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FSR
Member since Aug-27-05 · Last seen Aug-06-25
I am Frederick Rhine. The United States Chess Federation awarded me the titles of National Master (at OTB chess) in 1983, and Senior Master of Correspondence Chess in 1997. In February 2024, less than a year after I began playing in the ICCF, it awarded me the title of Correspondence Chess Master. It looks like later this year I will qualify for the title of International Correspondence Chess Master.

As of July 2025, I am the second highest rated USCF correspondence chess player. https://www.uschess.org/assets/top_.... I am just two rating points below Gordon Magat, and three points ahead of perennial leader Michael Buss.

The August 2020 issue of Chess Life magazine had a profile of me (for the text, see Frederick Rhine (my August 1, 2020 comment in the forum)).

I played in the 1997 USCF Absolute Championship (open to the top 13 correspondence players who accept their invitations), scoring 6-6 (+2 =8 -2). The late Alex Dunne wrote in his book on the Absolute Championships, "This was Rhine's only Absolute and he held his own against the best. His two losses were against previous Absolute winners." http://bit.ly/1NB55YP That book contains my games F Rhine vs R Lifson, 1997 and F Rhine vs D Burris, 1997.

But the 1997 event was not my only Absolute. I have also played in the 2023-25 events. In the 2023 edition, I drew all 12 games. That was enough to tie for second! Unlike the 1997 event, this one was under ICCF auspices and allowed the use of engines. There was only one decisive game! https://www.iccf.com/event?id=101114 In the 2024 Absolute, I have ten draws and a win(!), with just one game left, which will very likely end in a draw. https://www.iccf.com/event?id=105325 This time +1 will probably only be enough to tie for fourth. In the 2025 Absolute, I have eleven draws, with just one game left.

I have played first board for the Rogue Squadron in the Chicago Industrial Chess League. I have played online for the Shropshire & Friends team in the 4 Nations Chess League (4NCL), and the Oswestry team in the Shropshire League.

I attended Lane Technical High School in Chicago with the late Chessgames.com co-founder Alberto A Artidiello until he moved out of Chicago. Lane's chess team won the Illinois state championship my junior and senior years, becoming the first school ever to win consecutive championships. Albert also became a master, as did my teammates Kenneth Mohr and Christopher Kus. The late FIDE Masters Albert Charles Chow and Morris Giles were also Laneites.

In July 2013, I played in my second and third regular-rated tournaments of the millennium(!), the Greater Midwest Classic and the Chicago Class (under-2200 section). I tied for second, undefeated, in both, winning $700 and $550, respectively, and brought my rating back over 2200. http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_j... http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_j...

I have contributed to hundreds of chess-related articles on Wikipedia under the handle Krakatoa, notably "First-move advantage in chess," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-... "George H. D. Gossip," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George... and "Swindle (chess)," http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_..., all of which are almost entirely written by me. The first two of those have been Today's Featured Article, the highest honor a Wikipedia article can receive, one attained by about one out of every 1,400 articles. I have received various Wikipedia awards, including the Imperial Triple Crown Jewels and the Timeless Imperial Triple Crown (which only 12 Wikipedians have received). My user page is at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:K.... Al Lawrence in the aforementioned Chess Life article referred to my "erudite chess articles on Wikipedia." Chess historian Edward Winter in his article "Wikipedia and Chess" commended my Wikipedia articles on Gossip and Hugh Edward Myers. (The latter article is at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_....) https://www.chesshistory.com/winter...

I am the editor and proofreader of the book "Tournament Battle Plan: Optimize Your Chess Results!" by Daniel Gormally. I was the proofreader of the book "Triple Exclam!!! The Life and Games of Emory Tate, Chess Warrior" by Daaim Shabazz.

I was a contributor to the now-defunct Chicago Chess Blog, http://chicagochess.blogspot.com. I discovered, and documented in my blog post https://chicagochess.blogspot.com/2..., what Taylor Kingston calls "the Mortimer Effect," which has lowered the Morphy Numbers of many modern players (maybe you!). https://chesscafe.com/the-skittles-... I have a Morphy Number of 4 by virtue of L Barden vs F Rhine, 2010 as well as two simul games I lost to Arthur Bisguier when I was in high school.

Five hundred and ninety-eight of my games are in chessgames.com's database. My favorites are F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981, K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992, and F Rhine vs A Boerkoel, 1996, each of which has been Game of the Day. Rhine-Sprenkle was published with my annotations in Chess Informant (Volume 32) and cited in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (Vol. B (2nd ed.) at 183 n.19). In Volume 33 of Chess Informant, my 18th move (18.Nxd6!) in that game was voted the 8th-9th most important theoretical novelty in Volume 32. The game was also cited in MCO-13 and "The Aggressive Nimzowitsch Sicilian 2...Nf6" by Eric Schiller, and occupies an entire chapter in all three editions of "Beating the Sicilian" by John Nunn. It is game 218 in "1000 TN!! The Best Theoretical Novelties" (Chess Informant, 2012). Anish Giri, in his 2023 Chessable course "Lifetime Repertoires: Giri's 1. e4 - Part 3" recommends this line for White. https://www.chessable.com/lifetime-... Following my game against Sprenkle, he writes after 22.Be3, "The computer evaluates this as completely hopeless for Black and it is. Our king is in fact much safer, thanks to our much better pieces." https://www.chessable.com/learn/159... More than 40 years after I played the game, my line still kicks ass!


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Thompson-Rhine was published with my annotations in Chess Informant (Volume 57), and cited in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (Vol. B (3rd ed.) at 172 n.163). Jeremy Silman discusses the game and my analysis of it in his book "Winning with the Sicilian Defence" (2nd ed.).

Joel Johnson in his book "Attacking 101: Volume #005" says of my blitz game F Rhine vs NN, 2019, "White played a flawless Smith-Morra Gambit that IM Marc Esserman would have been proud of." Georges Koltanowski published F Rhine vs A Artidiello, 1974 in his syndicated newspaper column. Richard Palliser discusses the opening of F Rhine vs S Nagle, 1997 in his book "tango!"

I have played some theoretically significant correspondence games in the Damiano Variation of Petroff's Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4!?), demonstrating that Black's third move, commonly regarded as a blunder, is fully playable. https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che... Nikolaos Ntirlis analyzes two of my games in an article on the variation in Volume 158 of Chess Informant. Cyrus Lakdawala and Carsten Hansen include five of my games in their book on the line, "None Shall Pass: The Unbeatable Damiano Petroff: A tricky and surprisingly solid defense."

Jacob Aagaard analyzes the endings of two of my Internet blitz games in his 896-page tome "A Matter of Endgame Technique" (alas, mine was lacking). Cyrus Lakdawala includes my study-like win in F Rhine vs A Zhao, 2019 in his book "Tactical Training in the Endgame." He also mentions me, albeit not by name, in his book "In the Zone: The Greatest Winning Streaks in Chess History" when he refers to "The Classical Sicilian, which as one of my atheist students told me, is the closest thing he has to a religion." Cyrus analyzes my game against Gadir Guseinov in his book "The Makogonov Variation: A ruthless King's Indian killer."

Commentator Mato Jelic somewhat extravagantly calls my game E Sollano vs F Rhine, 1977 "The Greatest Ever Blitz Game Played in Chicago." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl8... See also Suren's analysis at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWa... My 7...Bxc5!! in that game, played the year before Boris Avrukh was born, is a big improvement on the flaccid 7...Bg6, his recommendation in the book "Beating 1.d4 Sidelines" (2012).

Someone also made a video (moves only) of J Aagaard vs F Rhine, 2021, a 2-1 bullet game where I drew and should've beaten the grandmaster - if only I'd had time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-O... Someone else (or perhaps two different people) did a video (moves only) of Tal vs F Rhine, 1988, my loss to the great Mikhail Tal in a simul. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfk... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3o... The latter refers to me as a "great grandmaster!" which isn't quite accurate . . .

User: JimmyVermeer discusses my games NN vs F Rhine, 2021, P Pantelidakis vs F Rhine, 1974, and P Napetschnig vs F Rhine, 1977 in his video "The 109 fastest checkmates in chess history, part 10 of 11." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GT... The sequel "The 109 fastest checkmates in chess history, part 11 of 11," contains a Fool's Mate I played, which I had mentioned in a comment on this site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Z... Napetschnig-Rhine is also mentioned in https://www.chess.com/terms/fools-m.... Rick Kennedy discusses my game F Rhine vs NN, 2018 on his Jerome Gambit blog. https://jeromegambit.blogspot.com/2... My game F Rhine vs NN, 2010 is mentioned in the "Checkmate Patterns Course" by Raf Mesotten and John Bartholomew on chessable.com.

I composed this study, which Pal Benko published in "Benko's Bafflers" in Chess Life, May 2006:

White to play and draw


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The solution is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stale... It is based on an earlier study of mine, also published in Benko's column. Both compositions also appear in Harold van der Heijden's endgame study database. https://www.chess.com/news/view/76-... The above study is also cited in "The Complete Chess Swindler" by David Smerdon and "Rewire Your Chess Brain: Endgame Studies and Mating Problems to Enhance Your Tactical Ability" by Cyrus Lakdawala.

I was once one of the world's best players at suicide chess (also known as "losing chess"), a chess variant where one wins by giving away all of one's pieces. http://perpetualcheck.com/antichess...

I have successfully submitted 238 puns for Game of the Day. Game Collection: Puns I submitted. User: johnlspouge has remarked, "As far as I can tell, <FSR> is churning out 'actual puns' almost as fast as I can [insert bodily function of choice]." K Tjolsen vs S Marder, 2010. The coveted 2013 Caissar for Best (Worst) Pun went to "Control-Ault-Delete," the pun I submitted for Fischer vs R Ault, 1959, the Game of the Day on December 19, 2012. I won the 2019 Caissar in the same category for my greatest pun ever (and IMO one of the greatest chessgames puns ever) "Late December Back in '63: What a Lady, What a Knight!," N Littlewood vs B Brinck-Claussen, 1963, the Game of the Day on December 30, 2019. Since Caissars are awarded in January, my wins may illustrate recency bias.

Nine of my games have been Game of the Day: NN vs F Rhine, 1977 ("Strangers on a Train"), F Rhine vs F Lasch, 1986 ("Lasch Call"), K Thompson vs F Rhine, 1992 ("Like a Rhinestone Cowboy"), R Delaune vs F Rhine, 1997 ("Red Red Rhine"), F Rhine vs D Burris, 1997 ("Fred Rhine Felled"), F Felecan vs F Rhine, 2019 ("Felecan Brief"), F Rhine vs D Sprenkle, 1981 ("Sparkling Rhine"), F Rhine vs A Boerkoel, 1996 ("Das Rhinegold"), and F Rhine vs NN, 2018 ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas"). Six wins, a draw, and two losses.

I am responsible for World Junior Championship (1957), Vidmar Memorial (1969), Carlsen - Anand World Championship Match (2014), Game Collection: Drawing lines, and 32nd Correspondence World Championship (2020), among others. Legendary chess journalist Leonard Barden recently told me in an email, "I follow your many thoughtful contributions to chessgames.com with interest."

I am a member of the ChessBookie Hall of Fame, having finished fourth in the Summer 2015 Leg, seventh in the Winter 2016 Championship Leg, ninth in the Winter 2017 Championship Leg, ninth in the Spring 2017 Leg, and seventh in the Summer 2017 Leg.

I am very active on Chessable, where my handle is "Krakatoa." https://www.chessable.com/profile/K... I am a "Legend" and have 134 badges, five shy of the world record held by Maestro. https://www.chessable.com/badges/Ma...

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   FSR has kibitzed 30308 times to chessgames   [less...]
   Aug-06-25 Kenneth Rogoff (replies)
 
FSR: <Rdb> I suppose all of these things are manifestations of senile dementia.
 
   Aug-06-25 FSR chessforum (replies)
 
FSR: I have made it to 65, unlike Robert James Fischer, William Steinitz, Howard Staunton, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Vladimir Savon, Pedro Damiano, Albin Planinc, Vladimir Antoshin, Edmar Mednis, Vitaly Halberstadt, Giulio Cesare Polerio, Karl-Heinz Maeder, Octavio Troianescu, Maximilian
 
   Aug-04-25 M Aaron vs D Arond, 2000
 
FSR: 4.a3! is considered the bust to the Fajarowicz, though it's not the only good move. Its points are to (1) keep Black's pieces off of b4, and (2) prepare to kick out the knight with 4...d6 5.Qc2! and if 5...Bf5 (5...Nc5 is better), 6.Nc3! Ng3 7.e4! See F Rhine vs D Bungo, 2013 and F ...
 
   Aug-04-25 G Montalti vs D Gurevich, 2025
 
FSR: Dmitry had a rough tournament. He drew Michael Aaron (1964) in the first round, lost this game to Montalti (1888), and withdrew. https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMai...
 
   Aug-04-25 Valentine Green (replies)
 
FSR: Green did fianchetto both bishops in V Green vs J Owen, 1862 . But it looks like he did not fianchetto his bishops in the vast majority of his games in the database.
 
   Aug-04-25 Max Kuerschner
 
FSR: <thomastonk: By chance I found another Kürschner win against Tarrasch in "666 Kurzpartien" by Kurt Richter: [Event "Nuremberg"] [Site "Nuremberg"] [Date "1890.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"] [Black "Kuerschner, Max"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C26"]
 
   Aug-04-25 Shirov vs Kramnik, 2011 (replies)
 
FSR: Wow. This is an insane game. And a palindromic pun.
 
   Aug-03-25 M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1890
 
FSR: Tarrasch won some sweet games against Kuerschner, who seems to have been his official punching bag.
 
   Aug-03-25 Tarrasch vs M Kuerschner, 1895
 
FSR: Very nice finish.
 
   Aug-03-25 O Bernstein vs Tartakower, 1937
 
FSR: Stockfish 17.1, running on 12 CPUs, actually liked 10.Qxb7 for 5 or 10 seconds. It was giving 10...Nxd4 11.Qxa8+ Kf7 12.O-O!, which it assessed as +0.41. Then it noticed 10...Bb4+! and immediately changed its "mind." It concluded that 10.Nxc6! was forced, and is equal however Black ...
 
   Aug-03-25 Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908
   Aug-03-25 F Rhine vs NN, 2025
   Aug-03-25 Pachman vs C Guimard, 1955
   Aug-03-25 E Kramer vs F Madjarevic, 1923
   Aug-03-25 M Roiz vs J Shutzman, 2001
   Aug-03-25 William Martz
   Aug-02-25 Y Hou vs R Sadhwani, 2025
   Aug-02-25 NN vs F Rhine, 2023
   Aug-02-25 F Rhine vs M Welti, 2023
   Aug-02-25 F Rhine vs J Fedorowicz, 2025 (replies)
   Aug-01-25 D Zazove vs F Rhine, 2025 (replies)
   Jul-31-25 F Rhine vs O Thau, 2025
   Jul-31-25 Tal vs Larsen, 1979 (replies)
   Jul-31-25 Gavin Wall (replies)
   Jul-29-25 J Kaplan vs Bronstein, 1975
   Jul-28-25 J Cline vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jul-28-25 Kasparov vs J Fedorowicz, 1981
   Jul-28-25 J Fedorowicz vs Petrosian, 1978
   Jul-28-25 John Fedorowicz
   Jul-28-25 F Rhine vs P Cornelison, 2025
   Jul-28-25 P Cornelison vs A Bisguier, 1995
   Jul-28-25 R Bodicker vs R Ris, 2008 (replies)
   Jul-27-25 Tarrasch vs S Rosselli del Turco, 1925
   Jul-27-25 F Rhine vs NN, 2025
   Jul-26-25 L Guiseppi vs B Fallas Marin, 2004
   Jul-26-25 A Davenport vs F Rhine, 2025 (replies)
   Jul-26-25 chessgames.com chessforum (replies)
   Jul-25-25 G Jones vs Mamedyarov, 2018
   Jul-24-25 Vsevolod Rauzer (replies)
   Jul-24-25 Faustino Oro (replies)
   Jul-24-25 Mishra vs J Tarjan, 2019
   Jul-23-25 S Rubanraut vs K Commons, 1976
   Jul-23-25 J Cooper vs K Commons, 1976
   Jul-23-25 A Hambleton vs R G Koellner, 2024
   Jul-22-25 T Dunst vs G Gresser, 1950
   Jul-22-25 B Ballah vs B Thing, 2022 (replies)
   Jul-21-25 R Anderskewitz vs F Rhine, 2024
   Jul-21-25 F Rhine vs NN, 2020
   Jul-21-25 Topalov vs A Greet, 2012 (replies)
   Jul-20-25 NN vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jul-20-25 G Thomas vs Ed Lasker, 1912 (replies)
   Jul-20-25 Hikaru Nakamura
   Jul-20-25 Robert Reynolds
   Jul-20-25 Browne vs N Zelkind, 1987
   Jul-20-25 F Rhine vs NN, 2025
   Jul-20-25 F Rhine vs A Raessler, 2025
   Jul-18-25 Stockfish vs Houdini, 2021 (replies)
   Jul-18-25 Gordon Magat (replies)
   Jul-18-25 D Bennion vs L Williams, 2008 (replies)
   Jul-18-25 David Bennion (replies)
   Jul-17-25 L T Magee vs L Evans, 1951
   Jul-17-25 T Weinberger vs D Bennion, 2004
   Jul-17-25 Teodors Bergs
   Jul-17-25 Alan Shaw (replies)
   Jul-14-25 F Rhine vs M Aymard, 2025
   Jul-14-25 Vasiukov vs B Lebedev, 1960 (replies)
   Jul-14-25 James Hanham
   Jul-14-25 S Cucancic vs D Lazic, 2010
   Jul-14-25 Bogoljubov vs G Pfeiffer, 1941
   Jul-14-25 Marshall vs J M Hanham, 1898
   Jul-14-25 S Lu vs R Bitoon, 2015
   Jul-14-25 J Geske vs S Mainka, 2002
   Jul-14-25 Madeleine Lorng Yowel vs S C Shariff, 2018
   Jul-14-25 G Sackie vs S C Shariff, 2024
   Jul-14-25 V Ryznar vs Z Crnkovic, 2000 (replies)
   Jul-14-25 Tal vs Fischer, 1970
   Jul-14-25 Venice (1948)
   Jul-14-25 N Aggelis vs M Bartel, 2011
   Jul-14-25 I Nguepnang vs H Wakabayashi, 2014 (replies)
   Jul-13-25 Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945 (replies)
   Jul-13-25 Alapin vs Blackburne, 1889
   Jul-13-25 A Medina Garcia vs O Bernstein, 1952
   Jul-13-25 Capablanca vs E B Adams, 1909
   Jul-12-25 D Daniuszewski vs Rubinstein, 1907
   Jul-12-25 M Sidhant vs A El Jawich, 2018
   Jul-12-25 P Schmidt vs L Endzelins, 1936 (replies)
   Jul-11-25 P Ostojic vs U Kunsztowicz, 1981
   Jul-09-25 Chessgames - Beer (replies)
   Jul-09-25 Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907
   Jul-09-25 Rotlewi vs Teichmann, 1911 (replies)
   Jul-08-25 G Atwood vs Cotter, 1795 (replies)
   Jul-07-25 A Savko vs C Bauer, 1993
   Jul-07-25 Messinger vs M Rack, 1989
   Jul-07-25 J Sarkar vs G Sagles, 1999
   Jul-05-25 Peter Dely (replies)
   Jul-05-25 P Dely vs B Sandor, 1953
   Jul-05-25 T Pekin vs C A Blanco Gramajo, 2018
   Jul-05-25 P Dely vs J H Donner, 1961 (replies)
   Jul-05-25 P Dely vs L Szollosi Sr, 1963
   Jul-03-25 M Jarabinsky vs M Aymard, 2011
   Jul-02-25 R Wydornik vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jul-02-25 T Thomas vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jul-02-25 D H Fernandez vs J Jackson, 2014 (replies)
   Jun-29-25 Alekhine vs G Tan, 1933
   Jun-29-25 F Rhine vs NN, 2022 (replies)
   Jun-28-25 E Szalanczy vs T Nguyen, 2009 (replies)
   Jun-28-25 J Levitt vs R Lev, 1989 (replies)
   Jun-27-25 L Evans vs Lombardy, 1972 (replies)
   Jun-27-25 J Owens vs F Rhine, 2024
   Jun-27-25 A J Goldsby vs F Goodenough, 1974 (replies)
   Jun-27-25 G Jacewicz vs F Rhine, 2024
   Jun-27-25 F Lunek vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jun-27-25 N Agramonte Quevedo vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jun-27-25 D M Horwitz vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jun-27-25 R Wydornik vs F Rhine, 2025
   Jun-26-25 Hanham - Young, 2nd Match (1887) (replies)
   Jun-26-25 Henry Atkins
   Jun-26-25 H Atkins vs Pillsbury, 1902
   Jun-25-25 D Anton Guijarro vs A Franco, 2011
   Jun-25-25 J D Tresling vs H Atkins, 1899
   Jun-23-25 C J Lambert vs H Atkins, 1897
   Jun-23-25 S McDonald vs S Spencer, 1974
   Jun-22-25 A Crisovan vs E Lundin, 1952
   Jun-22-25 T D Andrews vs F Felecan, 2019
   Jun-22-25 USSR Championship (1945)
   Jun-21-25 A Staehelin vs M Vidmar Jr, 1949
   Jun-21-25 E Lundin vs A Staehelin, 1952 (replies)
   Jun-21-25 E Canal vs A Staehelin, 1952
   Jun-21-25 C Tsai vs Browne, 2002
   Jun-21-25 M A Gomes vs C Tsai, 2008
   Jun-21-25 J Trapl vs E Perez Gosalbes, 1961
   Jun-20-25 M Aleman Dovo vs L Prins, 1939
   Jun-16-25 V Kahn vs O Bernstein, 1926 (replies)
   Jun-15-25 M Viola vs S Slipak, 2001 (replies)
   Jun-12-25 Adolf Staehelin
   Jun-12-25 A Staehelin vs J Rejfir, 1935
   Jun-10-25 M Illescas vs Kamsky, 1994 (replies)
   Jun-10-25 Lagno vs Jobava, 2004
   Jun-09-25 W Adams vs J Curdo, 1948 (replies)
   Jun-09-25 J Curdo vs W Mitchell, 1948 (replies)
   Jun-09-25 Fusilli chessforum (replies)
   Jun-09-25 J Fang vs A Cherniack, 1999 (replies)
   Jun-09-25 F Rhine vs H Hunger, 2024
   Jun-08-25 F Rhine vs H Hunger, 2024 (replies)
   Jun-07-25 J Green-Krotki vs L Day, 1978 (replies)
   Jun-04-25 M Esserman vs D Gukesh, 2017 (replies)
   Jun-03-25 A Frydman vs L Steiner, 1935
   Jun-02-25 Richard A Beach
   Jun-02-25 T J Beach vs Tartakower, 1945
   Jun-02-25 Nunn vs W Hartston, 1976 (replies)
   May-31-25 Carapelli vs F K Young, 1874 (replies)
   May-31-25 A J Goldsby vs S Subramanian, 1981
   May-31-25 Emory Tate (replies)
   May-30-25 Kevin Schmuggerow (replies)
   May-28-25 G Marencev vs B Ilievski, 1971
   May-25-25 Frederick Rhine (replies)
   May-24-25 Boleslavsky vs O Moiseev, 1948
   May-21-25 K Krstev vs M Longer, 1960 (replies)
   May-21-25 Carl Walcker
   May-21-25 Karlsbad (1923)
   May-19-25 Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1923
   May-18-25 Smyslov vs Fischer, 1970 (replies)
   May-17-25 R Wydornik vs F Rhine, 2024
   May-17-25 M Yilmazyerli vs S Nitin, 2023
   May-16-25 V Eingorn vs E Pandavos, 1989
   May-16-25 Denker vs H Feit, 1929
   May-15-25 Francis Stacy
   May-15-25 Moscow (1936)
   May-14-25 Karpov vs Hort, 1973 (replies)
   May-14-25 Donner - Larsen Zonal Playoff (1958)
   May-13-25 H Gulbis vs F Rhine, 2025
   May-12-25 J G van Eybergen vs NN, 1983
   May-12-25 Fischer vs R Burger, 1964
   May-12-25 M Elent vs A Voll, 2016
   May-08-25 Short vs P Corbin, 2006 (replies)
   May-08-25 F Rhine vs R Oomen, 2024
   May-08-25 R Oomen vs W van Vugt, 1989
   May-08-25 Burgess vs Torre, 1925 (replies)
   May-07-25 E Almeida vs C Martins, 1991
   May-07-25 D M Horwitz vs F Rhine, 2023
   May-04-25 Lasker vs R Sze, 1911
   May-04-25 Lasker vs R Sze, 1910 (replies)
   May-04-25 Kudrin vs E Formanek, 1994
   May-04-25 K Arjun vs J Planas Gene, 2017
   May-03-25 J Owens vs F Rhine, 2023
   May-03-25 C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942
   May-01-25 F Rhine vs H Ingersol, 2024
   May-01-25 J Tin vs K Willathgamuwa, 2017
   May-01-25 W Pietzsch vs G Garcia, 1965
   Apr-30-25 A Tari vs P Barbot, 2015
   Apr-28-25 H Kutlu vs J Dzenis, 2023
   Apr-28-25 W E Napier vs Pillsbury, 1904
   Apr-28-25 Marshall vs Pillsbury, 1904 (replies)
   Apr-28-25 Janowski vs Lasker, 1904
   Apr-27-25 C Aarefjord vs Carlsen, 2001
   Apr-27-25 Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1923
   Apr-27-25 L Vadasz vs C Balogh, 2000
   Apr-27-25 E Zanan vs M Kerner, 2015
   Apr-27-25 V Gunina vs R Valhondo Morales, 2019
   Apr-27-25 G Harutjunyan vs S Tologontegin, 2019
   Apr-27-25 Balashov vs J Sunye Neto, 1979 (replies)
   Apr-26-25 Lputian vs G Harutjunyan, 2001
   Apr-22-25 J Owens vs F Rhine, 2025
   Apr-21-25 L Dominguez Perez vs C Yoo, 2025 (replies)
   Apr-20-25 Erik Lundin (replies)
   Apr-19-25 NN vs F Rhine, 2024
   Apr-18-25 Xtracon Chess Open (2017)
   Apr-18-25 Georgy Ilivitsky
   Apr-18-25 F Rhine vs V Kurpnieks, 2024
   Apr-17-25 J A Gutierrez Bolado vs J Jensen, 2017
   Apr-17-25 J G Tanti vs M Chan, 2024
   Apr-17-25 L Barden vs W Adams, 1950
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   Apr-16-25 Z Tan vs W Ju, 2025 (replies)
   Apr-15-25 J Fastberg vs M Rychagov, 1994 (replies)
   Apr-15-25 N S Fast vs T Dutiel, 2011 (replies)
   Apr-14-25 V Puzanov vs F Rhine, 2024 (replies)
   Apr-13-25 Nottingham (1936)
   Apr-12-25 W Viner vs C Purdy, 1926
   Apr-11-25 William Duckworth (replies)
   Apr-10-25 M Neshewat vs R R Garrison, 1994
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   Apr-09-25 M Aymard vs F Rhine, 2025 (replies)
   Apr-09-25 N O Bodey vs F Wenman, 1923 (replies)
   Apr-09-25 Henry Bernard Uber
   Apr-09-25 Arthur Eva (replies)
   Apr-08-25 Jacques Ratner
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   Apr-08-25 Euwe vs W de Boer, 1936
   Apr-08-25 Euwe vs G Abrahams, 1939 (replies)
   Apr-08-25 A Staehelin vs Euwe, 1932
   Apr-08-25 Euwe vs C Kuijpers, 1981
   Apr-08-25 H Janssen vs Euwe, 1979
   Apr-08-25 J Mieses vs Euwe, 1921
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   Apr-07-25 G Fuster vs Fischer, 1958
   Apr-07-25 J Bodvarsson vs F Olafsson, 1947
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   Apr-07-25 F Rhine vs R Helosmaa, 2025
   Apr-07-25 F Rhine vs M Aymard, 2025
   Apr-06-25 Fischer vs E Jimenez Zerquera, 1970
   Apr-06-25 Pal Benko (replies)
   Apr-05-25 K Amarasena vs A Kavinda, 2008
   Apr-03-25 I Popov vs Kovalenko, 2015
   Apr-01-25 S Wernke-Schmiesing vs F Rhine, 2025
   Apr-01-25 Topalov vs Giri, 2016 (replies)
   Mar-31-25 Schlechter vs Janowski, 1900
   Mar-31-25 Svidler vs Carlsen, 2007
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   Mar-31-25 O Mikalsen vs Carlsen, 2003
   Mar-31-25 G Lnenickova vs Carlsen, 2003
   Mar-31-25 J Eriksson vs Carlsen, 2003
   Mar-31-25 K Nygren vs Carlsen, 2003
   Mar-31-25 C A Elboth vs Carlsen, 1999
   Mar-31-25 Dresden (1926)
   Mar-31-25 H Enevoldsen vs Larsen, 1954
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   Mar-31-25 E Rutanen vs Larsen, 1952
   Mar-30-25 R Ghidini vs F Rhine, 2024 (replies)
   Mar-30-25 B Urban vs L Ehrlich, 1937 (replies)
   Mar-29-25 Aronian vs K Urban, 1996 (replies)
   Mar-29-25 A Istratescu vs M Lagarde, 2015
   Mar-29-25 F Oro vs Y K Erdogmus, 2024
   Mar-28-25 Moscow (1967)
   Mar-28-25 European Championship (2025) (replies)
   Mar-28-25 Najdorf vs Gheorghiu, 1967 (replies)
   Mar-28-25 Gulko vs N Spiridonov, 1967
   Mar-27-25 A Keene vs J C Saunders, 1977
   Mar-27-25 Z Farooqui vs B Cafferty, 1970
   Mar-27-25 Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2023
   Mar-27-25 Ray Robson
   Mar-26-25 G Leighton vs A Groeger, 1994
   Mar-26-25 Carlsen vs Giri, 2016
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   Mar-26-25 Medge Nancy
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   Mar-25-25 M Moustache vs O K Robinson, 2024
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   Mar-24-25 Hans Berliner
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   Mar-15-25 R Wydornik vs F Rhine, 2025
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   Mar-11-25 D A Barclay vs F Rhine, 2025
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   Mar-08-25 F Burmeister vs F Rhine, 2024
   Mar-08-25 P Moujan vs F Rhine, 2025
   Mar-08-25 A Simplina vs F Rhine, 2024
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   Mar-07-25 Burn vs Blackburne, 1898
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   Mar-04-25 L P Supi vs Carlsen, 2020
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   Mar-01-25 V Bradley vs J Bath, 1978
   Feb-28-25 Korchnoi vs Flohr, 1955 (replies)
   Feb-24-25 D Brorens vs N Ntirlis, 2023
   Feb-20-25 S Williams vs G Jones, 2011 (replies)
   Feb-19-25 Spielmann vs Euwe, 1925
   Feb-19-25 F Rhine vs NN, 2025 (replies)
   Feb-18-25 Hort vs Petrosian, 1972
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   Feb-18-25 Quinteros vs N Weinstein, 1976 (replies)
   Feb-18-25 N Weinstein vs Petrosian, 1976
   Feb-18-25 Smyslov vs N Weinstein, 1976
   Feb-17-25 Chigorin vs Janowski, 1895
   Feb-17-25 A W Conger vs Fischer, 1955
   Feb-14-25 Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1924
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   Feb-12-25 Morozevich vs Avrukh, 2009
   Feb-12-25 B Ozen vs R Tamayo Gutierrez, 2024
   Feb-12-25 J Lastovicka vs F Vykydal, 1971
   Feb-09-25 R A Bartsch vs M Artner, 2024
   Feb-09-25 K Mona vs L Schut, 2012 (replies)
   Feb-07-25 F Rhine vs M Michalek, 2024
   Feb-05-25 Stewart Reuben (replies)
   Feb-04-25 H Gulbis vs F Rhine, 2025
   Feb-04-25 B Maksimovic vs M Perunovic, 2024
   Feb-04-25 N Geltz vs C Yoo, 2024
   Feb-04-25 Mitchell Goldberg
   Feb-04-25 United States Championship (2024)
   Feb-04-25 M Goldberg vs P Zurybida, 2012
   Feb-04-25 A Sokolov vs Portisch, 1989 (replies)
   Feb-04-25 Tata Steel Masters (2025) (replies)
   Feb-02-25 NN vs F Rhine, 2025 (replies)
   Feb-02-25 NN vs F Rhine, 2025
   Feb-01-25 Forintos vs Portisch, 1955 (replies)
   Feb-01-25 E Prandstetter vs J Lechtynsky, 1978 (replies)
   Jan-31-25 E Dury vs Jensen, 1975 (replies)
   Jan-31-25 W Muir vs K Schepel, 1986
   Jan-31-25 Walter Muir
   Jan-31-25 Jensen
   Jan-30-25 NN vs K Plichta, 2025
   Jan-30-25 V Karasev vs V Mukhin, 2009
   Jan-30-25 Andrejs Strebkovs (replies)
   Jan-30-25 Team White vs Team Black, 2012
   Jan-29-25 Pillsbury vs C Woon, 1902
   Jan-29-25 D Gukesh vs Giri, 2025 (replies)
   Jan-29-25 J van Foreest vs M Warmerdam, 2025
   Jan-29-25 A Dueckstein vs Botvinnik, 1958
   Jan-29-25 Garry Kasparov (replies)
   Jan-27-25 Andreas Dueckstein (replies)
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Jul-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "2nd GO 0-2750 8 (GER)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.04.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Kushnaryov, Andrey"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1544062"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Qa4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bf5 13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Qb4 b6 15.Bf4 Be4 16.Ne5 f6 17.Nd3 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Qd7 19.h4 Rfe8 20.a4 e5 21.dxe5 fxe5 22.Bd2 Qb7 23.f3 Nc4 24.Bc1 Qc6 25.Qb3 Qe6 26.Qb1 a5 27.Qb5 h6 28.Rfe1 Kh7 29.Rf1 Rc7 30.Qb1 Kh8 31.Rfe1 Qc6 32.Nb2 Na3 33.Qd3 Rd8 34.c4 Nxc4 35.Nxc4 Qxc4 36.Qxg6 Rc6 37.Qg4 d4 38.Bd2 Qc2 39.h5 Rf6 40.Qe4 Qxa4 41.Rc1 Qd7 42.Rc2 Qd5 43.Rc8 Rfd6 44.Qxd5 Rxd5 45.Rc6 R5d6 1/2-1/2

Jul-28-25  VerySeriousExpert: It maybe, astrologers :-) will say that July of 2025 is not very good for chess grandmasters worldwide. For example, Yury V. Bukayev has made his 2nd draw against grandmasters these weeks: https://jeromegambit.blogspot.com/2... .
Jul-28-25  VerySeriousExpert: I offer to create the collection of known modern games where grandmasters couldn't beat less titled players. It is interesting, I think.
Jul-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <VerySeriousExpert> It is quite common for GMs to draw and even lose games to lesser players. On the first day of the U.S. Senior Championship, GM Dmitry Gurevich (2414) drew Michael Aaron (1964), got destroyed by Gianluca Montalti (1880), and withdrew. GM Fedorowicz (2387) in the first five rounds drew four games, all against players with USCF ratings below 2200. https://mnchess.org/wp-content/uplo...
Jul-28-25  VerySeriousExpert: @FSR
Yes, you are right, and such collection can be extremely large. Well, here is my updated offer. Thus, now I offer to collect such games, but with their one additional sign: GM doesn't have a large advantage during the whole game. Is it interesting?
Jul-28-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: I think most people are interested in games where lower-rated players beat GMs, not where they draw them.
Jul-29-25  VerySeriousExpert: Dear Mr. Rhine, thank you for your words! I think, the modern taste of the majority of chess lovers isn't so interesting for many collectioners, they have their own taste. GM's blunder (with a loss) is a very bright event, but different events could be collected. I offer to submit all grandmasters' known serious games to Chessgames.com databases, we'll be able to make different collections here.
Jul-30-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "USCF/WS/25A01 (USA)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.03.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Harris, Timothy"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1530034"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bc6 11.Qf2 b5 12.Qe1 Be7 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.Kb1 O-O 15.Nd4 Rfc8 16.c3 Rab8 17.Bd3 Be8 18.h4 Qb6 19.h5 b4 20.cxb4 Qxd4 21.Bxa6 Qa7 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.h6 Qa4 24.Rc1 Ra8 25.a3 Qb5 26.Be3 Qd3+ 27.Ka2 e5 28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.Rxc3 d5 30.Bc5 Bd8 31.exd5 Nxd5 32.Rd3 Nf4 33.Rd6 Be7 34.Rd2 Bg5 35.hxg7 Ne6 36.Rd5 f6 37.b3 Nxc5 38.Rxc5 Be3 39.Rc7 Bf7 40.Rd7 Kxg7 41.Re1 1/2-1/2

Jul-31-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Troller: I have some recollection that Bent Sorensen - who was always a strong club player - rose to his highest level ever in his sixties. I think it correlated with his professional retirement and subsequent more serious approach to chess.

Being a mere spring chicken of 51 years, I am happy that my best chess might lie ahead of me. Not sure I will venture into CC play though; this is a completely different beast nowadays.

Jul-31-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <Troller: . . . Not sure I will venture into CC play though; this is a completely different beast nowadays.>

Indeed. Being successful in ICCF (i.e. drawing against strong opposition, and maybe winning a game now and then) basically means that you know how to use one or more engines competently. Actual chess ability is not required.

Jul-31-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 20 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Wydornik, Robert"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B68"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550370"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.e5 b4 12.exf6 bxc3 13.Qxc3 gxf6 14.Bh4 Rg8 15.Kb1 a5 16.Qd3 Rg7 17.a3 Qb6 18.h3 Rb8 19.Qc3 h5 20.g4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rxg4 22.Bxf6 Qxb2+ 23.Qxb2 Bxf6 24.Qxb8+ Nxb8 25.f5 Bc6 26.Rh3 exf5 27.Nd2 Be5 28.Nc4 Ke7 29.Rb3 Nd7 30.Nxa5 Be4 31.Nc4 Nc5 32.Nxe5 Nxb3 33.Nxg4 fxg4 34.Bd3 Nc5 35.Bxe4 Nxe4 36.Kc1 f5 37.Rf1 g3 38.a4 1/2-1/2

Aug-01-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 19 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Kolodziejski, Marcin"]
[Black "Mihai, Partenie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550287"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 O-O 15. Nxc6 1-0

Aug-01-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/5/24/3"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[EventType "correspondence thematic tournament"] [Date "2024.09.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Owens, Johnny"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1495472"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke6 8.Nc3 Ncb4 9.O-O c6 10.d4 Qf6 11.Qd1 Ke7 12.Re1 Qg6 13.a3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Rxe5+ Kd8 16.Bd3 Qf7 17.c4 Nf4 18.c5 Bd7 19.Rb1 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 Kc8 21.Qe2 h6 22.Bd2 g5 23.Ba5 Rh7 24.Qd3 b5 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Rxb6 Bd6 27.Ra6 Rb8 28.Re1 Rh8 29.Ra7 Rb5 30.a4 Rxa5 31.Rxa5 Rf8 32.Ra8+ Kc7 33.Rxf8 Qxf8 34.a5 Qf5 35.Qxf5 Bxf5 36.Re3 Bc8 37.Rf3 Bb4 38.Rf7+ Kd8 39.Ra7 Bc3 40.a6 Bxd4 41.Ra8 Kc7 42.h3 h5 43.c3 Bxc3 44.a7 Bb7 45.Rg8 Bd4 46.a8=R Bxa8 47.Rxa8 Bf6 48.Rf8 Be7 49.Rh8 h4 50.Rh6 Kb6 51.Kf1 Kc5 52.Ke2 Kd5 53.g3 1-0

Aug-02-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "Online blitz"]
[Site "lichess"]
[Date "2025.08.02"]
[White "Frederick Rhine"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[Source "https://lichess.org/I3Xlvr3aFWmY"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c5 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.d5 Nb4 7.a3 Na6 8.e4 Bg4 9.Ne5 Bxd1 10.Bb5+ Qd7 11.Bxd7+ Kd8 12.Kxd1 f6 13.Nf7+ Kxd7 14.Nxh8 e6 15.Be3 b6 16.dxe6+ Kxe6 17.Nd5 Rd8 18.Ke2 Ne7 19.Rhd1 Nb8 20.Nf4+ 1-0

Aug-02-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: Hi <FSR>, I just checked and noted your very fine performance at the senior open. Congrats!

Will play over the games you submitted sometime this weekend.

Aug-02-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: <For example, in these three games I played the Polugaevsky Variation of the Najdorf Sicilian basically to prove that it could be done: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che.... The Polugaevsky is close to refuted, and I had to play many only moves to hold those games. That would be impossible OTB.>

You are pointing at what I think is the most important issue to keep in mind when using engines, especially when preparing openings. The engine's evaluation assumes perfect play, but what matters for human players is two things:

a) How easy/difficult is the position to play for white/black?

b) Do *I* feel comfortable playing this position?

Aug-02-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Fusilli: I spotted a <Robert J Fischer> in the crosstable!

https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMai...

Aug-02-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: It is official ladies and gentlemen: Our esteemed <FSR>, has just finished ahead of Robert J. Fischer !
Aug-02-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <moronovich> <Fusilli> In the last round Robert J Fischer, player 18 in the crosstable, faced Karl Dehmelt, player 12. https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMai... This War of 18-12, like the original, ended in a draw. Two rounds before, Robert J. Fischer beat James Dean, famous for <Rebel Without a Cause>.
Aug-03-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "Northbrook, IL USA"]
[Date "2025.07.25"]
[EventDate "2025.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gianluca Montalti"]
[Black "Dmitry Gurevich"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "1880"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[Source "https://new.uschess.org/news/2025-c..."]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 h6 10. h4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Rd8 14. Qf4 Rxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 17. Bd3 Qxg2 18. Rf1 Qxf1+ 19. Bxf1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bd7 21. g6 fxg6 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Qe4 Be8 24. Qxb7 Bc5 25. Ke2 g5 26. Qh1 Rd5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qxg5 Bd4 31. Qf4+ Kg8 32. c3 Bxe5 33. Qe4 Kf7 34. Bc4 Bb5 35. a4 Bf6 36. Qg4 Re5+ 37. Kf2 Bc6 38. Bd3 Bd5 39. Bg6+ Ke7 40. Qb4+ Kd7 41. Qb5+ Bc6 42. Be8+ 1-0

Aug-04-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "2nd GO 0-2750 7 (GER)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.04.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Tran, Duc Thanh"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1543557"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 O-O 8.d5 a6 9.Bd3 Na5 10.Bg5 b5 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Bh4 e6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Nf1 exd5 15.exd5 Rxe1 16.Qxe1 c4 17.Bc2 Nb7 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.Nd4 Bb7 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Rc8 22.Ne3 d5 23.a4 Rxc6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.Ra8+ Kh7 27.Qxd5 Rd6 28.Qxc5 Rd2 29.Ng4 Qe6 30.Ne3 Qf6 31.Ng4 Qe6 32.Ne3 Qf6 1/2-1/2

Aug-06-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: I have made it to 65, unlike Robert James Fischer, William Steinitz, Howard Staunton, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Vladimir Savon, Pedro Damiano, Albin Planinc, Vladimir Antoshin, Edmar Mednis, Vitaly Halberstadt, Giulio Cesare Polerio, Karl-Heinz Maeder, Octavio Troianescu, Maximilian Ujtelky, Solomon Gotthilf, Erwin Voellmy, Ivan Nemet, Adolf Staehelin, Paul Tautvaisas, Teodors Bergs, Claude Frizzel Bloodgood, Larry Tamarkin, Gary Sanders, John Kalish, John Stopa, David A Bennion, Leroy Jackson, Rufus Henry Streatfeild Stevenson, Larry Parr, Max Kuerschner, Donald A Femmel, Ralph Hurttlen, Andrew Schoene, and Karl Marx.
Aug-06-25  VerySeriousExpert: Dear Mr. Rhine, happy birthday! And best wishes!
Aug-06-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: <FSR> congrats on making it to 65. Now you can breath a bit easier :)
Aug-06-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: Congrats <FSR> !

To good health and many more years to come.

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