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FSR
Member since Aug-27-05 · Last seen Jul-15-25
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.

I am the third highest-rated USCF correspondence chess player. https://www.uschess.org/component/o... In January 2025, I was the second highest-rated player, rated just three points below 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 ten draws so far.

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 seventy-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 236 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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   Jul-15-25 FSR chessforum
 
FSR: Submitted: [Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 20 (ENG)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2025.06.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Cole, Steve"] [Black "Rhine, Frederick"] [ECO "B69"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2334"] [BlackElo "2341"] [Source " ...
 
   Jul-14-25 Kenneth Rogoff (replies)
 
FSR: <areknames: Calling him a scumbag is perfunctory> As you well know, I have written many thousands of words explaining why I consider Trump a scumbag. There are many, many compelling reasons to regard him as such. Many have been made by other prominent Republicans, including ...
 
   Jul-14-25 F Rhine vs M Aymard, 2025
 
FSR: POST TWO OF TWO That leaves basically two moves for Black, which theory considers about equally good/bad, although White has a significant advantage after both. John Lord introduced 3...Nd7 in 1868-69. Repertoire Explorer: John Lord (black) . James Hanham reintroduced it in 1889, and ...
 
   Jul-14-25 Vasiukov vs B Lebedev, 1960 (replies)
 
FSR: This was apparently the first game with the crushing 8.Nc3!! After 8...Kxe5, 9.Qh5+?! was an odd choice. Much stronger was 9.Qd5+ Kf6 10.Qf5+ Ke7 11.Nd5+ Kd6 12.Bf4+ Kc6 13.Qe6+ Bd6 14.Nb4+! Kb6 (14...Kc5 15.a4!! Kxb4 16.Qd5) 15.Bxd6. Of course, Vasiukov, unlike me, had to find his ...
 
   Jul-14-25 James Hanham
 
FSR: Eleven years ago, I claimed that 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 Ngf6? was refuted by 5.Ng5. In fact, Black is OK after 5...d5 6.exd5 h6. Correct is 5.dxe5! Nxe5 (5...dxe5? 6.Ng5+- J Geske vs S Mainka, 2002 ) 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Bxf7+! Kxf7! 8.Qxd8 Bb4+ 9.Qd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2+- S Cucancic vs D ...
 
   Jul-14-25 S Cucancic vs D Lazic, 2010
 
FSR: This game refutes 4...Ngf6? (4...c6 is the standard Hanham move, but Stockfish says that 4...exd4 is better, which doesn't say much for the Hanham). Note that after 5.dxe5!, even worse for Black would have been 5...dxe5? 6.Ng5+- J Geske vs S Mainka, 2002 . If Black wants to play the ...
 
   Jul-14-25 Bogoljubov vs G Pfeiffer, 1941
 
FSR: Wow. Bogo's opponent plays a known blunder, 4...Be7? Bogo refutes it, gets a won game, then makes a total hash of it. Here's how it should be done: S Lu vs R Bitoon, 2015 . Of course, Bogo's 14.O-O (rather than 14.Nd5, as Shanglei Lu played, and which I suspect was home prep) also was ...
 
   Jul-14-25 Marshall vs J M Hanham, 1898
 
FSR: 4...Be7? is known today as a blunder! Incredibly, Hanham played it thrice in the database and got away with it each time. In none of the games did White find the refutation 5.dxe5! Then 5...dxe5?? 6.Qd5! is a disaster for Black. F Rhine vs NN, 2021 . Forced is 5...Nxe5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 ...
 
   Jul-14-25 S Lu vs R Bitoon, 2015
 
FSR: Sweet finish! 4...Be7? is a known blunder. Shanglei Lu refuted it very precisely and aggressively. I wouldn't be surprised if this was home prep. Almost anyone else would have played the solid 14.O-O with an extra pawn rather than 14.Nd5! Qxb2 15.Qh4!, which is even better but looks ...
 
   Jul-14-25 J Geske vs S Mainka, 2002
 
FSR: 4...Ngf6? is a blunder because of 5.dxe5!, as Geske played. Instead of 5...dxe5?, making matters worse, Mainka should have made the best of a bad situation by shedding a pawn with 5...Nxe5! 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Bxf7+! Kxf7! 8.Qxd8 Bb4+ 9.Qd2 Bxd2+.
 
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Jul-04-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: User: FSR on today's GotD page you posted two unique positions, a mutual Zugzwang and a <Win in 517-moves>. Many thanks for posting those unusual positions.
Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <offramp> My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed them.
Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "2nd GO 0-2750 7 (GER)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.04.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Annoni, Riccardo"]
[Black "Kazoks, Aivars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1543249"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 g5 14. a4 Kh8 15. Ra3 f5 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. a5 Rb8 18. Kh2 Qd7 19. Bd3 c6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxh5 f3+ 22. g3 f4 23. g4 Ng8 24. g5 dxc5 25. bxc5 Qg7 26. Rg1 Bd4 27. Nd1 Bxc5 28. Rc3 b6 29. dxc6 Rbc8 30. g6 Rxc6 31. e5 Ne7 32. Rc2 Nxg6 33. Bf5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qxe5 35. Qf7 1-0

Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Here is some cool analysis by Giri in his Chessable Lifetime Repertoire course on the Gruenfeld: https://denverchess.com/games/view/...
Jul-05-25  stone free or die: Of course it's not a Grunfeld without the ...d5.

Here's a couple of games matching the position after 10.h5:

Ding Liren vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2021

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;; <Kovchan, A // Roshka, Yevgeniy * (R5.3) 37 1/2-1/2>
;; <Roshka, Yevgeniy -- Kovchan, A (R5.3) 37 1/2-1/2>

[Event "22nd Sant Marti Open 2022"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2022.07.17"]
[EventDate "2022.07.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Roshka, Yevgeniy"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteFideId "14129558"]
[Black "Kovchan, A"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackFideId "14103052"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60a"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.h4 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 e6 7.Be2 exd5 8.exd5 Nbd7 9.Nf3 Ng4 10.h5 O-O 11.Ng5 Re8 12.Kf1 Ndf6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.g3 Bf5 15.Rh4 Qd7 16.Kg2 Re7 17.Bf4 Rae8 18.a4 a6 19.a5 Ne5 20.Ra3 Qc7 21.g4 Bc8 22.f3 b6 23.Qh1 Nexg4 24.Nce4 Bf5 25.Kf1 Nh5 26.Rxh5 gxh5 27.Bxd6 Rxe4 28.Bxc7 Rxe2 29.Ne4 Rxb2 30.Qxh5 Bxe4 31.Qxg4 Bg6 32.f4 Rb1+ 33.Kg2 Be4+ 34.Kf2 Rb2+ 35.Kg1 Rb1+ 36.Kf2 Rb2+ 37.Kf1 1/2-1/2

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Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <stone free or die> Giri's course is a Lifetime Repertoire course, so it covers all of White's alternatives (having played 1.d4) to allowing the Gruenfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5).
Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/RD/F14"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.05.01"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Kapusuz, Hasan Huseyin"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1546029"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 Be6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Ne5 c5 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.d5 Bc8 14.a3 Na6 15.f4 f6 16.Be3 g6 17.h3 fxe5 18.fxe5 Rxf1+ 19.Qxf1 Qf8 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.Bxf4 Bh4 22.e6 Bf6 23.Rd1 Nb8 24.Bd6 Bxe6 25.dxe6 Bd4+ 26.Kh1 Nc6 27.e7 Kf7 28.Rf1+ Bf6 29.Bxc5 Nxe7 30.g4 Ke6 31.Rd1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/4/25/4"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Aymard, Michel"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1554449"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.O-O-O Nxd4 9.Qxd4 a6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxe5 Bd6 12.Qd4 Bxf4+ 13.Qxf4 Qe7 14.Bc4 Be6 15.Rhe1 Rad8 16.Bxe6 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 fxe6 18.Qe3 Re8 19.g3 Nd5 20.Qd3 Qb4 21.Re5 Qd6 22.Qe2 Nb4 23.Nc3 h6 24.Re3 Nc6 25.a4 Rf8 26.f4 e5 27.fxe5 Qe6 28.g4 Rf4 29.h3 Rc4 30.Kb1 Rc5 31.Qd3 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Qxe5 33.Na2 Kf8 34.Qb3 Qe1+ 35.Nc1 Qb4 36.Qe6 Qd6 37.Qc8+ Nd8 38.Qf5+ Ke7 39.g5 hxg5 40.Qxg5+ 1/2-1/2

Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 20 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Lemke, Burghard"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550381"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Qxd5 Bxd5 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.c3 Be7 14.Bb5 h5 15.Kc2 g5 16.h3 Kc7 17.Nd2 g4 18.hxg4 hxg4 19.Rxh8 Rxh8 20.Nc4 Be6 21.Bxc6 Bxc4 22.Bxb7 Kxb7 23.Rd7+ Kc6 24.Rxe7 Rh2 25.Rxe5 1/2-1/2

Jul-05-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "USCF/WS/25A01 (USA)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.03.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Sogin, David"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1530040"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.a3 c5 10.Qe2 Ne4 11.c4 f5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Ne5 cxd4 14.exd4 Nc6 15.Ndf3 Nd8 16.Rac1 Ne6 17.Bb5 Rad8 18.b4 g5 19.Nd3 g4 20.Nfe5 Qh4 21.Rc2 Kh8 22.Qd1 N4g5 23.Bc1 f4 24.Qxg4 Qxg4 25.Nxg4 h5 26.Nge5 Nxd4 27.Bb2 Bxe5 28.Nxe5 Nxc2 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nxg5 Bc8 31.Ba4 Bf5 32.Bxc2 Bxc2 33.Ne6 Rde8 34.Nxf8 Kxf8 35.f3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

Jul-06-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 20 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Räßler, Arndt"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550384"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.h4 f6 12.h5 h6 13.Rh3 Rf7 14.Kf2 fxe5 15.dxe5 d4 16.cxd4 cxd4 17.Nexd4 Bc5 18.Nb3 Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Rxf4 20.Qxb6 Nxb6 21.Re1 a5 22.a3 Nd5 23.Kg3 1/2-1/2

I have no idea how to transliterate Räßler.

Jul-07-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 19 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Bragesjö, Tomas"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550308"]

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.Bd3 Be7 13.h4 b4 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.g4 a5 17.Kb1 a4 18.Be3 Qc7 19.h5 a3 20.b3 h6 21.Qd2 e5 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.gxf5 Kh7 24.Qxb4 d5 25.Qe1 d4 26.Bd2 Nd7 27.Rc1 Nc5 28.Bc4 Na4 29.Bd5 Rab8 30.Rg1 Bf6 31.Ka1 Rfd8 32.bxa4 Rxd5 33.exd5 e4 34.fxe4 d3+ 35.e5 Bxe5+ 36.c3 Rb2 37.Qe4 Rxd2 38.f6+ Kh8 39.fxg7+ Bxg7 40.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 20 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Loeffler, Werner"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550388"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 b6 10.Qd6 Bd7 11.Bc3 f6 12.Nf3 Nh6 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.Qa3 Bc8 15.Nd2 Qf4 16.Bh5+ Nf7 17.O-O c5 18.Qa4+ Ke7 19.Rfe1 Rhe8 20.a3 Kf8 21.b4 cxb4 22.axb4 Bb7 23.Re3 Qg5 24.Bf3 b5 25.Qa1 Bxf3 26.Nxf3 Rxd1+ 27.Qxd1 Qf4 28.cxb5 Nc7 29.Bd4 Nxb5 30.Bc5+ Kg8 31.Qe2 a6 32.Rxe6 Qc1+ 33.Ne1 Rxe6 34.Qxe6 h6 35.Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

Jul-08-25  VerySeriousExpert: Dear Mr. Rhine, you have written above: "I have no idea how to transliterate Räßler". Well, it should be transliterated from German as ' Raessler ', it is the only way.
Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <VerySeriousExpert> Thanks for that information.
Jul-08-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "2nd DKM 0-2750 6 (BUL)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.01.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Jensen, Claus"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1524771"]

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.Kb1 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.f3 Bc6 12.h4 h6 13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15.a3 d5 16.exd5 Bxd5 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Qc4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 Rd4 20.Bd3 h5 21.Be3 Rd7 22.Bf2 Rhd8 23.Bb6 Rg8 24.g3 Bd6 25.Bf2 Rgd8 26.Be2 g6 27.Rd3 Nd5 28.Rhd1 Ne7 29.f4 Bc7 30.Rxd7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Kxd7 32.Bf3 Kc8 33.a4 Ba5 34.c3 Kc7 35.Kc2 Nf5 36.Kd1 Bb6 37.Be1 Bg1 38.Be4 Nd6 39.Bd3 b5 1/2-1/2

Jul-09-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 19 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Garcia Camejo, Gonzalo"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550316"]

1.g3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Nfd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nd5 14.Bd2 f5 15.Na5 b6 16.Nc6 Bf6 17.Nb4 Bb7 18.e3 Rfc8 19.a4 Rab8 20.a5 Nxb4 21.Bxb4 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rb7 23.Rdc1 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 bxa5 25.Bxa5 Kf7 26.Rc5 1/2-1/2

Jul-11-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WSTT/3/24/1"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2024.04.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Battaglia, Horacio"]
[Black "del Giudice, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1393"]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1466275"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. hxg4 hxg4 10. Nh2 Nh6 11. Nxg4 Qh4 12. Nh2 Bc5 13. Ndf3 Qh5 14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Qe2 f5 16. Nh3 f4 17. Rd1 Kb8 18. c3 Bb6 19. d4 Nf7 20. Kf1 Qe6 21. f3 exd4 22. Ng4 g5 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. a4 c5 25. Bd2 Bxb2 26. Rab1 Bd4 27. Be1 Nh6 28. Ngf2 Nf7 29. Ng4 Nh6 30. Nxh6 Rxh6 31. Bf2 Rxh3 32. Bxd4 cxd4 33. gxh3 Qxh3+ 34. Qg2 Qh6 35. Rb3 b6 36. Ke2 Rd6 37. Rbd3 Qf6 38. Rg1 Qf7 39. Kd1 Kb7 40. Qb2 Rc6 41. Rxg5 Qc4 42. Ke2 Qe6 43. Qxd4 Qh6 44. Rg2 Qh1 45. Qg1 Qh8 46. Qd1 a5 47. Rd8 Qc3 48. Kf1 Rc5 49. e5 b5 50. Rgg8 Qc4+ 51. Kg1 Rxe5 52. Rb8+ Ka6 53. Ra8+ Kb6 54. Rgb8+ Kc6 55. Ra6+ Kc5 56. Rxb5+ Qxb5 57. axb5 Kxb5 58. Ra8 Rg5+ 59. Kf2 Kc6 60. Qa4+ Kd6 61. Qxf4+ Kd7 62. Qxg5 Ke6 63. Rxa5 Kd7 64. Ra6 Kc8 65. Qg8+ Kb7 66. Qa8# 1-0

Jul-11-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/87"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.04.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Pasierb, Siegmund"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2333"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1540201"]

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.e5 Qa5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.exd6 Qe5 14.d7+ Kd8 15.Qb6+ Qc7 16.Qf2 Bd6 17.Bd3 Ke7 18.Rhf1 Rad8 19.f4 Kxd7 20.f5 Kc8 21.fxe6 fxe6 22.Qxf6 Bxg2 23.Qxe6+ Kb8 24.Rf7 Qc6 25.Kb1 Bxh2 26.Qxc6 Bxc6 27.Rxh7 Rxh7 28.Bxh7 Rxd1+ 29.Nxd1 Bf3 30.Nf2 a5 1/2-1/2

Jul-13-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 19 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Kolodziejski, Marcin"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550289"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.f5 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bh3 Na5 17.Nd4 b4 18.Nce2 e5 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.Nf5 Nc4 21.Qd3 Rc8 22.Nc1 a5 23.Qe2 a4 24.Rd5 Bf8 25.Re1 Rdc7 26.Qd3 Ka7 27.Qe2 h5 28.h4 Ka8 29.Red1 Ra7 30.R1d3 Rac7 31.Rd1 1/2-1/2

Jul-14-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 19 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Rodriguez Zas, Jose Alejandro"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550278"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.Ne2 Qc7 10.Ba2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Bb2 Rd8 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Ng3 Na5 15.e4 Bc4 16.Bxc4 Nxc4 17.Bc1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Ne8 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 e5 21.d5 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Rac8 23.h4 Nd6 24.h5 h6 25.Qg4 Qd7 26.Qxd7 Rxd7 27.a4 Kf7 28.f3 Rdc7 29.Ree1 Rc3 30.Nf1 Rd3 31.Kf2 Ke8 32.Re3 Rxe3 33.Nxe3 Rc5 1/2-1/2

Jul-14-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "USCF/WS/25A01 (USA)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.03.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Millett, John"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1530032"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 c3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nb3 Be7 12.Bb2 Bd7 13.c4 Rfc8 14.c5 Be8 15.Nfd2 b6 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Nc4 Rab8 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Na5 20.Nxa5 bxa5 21.Be5 Rb4 22.a3 Rb3 23.Ra6 a4 24.Ra7 h6 25.h3 Nd5 26.Bf3 Nc3 1/2-1/2

Jul-15-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 20 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Detlef Zoll"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550383"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bd2 c5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.Bxc3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 e5 9.Bxe5 Bb4+ 10.Bc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Nd7 13.Bc4 Ne5 14.Bd5 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Ne2 Rd8 17.Nd4 Nc4 18.Qd3 Ne5 19.Qd2 Nc4 20.Qd3 Ne5 21.Qd2 Nc4 1/2-1/2

Jul-15-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "WS/MN/B/87"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.04.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Rhine, Frederick"]
[Black "Roeska, Guenther"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2341"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1540167"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Bf5 7.h3 e5 8.d3 Nge7 9.a3 O-O 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 h6 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.Bb2 b6 14.Kh2 Kh7 15.Nd5 b5 16.Ne4 Nxd5 17.cxd5 Ne7 18.Nd2 Bc8 19.e4 f5 20.f4 exf4 21.gxf4 Bxb2 22.Rxb2 Ng8 23.b4 cxb4 24.axb4 a4 25.Rc2 Nf6 26.Nf3 fxe4 27.dxe4 Nxe4 28.Nd4 Qh4 29.Qe1 Qxe1 30.Rxe1 Nf6 31.Rc6 Ng8 32.Rxd6 Rxf4 33.Nc6 Rb7 34.Rd8 Bf5 35.d6 Rd7 36.Rxd7+ Bxd7 37.Ne5 Bf5 38.d7 Rd4 39.Bc6 a3 40.Bxb5 a2 41.Ra1 Be6 42.Bc4 Bxc4 43.Nxc4 Rxd7 44.Rxa2 1/2-1/2

Jul-15-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Submitted:

[Event "ENG/1/TB Open Group 20 (ENG)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2025.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Cole, Steve"]
[Black "Rhine, Frederick"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Source "https://www.iccf.com/game?id=1550385"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.f5 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bh3 Na5 17.b3 b4 18.Ne2 Nb7 19.Ned4 Nc5 20.Qe3 Qc7 21.Nd2 Rhe8 22.Nc4 Bf8 23.Qf3 Bc8 24.Na5 Bd7 25.Nc4 Bc8 26.Na5 Ka8 27.Nac6 e5 28.Nxd8 Bxh3 29.g4 Bxg4 30.Qxg4 exd4 31.Rxd4 Qxd8 32.Rxb4 Qd7 33.Qxd7 Nxd7 34.Rf1 Bh6 1/2-1/2

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