this turned into. Lots of credit to Gukesh for finally coming out on top.
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| Jun-03-25 |
C Harmon vs W J Donaldson, 1983
Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the American IM William John Donaldson, whose marriage with the Russian WGM and vice world champion from 1986 Elena Akhmilovskaya during the 1988 Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki/Greece probably earned Hungary
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| Jun-03-25 |
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000
ColdSong: Second game in a row Kasparov had to lose with black in this Wch.
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| Jun-03-25 |
J Aijala vs A Kochyev, 2003
Kuhlberg: Yet another impressive performance!
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| Jun-03-25 |
Efim Geller
ewan14: Botvinnik was not always thinking clearly when it came to Geller.
Once described him as player of the sixties
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| Jun-03-25 |
Ron Lifshits
Nosnibor: He seems to have a very successful chess career. Born in 1973 and beating among others Sofia Polgar.
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| Jun-03-25 |
Gligoric Cup (2025)
offramp: It's like a cross with <Paraffin> and <Anacin>. <Paracin: relieves constipation, and raises your body temperature rapidly from 37°C to 1,700°C.>🚀
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| Jun-03-25 |
Tal vs Bronstein, 1957
MarianoFreyreX: Tal winming in othr style. Nice Q a3.
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| Jun-03-25 |
A Bauza vs V Vilchez, 1982
Straclonoor: Nice ending!
[DIAGRAM] <66.Qd4> this move goes to win 7-pieces ending (see below) but white had more powerful continuation. Analysis by Stockfish dev-20240117-a5675f19:
1. +- (#10): 66.Ke6 Qb3+ 67.Kf6 Be8 68.Qxe8 Qb2+ 69.e5 ...
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| Jun-03-25 |
Duras vs A Nimzowitsch, 1907
gezafan: Nimzovich played strange and interesting chess. Check out the position after move 9.
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| Jun-03-25 |
J Sunye Neto vs J Reyes, 1985
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Nice 7-pieces K+2N vs. k+r+2p ending!
<61....Rf5??> Remarkable mistake! Black should be more proactive - 61....Ra5+! 62.Kb3 g5 63.Kc4 Kg7!! (only move to win) 64.Nfd5 Kh6!! (only move to win again) 65.Nf6 Kg6 66.Ncd5 ...
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| Jun-03-25 |
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2025
Sally Simpson: The Armageddon game makes up for this. See Carlsen's 14th, move. Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2025
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| Jun-03-25 |
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2025
Sally Simpson: White to play.
[DIAGRAM] 14.Nxc3 and if 14...Bxc3 15.Nc4 with Nd6+ coming. Nakamura castled. It appear Nakamura burned his bridges going for a perpetual which of course is a Black win.
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| Jun-03-25 |
I Solomunovic vs A Brkljaca, 1991
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] This 7-pieces rook ending won for white.
<76....c5 77.Rc7 c4 78.g6 Kg8 79.Kd5 Rg4 80.Rxc4 Rxg6 81.Re4??> Mistake! Wins only 81.e6!! Kg7 82.Rc8 Rg5+ 83.Kd6 Rg2 84.e7 Rd2+ 85.Kc6 Rc2+ 86.Kb7 Rb2+ 87.Ka6 Ra2+ 88.Kb5 Rb2+
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| Jun-03-25 |
A Beliavsky vs Ribli, 1977
HeMateMe: I thought it was a porn movie shot in Vladivostok.
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| Jun-03-25 |
F Inumerable vs P Yu, 1990
GumboGambit: Yu could spend your time analyzing Inumerable games. Why not this one?
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| Jun-03-25 |
R Fischer vs W Moe, 1997
GumboGambit: Ironically, Win Moe’s only current win in the database is over Robert J Fischer . . . . . .but not <that> Robert J Fischer.
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| Jun-03-25 |
Plachetka vs L Zinn, 1974
GumboGambit: 11..g6 was Lothar’s <Deadly Zinn>
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| Jun-03-25 |
Chessgames - Guys and Dolls
perfidious: Alicia Menendez.
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| Jun-03-25 |
S Khademalsharieh vs R Vaishali, 2025
juan31: Excelente final.
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| Jun-03-25 |
A Frydman vs L Steiner, 1935
FSR: <MissScarlett> Yes, I know.
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| Jun-03-25 |
Caruana vs Wei Yi, 2025
sudoplatov: I read (somewhere) that BOC are drawish in themselves. BOC with Rooks favor the better developed. The Bishops cannot directly defend against each other.
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| Jun-03-25 |
Schlechter vs Janowski, 1902
KEG: Post II
10... c6?
Very weak. Janowski needlessly weakened his Queen-side rather than developing normally with 10...Bd6. This was generally a blueprint for disaster against so strong a technician as Schlechter. 11. Bg5
[DIAGRAM] It was only
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| Jun-03-25 |
Bill Wall
wwall: Links you can try
http://www.billwall.phpwebhosting.c...
or https://sites.google.com/view/billw...
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| Jun-03-25 |
Bogoljubov vs Tartakower, 1951
perfidious: In 1979, I played 6....Nh5 twice, but that idea is well met by 7.Nge2, as seen in Adams vs D Anagnostopoulos, 1988 . I must admit 6....Nh7 would never have occurred to me.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Biographer Bistro
jnpope: I don't see any games on site or in the queue for the:
7th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1898/99)
Although this is available:
8th Intercollegiate Cup, New York (1899)
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| Jun-02-25 |
P Johner vs W M Gattie, 1906
Halldor: A decent Monday at last! A nice and not too difficult pondering.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Ljubojevic vs Miles, 1979
areknames: Wild game and a very good (and funny) pun. Who was the author?
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| Jun-02-25 |
Nunn vs W Hartston, 1976
keypusher: <HMM>. Nope. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam...
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| Jun-02-25 |
Karl Vine
jnpope: Baptized as an adult on 12 Jan 1941 in New York. Church records give his name as Karl Christian Vine, parents Isaac Weinstock and Rosa Pollak. Applied for a marriage license 11 Dec 1948 and married Margit Henriette Stauber (she's listed ...
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| Jun-02-25 |
Timman vs R Meulders, 1978
Plaskett: "The best players in the word are also lucky"
Tibor Karolyi
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| Jun-02-25 |
Ivanchuk vs Ljubojevic, 2001
perfidious: <FM DHL>, there was an article on this line in the <BCM> in the late 1970s; while I never played either colour and consider it objectively equal, my impression was, and is, that Black is walking a tightrope.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Carlsen vs D Gukesh, 2025
AngeLa: oh, magi 😭 what a throw 😭😭😭
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| Jun-02-25 |
K Langeweg vs Miles, 1978
Plaskett: Langeweg missed several easy wins towards the end.
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| Jun-02-25 |
J Horner vs Nunn, 1973
areknames: <sakredkow> I like White's position after 8.Nd2: spatial advantage and ahead in development with a secure centre, a good plan would be to play a3 and c3 quickly and seize the initiative on the q-side where Black is overextended.
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| Jun-02-25 |
B Debevec vs B Zuzek, 2025
GumboGambit: Patience and Endgame execution bore fruit for the 13 year old Zuzek, who proves that not all teenagers attention spans are dwindling.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Kosteniuk vs Koneru, 2023
GumboGambit: Kosteniuk had won a marathon (200+ move) rapid game years before, so her meddle in this environment had already been tested: < Fressinet vs Kosteniuk, 2007 >
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| Jun-02-25 |
Alekhine vs B H Wood, 1939
John Saunders: The score given in <CHESS, May 1940, Vol.5/56, p194>, with annotations written by Wood himself, gives a few more moves: <43...Ra3 44 Rb6+ Kf7 45 Kd5 1-0>
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| Jun-02-25 |
Csom vs Vaganian, 1978
dw98: BCE gives this line as a draw, but computer analysis shows it to be winning.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Renan Alves Brandao
Gottschalk: Best Elo 2117 Nov 2016
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/21...
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| Jun-02-25 |
J Horner vs Nunn, 1975
perfidious: The ending illustrates an adage of Nunn's in slightly modified form: LPDO (Loose Pawns Drop Off).
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| Jun-02-25 |
Facundo Javier Navarro Canete
Gottschalk: Best Elo 1851 July 2024
https://ratings.fide.com/profile/37...
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| Jun-02-25 |
Magnus Carlsen
stone free or die: <<Auto> According to it, Magnus hasn't played a 'notable game' (TOP 10 game in career) since 2013, that is since he was 23.> <Daniel Freeman>, the original owner of the site died in 2018 and it's uncertain ...
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| Jun-02-25 |
M Kreuzholz vs M Pavlovic, 2001
Stonehenge: Instead of repeating moves Black had 28...Rc8!
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| Jun-02-25 |
Koneru vs S Khademalsharieh, 2025
HeMateMe: 37.R-e6!
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| Jun-02-25 |
A Muzychuk vs Koneru, 2025
HeMateMe: Nice endgame. White's king had the opposition.
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| Jun-02-25 |
S Mirkovic vs M Drasko, 1991
Straclonoor: [DIAGRAM] Looks like drawn (wrong color bishop, pawns in one side) this 7-pieces ending won for black. <67.Ng3 Bb6+ 68.Kf1 Kf3 69. Ne2 Ke3 70.Ng3 Bc7 71.Nf5+ Kf3??> Remarkable mistake! Wins only 71....Kf4!! 72.Nh6 Bb6!! (only ...
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| Jun-02-25 |
N Kelecevic vs D Ivkovic, 1970
Straclonoor: Nice game!
[DIAGRAM] <32....Qxf3+?> More powerful was 32....Qa2! or 32....Qd1+ wins Analysis by Stockfish dev-20240701-6138a0fd:
1. -+ (-#28): 32...Qa2 33.Qe2 Qxa4 34.Ne4 Nf4 35.Qf1 Nd3 36.Rc3 Nxf3 37.Ng3 Nf2+ 38.Qxf2 Qa1+ ...
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| Jun-02-25 |
Irakli Beradze
offramp: Irakli Beradze nikto!! <Klaatu barada nikto!>
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| Jun-02-25 |
A Erigaisi vs Wei Yi, 2025
offramp: Black takes a pawn involving a trick that is worth remembering.
[DIAGRAM]
15...Nxa2.
It's a simplifying combo, in this position.
Perhaps in another position it could be a winning move.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Kuzubov vs R Mamedov, 2009
LRLeighton: Black missed a forced mate in two near the end of the game, starting with the attraction sac 38...Rxh3+! On 39.Kxh3, Rh2# (Opera Mate), and if 39.Kg5, Bf6#.
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| Jun-02-25 |
I Markovic vs S N Nikolic, 1990
Straclonoor: Quite interesting game!
[DIAGRAM] <38.Qxc4?> Why not 38.Nxf2! with adantage? Analysis by Stockfish dev-20231105-442c294a:
+- (7.80): 38.Nxf2 Qxb2+ 39.Kd1 Qxa3 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qe4+ Kh8 42.Nxc4 Qa1+ 43.Ke2 b2 44.Qa8+ Kh7 45.Nxb2 ...
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| Jun-02-25 |
Nakamura vs Caruana, 2025
offramp: A crazy guy might have just tuned in to a Naka-Caruana Sicilian, and Caruana had just played 17...Qxb2.
[DIAGRAM]
This is a Sicilian 3. ♗b5, not a Najdorf poisoned pawn.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Lagno vs Jobava, 2004
MissScarlett: No animals were hurt in the making of this pun.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Tartakower vs A Nimzowitsch, 1927
tonsillolith: <perfidious: Then we come to the original term from German: Search Kibitzing>
Unfortunately this link doesn't work for me (as a non premium user?) but I believe the German would be Wechsel or Abwechslung.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Petrosian vs H Corral, 1954
ewan14: Exchanging off the queen's in order to start an attack
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| Jun-02-25 |
T van Scheltinga vs J Enevoldsen, 1939
saturn2: After 29...Be4 I looked at 30.Bb3 30.Rxe3 30.Rxf4 all not really helping white.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Richard A Beach
FSR: He is a son of a Beach, namely Thomas John Beach .
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| Jun-02-25 |
T J Beach vs Tartakower, 1945
FSR: These days people usually respond to 9.O-O-O with 9...d5! Opening Explorer . Stockfish 17.1 confirms that it is best. If Black, as here, instead plays 9...Bd7 10.g4 Rc8 11.Kb1 Ne5 12.h4 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Rxc4, he ends up two tempi down on the line ...
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| Jun-02-25 |
Raymond Keene
Ron: Hello GM Keene. I recently played a game against a computer which started 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 and then I played 4. a3. Afterwards, I was looking for similar games and came across yours: Keene vs K Ashby, 1962 I'm interested in your ...
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| Jun-02-25 |
Keene vs K Ashby, 1962
Ron: I recently played a game against a computer which started 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 and I too played 4. a3, with a good result.
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| Jun-02-25 |
Svidler vs Adams, 2005
plang: 13..Bf5 is by far the most popular move though Adam's 13..Na5 is certainly a reasonable alternative. 16..Be4 had been played in Blehm-Urban Poland 1998(game not included in this database); 16..Qe6 was new. 17..Rad8 18 Re1..Qf6 19 Qa4..b6 20
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| Jun-02-25 |
Wei Yi vs D Gukesh, 2025
An Englishman: Good Evening: Complicated. Insanely complicated.
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| Jun-02-25 |
LCZero vs KomodoMCTS, 2019
novasento: What a queen sac!
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| Jun-02-25 |
Fischer vs Tal, 1959
Zugzwangovich: <beatgiant> FWIW, Clarke's analysis went "25...Rg8 26. Qxf4 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 exf4 28. Rxe7 Qb8 29. Bd4+ Kg8 30. c5+ Kf8 31. Rf7+ Ke8 32. Re1+ Be4 33. Nb6, and White should win."
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| Jun-02-25 |
Wei Yi vs D Gukesh, 2025
thegoodanarchist: The Wei Yi should play Armageddon
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| Jun-02-25 |
Yermolinsky vs V Strugatsky, 2005
Breunor: Soltis' shows this game in his column. White erred with 15 Nb3, Ne4! Wins. 15 Ne4, if Nxe4 then 16 Rxd8 check and 17 Nxf7 check. Soltis' says 16 .. Be4 may be the losing move instead d of the simple O-O. Soltis' claims black is lost after
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| Jun-02-25 |
Hodgson vs Jansa, 1994
MarcusBierce: A clean endgame finish by Hodgson.
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Kibitzing