Archived Games 2018

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Anish Giri vs Ian Nepomniachtchi
Tata Steel Masters 2019, Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 1,
Pirc Defense: General (B07) · 0-1

[White "Anish Giri"][Black "Ian Nepomniachtchi"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O Nb6 8. g4  Bb7 9. Nh3 Nfd7 10. Be2 e6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Qe3 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nh3 Qh4 15.  Nf2 O-O-O 16. f4 f5 17. Bf3 b4 18. exf5 bxc3 19. fxe6 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Nf6 21.  Bxb7+ Kxb7 22. Qf3+ d5 23. Nd3 Ne4 24. Nc5+ Ka7 25. Qa3 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Kb7 0-1

Bence Nagy vs Peter Marxen
Budapest 2004
The Spanish game

[White "Nagy, Bence"][Black "Marxen, Peter"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7  8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 g6 13. Nxd5 gxh5 14. Nxe7+  Kh8 15. Rxh5+ f6 16. Rxh7# 1-0

Maxim Dlugy vs Lee Wang-Sheng
New York, USA 1979
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Traxler Counterattack Bishop sac line (C57) · 0-1

[White "Maxim Dlugy"][Black "Lee Wang-Sheng"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Kf8 6. Bb3 d5 7. O-O h6 8.  exd5 hxg5 9. dxc6 e4 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. g3 Bg4 12. cxb7 Re8 13. Qe1 Bf3 14. Ne2  Rxh2 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Qh6 0-1

D Nadler vs J Fritchley
World op New York 1983
Italian game

[White "Nadler, D."][Black "Fritchley, J."][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3  h5 9. Nxg5 h4 10. Nxf7 hxg3 11. Nxd8 Bg4 12. hxg3 Kxd8 13. c3 Bxd1 14. Rxd1 Ng4  15. Rf1 Rf8 16. Kh1 Nxf2+ 17. Kh2 Rh8+ 0-1

Vinokur vs Tal
URS-chT Juniors 1954, Leningrad URS
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation (B59) · 0-1

[White "Vinokur"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.  O-O O-O 9. f4 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Bf3 Be6 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nxc2 14. Qxc2  Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Bxb3 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Be3 Qb4 18. Bd1 Be6 19. Be2 Bf6 20. Rad1 Be5  21. Bd4 Nc5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qd6 Rac8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qxb2 26. Bg4 Ne4  27. Qe7 Rce8 28. Qh4 Nd6 29. Bd7 Rd8 30. Qe7 Qb6 31. Rc1 Ne4 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33.  Be6 Nf2+ 0-1

Tal won without touching the queen

Janis Mileika vs Mikhail Tal
Latvian Championship, Riga 1953
Benoni Defense: Modern Variation (A60) · 0-1

[White "Janis Mileika"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. g3 exd5 5. cxd5 b5 6. a4 b4 7. b3 g6 8. Bg2 d6  9. e4 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Nd2 Nxe4 13. Bxg7 Nxd2 14. Bh6 Bg4 15.  Be3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Rg1 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Nf4 g5 20. Ne2 Re5 21. O-O-O  Ne4 22. Qc2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Nc3 0-1

Tal’s King On Steroids
Mikhail Tal vs Jan Timman
Montpellier Candidates Playoff 1985, Montpellier FRA, rd 5,
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05) · 1-0

[White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Jan Timman"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4  f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2  O-O 15. Rhe1 Ne4+ 16. Bxe4 Rxf4 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. Ke3 Nxf3 19. Kxf4 Nxe1 20.  Rxe1 Bd7 21. Ke5 a6 22. Kd6 Bb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Rxe6 d4 25. Re2 d3 26. Rd2  Rc8 27. b4 Rc2 28. Rxd3 Rxa2 29. Rf3 Rc2 30. Rf5 b6 31. h4 Rc4 32. Rxb5 Rxh4  33. g3 Rd4+ 34. Kc7 Kf7 35. Kxb6 Kf6 36. f4 h6 37. Ka5 Rd3 38. g4 Ra3+ 39. Kb6  Rf3 40. Rf5+ Ke6 41. b5 g6 42. Rc5 Rxf4 43. Rc6+ Kf7 44. Kc7 1-0   Suat Atalik vs Anthony Miles  Iraklion (1993), Iraklion (Greece), rd 5  King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Normal Defense (E81) · 0-1   [pgn]   Toni Miles Immortal  [White "Suat Atalik"][Black "Anthony Miles"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2  e6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bg5 Ba6 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 h6 13. Be3 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.  Qxd5 b5 16. cxb5 Bxb5 17. Nc1 Bc6 18. Qd2 f5 19. Qxd6 Qe8 20. Qxc5 fxe4 21. f4  Nd3+ 22. Nxd3 exd3 23. Kf2 Rc8 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Qxd3 g5 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qe2  gxf4 28. Bc5 f3 29. Qxe8 fxg2+ 30. Bxf8 gxh1=N+ 0-1

Rogelio Antonio Jr vs Thien Hai Dao
2nd Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysian Open 2005, Kuala Lumpur
Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack. Main Line (B52) · 1-0

[White "Rogelio Antonio Jr"][Black "Thien Hai Dao"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Qe2 e6 7. b3 Be7 8.  Bb2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. c4 Qc7 12. Nc3 Rfe8 13. Kh1 Nf8 14. f4 N6d7  15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Bf6 18. Rf3 Bg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Nd5 1-0

Kateryna Alexandrovna Lahno vs Tan Zhongyi
King Salman Blitz World Championship (Women) 2018, St Petersburg RUS, rd 10,
Modern Defense: Standard Defense (B06) · 1-0

[White "Kateryna Alexandrovna Lahno"][Black "Tan Zhongyi"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3  Nc6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 a5 11. O-O Bg4 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxh6 15.  Qxh6 e6 16. Bb5 exd5 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Rab1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 dxe4 20. fxe4 Nh5 21.  Qe3 Qh4 22. Qf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 f5 24. e5 dxe5 25. dxe5 Qe7 26. e6 Rd8 27. Re1 Nf6  28. h3 Rd6 29. Bb5 Kg7 30. Qe3 c6 31. Bc4 Kg8 32. Qe5 Kg7 33. Rb1 Rd8 34. Ba6  Re8 35. Rb7 Kf8 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Qc7+ Kxe6 38. Bc4+ 1-0

Ju Wenjun vs Maria Gevorgyan
King Salman Rapid World Championship (Women) 2018, St Petersburg RUS, rd 1,
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. McDonnell Defense (D20) · 1-0

[White "Ju Wenjun"][Black "Maria Gevorgyan"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Ng5 Nh6 8.  Nxf7 Nxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxc5 Qe7 12. Qd5+ Be6 13. Qb5 Qb4 14.  Qg5 Bc4 15. Rd1 Rhf8 16. b3 Be2 17. Ba3 Qb6 18. Rd2 Ba6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Na3  Qb4 21. Nc2 Qc3 22. Rad1 d3 23. Ne3 Kg7 24. Nd5 Qc5 25. Qg3 Rf7 26. h4 Nd4 27.  Qe5+ Kh6 28. Qg5+ Kg7 29. Kh2 Qd6+ 30. Qg3 Qe6 31. Qe3 c5 32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33.  Rxd3 b6 34. f4 Qg4 35. Qg3 Qe2 36. Re3 Qxa2 37. f5 Nc6 38. f6+ Kg8 39. e5 Qd2  40. Rd3 Qe2 41. Ne7+ Rxe7 42. fxe7 Nxe7 43. Rd8+ Kf7 44. Qg5 1-0

Mikhail Tal vs Fridrik Olafsson
Bled YUG 1961, rd 3
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B48) · 1-0

[White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Fridrik Olafsson"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. f4  d6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rae1 b5 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.  e5 Ng8 16. Qh3 Nh6 17. f5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 exf5 19. Bxf5 g6 20. Bd4 Kg8 21. e6 Bg5  22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Bxg6 Rg7 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Be8 h6 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Ne4 Re8  28. Qg6 Ree7 29. h4 Qd5 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qxd6 Qxd6 32. Nxd6 Bxh4 33. Re8+ Rg8  34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Nxh6+ Kh7 37. Nf5 Bg5 38. b3 1-0

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Ivan Saric
King Salman Rapid World Championship 2018, St Petersburg RUS, rd 9
English Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation. General (A11) · 1-0

[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"][Black "Ivan Saric"][Result "1-0"]   1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Rc1  a6 9. d4 Re8 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 c5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf3 Qd6 15.  h3 b5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qb6 20. Nf4 Rd6 21. Qc3  g5 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. Qxf6 exd5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. Qh5 Red8 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27. Rd2  Re6 28. Qc3 b4 29. Qc2 Qd6 30. Bg4 Rg6 31. Qxc5 1-0

Castling into the Lion's Mouth

Edward Lasker vs Fritz Englund
Scheveningen 1913, NED, rd 12
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Variation (C48) · 1-0

[White "Edward Lasker"][Black "Fritz Englund"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3  8. dxc3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qc5 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bd3 d5 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Bf4 Qf6 14.  Qxd5 c6 15. Qe4 Be6 16. Re3 Bc5 17. Be5 Qh6 18. Rg3 Bf8 19. Rd1 O-O-O 20. Qxc6+  bxc6 21. Ba6# 1-0

Playing Against Einstein's Theory
Robert James Fischer vs Mikhail Tal
Bled (1961), Bled YUG, rd 2,
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Bastrikov Variation (B47) · 1-0

[White "Robert James Fischer"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8.  Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bc5 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. f4 Qb8 12. e5 a6 13. exf6 axb5 14. fxg7  Rg8 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qd4 Ra4 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Qc7 19. O-O-O Rxa2 20. Kb1  Ra6 21. Bxb5 Rb6 22. Bd3 e5 23. fxe5 Rxf6 24. exf6 Qc5 25. Bxh7 Qg5 26. Bxg8  Qxf6 27. Rhf1 Qxg7 28. Bxf7+ Kd8 29. Be6 Qh6 30. Bxd7 Bxd7 31. Rf7 Qxh2 32.  Rdxd7+ Ke8 33. Rde7+ Kd8 34. Rd7+ Kc8 35. Rc7+ Kd8 36. Rfd7+ Ke8 37. Rd1 b5 38.  Rb7 Qh5 39. g4 Qh3 40. g5 Qf3 41. Re1+ Kf8 42. Rxb5 Kg7 43. Rb6 Qg3 44. Rd1 Qc7  45. Rdd6 Qc8 46. b3 Kh7 47. Ra6 1-0

Tal Revisited

P Larsen vs Nils Petersen
DEN-ch qual Copenhagen 1995
French defence

[White "Larsen, P."][Black "Petersen, Nils"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 cxd4 8.  cxd4 f6 9. Ng5 fxg5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Bxg6+ hxg6 12. Qxg6+ Ke7 13. Ne4 Bh6 14.  Bxg5+ Bxg5 15. Qg7+ Ke8 16. Nd6# 1-0

John Nunn vs Raymond Keene
Hammersmith 1971
Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06) · 0-1

[White "John Nunn"][Black "Raymond Keene"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 e6 8. Qd2  d5 9. f5 exf5 10. exf5 Qh4+ 11. Bf2 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Bh6 13. f4 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Qd6  15. Bg3 gxf5 16. Rhf1 Nge7 17. Bf3 Bg7 18. Qf2 Rde8 19. Qg2 Nxd4 20. Nxd5 Nxd5  21. Bxd5 Ne2+ 22. Kb1 Qb4 0-1

The Most Spectacular Game From The World Blitz Championship 2009
Alexander Morozevich vs Vassily Ivanchuk
World Blitz Championship 2009, Moscow RUS, rd 33
Dutch Defense: General (A80) · 1-0

[White "Alexander Morozevich"][Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c5  9. d5 a6 10. h5 g5 11. Bg3 Qa5 12. Bd3 b5 13. Bxf5 bxc4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Bxc8  Rxc8 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. e4 Nfd7 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5  Qxe5 22. f4 Qd4+ 23. Kh1 g4 24. f5 Qxd2 25. f6 Qg5 26. fxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rf7+ 1-0

The Greatest Game From the Swedish Championship 2009
Daniel Semcesen vs Nils Grandelius
Swedish Championship 2009, Kungsör, Sweden, rd 9
Tarrasch Defense: Symmetrical Variation (D32) · 1-0

[White "Daniel Semcesen"][Black "Nils Grandelius"][Result "1-0"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4  Bd6 9. Bb2 Ne5 10. Nb5 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Be7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. Qf4 a6  15. h3 Bh5 16. Nd4 Bd6 17. Qh4 Bg6 18. Nf5 Ne4 19. Qh6 1-0

The Greatest Ever Blitz Game Played In Chicago

Ely O Sollano vs Frederick Rhine
Blitz 1977, Chicago, IL USA
Indian Game: General (A45) · 0-1

[White "Ely O Sollano"][Black "Frederick Rhine"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. dxc5 d4 6. Ne4 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bxc5 8.  Nxf5 Qa5+ 9. c3 dxc3 10. b4 Bxb4 11. Qc2 Qxf5 12. Qxf5 c2# 0-1

Joshua Friedel vs Macon Shibut
World op 32nd Philadelphia 2004
The Nimzowitsch Defence

[White "Friedel, Joshua E"][Black "Shibut, Macon A"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. d5 Ne5 5. Nxe5 Bxd1 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 Qa5+ 8.  Nc3 O-O-O 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Nd5 Bxc2 11. Nxc7 Kxc7 12. cxb7 Bxe4 13. Be3 Kxb7 14.  f3 Bd5 15. Na5+ Ka8 16. Rc1 e6 17. Ke2 Ne7 18. Rc7 Nc8 19. Rhc1 Be7 20. Ba6 Kb8  21. Bxc8 1-0

Raymond Keene vs Anthony Miles
Hastings ENG, 1975, rd 13, Jan-12
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Main Line (D42) · 1-0

[White "Raymond Keene"][Black "Anthony Miles"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.  exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Bb1 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Re3 g6  15. Rg3 Rc8 16. Bh6 Re8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qb1 Ne5 21.  dxe5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Kh7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Bg7+ Bxg7 26. Qxg7# 1-0

Paul Keres vs Laszlo Szabo
HUN-URS 1955, Budapest HUN, rd 3
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Classical Variation (B64) · 1-0

[Event "HUN-URS"][White "Paul Keres"][Black "Laszlo Szabo"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.  O-O-O O-O 9. f4 a6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. h4 Rb8 14. Qe3  Re8 15. Rh3 Qa5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rg3 Re8 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qf4 Kf8  21. Rxg7 Kxg7 22. Qf6+ Kf8 23. Bg6 1-0

Garry Kasparov vs David Letterman
Telephone Match, 1989
Scandinavian Defense: General (B01) · 1-0

[White "Garry Kasparov"][Black "David Letterman"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 Qg6 6. Nf3 Qxg2 7. Rg1 Qh3  8. d5 Na5 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. Bf4 Nf6 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Ne5 Qxc7 13. Nxf7+ Ke8 14.  Bxc7 Kxf7 15. Bxa5 Bf5 16. Qd4 Bxc2 17. Rc1 Be4 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. d6 b6 20. Bc3  Bd5 21. Qe5 Be6 22. Qxf6+ gxf6 23. Bh5# 1-0

The King Hunt By Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat
Chateau de Malmaison 1804, FRA, Mar-20
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch (A00) · 1-0

[White "Napoleon Bonaparte"][Black "Madame De Remusat"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 f5 4. h3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Nfg5 d5 7. Qh5+ g6 8.  Qf3 Nh6 9. Nf6+ Ke7 10. Nxd5+ Kd6 11. Ne4+ Kxd5 12. Bc4+ Kxc4 13. Qb3+ Kd4 14.  Qd3# 1-0

Clemenz Opening
Michael John Basman vs Bagyashree Sathe Thipsay
Eastbourne ch-GB (07) 1991
Clemenz Opening: General (A00) · 1-0

[White "Michael John Basman"][Black "Bagyashree Sathe Thipsay"][Result "1-0"]   1. h3 d5 2. b4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nbd7 5. e3 Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bb2  Re8 9. Qc2 a5 10. b5 c5 11. g4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Be2 Bf8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. h4  Nd5 16. h5 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 b6 18. Bd3 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng5 Ra7 21. Bxh7+ Kh8  22. h6 1-0

Life is not fair

Gerard Welling vs Frits Obers
Den Bosch open 1992, Den Bosch NED
Creepy Crawly Formation: Classical Defense (A00) · 1-0

[White "Gerard Welling"][Black "Frits Obers"][Result "1-0"]   1. h3 d5 2. a3 e5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b4 a5 6. Bb2 axb4 7. axb4 Rxa1 8. Bxa1  e4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Qa4+ Kd8 13. Nge2 Na6 14. Nd4  Nxb4 15. Qa5+ Kc8 16. Qa8+ Kc7 17. Ncb5+ 1-0

Anders vs Samendankas
cr 1988
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: Tuebingen Gambit (A00) · 1-0

[White "Anders"][Black "Samendankas"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nc3 Nf6 2. g4 d5 3. g5 Ng8 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nb5  e5 9. Nxe5 Nge7 10. Nxc6 1-0

Hikaru Nakamura, (2777) vs Wesley So, (2780) [A13]
chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018 chess.com INT (4.25), 02.12.2018

[Event "chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2018"][White "Nakamura, Hikaru"][Black "So, Wesley"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2  Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. d4 Bb7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6  15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nc4 Be7 19. Bf3 f6 20. g3 Kf7 21. e4  Nc7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne5+ fxe5 24. Rxc7 Rd3 25. Bh5+ g6 26. Rxb7 gxh5 27. Bxe5  Ke8 28. Rxa7 Rxb3 29. a4 Rb4 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Ra7 Ke8 32. f3 b5 33. Ra8+ Kf7  34. axb5 Rxb5 35. Bf4 Bc5+ 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kh3 Bg1 38. g4 hxg4+ 39. fxg4 Rb3+  40. Kg2 Bd4 41. Rd8 Rb2+ 42. Kh3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rb3+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+  46. Kd3 Bg1 47. Rd7+ Kg6 48. Be5 Rb5 49. Rg7+ Kh6 50. Bf6 Rb3+ 51. Kc4 Re3 52.  e5 Re4+ 53. Kd3 Rf4 54. h4 Bd4 55. Rg8 1-0

Henry Edward Bird vs Emanuel Lasker
Lasker - Bird 1890, Liverpool GRB, rd 3,
Bird Opening: Dutch Variation (A03) · 0-1

[White "Henry Edward Bird"][Black "Emanuel Lasker"][Result "0-1"]   1. f4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. a4 Nbd7  9. O-O Rc8 10. a5 c5 11. axb6 axb6 12. Ra7 Bc6 13. b5 Ba8 14. Ne5 Rc7 15. Ra2  e6 16. Nd2 Qb8 17. Ndf3 Ra7 18. Rxa7 Qxa7 19. Bb2 c4 20. Bc2 Qa5 21. Qa1 Nxe5  22. Qxa5 Nxf3+ 0-1

Rage Against the Machine
Emanuel Lasker vs Jose Raul Capablanca
St. Petersburg(1914, St. Petersburg RUE, round 7, May-18
Spanish Game: Exchange. Alekhine Variation (C68) · 1-0

[White "Emanuel Lasker"][Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd6  8. Nc3 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 Re8 11. Nb3 f6 12. f5 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxd6 cxd6  15. Nd4 Rad8 16. Ne6 Rd7 17. Rad1 Nc8 18. Rf2 b5 19. Rfd2 Rde7 20. b4 Kf7 21.  a3 Ba8 22. Kf2 Ra7 23. g4 h6 24. Rd3 a5 25. h4 axb4 26. axb4 Rae7 27. Kf3 Rg8  28. Kf4 g6 29. Rg3 g5+ 30. Kf3 Nb6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rh3 Rd7 33. Kg3 Ke8 34.  Rdh1 Bb7 35. e5 dxe5 36. Ne4 Nd5 37. N6c5 Bc8 38. Nxd7 Bxd7 39. Rh7 Rf8 40. Ra1  Kd8 41. Ra8+ Bc8 42. Nc5 1-0

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Johannes Zukertort
Steinitz - Zukertort World Championship Match 1886, New Orleans, LA USA, round 20,
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Steinitz Gambit (C25) · 1-0

[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"][Black "Johannes Zukertort"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 Qe7+ 7. Kf2 Qh4+ 8.  g3 fxg3+ 9. Kg2 Nxd4 10. hxg3 Qg4 11. Qe1+ Be7 12. Bd3 Nf5 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Bf4  f6 15. Ne4 Ngh6 16. Bxh6 Nxh6 17. Rxh6 gxh6 18. Nxf6+ Kf8 19. Nxg4 1-0

The First Game Of The Firs Ever World Chess Championship Match

Johannes Zukertort vs Wilhelm Steinitz
Steinitz - Zukertort World Championship Match 1886, New York, NY USA, round 1, Jan-11
Slav Defense: General (D10) · 0-1

[White "Johannes Zukertort"][Black "Wilhelm Steinitz"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Bc7 8. b4 e5  9. Be2 Ngf6 10. Bb2 e4 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Nf8 13. a4 Ng6 14. b5 Nh4 15. g3 Ng2+  16. Kf1 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 Bxg3 18. Kg2 Bc7 19. Qg1 Rh6 20. Kf1 Rg6 21. Qf2 Qd7 22.  bxc6 bxc6 23. Rg1 Bxh3+ 24. Ke1 Ng4 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Ne2 Qe7 27. Nf4 Rh6 28.  Bc3 g5 29. Ne2 Rf6 30. Qg2 Rf3 31. Nf1 Rb8 32. Kd2 f5 33. a5 f4 34. Rh1 Qf7 35.  Re1 fxe3+ 36. Nxe3 Rf2 37. Qxf2 Qxf2 38. Nxg4 Bf4+ 39. Kc2 hxg4 40. Bd2 e3 41.  Bc1 Qg2 42. Kc3 Kd7 43. Rh7+ Ke6 44. Rh6+ Kf5 45. Bxe3 Bxe3 46. Rf1+ Bf4 0-1

Kateryna Alexandrovna Lahno vs Ju Wenjun
Women's World Championship KO 2018, Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, round 6, Nov-22
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Variation (B31) · 0-1

[White "Kateryna Alexandrovna Lahno"][Black "Ju Wenjun"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. a3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bc4  d6 9. d3 h6 10. Nd5 Kh7 11. c3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. b4 Ng6 14. b5 Na5 15. Ba2  Be6 16. Qa4 b6 17. Bd2 Rg8 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. Nh4 Bh8 20. Nxg6 Rxg6 21. Qh4 Rag8  22. g3 Qf7 23. c4 Bf6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. f4 Rg4 26. Qh3 Rfg6 27. Rf1 Qg7 28.  Kh1 Bc8 29. Qh5 Bb7+ 30. Kg1 Rxg3+ 31. hxg3 Rxg3+ 32. Kf2 Rg2+ 0-1

Stockfish 9 thrills the audience with a clever trap
Stockfish 9 vs Leela Chess Zero
Date 2018
Round 4

[White "Stockfish 9 (TARBCS)"][Black "Leela Chess Zero"][Result "1-0"]   1. e3 e6 2. d3 d5 3. h3 c5 4. a3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Ne2 Be6  9. Bb2 d4 10. e4 g5 11. Nd2 h5 12. Nf3 Rg8 13. Bc1 g4 14. Ng5 gxh3 15. Bxh3  Bxh3 16. Rxh3 Qd7 17. Ng1 Qg4 18. Qe2 Rxg5 19. f3 Qxg3+ 20. Rxg3 Rxg3 21. Qf1  Kd7 22. Ne2 Rg7 23. Bd2 Rag8 24. f4 Ng4 25. O-O-O h4 26. Kb2 Ne3 27. Bxe3 dxe3  28. Qh3+ Kc7 29. fxe5 Rg2 30. Qxe3 h3 31. Nf4 R8g3 32. Nxg2 Rxe3 33. Nxe3 Nxe5  34. Nd5+ Kd7 35. Rh1 Bg5 36. Rxh3 Ke6 37. Rh7 Nf3 38. Kc3 Bd2+ 39. Kc4 Kd6 40.  b4 b6 41. Rh8 Nd4 42. bxc5+ bxc5 43. Rd8+ Kc6 44. Rc8+ Kd6 45. Rxc5 Nxc2 46. d4  Nxa3+ 47. Kb3 Nb1 48. Kc2 Na3+ 49. Kxd2 f6 50. Kd3 Ke6 51. Ra5 Nb5 52. Rxb5 f5  53. Ra5 f4 54. Rxa7 f3 55. Re7+ Kd6 56. Kc4 f2 57. e5+ Kc6 58. Rc7# 1-0

Leela Chess Zero vs Stockfish 9
Date 2018
Round 3
Time Control 10 Seconds Per Move
Opening: Pub opening

[White "LCZero"][Black "Stockfish 9 "][Result "0-1"]   1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 h6 4. c4 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 Bb7  9. d5 e5 10. b4 Nd7 11. c5 Bc8 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. Nd2 g5 14. Nc4 Bf8 15. Na4 b5  16. Nab6 bxc4 17. Nxa8 Bb7 18. Qa4 Qxa8 19. Rac1 Be7 20. Rxc4 Ngf6 21. Rfc1 Bd8  22. b5 a5 23. Rc6 Qb8 24. b6 O-O 25. Qxa5 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nxe4 27. Qa6 Nec5 28.  Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Qb5 Nd7 30. b7 Bc7 31. Bg4 f5 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Ra6 Qd8 34. Ra8  Nb8 35. a4 Bb6 36. a5 Bxf2+ 37. Kh1 Qf8 38. h3 Kg7 39. a6 Bg3 40. Kg1 Rf2 41.  Rxb8 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qh2# 0-1

Stockfish 9 Annihilated Leela Chess Zero With a Pub Opening

[White "Stockfish 9 (TARBCS)"][Black "Leela Chess Zero"][Result "1-0"]   1. e3 e6 2. d3 c5 3. h3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. g3 b5 6. b3 Be7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Bb2 O-O  9. Ne2 Qc7 10. g4 d4 11. e4 e5 12. Nd2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 g6 14. Nf3 c4 15. O-O c3  16. Bc1 a5 17. Nh2 b4 18. a4 Nc5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qe1  Nfd7 23. Ne2 Ne5 24. Nf3 Nexd3 25. Qh4 Ne5 26. Ng5 h5 27. gxh5 d3 28. hxg6 Qxg6  29. Nf4 Qg7 30. Nh5 Qh6 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Qg3 Ng6 33. Rf5 dxc2 34. Ng4 Qh4 35.  Qc7 Kg8 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40. Nf7# 1-0

Leela Chess Zero vs Stockfish 9 2018 Game 1

[White "LCZero"][Black "Stockfish 9 "][Result "0-1"]   1. c4 e6 2. d4 d6 3. e4 h6 4. Nc3 a6 5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O Ne7  9. Be3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Rae1 O-O 12. f5 g5 13. h4 e5 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5  exd4 16. Nd5 f6 17. Bh6 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rf7 20. Nxd4 Rh7 21. Qe3  Kf7 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. Ne6 Qh8 24. Be2 Nc5 25. Bf3 Rh2 26. b4 Qh4 27. Qf4 Rh1# 0-1

Fabiano Caruana vs Sergey Karjakin
St. Louis Rapid & Blitz (Blitz) 2018, St Louis, MO USA, rd 8, Aug-14
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Korchnoi Line (A28) · 1-0

[White "Fabiano Caruana"][Black "Sergey Karjakin"][Result "1-0"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e4 8.  Nd4 Ne5 9. Qc2 f5 10. c4 c5 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15.  Bxd4 Qe7 16. c5 Be6 17. Qc3 Nc6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. Nc7 Raf8 21.  Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bc4 Rfe8 23. Rd7 b5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd6 1-0

Vladimir Kramnik vs Valentin Dragnev
Isle of Man Masters 2018, Douglas ENG, rd 4
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07) · 1-0

[White "Vladimir Kramnik"][Black "Valentin Dragnev"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.  Rxd1 Bg4 9. Na3 Nd4 10. Rd3 Bd6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ncxe5 Ne2+ 13. Kf1 Nxc1 14.  Rxc1 Be6 15. b3 O-O 16. Re3 Rfd8 17. Nd3 c4 18. Nf4 Bd7 19. e5 Ng4 20. Re2 cxb3  21. axb3 Bc6 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Nxe5 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bg2 Rb5 26. Rce1 Ba5  27. Bd5 Bxe1 28. Rxe5 Bc3 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxb5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rd2 32. Nd3 Rxc2  33. Rc5 Ke6 34. Rc6+ Kd7 35. Rc4 Kd6 36. Nc5 1-0

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi vs Das Debashis
Isle of Man Masters 2018, Douglas ENG, rd 2, Oct-21
French Defense: Rubinstein. Fort Knox Variation (C10) · 1-0

[White "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"][Black "Das Debashis"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.  Ng3 Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Bf4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Re8 13. Bc2 Qc8 14. Ba4 Bf8  15. Ne5 c6 16. Rd3 a6 17. Rc1 Ra7 18. a3 Qa8 19. Ne4 b5 20. Bc2 c5 21. Ng5 bxc4  22. Rg3 g6 23. Nxh7 Nxh7 24. Bxg6 Ndf6 25. Qh5 1-0

Robert Lee Hess vs Alan B Merry
Isle of Man Masters 2018, Douglas ENG, rd 5,
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation. Panno (E83) · 1-0

[White "Robert Lee Hess"][Black "Alan B Merry"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Qd2  Bd7 9. h4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 b5 12. h5 Nxh5 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. cxb5 axb5 15. g4  Nf6 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Kh8 18. Ng3 Rg8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Nxh5 gxh5 21. Rxh5 Rg7  22. Rc2 Kg8 23. Nd1 c6 24. Ne3 Qb6 25. Ke2 Ra8 26. Bh3 Nc4 27. bxc4 Ra3 28. c5  Qa5 29. Qxd6 Rxe3+ 30. Kxe3 Qe1+ 31. Re2 Qg1+ 32. Kd2 Rxg5 33. dxc6 Rg6 34.  Qxd7 Qxc5 35. Qe8+  1-0

Anish Giri vs Glenn L Charleshouse
chess.com IoM Masters 2018, Douglas ENG, rd 2
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Keres Attack (B81) · 1-0

[White "Anish Giri"][Black "Glenn L Charleshouse"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3  a6 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O Bxh4 14. Nxc6  bxc6 15. Bc5 Be6 16. f4 Qb8 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. c4 Ra7 19. cxd5 Rb7 20. Ba3 Bxd5  21. Bg2 Bxb2 22. Bxb2 O-O 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Ka1 Rd8 25. g5 1-0

Jeffery Xiong vs Eesha Karavade
chess.com IoM Masters 2018, Douglas ENG, rd 1
Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Botvinnik-Carls Defense (B12) · 1-0

[Event "chess.com IoM Masters"][Round "1.29"][White "Jeffery Xiong"][Black "Eesha Karavade"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O  O-O 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Qh5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 Qc7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. f4 Nd4 14. Rae1 h6 15.  Bf6 gxf6 16. exf6 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Nxd5 Qc5+ 19. Re3 Rd8 20. Qxh6 Qf8 21.  Ne7+ 1-0

Briliancy Prize Round 5 women section
Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova vs Khaled Mona
43rd Chess Olympiad (Women) 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 5, Sep-28
Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) · 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women 2018"][White "Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova"][Black "Khaled Mona"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4  exd4 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd5 Rb8 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 c6 13. Bf3 d5 14. exd6 Bxd6  15. Bf4 Bb7 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Nd2 Rbd8 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Qc3 Bc8 21.  a4 Be6 22. Nc5 Qc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bg4 Rde8 26. Ra7 Rf6 27. Qd4  Qd8 28. Rd7 Qb6 29. Rxe6 Ra8 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Qxf6 1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 4 Women Section

Zuzana Stockova vs Catherine Perena
43rd Chess Olympiad (Women) 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 4,
Russian Game: Nimzowitsch Attack (C42) · 1-0

[Event "43rd Chess Olympiad (Women)"][White "Zuzana Stockova "][Black "Catherine Perena Secopito"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6  8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 Bg4 12. Bd3 Rad8 13. Rdg1 Ne5 14.  Be2 Qa4 15. h5 c5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Bc1 Bf5 19. b3 Qc6 20. Qd2 d5 21.  Nh4 Bc8 22. f4 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Bxg4 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. hxg6+ Kg8 26. g3 Qe6 27. Qh2  Bh3 28. Qxh3 Qxh3 29. Rxh3 f5 30. Rgh1 Bh4 31. Rxh4 Rf6 32. Rh8# 1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 3 Women

Sarah Hoolt vs Masha Vladimirovna Klinova
43rd Chess Olympiad (Women) 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 3,
Formation: Hippopotamus (A00) · 1-0
The Batumi Organizers of the 43rd Chess Olympiad awarded the Brilliancy Prizes for Round 3.

[White "Sarah Hoolt"][Black "Masha Vladimirovna Klinova"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. e5 e6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Ne4 d5  9. Nf2 c5 10. c3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. b3 Qc7 13. Qe2 b5 14. Ba3 c4 15. bxc4 dxc4  16. Be4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nb6 20. Bd6 Qc8 21. f5 gxf5 22.  Qh4 Qd8 23. Qh5 Nd5 24. Ng5 Qd7 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. e6 Qxd6 27. Qxf7+ Kd8 28.  Qxg7 Kc8 29. Qxh8+ Kb7 30. Qxh7+ Kb6 31. Re1 Nxc3 32. Nf3 Re8 33. Qxf5 Nxa2 34.  d5 Nb4 35. Ne5 Qxd5 36. Qf2+  1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 11
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Etienne Bacrot
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 1
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) · 1-0

[Event "43rd Chess Olympiad"][White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"][Black "Etienne Bacrot"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. h4  b6 9. Qb1 h6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Rh3 Nd7 12. g5 h5 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4  Nd5 16. Ne2 f5 17. gxf6 N7xf6 18. Ng5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Nf4 21. Qxb7  Nd3+ 22. Kf1 Nxb2 23. Rxh5+ Kg8 24. g6 1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 10

Ding Liren vs Jan-Krzysztof Duda
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, rd 9,
Queen's Gambit Declined: Vienna Variation (D39) · 1-0

[White "Ding Liren"][Black "Jan-Krzysztof Duda"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2  Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Qf4 Rb8 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qg3 Kh8 14. Rd1 Nb4 15.  b3 cxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Bc4 Nc2 18. Ra2 Nb4 19. Ra1 Nc2 20. Ra2 Nb4 21. Re2 a5  22. d5 exd5 23. e6 Bd6 24. Qh3 Qf6 25. Nb5 dxc4 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. e7 Re8 28.  Ng5 Qg6 29. Rxd6 f4 30. Qh4 Qb1 31. Re1 Bf5 32. Rd8 Bg6 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Qxf4  Rg8 35. Nf7+ Bxf7 36. Qxf7 Nd7 37. e8=Q Nf6 38. Bg5  1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 9

Bernardo Roselli Mailhe vs Nenad Sulava
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 9
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation. Traditional System (D26) · 1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"][White "Roselli Mailhe, Bernardo"][Black "Nenad Sulava"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qe2 c5 8. Bd3  Be7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 h6  15. Bd2 Bf8 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. b3 b5 18. Nce5 g6 19. Nxf7 Bxf3 20. Qd3 Kxf7 21.  Qxg6+ Ke7 22. Bb4+ Nc5 23. gxf3 a5 24. Bxc5+ Kd7 25. Qf7+ Be7 26. Qxe6+ Kc7 27.  Qb6+ Kd7 28. Bf5# 1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 8
Vladimir Kramnik vs Aleksej Gennadyevich Aleksandrov
43rd Chess Olympiad (2018), Batumi GEO, rd 8, Oct-02
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35) · 1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"][White "Vladimir Kramnik"][Black "Aleksej Aleksandrov"][Result "1-0"]   1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.  Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4  Nf6 15. Rg1 Ke7 16. Bh3 Rae8 17. Nf4 Kd6 18. Kd2 Re7 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Rhe8 21.  Rb3 Kc7 22. Rc1 Kd6 23. Bg2 Nh5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rb6+ Kd7 26. Bf1 Kd8 27. Bb5  Re4 28. Rxb7 Nf6 29. b4 f4 30. bxa5 fxe3+ 31. fxe3 Rxh4 32. Bxe8 Rxh2+ 33. Kc3  Ne4+ 34. Kb3 Nd2+ 35. Kb4 Nc4 36. Bb5 Rb2+ 37. Kc5 Nxa5 38. Rd7+ Kc8 39. Kxd5+  Kb8 40. Rd8+ Kb7 41. Kd6 Kb6 42. Ra8 1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 7
Tiger Hillarp Persson vs Tomas Laurusas
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 7, Oct-01
Zukertort Opening: Queen Pawn Defense (A06) · 1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"][White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"][Black "Tomas Laurusas"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3  Ne4 9. Na4 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Nd7 11. d3 Nef6 12. d4 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Nd3 Rc8 15.  Nfe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Qd2 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Nxe5 19. Rh4 h5 20. Rd1 Nxd3 21.  Qh6 Qd6 22. Rxd3 Qf6 23. Be4 Ba6 24. Re3 Qg7 25. Qg5 Rcd8 26. Qxe7 Rd1+ 27. Kg2  Qa1 28. Bxc6 Rg1+ 29. Kf3 Qf1 30. Kf4 Qxf2+ 31. Kg5 Kg7 32. Rf4 Qxh2 33. Qf6+  Kh7 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Kh6 1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 6
Antonios Pavlidis vs Franc Ashiku
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 6,
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo. Normal (C50) · 1-0

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"][White "Antonios Pavlidis"][Black "Franc Ashiku"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 a6 7. Nc3 g5 8. Bg3  d6 9. a3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rh6 Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15.  Qd2 Qe7 16. Bf2 O-O-O 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd5 Qe5 20. Qa5 b6 21.  Nxb6+ Kb8 22. Nd5 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Bxa6 Bc6 25. Ne7 1-0

Brilliancy Prize Round 5
Levon Aronian vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, rd 5,
Spanish Game: Open. Open Variation (C80) . 0-1

[Event "43rd Chess Olympiad"][White "Levon Aronian"][Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 b5 8.  Rxe4 d5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Rxe5 bxa4 11. Qe1 f6 12. Re3 c5 13. Qd1 O-O 14. Nc3  Rb8 15. b3 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bd6 17. Qxd5+ Kh8 18. Rd3 Qe8 19. Bb2 Be5 20. Nxa4 Rb5  21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Qe3 Be4 23. Rd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg6+ 25. Kf1 Bxh2 26. Re1 Rg5 27.  Ke2 Re8 28. Kd1 Rg1 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rde2 h5 31. Qd3 Qg2 32. Nb6 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1  Qxf2 34. Nd5 Rd8 35. c4 Qxa2 36. Qf3 g6 37. Re3 Kg7 38. Qh3 Qf2 39. Rd3 Qg1+  40. Kc2 Qh2+ 41. Qxh2 Bxh2 42. Rh3 Be5 43. Kd3 a5 44. Ke4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Rh8 46.  Kg2 g5 47. Ne3 Ke6 48. Kf1 f5 0-1

Brilliancy Prize Round 4
Rijad Burovic vs Prince Daniel Mulenga (Zambia)
43rd Chess Olympiad (2018), Batumi GEO, rd 4,
Alekhine Defense: Modern. Alburt Variation (B04) · 1-0
In the Open section, Rijad Burovic (of Bosnia & Herzegovina) is the winner.

[Event "43rd Olympiad 2018"][White "Rijad Burovic"][Black "Prince Daniel Mulenga"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a4  a5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. c3 Bg4 11. exd6 cxd6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Bf4 e5 15.  dxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Ke7 19. Qc4 Rf8 20. Be3 Qb8 21.  Bc5+ Nxc5 22. Qxc5+ Ke8 23. Nb5 Rf6 24. Qc4 Ke7 25. g4 b6 26. Nxh7 Qg8 27. Qxg8  Rxg8 28. Nxf6 1-0

Yu Yangyi vs Deivy Vera Siguenas
43rd Chess Olympiad (2018), Batumi GEO, rd 3, Sep-26
Indian Game: Knights Variation. General (A46) · 1-0

[White "Yangyi Yu"][Black "Vera Siguenas, Deivy"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. e3 b4 5. a3 Bb7 6. axb4 Bxb4+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.  Bg2 Be7 9. Nb3 d5 10. O-O Qc8 11. Na5 Ba6 12. c4 Ne4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Nxe4 fxe4  15. b3 Nd7 16. Nc6 Bf6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Qg4 Nb8 19. Na5 Qd8 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3  c6 22. Raf1 Kh8 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. g4 g6 25. Qh3 Bg7 26. Rf7 Qxa5 27. Bd6 Qd8 28.  R1f3 g5 29. Qh5  1-0

Alexandr Fier vs Robert A Vidal
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 2,
Reti Opening: Reti Gambit (A09) · 1-0

[White "Alexandr Hilario Takeda dos Sa"][Black "Robert Aloma Vidal"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 a6 4. Nxc4 b5 5. Ne3 Bb7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O  Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 c5 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 h6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qb1 Qb6 15.  Qa1 Rfd8 16. h3 Bf8 17. d3 Bc6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 Qb7 20. e4 a5 21. g5 hxg5  22. Nxg5 a4 23. Bh3 Re8 24. Kg2 axb3 25. Rh1 c4 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rh8+ 1-0

Bela Khotenashvili vs Sheila Barth Berntsen Sahl
43rd Chess Olympiad (Women) 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 2,
Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System Main Line (D19) · 1-0

[White "Bela Khotenashvili"][Black "Sheila Barth Berntsen Sahl"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O  O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15.  Bb3 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Bg5 a5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21.  Rxe5 Qd4 22. Rb5 Qxb2 23. Rxb7 Qa2 24. e5 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kh2 Rf8 27.  Qg3 Kh8 28. Bf6 gxf6 29. exf6 Bd6 30. Qxd6 Rg8 31. Rb8 h6 32. Qg3 Rxb8 33. Qg7#  1-0

Marsel Efroimski vs Azumi Hashimoto
43rd Chess Olympiad (Women) 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 1,
French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Variation (C03) · 1-0

[White "Marsel Efroimski"][Black "Azumi Sakai"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O  a5 9. a4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb4 11. Bb5 b6 12. Nb1 O-O 13. Bf4 Nb8 14. Na3 Bd7 15.  Re1 N8c6 16. Re3 Kh8 17. Rc3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Na7 19. Ng5 Nxb5 20. axb5 h6 21. Rh3  Kg8 22. Nf3 f6 23. Bxh6 fxe5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Nxe5+ Ke8 27. Qg6+  1-0

Renato Frick vs Davit Maghalashvili
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 1,
Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation (B59) · 0-1

[White "Renato Frick"][Black "Davit Maghalashvili"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.  Be3 Be6 9. f3 O-O 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. c4 a5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. O-O f5  15. Kh1 Bg5 16. Bg1 Qf6 17. Nb1 Qh6 18. Nc3 Bf4 19. Rb1 Nf6 20. a3 Nh5 21. Bf2  Bxh2 0-1

Mariya Muzychuk vs Tatiana Dornbusch
43rd Chess Olympiad (Women) 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 1,
Scotch Game: Classical Variation (C45) · 1-0

[White "Mariya Muzychuk"][Black "Tatiana Dornbusch"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Qg6 8.  O-O O-O 9. Nd2 Ne5 10. Nf5 Nxf5 11. exf5 Qc6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Bb3 d5 14. Nf3  Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 d4 16. f6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 dxc3 18. Rac1 Qf5 19. Qxc3 c6 20. Rce1  Qf4 21. Re3 Bf5 22. Qf6 1-0

Jovana Rapport vs Koneru Humpy
43rd Chess Olympiad (Women) 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 3,
Indian Game: General (A45) · 0-1

[White "Jovana Rapport"][Black "Koneru Humpy"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O  Bd6 9. Re1 Bb8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Kf8 14. Nd4 e5 15.  Nxc6 bxc6 16. e4 d4 17. Na4 h5 18. Qd2 h4 19. Qb4+ Kg7 20. Qc5 Nd7 21. Qxc6 Rb8  22. a3 hxg3 23. fxg3 Nf6 24. Be2 Bb7 25. Qc4 Nxe4 26. Bf3 Bd5 27. Qe2 Rh1+ 0-1

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs David Navara
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, rd 6, Sep-30
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation (D41) · 1-0

[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"][Black "David Navara"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.  cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.  Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 h6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. e5 Nf8 19. Nd2 Ng6 20. Qg4 b5  21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 a5 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 a4 25. Bd1 Qb7 26. Bf3 Ne7 27.  Rd6 Qxe4 28. Bxe4 Ng6 29. e6 Nf4 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. g3 Ke7 32. Rd2 Ne6 33. Rd5  b4 34. f4 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Bg6 Rf8 37. f5 Rf6 38. Rxe6+ Rxe6 39. fxe6 b2  40. Rb5 Kf6 41. Bh7 Rc7 42. Rxb2 Kxe6 43. Kf2 1-0

Shuaau Muhammed vs Deo Ntagasigumwami
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 4,
Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo (C50) · 1-0

[White "Shuaau Muhammed"][Black "Deo Ntagasigumwami"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be3 Nd4 8. h3 c6  9. Bxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Qf6 11. Ng3 Be6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nh5 Qg6 14. Nxe5 Qh7 15.  Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Ke7 17. Ng6+ Kf7 18. Nhf4 Re8 19. Nxh8+ Qxh8 20. Qg6+ Ke7 21.  Rae1 Nf6 22. Nxe6 Kd6 23. Qg3+ Kd7 24. Qc7# 1-0

Enrico Grassi vs Wais Abdul Khaliq
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO, rd 4
French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01) · 0-1

[White "Enrico Grassi"][Black "Abdul Khaliq, Wais"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.  c3 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. f3 Nh5 12. Qd2 h6 13. Na3 Bd7 14. Nc2 Rfe8  15. Ne3 Nh4 16. Nf1 Bh3 17. Neg3 Nf4 18. Bc2 Bxg2 0-1

Fabiano Caruana vs Boris Gelfand
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, rd 5, Sep-28
Sicilian Defense: Nezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Fianchetto Variation (B31) · 1-0

[White "Fabiano Caruana"][Black "Boris Gelfand"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.  O-O Ne8 9. Be3 b6 10. e5 f6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Qd2 fxe5 13. Bh6 Rxf3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7  15. gxf3 Bxh3 16. Rxe5 e6 17. Rg5 Qf6 18. Rg3 Bf5 19. Kg2 h5 20. Rh1 Rh8 21.  Ne4 Qxb2 22. Qf4 Nd5 23. Qd6 e5 24. Rh4 Qd4 25. Kg1 Rf8 26. Rxh5 Bxe4 27. Qd7+  Kf6 28. Qxc6+ Kg7 29. Qd7+ Kf6 30. fxe4 Nf4 31. Rf5+ gxf5 32. Qxf5+ Ke7 33.  Rg7+ 1-0

Jorge Baules vs Hikaru Nakamura
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32) · 0-1

[White "Jorge Baules"][Black "Hikaru Nakamura"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. e5 cxd4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3  Ng8 9. cxd4 Bb7 10. Nf3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Bb2 Nge7 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Qe4 Nf5  15. Bh3 Nce7 16. d5 b5 17. dxe6 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 dxe6 19. Qb7 O-O 20. Rd1 bxc4 21.  Bc1 Qxe5 22. Rd7 Rcd8 23. Rxe7 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh1 Qe1 0-1

Viresh Giasi vs Milos Roganovic
43rd Chess Olympiad 2018, Batumi GEO
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian. General (B30) · 0-1

[White "Viresh Giasi"][Black "Milos Roganovic"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. h3 a6 7. a4 e5 8. Bc4  Nge7 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd5 h6 11. Ne1 Kh7 12. f4 f5 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.  Bd5 exf4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxf4 Rae8 18. Rf1 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Bg4 0-1

Neuris Delgado Ramirez vs John Kojo Hasford
43rd Chess Olympiad, Batumi GEO 2018, rd 1,
Pirc (B07) · 1-0

[White "Neuris Delgado Ramirez"][Black "John Kojo Hasford"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 a6 6. O-O-O O-O 7. Bh6 Nbd7 8.  h4 c5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 Ng8 11. exd6 exd6 12. h5 Qf6 13. Nf3 Re8 14. Nd5 Qd8  15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qf4 Rf8 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Qxg5 20. Qxg5  Rf5 21. Qh4+ Kg7 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Ne8+ Kf8 24. Qd8 1-0

Werner Hug vs Viswanathan Anand
Zuerich 2009
Sicilian Defence: The wing gambit 0-1

[White "Hug, Werner"][Black "Anand, Viswanathan"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 bxa3 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Rxa3 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4  Nf6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. h3 Be6 14. Ba2 Nc7 15.  c4 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ne6 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Rc1 Rad8  22. Ba1 b6 23. d5 Nc5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Bb1 e6 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Qe3 exd5 28.  Qh6 d4 29. Nh4 d3 30. Nf5 Ne6 31. Ne3 Qf4 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Kh2 Rc8 34. Rd1  Rfd8 35. g5 Rd4 36. Rd2 Ne6 37. Nd5 Rcxc4 38. Nxb6 Rc6 39. Na4 Rc2 40. Bxc2  dxc2 41. Rxc2 Nxc2 42. Ra2 Ne1 43. h4 Rxh4+ 0-1

July 2018

Boris Gulko vs Adrian Mikhalchishin
Volgodonsk URS sf 1981
Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04) · 1-0

[White "Boris Gulko"][Black "Adrian Mikhalchishin"][Result "1-0"]   1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. axb5  cxb5 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. e4 Ne7 12. bxc3 f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Nxg6 Nxg6  15. e5 Nc6 16. Bxc6+ Bd7 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Bh6 Kf7 19. exf6 a5 20. Bg7 a4 21.  Bxh8 Qxh8 22. d5 e5 1-0

Viswanathan Anand vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
Bilbao Masters 2014, Bilbao ESP, rd 4, Sep-18
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. Modern Defense (D20) · 1-0

[White "Viswanathan Anand"][Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bxc4  Nf6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Be2 Bd6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Rfd1 Rac8  15. g3 h6 16. Rac1 c6 17. Nc4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc5 20. Rcd1 Bxe3 21.  Nxe3 Qb4 22. Nf5 Rc4 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. a3 Qb3 25. R5d3 Qb6 26. Nf5 Re8 27. Rd7  Rf6 28. Qg4 Qc6 29. h4 h5 30. Qxh5 Qxe4 31. Rd8 Qc6 32. Qg5 Qe6 33. R1d6 1-0

Etienne Bacrot vs Gabriel Sargissian
Inventi Chess Tournament 2009, Antwerp BEL, rd 1, Sep-18
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Variation (C48) · 1-0

[White "Etienne Bacrot"][Black "Gabriel Sargissian"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. gxf3 Bc5 7. Rg1 Nh5  8. d4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 d5 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Nxd4 cxd5 12. Rg5 exd4 13. Rxd5 Qb6 14.  Rxh5 Be6 15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bxd4 Qc7 18. Bf6 1-0

Amer Said Al Masshani vs Krishnan Sasikiran
Asian Nations Cup 2014, Tabriz IRI, rd 4, May-24
Sicilian Defense: 2.b3 Variation (B20) · 0-1

[White "Amer Said Al Masshani"][Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. Bxd5  exd5 9. Qe2 Be6 10. O-O d4 11. c3 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. cxd4 cxd4 14. Nxc6 bxc6  15. Qe4 c5 16. Qc6+ Kf8 17. Na3 Bd5 18. Qa6 Bxg2 19. Nc4 Bc7 20. f4 Bxf1 21.  Rxf1 Qd5 22. Ne5 h5 23. Ba3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rh6 25. Qd3 Kg8 26. Qf3 Rg6+ 27. Kf2  Rd8 28. Re1 Ra6 29. Bc1 Re6 30. d3 Rxe5 31. Qxd5 Rdxd5 32. Bf4 Rf5 33. Kg3 g5  34. Bb8 g4 35. Bxa7 Rf3+ 36. Kg2 Rxd3 37. Re2 h4 38. Bb8 Rf5 39. Bd6 h3+ 0-1

Magnus Carlsen vs Levon Aronian
Grand Slam Chess Final 2008, Bilbao ESP, rd 6, Sep-08
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran. Wade Variation (D47) · 1-0

[White "Magnus Carlsen"][Black "Levon Aronian"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3  Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bd3 axb2 14. Bxb2 a5  15. d5 Nxd5 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Qa4 Bb4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Rfd1 Rc8  21. Qf3 Qb6 22. Bd4 Qb8 23. Ba6 Rcd8 24. Bb7 h5 25. h3 h4 26. Rab1 e5 27. Rxb4  axb4 28. Bc5+ Ke6 29. Ra1 Rd6 30. Bxd6 Kxd6 31. Qc6+ Ke7 32. Ra8 Qd6 33. Qxd6+  Kxd6 34. Rxh8 b3 35. Ba6 Nd7 36. Rxh4 Nc5 1-0

"How Rudolf Me"

Rudolf Spielmann vs Rudolf L'Hermet
Magdeburg, GER 1927
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation. Blackburne Defense (C10) · 1-0

[White "Rudolf Spielmann"][Black "Rudolf L'Hermet"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 h6  8. Qe2 Bd6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 c5 12. dxc5 Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Bc6 14.  Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd4 Rfd8 16. Bd6 Qe8 17. Rhg1 b6 18. Qh4 bxc5 19. Be5 Qe7 20. g4 c4  21. g5 Nd7 22. Qxh6 gxh6 23. gxh6+ Kf8 24. Rg8+ 1-0

Mikhail Tal vs Hans-Joachim Hecht
Varna ol (Men) fin-A 1962, Varna BUL, rd 9, Oct-06
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) · 1-0
"Misha Impossible" (game of the day Aug-29-2016)

   Mannheim Steamroller   Rudolf Spielmann vs Alexander Flamberg  Mannheim 1914  Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit. Kaufmann Variation (C29) · 1-0  [pgn][White "Rudolf Spielmann"][Black "Alexander Flamberg"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. d4 Bxf3 8.  Qxf3 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qxe5 11. O-O-O c6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Rxd5 Qe6 14.  Bc4 Qe4 15. Bxc5 1-0

Rudolf Spielmann vs Robert Wahle
Vienna 1926
French Defense: Exchange. Svenonius Variation (C01) · 1-0

[White "Rudolf Spielmann"][Black "Robert Wahle"][Result "1-0"][ECO "C01"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8.  Ng3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 g6 10. O-O c6 11. Rae1 O-O 12. Rxe7 Qxe7 13. Qf3 Kg7 14. Nce4  dxe4 15. Nxe4 Qe6 16. Bxf6+ Kg8 17. Qf4 1-0

Rudolf Spielmann vs Akiba Rubinstein
Karlsbad 1911
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Symmetrical Variation (C49) · 1-0

[White "Rudolf Spielmann"][Black "Akiba Rubinstein"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.  bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. g3 Qc7 14. Nh4 d5 15.  f4 exf4 16. e5 Ne4 17. gxf4 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. f5 Nf8 20. Qf3 Qf7 21. Bd3 Bd7  22. Bf4 Re8 23. Be5 c5 24. Kh1 c4 25. Be2 Bc6 26. Qf4 N8d7 27. Bf3 Re7 28. Re2  Rf8 29. Rg1 Qe8 30. Reg2 Rff7 31. Qh6 Kf8 32. Ng6+ hxg6 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Bd6  Qd8 35. Rxg6 Ndf6 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. Rxg7 1-0

Rudolf Spielmann vs Baldur Hoenlinger
Vienna 1929
Caro-Kann Defense: Main Line (B15) · 1-0

[White "Rudolf Spielmann"][Black "Baldur Hoenlinger"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.  dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. b4 Be7 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. b5 Na5 14. Ne5 Bb7  15. Ng4 Qd8 16. Ne3 Nd5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Ng4 Bf6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qh6 Rc8 21.  Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Ne8 23. Nf5 Qc5 24. Re5 Bd5 25. Ne7+ {Spielmann: Richtig  Opfern! 25...Qxe7 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rh5+ Kg8 28. Rh8#} 1-0

Mikael Sixtensson vs Guy West
Biel MTO op 1986, Biel SUI
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian. Exchange Variation (B00) · 0-1

[White "Mikael Sixtensson"][Black "Guy West"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 O-O-O 6. c4 Qh5 7. O-O Nf6 8.  Be3 e5 9. d5 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxg4+ Nxg4 12. h3 Nf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxh3 14. fxg4  Bd6 15. Re1 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Rd6 17. Qc2 Qf3+ 18. Kxh2 g5 19. Bxg5 h5 20. Qc3 Qxf2+  21. Kh1 f6 22. Qe3 hxg4+ 0-1

Mikhail Tal vs Hans-Joachim Hecht
Varna ol (Men) fin-A 1962, Varna BUL, rd 9, Oct-06
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12) · 1-0
"Misha Impossible" (game of the day Aug-29-2016)

[White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Hans-Joachim Hecht"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.  bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 10. f3 Qe7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. c5 dxc5 14. dxe5 Qxe5  15. Qa4+ c6 16. O-O Ng6 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. e5 b5 19. exf6 bxa4 20. fxg7 Rg8 21.  Bf5 Nxh4 22. Bxe6 Ba6 23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Bc4 Rxg7 25. g3 Kxd6 26. Bxa6 Nf5 27.  Rab1 f6 28. Rfd1+ Ke7 29. Re1+ Kd6 30. Kf2 c4 31. g4 Ne7 32. Rb7 Rag8 33. Bxc4  Nd5 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Rb4 Rc8 36. Rxa4 Rxc3 37. Ra6+ Kc5 38. Rxf6 h5 39. h3  hxg4 40. hxg4 Rh7 41. g5 Rh5 42. Rf5 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Kc4 44. Ree5 d4 45. g6 Rh1  46. Rc5+ Kd3 47. Rxc2 Kxc2 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Rg5 1-0

Ralf Runau vs Schmidt
W. Germany 1972
Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian. Exchange Variation (B00) · 1-0

[White "Ralf Runau"][Black "Schmidt"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 O-O-O 6. c4 Qh5 7. d5 Bxf3 8.  Bxf3 Qe5+ 9. Be3 Qxb2 10. O-O Qxa1 11. dxc6 Rxd1 12. cxb7+ Kb8 13. Rxd1 c6 14.  Bxc6 Kc7 15. Rd7+ Kxc6 16. b8=N# 1-0

Pavel Eljanov vs Teimour Radjabov
Gashimov Memorial 2017, Shamkir AZE, rd 1, Apr-21
Spanish Game: Berlin Defense (C65) · 1-0

[White "Pavel Eljanov"][Black "Teimour Radjabov"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Nd7 7. c3 O-O 8.  d4 Bd6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Bh4 b6 12. Nbd2 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Qe7 14. dxe5  Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qa5  Bg4 21. f3 Be6 22. Nf1 d5 23. exd5 Qc5+ 24. Ne3 Bxd5 25. a3 Rfe8 26. Qb4 Qb6  27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Re7 29. Kf2 Rae8 30. Rdd1 Bb3 31. Nf5 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1  33. Kxe1 Be6 34. Nd4 Bd5 35. Kd2 a6 36. Ke3 Kg8 37. Nf5 Kf7 38. Kd4 Be6 39. Ne3  Ke7 40. Kc5 Kd7 41. Kb6 f5 42. f4 g5 43. g3 gxf4 44. gxf4 Kd6 45. Kxa6 Kc7 46.  Ka5 1-0

Yuri Solodovnichenko vs Arkadij Naiditsch
French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA,
Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation (B46) · 0-1

[White "Yuri Solodovnichenko"][Black "Arkadij Naiditsch"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. a3 Be7 8. f4  d6 9. Qf3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. f5 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. O-O-O e4 14. Qf4 O-O 15.  Be2 Bd6 16. Qf2 Be5 17. g4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Rd4 Qxc3 20. Rf1 Rb8 21. g5  Rb2 22. Kd1 Rb1+ 23. Bc1 e3 24. Rd3 Rxc1+ 0-1

Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava vs Arnaud Hauchard
French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA, rd 10,
Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense. Big Center Variation (A45) · 1-0

[White "Baadur Aleksandrovich Jobava"][Black "Arnaud Hauchard"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 c6 8.  O-O-O e5 9. Kb1 Be7 10. Ne2 Bd8 11. Ng3 Bc7 12. h4 O-O 13. Be2 Re8 14. Ng5 Qf4  15. Qd3 Nf6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bf3 hxg5 18. Ne2 Qxh4 19. Rxh4 gxh4 20. Qe3 Bb6  21. Qg5 Bxf2 22. Rf1 Bb6 23. Qxh4 Be6 24. g4 Nd7 25. Ng3 g6 26. Qh6 Nf8 27. Nf5  Bxf5 28. gxf5 Bd8 29. Be2 b5 30. f6 Ne6 31. Bg4 1-0

French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA, rd 9
Spanish Game: Fianchetto Defense (C60) · 1-0

[White "Eltaj Safarli"][Black "Eloi Relange"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 Bg4 7. Be3 Bg7 8.  Nbd2 f5 9. exf5 exd4 10. cxd4 Bxf5 11. O-O Qd5 12. Bg5 Kd7 13. Rc1 Qxa2 14. Nc4  Nf6 15. Ra1 1-0

Andreas Heimann vs Harutyun Barseghyan
French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA, rd 8,
French Defense: Winawer. Poisoned Pawn Variation General (C18) · 1-0

[White "Andreas Heimann"][Black "Harutyun Barseghyan"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3  Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. f4 dxc3 12. O-O Qa4 13. Qh5 Ng6 14. Rf3 Nd4  15. Rh3 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 h6 17. Bxh6 Ngxf4 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bxg7+ 1-0

August 2018

Benjamin Gledura vs Viswanathan Anand
Tradewise Gibraltar 2016, Catalan Bay GIB
Semi-Slav Defense: Stoltz Variation (D45) · 1-0

[White "Benjamin Gledura"][Black "Viswanathan Anand"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O  e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 h6 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. Nf3 Qh5  15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Nf6 18. Bxc8 Rfxc8 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Be3 Be7  21. d6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Rd1 Bc7 24. Kf1 a6 25. h3 Kg8 26. b3 Rd8 27.  Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Ke2 h5 29. Bg5 Kf8 30. Kd3 Ke8 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Ke4 Bd8 33. Ne5  Ke7 34. Kd5 Bb6 35. Nd3 Kd7 36. Nc5+ Bxc5 37. Kxc5 Kc7 38. h4 Kd7 39. Kb6 Kc8  40. b4 Kb8 41. f3 Kc8 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kb8 44. h5 f6 45. a4 Kc8 46. Ka7 Kc7  47. b5 a5 48. Ka8 1-0

Arcadio Cieza Vega vs Robert Rabiega,
Graz op, Austria 2002
Italian Opening

[White "Cieza Vega, Arcadio"][Black "Rabiega, Robert"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nxe4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5+  Kg8 8. d4 h6 9. Nh3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Qh4 12. Nf3 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Qxh3+  14. Kg1 Qf5 15. Be3 Bd6 16. h4 Re4 17. c3 Kh7 18. Nd2 Rg4+ 19. Kf1 d4 20. cxd4  Nxd4 21. Rc1 Qd3+ 22. Ke1 Rg3 23. Bxd4 Re8+ 24. Be3 Rgxe3+ 25. fxe3 Bg3# 0-1

Levon Aronian vs Alexander Grischuk
6th Sinquefield Cup 2018, St Louis, MO USA, rd 9, Aug-27
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46) · 1-0

[White "Levon Aronian"][Black "Alexander Grischuk"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 e4 7. Nh4 d5 8. O-O  Bb4 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nf5 Nb6 14. Nd6 Nc4  15. Nxc4 dxc4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 Qd5 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Rf1+ Bf5 20. g4 g6  21. Qc1 Kg7 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qf4 h6 25. Qc7+ Kh8 26. Bd6 Rg8+  27. Kf2 Rg6 28. Be5+ Kg8 29. Ke3 Rd8 30. Qe7 b5 31. h4 a5 32. h5 Rg5 33. Rf6  Rxe5 34. Rg6+ 1-0

Fabiano Caruana vs Sergey Karjakin
6th Sinquefield Cup, Saint Louis 2018, rd 6
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation (E20) · 1-0

[White "Fabiano Caruana"][Black "Sergey Karjakin"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4  Bd7 9. Bg5 a5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qd8 13. Qxc4 a4 14. Nd2 Na5  15. Qb4 Ra7 16. Rab1 b6 17. e3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Qb5 Qa8 20. c4 Rd8 21.  Rfc1 e5 22. d5 Nb8 23. c5 Ra5 24. Qb2 Qxd5 25. cxb6 cxb6 26. Nc4 Rc5 27. Qxb6  f6 28. Rd1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kg2 1-0

Imre Hera Jr vs Maxime Lagarde
French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA,
Dutch Defense: Semi-Leningrad Variation (A81) · 0-1

[White "Imre Hera Jr"][Black "Maxime Lagarde"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Ne5 d5 8. c4 e6  9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bg5 c6 11. Rc1 Qe8 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rfd1 b5 15.  Bh6 a6 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Qe3 Rae8 18. Qe5 Qe7 19. f3 Rf7 20. h3 Qf8 21. Kh2 g5  22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Nb1 Nd7 24. Qc7 Nf6 25. Qb6 f4 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Rc7 Ree7 28.  Rxe7 Qxe7 29. h4 Nd7 30. Qxb7 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Rg7 32. Rf1 Nf8 33. Qc8 Qf6 34. Rf2  Qxd4 35. Qc2 Ng6 36. Kf1 Rc7 0-1

Arkadij Naiditsch vs Samy Shoker
French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA, rd 6
Modern Defense: Standard Defense (B06) · 1-0

[White "Arkadij Naiditsch"][Black "Samy Shoker"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Qd2 Bb7 7. h4 Nf6 8. f3 Nc6  9. g4 h6 10. Nge2 e6 11. Bh3 Qe7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Qd7 14. O-O-O Na5 15. b3  d5 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Rhe1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Qa3+ 20. Kb1 Nc6 21. Nd5  Bxd4 22. Nxc7+ Kf8 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qf4+ Ke8 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Qe5 Rf8 27.  Qxd4 Rc8 28. Bxe6 1-0

Tatiana Dornbusch vs Philippe Brochet
French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA, rd 6, May-31
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation (D25) · 1-0

[White "Tatiana Dornbusch"][Black "Philippe Brochet"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Nc6 8.  Qxd8+ Rxd8 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Rxd4 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Nc3 a6 13. c6 axb5 14.  cxb7 Nd7 15. Be3 Rb4 16. f3 Bd6 17. Rad1 Ke7 18. Rd2 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Bxf3 20. Rxd6  Bxd1 21. Bc5 Rc4 22. Rd8+ Rxc5 23. Rxh8 Nd7 24. Rc8 b4 25. Rxc5 bxc3 26. Rxc3  1-0

Jean-Noel Riff vs Vladimir Hamitevici
French Team Championship 2018, Brest FRA, rd 4
Indian Game: General (A45) · 1-0

[White "Jean-Noel Riff"][Black "Vladimir Hamitevici"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Qd2 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bh6 Bg4 8.  Bxg7 Kxg7 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 c6 12. h4 cxd5 13. h5 Qb6 14. O-O-O  dxe4 15. fxe4 Rac8 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. f5 gxf5 20. Nd5  Nxd5 21. Rdg1+ Kf6 22. exd5 Qc7 23. Rxh7 Ke5 24. Re1+ Re4 25. Rxe4+ fxe4 26.  Qg5+ Kd4 27. Qg7+ Kxd5 1-0

Amazing Maze

Sebastien Maze vs Thal Abergel
TCh-FRA Top 12 2018 Brest FRA
sicilian Defence

[White "Maze, Sebastien"][Black "Abergel, Thal"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4  e6 9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc7 12. Bd3 bxa4 13. O-O Nb6 14. b3 axb3  15. Nxb3 d5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Na5 Nc4 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.  Qf3+ Ke8 22. Bxc4 Qb4 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Bxd5 Qxd4 25. Bxe6 Nxe5 26. Ra5 Bc5 27.  Be3 g6 28. Bxd4 gxh5 29. Rxc5 1-0

"The Immortal Usurper Game"
Grigory Yuryevich Serper vs Ioannis Nikolaidis
St Petersburg Open 1993, St. Petersburg RUS
King's Indian Defense: Kramer Variation (E70) · 1-0

[White "Grigory Yuryevich Serper"][Black "Ioannis Nikolaidis"][Result "1-0"]   1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nge2 Nbd7 6. Ng3 c6 7. Be2 a6 8. Be3  h5 9. f3 b5 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. O-O h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Qd2 e5 15. Nf2  Nf8 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. exd5 f5 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bb5 axb5 21. axb5 Qxb5  22. Rxa8 Qc6 23. Rfa1 f4 24. R1a7 Nd7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qd5 fxe3 27. Qe6+ Kf8  28. Rxd7 exf2+ 29. Kf1 Qe8 30. Rf7+ Qxf7 31. Qc8+ Qe8 32. d7 Kf7 33. dxe8=Q+  Rxe8 34. Qb7+ Re7 35. c6 e4 36. c7 e3 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Qd5+ Kf6  40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Qxe7+ Kxe7 42. c8=Q Bh6 43. Qc5+ Ke8 44. Qb5+ Kd8 45. Qb6+ Kd7  46. Qxg6 e2+ 47. Kxf2 Be3+ 48. Ke1 1-0

"The Uruguayan Immortal"
B Molinari vs Luis Roux Cabral
Uruguay (1943), Montevideo URU
Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation (D48) · 0-1

[White "B Molinari"][Black "Luis Roux Cabral"][Result "0-1"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3  a6 9. O-O c5 10. b3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 Rc8 15. Nbd2  cxd4 16. Nc4 Qa7 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Bd2 a5 19. Nb5 Qa8 20. Nbd6 Bxg2 21. Nxc8  Rxc8 22. Re1 Bf3 23. Qf1 Qd5 24. e4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Qh5 26. Bf4 Ng4 27. Be2 Nde5  28. h3 Bc5 29. Bg3 Nxf2 30. Bxf2 Qg5+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ 32. Bg3 Bg1+ 33. Qxg1 Ng4+  0-1

Konstantin Chernyshov (elder) vs Andrzej Lesiak
URS 1969
Polish Opening: General (A00) · 1-0

[White "Konstantin Chernyshov (elder)"][Black "Andrzej Lesiak"][Result "1-0"]   1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 Be7 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 h6 6. Nf3 b6 7. g4 Bb7 8. g5  hxg5 9. Nxg5 Bxh1 10. Bxf6 g6 11. Qh5 1-0

Dominic Miller vs John Jarmany
105th ch-GBR 2018 Hull ENG 30.07.2018
Caro-Kann Defense

[White "Miller, Dominic"][Black "Jarmany, John"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.  Bb5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. c4 Qe4+ 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne5 Bxd1 14.  Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rxd1 e6 16. Ke2 Rd7 17. Rd3 Be7 18. Rb1 Rhd8 19. Rdb3 Rc7 20. Bf4  Bf6 21. Rb8+ Kd7 22. Bxc7 Kxc7 23. R1b7+ Kd6 24. c5+ Kd5 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26.  Rd7+ 1-0

Wordsworth Donisthorpe vs Mundell
London 1892
Three Knights Opening: General (C46) · 1-0

[White "Wordsworth Donisthorpe"][Black "Mundell"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be3 f5 6. d5 fxe4 7. Nxe4 Nce7 8. c4  Nf6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Bd3 Nxh4 13. Qh5+ Ng6 14. Bxg6+  Ke7 15. Qxe5+ 1-0

Koneru Humpy vs Clive L Waters
BCF-ch 1999, Scarborough ENG, rd 7, Aug-09
Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense (A04) · 0-1

[White "Koneru Humpy"][Black "Clive L Waters"][Result "0-1"]   1. Nf3 Nc6 2. g3 e5 3. d3 f5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. a3  Bxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 10. Bc3 Qh5 11. b4 f4 12. b5 Ne7 13. c5 Bh3 14. cxd6 cxd6 15.  Rc1 Ng4 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Be1 fxg3 18. hxg3 Rxf3 19. Bxf3 Bg2 20. Bxg2 Qh2# 0-1

Vladimir Sokolov vs Rusnikov
corr 1966, URS
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Nakhmanson Gambit (C56) · 1-0

[White "Vladimir Sokolov"][Black "Rusnikov"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Nc3 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7  8. Qd5+ Ke8 9. Re1 Be7 10. Rxe4 d6 11. Bg5 cxb2 12. Rae1 Rf8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14.  Qh5+ Kd7 15. Nd4 c5 16. Qg4+ Kc7 17. Rxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rxe7+ Kd8 19. Qg5 h6 20.  Rxb7+ hxg5 21. Nc6+ Ke8 22. Re7# 1-0

S Jafar Khamisi vs Alireza Firouzja
ch-IRI SF 2017, Hamedan IRI, rd 4, Nov-04
Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation. General (B56) · 0-1

[White "S Jafar Khamisi"][Black "Alireza Firouzja"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3  O-O 9. Qd2 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. c4 a5 14. Rc1 b6 15.  O-O Nc5 16. Na1 Nh5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Bf1 f4 19. Bf2 Bh4 20. Nc2 Bg3 21. Na3 Qh4  22. h3 e4 0-1

Alexey Sarana vs Alexey Dreev
Russian Higher League 2018, Yaroslavl RUS, rd 2, Jun-27
Semi-Slav Defense: General (D43) · 1-0

[White "Alexey Sarana"][Black "Alexey Dreev"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. a4  O-O 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bh3 Nde5 14. Bxg4 Nxg4  15. e5 Qd8 16. Nd2 h5 17. h3 g5 18. hxg4 gxf4 19. gxh5 fxg3 20. Nde4 gxf2+ 21.  Rxf2 Rxf2 22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Kxf2 Bc7 24. Rg1+ Kf7 25. Rg5 Bd7 26. h6 Bxe5 27.  Rxe5 Rh8 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29. Nce4 Rxh6 30. Nf5+ 1-0

Movsesian, Sergei vs Vokoun, Jan
29th Czech Rapid G1 2018
Modern defence

[White "Movsesian, Sergei"][Black "Vokoun, Jan"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Be3 b5 6. f4 b4 7. Nce2 Nf6 8. Ng3 Qb6  9. Qd2 a5 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O O-O 13. f5 Bxd3 14. cxd3 Qb5 15.  Rad1 c5 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Bh6 Ncd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.  fxg6 hxg6 22. Ngf5+ gxf5 23. Nxf5+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg7# 1-0

Richard Reti vs Akiba Rubinstein
Berlin 1928, Berlin GER, rd 1, Oct-11
Semi-Slav Defense: Semi-Meran Variation (D47) · 1-0

[White "Richard Reti"][Black "Akiba Rubinstein"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a4  c5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Ba2 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. e5 Ng4 15. Bf4  cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ngxe5 17. Rac1 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxf3 19. Bxc7 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 Rfc8 21.  Nxe6 1-0

Richard Reti vs Frank James Marshall
Brno 1928
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation (E30) · 1-0

[White "Richard Reti"][Black "Frank James Marshall"][Result "1-0"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. e3 Qa5 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Rc1  cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Nf3 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. d5 gxf3 13. dxc6 Nxg3 14. hxg3 fxg2  15. Bxg2 bxc6 16. Kf1 Ba6 17. Kg1 Rb8 18. Ne4 f5 19. a3 fxe4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21.  Qe3 Qxb2 22. Rxh6 Rxh6 23. Qxh6 Qe5 24. Bxe4 Kd8 25. Bxc6 Rc8 26. Qf8+ Kc7 27.  Qa3 Bb7 28. Bxb7 Kxb7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qf3+ Kb6 31. Qb3+ 1-0

Wesley So vs Francisco Vallejo Pons
Leon Masters 2018 (rapid), Leon ESP, rd 2, Jul-08
Zukertort Opening: Queen's Gambit Invitation (A04) · 1-0

[White "Wesley So"][Black "Francisco Vallejo Pons"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 e6 2. b3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Bb2 a6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Qd2  Nf6 9. f3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ne4 Nxe5  15. Qc3 f6 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Be4 O-O 18. Qe3 a5 19. h3 a4 20. f4 Ng6 21. Nxe6  Bxe6 22. Bxg6 Bd5 23. Be4 axb3 24. Bxd5+ cxd5 25. Qxb3 Qxf4+ 26. Kb1 Kh8 27.  Rxd5 b4 28. Re1 Rfe8 29. Rd4 Qc7 30. Rde4 Qd7 31. Qe6 Qa4 32. Qb3 Qd7 33. Qf7  b3 34. axb3 Ra7 35. Rxe7 1-0

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Georg Meier
Dortmund 2018, Dortmund GER, rd 7, Jul-22
French Defense: Rubinstein Variation. Capablanca Line (C10) · 1-0

[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"][Black "Georg Meier"][Result "1-0"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Ne5 Bd6  8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. Qe2 Qa5+ 12. c3 cxd4 13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bxf6  gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. cxd4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 Bc7 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qh4 Kg7 20. g4 f4  21. Rg1 Bd7 22. Qh5 Rh8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Qf6 Rxh2 26. Rg7 Be8 27.  Bh7 1-0

Vasile Sanduleac vs Anatolij Kamenets
Bucharest TICC Bucharest, 1997
ACC Dragon [B27]

[White "Sanduleac, Vasile"][Black "Kamenets, Anatolij"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5 a6 6. e5 axb5 7. exf6 e6 8.  O-O Nc6 9. Qh4 Ra4 10. Qg3 b4 11. Nbd2 d5 12. b3 Ra5 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. Qh4 Qc7  15. c4 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rc5 17. Bb2 Rc2 18. Rab1 Bb4 19. Rfc1 Rxd2 20. Qxb4 Rd1+  21. Rxd1 0-1

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Biel 2018, SUI, rd 3, Jul-24
English Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A04) · 1-0

[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"][Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"][Result "1-0"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 g6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2 Bg7  9. h3 Qe7 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 d5 14. Qe2 Qe7 15.  cxd5 O-O 16. O-O Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21.  Bxe4 h5 22. gxh5 gxh5 23. h4 Rac8 24. Bf3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf6 26. d6 b6 27. Re7  Rd8 28. Bxh5 Be6 29. Rxa7 Rxd6 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Bf3 Ke5 32. Ra4 1-0

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Nico Georgiadis
Biel 2018 SUI, rd 1, Jul-22
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. King's Knight Variation (A15) · 1-0

[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"][Black "Nico Georgiadis"][Result "1-0"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1  Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Na4 Nd7 11. Be2 b5 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. O-O Be7 14. a4 Bxf3 15.  Bxf3 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Nf4 Nb4 19. Ba3 Na6 20. d4 b4 21. Bb2  O-O 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxd5 Rfd8 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qf5  g6 28. Ne4+ 1-0

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HenryEdwardBirdvsPaulMorphy1858

Henry Edward Bird vs Paul Morphy
London 1858
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit. Zukertort Variation (C41) · 0-1

[White "Alejandro Visillac"][Black "Alvaro Zimmermann Aranha Filho"][Result "0-1"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Nd2 O-O 8. Nc4  d6 9. Ne3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Ned5 f4 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Be4 Ng6 14. Ne2 Bg4 15.  Ndc3 d5 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Nf3+ 0-1

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