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Joined 24 Aug '07 Moves 48477 Frank James Marshall
The immortal queen sacrifice !!!!
[Event "DSB Kongress XVIII"] [Site "Breslau"] [Date "1912.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "06"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Stefan Levitsky"] [Black "Frank James Marshall"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "46"] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.dxc5 Be6 10.Nd4 Bxc5 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bg4 Qd6 13.Bh3 Rae8 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bxf6 Rxf6 16.Rad1 Qc5 17.Qe2 Bxc3 18.bxc3 Qxc3 19.Rxd5 Nd4 20.Qh5 Ref8 21.Re5 Rh6 22.Qg5 Rxh3 23.Rc5 Qg3 0-1
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Joined 22 Dec '05 Moves 13780 Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromfics
Frank James Marshall
The immortal queen sacrifice !!!!
[pgn][Event "DSB Kongress XVIII"]
[Site "Breslau"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "06"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Levitsky"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.exd5 e ...[text shortened]... 19.Rxd5 Nd4 20.Qh5 Ref8 21.Re5 Rh6 22.Qg5 Rxh3
23.Rc5 Qg3 0-1
[/pgn] Nimzovitch's Zugzwang in the middlegame:
Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Samisch"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]
1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 c6 {Safeguards the position} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 {Protects the oupost station c4, i.e., by ...a6 and ...b5.} 11. Rc1 b5 12. Qb3 Nc6 {The ghost! With noiseless steps he presses on towards c4.} 13. Nxc6 {Samisch sacrifices two tempi (exchange of the tempo-eating Knight on e5 for the Knight which is almost undeveloped) merely to be rid of the ghost.} Bxc6 14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Nh5 {I could have supplied him with as yet a second ghost by ...Qe7 and ...Knight-d7-b6-c4, but I wished to turn my attention to the King's side.} 16. Bd2 f5 {!} 17. Qd1 b4 {!} 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. e4 fxe4 {! This sacrifice, which has a quite surprising affect, is based upon the following sober calculation: two Pawns and the 7th rank and an enemy Queen's wing which cannot be disentangled - all this for only one piece!} 21. Qxh5 Rxf2 22. Qg5 Raf8 23. Kh1 R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 25. Rce1 h6 {!! A brilliant move which announces the Zugzwang. White has not a move left. If, e.g., Kh2 or g4, then R5f3. Black can now make waiting moves with his King, and White must, willy-nilly, eventually throw himself upon the sword.} 0-1
The Stacks
Joined 21 Aug '09 Moves 113497 O is for Opocensky!
Karel Opocensky was the Czech Master that first played the modern interpretation of what is now known as the Najdorf Sicilian. Najdorf saw Opocensky's games, and adopted the theme as his own.
Here is the earliest Opocensky "Najdorf" that I could find in the database- and he wins, of course!
[Event "Duras 60 mem"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Foltys, Jan"]
[Black "Opocensky, Karel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Kh2 Nc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rfe1 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. c4 Bc6 16. f3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. b4 b6 19. Ne2 Bb7 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. f4 b5 22. e5 bxc4 23. exd6 exd6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 c3 26. Qd3 d5 27. Qxa6 d4 28. Bg1 d3 29. Qxd3 Ne5 30. Qxd8+ Rxd8 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Re3 Rd2 33. Kh1 Rxa2 34. b5 Qd6 35. Rf1 c2 36. b6 Qd2 0-1
Joined 30 Jun '08 Moves 2848 Pogonina
One from our resident WGM
[Event "10th European Individual Women's Championship"] [Site "St Petersburg RUS"] [Date "2009.03.18"] [EventDate "2009.03.08"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Natalia Pogonina"] [Black "Nana Dzagnidze"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2467"] [BlackElo "2518"] [PlyCount "61"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. g4 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. h5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. O-O-O b5 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Bh3 Bxh3 18. Rxh3 Rc5 19. f4 Rfc8 20. Kb1 Qd8 21. Rdh1 Nh5 22. f5 b4 23. Nd5 Rxc2 24. Qd3 R8c5 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. e5 Kg7 27. e6 Qc8 28. Qd4+ Kh7 29. Rxh5+ gxh5 30. Rxh5+ Kg6 31. Rh6+ 1-0
Joined 24 Aug '07 Moves 48477 Quinteros
I am going to break the pattern here, sorry.
Here is a very famous loss ... Sorry, I just couldn't resist including this one.
You have to admire the bravery of the rook sacrifice.
[Event "Buenos Aires Rd: 5"] [Site "Buenos Aires Rd: 5"] [Date "1970.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Miguel A Quinteros"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. f3 d6 9. e4 Be6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. Ne3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Ne5 13. Qb3 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. O-O Qa4 17. Qb1 Na5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 O-O 20. Rf4 Nd7 21. Nd5 Rfe8 22. Qe4 b5 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Nxe7 Qc2 26. Qh6+ Kh8 27. Rc1 Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Rxe7 29. cxb5 Nc4 30. Qh4 Rf7 31. Qd4 Kg8 32. Bf4 Rc5 33. Bf3 Rxb5 34. h3 Ncxe5 35. Ba8 Rf8 36. Bxe5 Nxe5 37. Qxa7 Bd5 38. Bxd5+ Rxd5 39. Qe3 Ra5 40. Qe2 Rfa8 41. a4 Nf7 42. h4 Rxa4 0-1
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvoretsky04.pdf
Joined 12 Mar '03 Moves 44411 Rossolimo, beating Euwe this time.
[Event "?"] [Site "Beverwijk"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [White "Rossolimo,Nicolas "] [Black "Euwe,Max "] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [Round "6"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Bxd8 7. Nc3 f6 8. a3 Na5 9. Ba2 b6 10. Be3 Nb7 11. O-O-O Nd6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. Nc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 c6 15. Ne2 Bc7 16. h3 Bd7 17. Ng3 h5 18. Bf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxd7 Rac8 20. Nf5 Rhe8 21. Rhd1 Kf8 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. R1xd6 Ra8 24. a4 c5 25. Re6 Kf7 26. Red6 Kf8 27. Kd2 Rec8 28. Kc3 Nc6 29. Kc4 Nd8 30. c3 Nf7 31. Rd2 Ke8 32. Kb5 Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. a5 Rb8 35. axb6 Rxb6+ 36. Kxc5 Nb7+ 37. Kd5 Ra6 38. b4 Kd7 39. Kc4+ Nd6+ 40. Kb3 Kc7 41. f3 Ra1 42. Bc5 Ne8 43. Kb2 Ra6 44. Rd1 Kc8 45. Kb3 Nc7 46. c4 Ne6 47. Be3 Nf4 48. b5 Re6 49. Bxf4 exf4 50. Rd5 g6 51. c5 Kc7 52. Kc4 Re8 53. Rd6 f5 54. Rxg6 fxe4 55. Rg7+ Kb8 56. fxe4 Rxe4+ 57. Kd5 Re8 58. c6 Re2 59. Rb7+ Ka8 60. Rh7 Kb8 61. Rb7+ Ka8 62. Rf7 Kb8 63. Rxf4 Rxg2 64. Rf8+ Kc7 65. Rf7+ Kb8 66. Rb7+ Ka8 67. Rh7 Rg5+ 68. Kd6 1-0
Joined 28 Mar '10 Moves 3807 Stahlberg making short work of,the then women's world champion,Menchik.
[Event "Lodz"] [Site "Lodz"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Gideon Stahlberg"] [Black "Vera Menchik"] [ECO "D68"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Ng5 Qf4 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Rf3 Qc7 19. Rfe3 Kf8 20. Qxh7 Bg4 21. Qh8+ Ng8 22. h3 Bf5 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Rf3 1-0
Joined 21 Sep '06 Moves 24552 Better to have loved a Short game, than never to have loved a Tal.
Mikhail Tal vs. Koblents
[Event "Riga"] [Date "1957.??.??"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Alexander Koblents"] [ECO "B63"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.g6 hxg6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Rxh5 Nf6 18.Rh1 d5 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qh2 Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ng8 23.Rh7 f5 24.Bh6 Rd7 25.Bxb5 Rf7 26.Rg1 Ra7 27.Nd4 Ng4 28.fxg4 Be5 29.Nc6 Bxc3 30.Be3 d4 31.Rgh1 Rd7 32.Bg5 axb5 33.R1h6 d3 34.bxc3 d2 35.Kd1 Qxc6 36.Rf6+ Rf7 37.Qxg7+ 1-0
The Stacks
Joined 21 Aug '09 Moves 113497 U is for Uhlmann!
This is a win with the French against the King's Indian Attack with an interesting backstory.
Bronstein had beaten Uhlmann with the KIA in 1971 with an innovative kingside attack where Uhlmann blundered and lost in 14 moves.
In 1972, Walter Browne repeats the same line, and of course Uhlmann, as a "Holy Defender of the French Defense" is prepared! His 13. ... Qe8! is the innovation that rehabilitates the line for Black.
[Event "IBM"] [Site "Amsterdam"] [Date "1972.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Browne, Walter S"] [Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2570"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1972.??.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "NED"] [EventCategory "10"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 Ba6 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. Qh5 Bxg5 15. Qxg5 a4 16. Ne3 Kh8 17. Rad1 h6 18. Qh5 f5 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. Nc4 Nd4 21. Nd6 Nxc2 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Re2 b3 24. axb3 axb3 25. Red2 Bb5 26. Rc1 Ra8 27. Bf3 Ra2 28. Bd1 Ba4 29. Rb1 Kg8 30. g4 fxg4 31. Bxg4 Kf7 32. Kg2 Bb5 33. Bg3 Nb6 34. Bd1 Bxd3 35. Rxd3 Ne1+ 36. Kf1 Nxd3 37. Bxb3 Rxb2 38. Rxb2 Nxb2 39. Ke2 c4 40. Bc2 d4 41. Be4 d3+ 42. Kd2 N6a4 43. Ke3 Nc5 44. Bf3 Nb3 0-1
Joined 24 Aug '07 Moves 48477 V is for Veresov
Here is a nice miniature!
[Event "Minsk"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "1958.??.??"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "?"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Vladimir Litvinov"] [Black "Gavriil Veresov"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "26"] 1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Qc2 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.Be2 Bb7 8.O-O Bxc3 9.Qxc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Rf6 11.Nd2 Rh6 12.g3 Qh4 13.Nf3 Ng5 0-1
THORNINYOURSIDE
Joined 04 Sep '04 Moves 245624 W is for Weyerstrass
His only loss on RHP
[Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2007.09.20"] [EndDate "2009.11.11"] [Round "?"] [White "woodworm"] [Black "Weyerstrass"] [WhiteRating "2325"] [BlackRating "2441"] [WhiteELO "2325"] [BlackELO "2441"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "4054880"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nb1d2 c5 4. Ng1f3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qd8xd5 6. Bf1c4 Qd5d6 7. O-O Ng8f6 8. Nd2b3 Nb8c6 9. Nb3xd4 Nc6xd4 10. Nf3xd4 a6 11. Rf1e1 Qd6c7 12. Qd1e2 Bf8c5 13. c3 h6 14. Nd4f5 Ke8f8 15. Nf5d4 Bc8d7 16. Bc1e3 Bc5d6 17. h3 e5 18. Nd4f3 e4 19. Nf3d2 Ra8e8 20. Bc4b3 g6 21. Nd2c4 Bd7b5 22. a4 Bb5xc4 23. Qe2xc4 Qc7xc4 24. Bb3xc4 Kf8g7 25. Ra1d1 Bd6e5 26. Be3b6 Re8c8 27. Bc4b3 Rh8e8 28. g3 Be5c7 29. Bb6d4 Bc7e5 30. Bd4e3 Re8e7 31. Kg1g2 Be5b8 32. Re1e2 g5 33. Bb3c2 Rc8e8 34. a5 Bb8c7 35. Rd1a1 Bc7d6 36. Ra1a4 Kg7g8 37. Re2d2 Bd6e5 38. Rd2d1 Kg8g7 39. Be3c5 Re7c7 40. Bc5b6 Rc7e7 41. Rd1d8 Re8xd8 42. Bb6xd8 Re7d7 43. Bd8xf6 Kg7xf6 44. Bc2xe4 Rd7d2 45. Ra4b4 Be5d6 46. Rb4xb7 Bd6c5 47. Kg2f1 Rd2xf2 48. Kf1e1 Rf2h2 49. Be4d3 Rh2xh3 50. Bd3xa6 Rh3xg3 51. b4 Bc5d6 52. c4 g4 53. c5 Rg3e3 54. Ke1f1 Re3f3 55. Kf1e2 Bd6f4 56. Ba6c4 Rf3e3 57. Ke2d1 Re3c3 58. Rb7xf7 Kf6e5 59. Bc4a6 g3 60. Ba6b7 Rc3a3 61. Kd1c2 h5 62. Rf7h7 Ke5d4 63. Kc2b2 Ra3a4 64. Kb2b3 Ra4a1 65. Rh7d7 Kd4e3 66. Kb3c4 h4 67. Rd7h7 Bf4g5 68. Kc4b5 Ke3d4 69. a6 Ra1a2 70. Bb7h1 g2 71. Bh1xg2 Ra2xg2 72. c6 Rg2f2 73. c7 Rf2f8 74. Kb5c6 Kd4c4 75. b5 1-0
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Joined 06 May '08 Moves 42492 That last post was the 26th post in this thread.
Correctly done this thread should only have 26 posts.
You still have 3 letters left.
You will have to start all over again with a new thread. 😏
(Perhaps do it using players on RHP all the chosen games MUST end in a mate under 20 moves).
Joined 12 Mar '03 Moves 44411 Let's complete this list still.
Chinese Xie, Jun beating Nigel Short
[Event "Queens v Kings"] [Site "Jinan CHN"] [Date "2002.??.??"] [White "Short,N"] [Black "Xie Jun"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2682"] [BlackElo "2562"] [ECO "C58"] [Round "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qxe5 Bd6 11. Qd4 c5 12. Qd3 a6 13. h3 Bc8 14. Ba4 b5 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 c4 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. d3 Bxd5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Qc5 Qb7 23. f3 Rfc8 24. Qb6 Qxb6 25. Bxb6 Rcb8 26. Bxa5 Rxb5 27. Bc3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 h6 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. dxe4 Rxa2 31. Rd4 Rxc2 32. Rxc4 Rbb2 33. Rg1 Nh5 34. e5 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Ne2 36. Re1 g5 37. Rg4 Kg7 38. h4 Kg6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Ra1 Nf4 41. Ra6+ Kh5 42. Rf6 Nxg2 43. Kg3 Ne3 0-1
THORNINYOURSIDE
Joined 04 Sep '04 Moves 245624 Originally posted by greenpawn34
That last post was the 26th post in this thread.
Correctly done this thread should only have 26 posts.
You still have 3 letters left.
You will have to start all over again with a new thread. 😏
(Perhaps do it using players on RHP all the chosen games MUST end in a mate under 20 moves). When was anything ever correctly done on RHP?
Joined 24 Aug '07 Moves 48477 Y is for Yermolinsky
[Event "USA-ch Gr-A"] [Site "Salt Lake City"] [Date "1999.08.05"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Alex Yermolinsky"] [Black "Larry Christiansen"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c6 7.e3 Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.h3 Be6 12.Rfe1 Rc8 13.a3 Ng6 14.b4 a5 15.Na4 Ne4 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Nc5 f5 18.bxa5 Qxa5 19.Reb1 Qa7 20.a4 Rf8 21.a5 Bc8 22.Rb6 h6 23.Qb3 Kh7 24.a6 Nxc5 25.dxc5 Rf6 26.Nd4 Ne5 27.Bxf5+ Bxf5 28.Nxf5 Rxf5 29.Qb1 1-0
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