CATUR

1.Art of A Becomes The Master!

Nguyen, Thai Dai Van 2668 vs Lu, Miaoyi 2429 Challengers chess.com [8] 2025.1.26 D73 Neo-Gruenfeld, 5.Nf3 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.c4 dxc4 6.O-O O-O 7.Na3 c5 8.dxc5 c3 9.Nb5 Na6 10.Nxc3 Nxc5 11.Be3 Nfe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Nd4 Nd6 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.a3 Rd8 16.b4 Qa6 17.Qb3 e5 18.Nc6 bxc6 19.Rxc6 Qxe2 20.Qd1 Bg4 21.Rxd6 Qxd1 22.Rdxd1 Bxd1 23.Bxa8 Be2 24.Re1 Bb5 25.Bg2 a6 26.Rc1 e4 27.Bxe4 Bb2 28.Rb1 Bxa3 29.Kg2 Rc8 30.Bf3 Bc6 31.Bxc6 Rxc6 32.Kf3 Rc8 33.Bd2 Rc2 34.Ke3 Ra2 35.Bc3 Rc2 36.Bd2 Ra2 37.Bc3 Rc2 38.Be1 Bc1+ 39.Kd3 Rc6 40.f4 Rd6+ 41.Kc4 Be3 42.Bc3 Kf8 43.Be5 Rc6+ 44.Kd5 Rb6 45.Bc7 Rb5+ 46.Kc6 Bc5 47.bxc5 Rxb1 48.Kd7 h5 49.c6⁸ Kg7 50.Be5+ f6 51.c7 Rc1 52.Bb2 Rc2 53.c8=Q Rxb2 54.Qc7 Re2 55.Kd6+ Kf8 56.Qh7 a5 57.Qxg6 a4 58.Qxf6+ Kg8 59.Qg6+ Kf8 60.f5

 

2.He Spent 65 Minutes on Move 9!

Mekhitarian, Krikor Sevag 2562 vs Matsuura, Everaldo 2354 Open chess.com [7] 2025.2.1 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.O-O Bd6 5.d3 Nge7 6.a3 O-O 7.Bc4 Bc7 8.Nc3 d6 9.Be3 Ng6 10.Ng5 h6 11.Qh5 Nh8 12.Nd5 Nd4 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 b5 15.Ba2 c4 16.dxc4 hxg5 17.Bxg5 f6 18.Rad1 Ne6 19.c5 Rf7 20.Be3 Nf8 21.Nxc7 Qxc7 22.Rxd6 Qe7 23.Qd5 Rb8 24.e5 fxe5 25.h4 Nd7 26.Bg5 Qe8 27.c6

 

3.You Will Not Believe What Just Happened

Le, Quang Liem 3159 vs Praggnanandhaa R 3058 chess.com [11] 2025.2.4 E11 Bogo-Indian defence, Nimzovich Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Nc6 7.a3 O-O 8.Bg2 d6 9.O-O e5 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.e3 e4 12.Ng5 Bf5 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Rae1 Nb8 17.Nh4 Nd7 18.Bxe4 Qxe4 19.Rf4 Qe6 20.Nf5 g6 21.d5 Qe8 22.Nh6+ Kg7 23.e4 Ne5 24.Ref1 Qe7 25.Rh4 f6 26.Ng4 g5 27.Ne3 Kh8 28.Rh6 Rae8 29.Qc3 Rf7 30.Nf5 Qf8 31.Rh5 c6 32.dxc6 bxc6 33.h4 gxh4 34.Nxh4 Rg7 35.Kg2 Rg4 36.Rf4 Qg7 37.Nf5 Qg6 38.Rh6 Qg5 39.Rxg4 Nxg4 40.Rh1 Rxe4 41.Rf1 Re2+ 42.Kf3 Re5 43.Nxd6 Re3+ 44.Kg2 Qh5 45.Qe5

 

4.Magnus Plays "The Grand Opening"

Carlsen, Magnus 3208 vs Gustafsson, Jan 2857 Tuesday Grand Prix chess.com [6] 2025.2.4 A00 Anderssen's Opening 1.a3 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 c5 4.b4 cxb4 5.axb4 e6 6.Ba3 Bd6 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.b5 Re8 10.c4 dxc4 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Na3 e4 13.Nxc4 Qc5 14.Nfe5 Rxe5 15.d4 exd3 e.p. 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxd3 Nbd7 18.Rfc1 g6 19.Ra3 Kg7 20.h3 h5 21.f4 Qe7 22.Rc7 Qb4 23.Rb3 Qe1+ 24.Kh2 Nb6 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Qb3 Be6 27.Qxe6 Rf8 28.Rxb7 Qd2 29.Qe5 Nc4 30.Qa1 h4 31.Rb3 Ne3 32.Rxe3 Qxe3 33.gxh4 Qxf4+ 34.Kh1 Rc8 35.e3 Qxe3 36.Qxa7 Rc1+ 37.Kh2 Qf4

 

5.Positional Masterpiece of The Highest Calibre

So, Wesley 2747 vs Anand, Viswanathan 2750 German Bundesliga 2024/25 chess.com [7] 2025.2.1 E46 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd2 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qc2 c5 10.O-O c4 11.Be2 Nc6 12.b3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 b5 14.Rab1 Bc8 15.bxc4 bxc4 16.Ne5 Ne7 17.Qa4 Ne4 18.Ba5 Qe8 19.Bd1 f6 20.Qxe8 Rxe8 21.Ba4 Bf5 22.Nc6 Be6 23.f3 Nd6 24.Nb4 Rec8 25.Na6 Bf5 26.Rbc1 Nb7 27.Bc7 h5 28.Rfe1 Bd3 29.Rc3 Kf7 30.Bd7 h4 31.h3 Rh8 32.e4 dxe4 33.fxe4 Rad8 34.Bxd8 Rxd8 35.e5 Nd5 36.e6+ Ke7 37.Ra3

 

6.The Game After Carlsen's Favorite Game! 

Gata Kamsky vs Viswanathan Anand "Oh Vishy You're So Fine" game of the day 26 Mar 2014 Candidates Semifinal 1994, Sanghi Nagar IND rd 4 Jul 29 Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Romanishin Attack (E12) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cd5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Nc3 10. Bc3 Nd7 11. O-O-O c6 12. h4 b5 13. Rh3 a5 14. d5 cd5 15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Ng5 Qb6 17. ed5 Rac8 18. Bd7 Bd5 19. Bc8 Rc8 20. Rd5 ed5 21. Qf5 Qa6 22. Kd2 g6 23. Qe5 Re8 24. Re3 d4 25. Bd4 Bb4 26. ab4 Re5 27. Re5 Qc4 28. Nf3 Qb4 29. Kd3 a4 30. Nd2 Qb7 31. f3 Qa8 32. Nc4 Nd5 33. Nd6 Nf4 34. Kd2 Ne6 35. Bc3 Qd8 36. Rd5 Qh4 37. Ne4 Kf8 38. Bb4 Kg7 39. Rd7 g5 40. Bc3 Kg6 41. Ke3 h5 42. Ra7 Qh2 43. Kf2 Qb8 44. Ra6 Qc8 45. Ra5 h4 46. Nf6 a3 47. Ra3 Qc5 48. Kf1 Qb5 49. Kg1 Qe2 50. Ng4 Nf4 51. Nf2 h3 52. Ra8 h2 53. Kh2 Qf2

 

7.Carlsen's Favorite Game!

Viswanathan Anand vs Gata Kamsky Candidates Semifinal 1994 Sanghi Nagar IND rd 1 Jul 25 Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Main Line (C89) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. ed5 Nd5 10. Ne5 Ne5 11. Re5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. ab5 ab5 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. Bd1 Bd1 23. Red1 f5 24. Ng5 Re2 25. Nf3 R8e3 26. Ra8 Kf7 27. Ng5 Kg6 28. Be3 Ne3 29. Rf1 Kg5 30. Re8 f4 31. Qe4 fg3 32. h4 Qh4 33. Qh4 Kh4 34. Re4 Kh3 35. Re3 Rb2 36. Re7 Bf4 37. fg3 Rg2 38. Kh1 Rh2 39. Kg1 Rg2 40. Kh1 Rh2 41. Kg1 Bg5 42. Re5 Rg2 43. Kh1

 

8.Unleash the Fury!

Praggnanandhaa R 2660 vs Wei, Yi 2766 0-1 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters chess.com [1-3] 2025.2.18 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nb5 Na6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Ne4 8.O-O c6 9.Na3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Bf5 11.h3 Rac8 12.Be5 f6 13.Bh2 Rfe8 14.c4 Nb4 15.Ra1 e5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.dxe5 fxe5 18.Nb5 Kh8 19.a3 Nc2 20.Rc1 Nxe3 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.fxe3 Qxe3+ 23.Kh1 Nf2+ 24.Rxf2 Rc1 25.Nc3 d4 26.Rf1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Bc2 28.Rd2 Bb3 29.Bd1 Bc4 30.Bg1 Qf4 31.Bh2 Qe3 32.Bg1 Qf4 33.Bh2 Qf5 34.Ne2 Qb1 35.Neg1 e4 36.Bc2 Qxb2 37.Bxe4 Qxa3 38.Nxd4 Qe3 39.Ndf3 Qxe4 40.Rd8+ Bg8 41.Rb8 h6 42.Nd2 Qc6 43.Ngf3 Kh7 44.Bf4 g5 45.Be3 a5 46.Ra8 a4 47.Kg1 Qc3 48.Kf2 a3 49.Ra7 a2

 

9.No One Loves Chess Like Chuky! 

Maurizzi, Marc`Andria 2581 vs Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2619 Djerba International Chess Festival chess.com [3] 2025.2.16 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Nb3 Nc6 7.Be3 e6 8.g4 b5 9.g5 Nd7 10.a3 Rb8 11.h4 Be7 12.f4 b4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Bg2 Nb6 15.Na5 d5 16.O-O Qc7 17.f5 O-O 18.f6 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Kh1 g6 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Nxb7 Rxb7 23.exd5 exd5 24.Qf2 Rc7 25.Qxc5 Rxc5 26.Rf4 a5 27.Rxa5 Rxa5 28.Rxb4 Rb8 29.Nxd5 Nd7 30.Rd4 Kf8 31.b4 Ra3 32.c4 Ne5 33.b5 Rb3 34.Ne7 Rd3 35.Rd5 Re3 36.Rd4 Rd3 37.Rd5 Re3 38.Rd4 Rd3 39.Rxd3 Nxd3 40.Bd5 Nf4 41.Bc6 Rd8 42.Nd5 Nd3 43.b6 Nc5 44.Kg2 Rd6 45.Bb5 Re6 46.Kf3 Re1 47.Bc6 Rc1 48.Bb5 Re1 49.Nc7 h5 50.Na6 Nb7 51.c5 Rb1 52.c6 Nd6 53.b7 Rxb5 54.b8=Q+ Rxb8 55.Nxb8 Nb5 56.Ke4 Ke8 57.Kd5 Kd8 58.Kc5 Nc7 59.Nd7

 

10.Total Collapse!

Praggnanandhaa R 2660 vs Wei, Yi 2766 0-1 Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters chess.com [1-3] 2025.2.18 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nb5 Na6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 Ne4 8.O-O c6 9.Na3 Qb6 10.Rb1 Bf5 11.h3 Rac8 12.Be5 f6 13.Bh2 Rfe8 14.c4 Nb4 15.Ra1 e5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.dxe5 fxe5 18.Nb5 Kh8 19.a3 Nc2 20.Rc1 Nxe3 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.fxe3 Qxe3+ 23.Kh1 Nf2+ 24.Rxf2 Rc1 25.Nc3 d4 26.Rf1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Bc2 28.Rd2 Bb3 29.Bd1 Bc4 30.Bg1 Qf4 31.Bh2 Qe3 32.Bg1 Qf4 33.Bh2 Qf5 34.Ne2 Qb1 35.Neg1 e4 36.Bc2 Qxb2 37.Bxe4 Qxa3 38.Nxd4 Qe3 39.Ndf3 Qxe4 40.Rd8+ Bg8 41.Rb8 h6 42.Nd2 Qc6 43.Ngf3 Kh7 44.Bf4 g5 45.Be3 a5 46.Ra8 a4 47.Kg1 Qc3 48.Kf2 a3 49.Ra7 a2

 

11.How Many Is Too Many?

Carlsen, Magnus 2904 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2808 Playoffs chess.com [4-3] 2025.2.19 C60 Ruy Lopez, Cozio Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 c6 8.Be2 Qb6 9.Qd3 Be7 10.a4 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Qd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 f6 17.f4 Nf7 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Rd4 b6 20.e5 Nh6 21.Ne4 Nf5 22.Rd3 d5 23.exd6 e.p. Bd7 24.Re1 Rae8 25.Kf2 g5 26.Rb3 gxf4 27.Rxb6 Ne3 28.Bd3 Ng4+ 29.Kf3 f5 30.Nc5 Rxe1 31.Nxd7 Rd8 32.Rb8 Ree8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Bxf5 Nh6 35.Kxf4 Nf7 36.Ne5 Nxd6 37.Nxc6 Rf8 38.Nd4 Kg8 39.b3 Kf7 40.Bxh7 Rh8 41.Ke5 Nb7 42.Be4 Re8+ 43.Kf4 Nc5 44.Bf3 Rd8 45.Ke3 Re8+ 46.Kd2 Rd8 47.Kc3 Rc8 48.Nc6 Kf6 49.Kc4 Nb7 50.Kb5 Rg8 51.Nxa5 Rg5+ 52.Kb6 Nxa5 53.g4 Re5 54.h4 Kg7 55.Bg2 Kf6 56.Bf1 Nxb3 57.cxb3 Re4

 

12.Super Solid By Liquid

Carlsen, Magnus 2904 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 2808 Playoffs chess.com [4-3] 2025.2.19 C60 Ruy Lopez, Cozio Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.Nc3 Ng6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 c6 8.Be2 Qb6 9.Qd3 Be7 10.a4 a5 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Qxc5 14.Rad1 Ne5 15.Qd6 Qxd6 16.Rxd6 f6 17.f4 Nf7 18.Bc4 Kh8 19.Rd4 b6 20.e5 Nh6 21.Ne4 Nf5 22.Rd3 d5 23.exd6 e.p. Bd7 24.Re1 Rae8 25.Kf2 g5 26.Rb3 gxf4 27.Rxb6 Ne3 28.Bd3 Ng4+ 29.Kf3 f5 30.Nc5 Rxe1 31.Nxd7 Rd8 32.Rb8 Ree8 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Bxf5 Nh6 35.Kxf4 Nf7 36.Ne5 Nxd6 37.Nxc6 Rf8 38.Nd4 Kg8 39.b3 Kf7 40.Bxh7 Rh8 41.Ke5 Nb7 42.Be4 Re8+ 43.Kf4 Nc5 44.Bf3 Rd8 45.Ke3 Re8+ 46.Kd2 Rd8 47.Kc3 Rc8 48.Nc6 Kf6 49.Kc4 Nb7 50.Kb5 Rg8 51.Nxa5 Rg5+ 52.Kb6 Nxa5 53.g4 Re5 54.h4 Kg7 55.Bg2 Kf6 56.Bf1 Nxb3 57.cxb3 Re4

 

13.Why Do People Play The French?

Maurizzi, Marc`Andria 2581 vs Bacrot, Etienne 2640 Djerba International Chess Festival chess.com [6] 2025.2.19 C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky Variation 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.a3 Na5 14.Rb1 Qc7 15.b3 fxe5 16.dxe5 b5 17.g3 Bb7 18.Bg2 Rac8 19.O-O Nb6 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.Qg6 Rc6 22.Ng5

 

14.FINAL ROUND - BOTH UNDEFEATED

Murzin, Volodar 2657 vs Maurizzi, Marc`Andria 2581 Masters chess.com [9] 2025.2.22 D02 London System 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 e6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Bg3 O-O 7.Nbd2 Qc7 8.Rc1 Nbd7 9.c4 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Qa5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 c4 13.Bb1 Re8 14.O-O b5 15.Qc2 Bb7 16.Qf5 Rac8 17.Rc2 Qd8 18.Rfc1 b4 19.g4 g6 20.Qf4 a5 21.g5 Nh5 22.Qg4 a4 23.Re1 Rc6 24.Rcc1 b3 25.Rc3 Bc8 26.a3 Rce6 27.Bf5 R6e7 28.Bxd7 Bxd7 29.Qh4 Re6 30.Kf1 f6 31.gxf6 Rxf6 32.Ne5 Ref8 33.Kg1 Be6 34.f3 Ng7 35.Qg5 Ne8 36.Rcc1 Bf5 37.Nf1 Nc7 38.Ng3 Bc2 39.Ne2 Nb5 40.Qg3 Rb6 41.Kf2 c3 42.Nxc3 Nxc3 43.bxc3 Bf5 44.e4 Bxe4 45.Ng4 b2 46.Rb1 Bxb1 47.Rxb1 Qe7

 

15."Morphy Rises Yet Again!" 

Garry Kasparov vs Rey Enigma 2025.2.13 B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5 4.O-O Bd6 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bg4 9.dxe5 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Bxe5 11.Nd2 Qf6 12.Qb3 b5 13.Nf3 h6 14.a4 Ne7 15.axb5 cxb5 16.Qxb5+ axb5 17.Rxa8+ Kd7 18.Rxh8 Nc6 19.b3 g5 20.Nxe5+ Nxe5 21.Rb8 Qc6 22.Be3 Qxe4 23.Rxb5 Ng4 24.Rd1+ Ke6 25.Re1 Kd7 26.h3 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Qf1 29.Rf5 h5 30.Rxf7+ Kc6 31.Rf6+ Kc7 32.Re7+ Kd8 33.Rg7 Ke8 34.Rb6 Kf8 35.Ra7

 

16.Beat The London System By Doing "Nothing"

Erigaisi Arjun 3169 vs Maghsoodloo, Parham 3165 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix chess.com [11] 2025.2.25 A45 Queen's Pawn Game, London System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 a6 4.e3 h6 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6 9.e4 d4 10.Ne2 Nh5 11.Bd2 e5 12.h3 Be6 13.c3 dxc3 14.Bxc3 Qf6 15.Kh2 Rd8 16.Ne1 O-O 17.Qc2 Nf4 18.Nxf4 Qxf4+ 19.g3 Qf6 20.f4 Bd4 21.f5 Bc8 22.Nf3 Bxc3 23.Qxc3 Nd4 24.Bc4 Bd7 25.Bd5 Rc8 26.Qa5 Rc2+ 27.Kh1 Bb5 28.Nxd4 exd4 29.Rf4 d3 30.Qa3 d2 31.Rd1 Be2 32.Rxd2 Rxd2 33.Qe3 Qxb2 34.Rf2 Rc2 35.Bb3 Qc1+ 36.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 37.Kg2 Bc4 0-1

 

17.You Must Value Space

Garry Kasparov vs Tamaz Georgadze 47th USSR Championship 1979, Minsk URS rd 1 Nov 29 Philidor Defense: General (C41) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d3 Nf6 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bb3 Be6 8. Bc2 h6 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. d4 Rfe8 12. h3 Nf8 13. c4 Ng6 14. d5 Bd7 15. Nb1 Bf8 16. Nc3 c5 17. Ba4 a6 18. Bd7 Nd7 19. g3 Be7 20. h4 Nf6 21. Nh2 Qd7 22. a4 Qh3 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. a5 Nf8 25. Bd2 Rec8 26. Nf1 Ng4 27. Na4 Bd8 28. Rec1 Rab8 29. b4 cb4 30. Bb4 h5 31. Nb6 Bb6 32. ab6 Qe7 33. Qa3 Rd8 34. f3 Nh6 35. c5 dc5 36. Bc5 Qf6 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Be3 Nd7 39. Rab1 Qe7

 

18.Gentleman - Champion - Legend

Boris Spassky vs Mark Taimanov "My kingdom for a horse (and a bishop, and a rook)" game of the day 23 Nov 2021 USSR Championship 1955, Moscow rd 16 Mar 9 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Norwegian Variation (C70) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nb3 8. ab3 f6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. de5 de5 12. Qf3 Qd7 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Be3 g5 15. Nb5 ab5 16. Qh5 Qf7 17. Ra8 Ba8 18. Rd8 Kd8 19. Qf7 gh4 20. Qf6 Rg8 21. f3 h3 22. g3 Ke8 23. Qe5 Rg6 24. Qb5 Bc6 25. Qb8 Kf7 26. Qc7 Rf6 27. Bg5 Re6 28. b4 Kg8 29. Qb8 Ng6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. b5 Be8 32. Be3 Bd6 33. Qc8 Kf7 34. b6 Rf6 35. Bf4 Bd7 36. b7 Be6 37. Be5 Be5 38. b8Q Bc8

 

19.Legendary Game - Legendary Tournament

Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966, Santa Monica, CA rd 8 Jul 28 Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Classical Variation (D86) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cd5 Nd5 5. e4 Nc3 6. bc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qe1 e6 13. f4 Na5 14. Bd3 f5 15. Rd1 b6 16. Qf2 cd4 17. Bd4 Bd4 18. cd4 Bb7 19. Ng3 Qf7 20. d5 fe4 21. de6 Qe6 22. f5 Qf7 23. Be4 Rd1 24. Rd1 Rf8 25. Bb1 Qf6 26. Qc2 Kh8 27. fg6 hg6 28. Qd2 Kg7 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Qd4 Rf6 31. Ne4 Be4 32. Be4 Qc5 33. Qc5 Rf1 34. Kf1 bc5 35. h4 Nc4 36. Ke2 Ne5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kf4 Nf7 39. Ke3 g5 40. h5 Nh6 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Ba8 Kd6 43. Kc4 g4 44. a4 Ng8 45. a5 Nh6 46. Be4 g3 47. Kb5 Ng8 48. Bb1 Nh6 49. Ka6 Kc6 50. Ba2

 

20.Prague International Chess Festival 2025

Keymer, Vincent 2731 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2741 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [4] 2025.3.1 C17 French, Winawer, Advance, Bogolyubov Variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.a3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.h4 Nbc6 9.h5 Qc7 10.Nf3 Nf5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.g4 Ne7 14.h6 gxh6 15.Rxh6 Rg8 16.g5 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Bb5 18.a4 Ba6 19.Rxh7 Rc8 20.c3 Qc4 21.Rh1 Nc6 22.Rg1 Rh8 23.b3 Qd3 24.Qxd3 Bxd3 25.Kd2 Be4 26.Rg3 Ne7 27.g6 Bxg6 28.Rgg1 Rh3 29.Rg3 Rh5 30.Rg5 Rh3 31.Rg3 Rh7 32.Rgg1 Nc6 33.Be3 Kd7 34.Rg3 Rh5 35.Rg4 Rch8 36.Rf4 Na5 37.Rb4 Rf5 38.Nd4 Rxe5 39.c4 Re4 40.Rb5 dxc4 41.Rd1 cxb3 42.Nxb3 Nxb3+ 43.Kc3+ Kc6 44.Kxb3 Rxa4

 

21.Masters of the Mystic Arts

Aravindh, Chithambaram VR 2729 vs Wei, Yi 2755 1-0 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [3] 2025.2.28 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 Qa5 8.Bxf6 dxc4 9.Qxc4 gxf6 10.Rc1 Qxc5 11.Qf4 Ke7 12.g3 e5 13.Qe4 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Be6 15.Bg2 Kf8 16.Qh4 Kg7 17.Nd2 Qe7 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.g4 Rhg8 20.Ne4 Bd5 21.Ng3 Kh8 22.O-O Bxa2 23.c4 Qe6 24.h3 Rg6 25.Rfd1 f5 26.f3 Rag8 27.Rd8 fxg4 28.hxg4 Bxc4 29.Rxg8+ Rxg8 30.Kf2 Bb5 31.Ne4 Kg7 32.Rh1 Qg6 33.Qe7 Qe6 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Qd2 Rg6 36.Qd8+ Qe8 37.Qh4 h6 38.Rd1 Qe6 39.Qd8+ Kg7 40.Rd6 Qc4 41.Rxg6+ fxg6 42.Qf6+ Kh7 43.Qe7+ Kh8 44.Kg3

 

22.The World Needs a New Hero

Keymer, Vincent 2731 vs Aravindh, Chithambaram VR 2729 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [2] 2025.2.27 D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Haberditz Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.b3 Nf6 7.bxc4 b4 8.c5 Nc6 9.Qb3 e5 10.Bc4 Qd7 11.Bb2 exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne4 13.Qc2 Qg4 14.Be2 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Qxg2 16.Bf3 b3 17.Bxg2 bxc2 18.Nd2 Nxc5 19.Bxb7 Nxb7 20.Ke2 Bb4 21.Rhc1 Bxd2 22.Kxd2 O-O-O 23.Rxc2 Rhe8 24.Rg1 g6 25.Rc6 Rd6 26.Rgc1 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Nd6 28.f3 Kb7 29.Rc5 Re5 30.Rc2 c5 31.Ne2 Rh5 32.Ke1 Kb6 33.Nf4 Re5 34.e4 c4 35.Kd2 f5 36.Ke3 fxe4 37.Kd4 Re8 38.Kd5 Nf5 39.Rb2+ Ka5 40.fxe4 c3 41.Rb1 Rd8+ 42.Ke5 Ne3 43.Nd5 Nxd5 44.exd5 Kxa4 45.Ra1+ Kb3

 

23."Awoken From his Slumber”

Shankland, Sam 2670 vs Wei, Yi 2755 Prague International Chess Festival chess.com [5] 2025.3.2 E20 Nimzo-Indian, Romanishin-Kasparov (Steiner) System 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Na5 10.Bg5 c5 11.e4 h6 12.Bh4 e5 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qa4 Nb3 15.Nxe5 Be6 16.Rad1 cxd4 17.Nxc4 b5 18.Qxb5 Rab8 19.Qa4 dxc3 20.e5 Qe7 21.Nd6 c2 22.Rde1 Rfc8 23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.Rc1 Nxc1 25.Rxc1 Qd8 26.Qb5 Qd1+ 27.Qf1 Rd8

 

24.The King of 64 Squares!

Giri, Anish 2728 vs Aravindh, Chithambaram VR 2729 Masters chess.com [7] 2025.3.5 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined, Charousek (Petrosian) Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 c6 8.Nh4 Bg4 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.h3 Be6 11.Nf3 Ne4 12.Bd3 f5 13.Bh2 O-O 14.O-O Kh8 15.Ne2 a5 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Bf6 18.f3 Nd6 19.g4 Qe7 20.Ng3 g6 21.Rae1 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nf7 23.f4 Qh4 24.Kg2 Ng5 25.Rh1 d4 26.fxg5 dxe3 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rxe3 f4 29.Rf3 fxg3 30.Be4 Rxf3 31.Bxf3 Rf8 32.Qe4 Rf4 33.Qd3 Rxf3 34.Qd8+ Kg7 35.Kxf3 Bd5+ 36.Ke3 Qe4+ 37.Kd2 Qf4+ 38.Kc2 Qf5+ 39.Kd2 Bxh1

 

25.Who Calculated What?

Shankland, Sam 2670 vs Giri, Anish 2728 Masters chess.com [8] 2025.3.6 B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.f4 d5 11.Qe1 Rb8 12.exd5 cxd5 13.Bc4 O-O 14.Bb3 a5 15.Kb1 Bd7 16.a4 Rb4 17.f5 Qb6 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.Qxe7 Rxb3 22.cxb3 Bf5+ 23.Ka1 Qxb3 24.Qa3 Qc2 25.Be3 Qxg2 26.Rg1 Qe4 27.Bb6 Bg6 28.Bxa5 Rf4 29.Bd2 Rg4 30.Rf1 h5 31.h3 Rg2 32.Ba5 Kh7 33.Qb4 Qd3 34.Rc1 Qxh3 35.Qb5 d4 36.Qd5 Qe3 37.Rd1 Qe2 38.Qxd4 Rg4 39.Qd7 Qc2

 

26.The Goldilocks Square!

Wei, Yi 2755 vs Nguyen, Thai Dai Van 2668 Masters chess.com [8] 2025.3.6 C58 Two knights Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Nf3 Nxd5 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Nxe5 Qf5 11.d4 Nb4 12.Na3 O-O-O 13.Be3 Nbc6 14.Nxc6 Nxc6 15.c3 Bxa3 16.bxa3 Ne7 17.O-O Rhe8 18.c4 Qe4 19.d5 Nf5 20.Rae1 h6 21.h3 g6 22.a4 Re7 23.Rc1 Rde8 24.Rc3 Qd4 25.Qd2 Qxd2 26.Bxd2 Re2 27.Rd1 h5 28.Kf1 Nd6 29.Rcc1 b6 30.a5 Kd7 31.a3 R2e4 32.axb6 cxb6 33.c5 bxc5 34.Rxc5 Rd4 35.Rc7+ Kxc7 36.Ba5+ Kd7 37.Rxd4 Re4 38.Rd3 Ra4 39.Bd2 Nc4 40.Bb4 a5 41.Bf8 Nd6 42.Rc3 Ne4 43.Rc2 Rd4 44.f3 Ng3+ 45.Kf2 Nf5 46.g4 hxg4 47.hxg4 Ne7 48.Rc5 Nxd5 49.Rxa5 Rd2+ 50.Ke1 Rd3 51.Bh6 Ke6 52.Ke2 Rb3 53.Ra6+ Ke7 54.a4 Rb2+ 55.Bd2 Ra2 56.a5 f6 57.Kd3 Kd7 58.g5 fxg5 59.Rxg6 Nf4+ 60.Bxf4 Ra3+ 61.Ke2 gxf4 62.a6 Ke7 63.Rb6 Kf7 64.Rb7+ Kf6 65.a7 Ke5 66.Kd2 Kd4 67.Rd7+ Kc4 68.Kc2 Ra2+ 69.Kb1 Ra6 70.Kb2 Ra5 71.Rc7+ Kd4 72.Kb3 Ke3 73.Kb4 Ra1 74.Rc3+ Kd4 75.Ra3 Rb1+ 76.Ka5

 

27."The Remover of Jackets"

Giri, Anish 2728 vs Praggnanandhaa R 2741 Masters chess.com [9] 2025.3.7 E94 King's Indian, Orthodox Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 Nbd7 11.Be3 a6 12.Nc2 Ne5 13.f4 Neg4 14.Bg1 h5 15.Bf3 Be6 16.Qd3 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Rfd1 d5 19.e5 Nd7 20.Nd4 Ndxe5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.Qc2 Bd7 23.a3 h4 24.h3 c5 25.Bxd5 cxd4 26.Bxd4 Rb8 27.Ne4 Bg4 28.Bxf7+ Kxf7 29.hxg4 Qe7 30.Bc5 Qc7 31.Qb3+ Nc4 32.Nd6+ Kg8 33.Nxe8 Rxe8 34.Qxb5 Re4 35.Bd4 Ne3 36.Bxe3 Rxe3 37.Rd3 Rg3 38.Rd7 Qf4 39.Qb7 Qf6 40.Re1

 

28."Welcome to My Deep, Dark Forest" 

Dubov, Daniil 2795 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2734 Hans Niemann vs Daniil Dubov Levitov Chess, Moscow [6.1] A21 2025.3.7 A21 English Opening 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Be7 3.e3 f5 4.d4 d6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.b3 c6 8.f3 Be6 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Qc2 g6 11.h4 Qa5 12.a3 Rae8 13.O-O-O b5 14.g4 bxc4 15.bxc4 e4 16.fxe4 Nxg4 17.d5 Nc5 18.Nd4 Nxe3 19.Qe2 Bf6 20.e5 Bxe5 21.Nxc6 Qb6 22.Nxe5 Nxd1 23.Qxd1 dxe5 24.dxe6 Nxd3+ 25.Qxd3 Qxe6 26.Nd5 f4 27.h5 Qf5 28.Qb3 g5 29.c5 Kh8 30.Re1 f3 31.Ne3 f2 32.Rf1 Qe4 33.Qc3 Rf3 34.Kd2 Rb8 35.Ba1 Rf4 36.Qxe5+ Qxe5 37.Bxe5+ Kg8 38.Bxb8

 

29."The Truth is Out There"

Dubov, Daniil 2795 vs Niemann, Hans Moke 2734 Hans Niemann vs Daniil Dubov Levitov Chess, Moscow [16.1] E10 2025.3.8 E10 Queen's Pawn Game 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Ne5 a5 9.a3 Be7 10.b3 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Nd3 Nbd7 15.Nf3 Rfe8 16.e3 Ba6 17.Re1 Rac8 18.Nd4 g6 19.Nf4 Ne5 20.b4 Bd6 21.Bxd5 Red8 22.b5 Bb7 23.Bxb7 Qxb7 24.Nc6 Rd7 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Bb8 27.Qe4 Nxc6 28.bxc6 Qxc6 29.Rac1

 

30.Happy Birthday, Bobby! 

Tigran Petrosian vs Robert James Fischer Portoroz Interzonal 1958, Portoroz SLO rd 13 Aug 27 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Queen's Knight Variation (A16) 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Nh5 8. d4 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 f5 11. ef5 gf5 12. Ne5 Ng3 13. hg3 Be5 14. f4 Bg7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Bd4 Ng6 17. Re1 Rf7 18. Bf3 Qf8 19. Kf2 Re8 20. Re8 Qe8 21. Bg7 Rg7 22. Qd4 b6 23. Rh1 a5 24. Nd1 Qf8 25. Ne3 Rf7 26. b3 Qg7 27. Qg7 Kg7 28. a3 Rf8 29. Be2 Ne7 30. Bd3 h6 31. Rh5 Be8 32. Rh2 Bd7 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. Nc2 Kf6 35. Nd4 Kg7 36. Be2 Ng8 37. b4 Nf6 38. Bd3 ab4 39. ab4 Kg6 40. Ra1 Ng4 41. Ke2 Re8 42. Kd2 Nf6 43. Ra6 Rb8 44. Ra7 Rc8 45. c5 bc5 46. bc5 dc5 47. Nf3 Kf7 48. Ne5 Ke7 49. Nd7 Nd7 50. Bf5 Rf8 51. g4 Kd6 52. Bd7 Kd7 53. Ke3 Re8 54. Kf3 Kd6 55. Ra6 Kd5 56. Rh6 c4 57. Rh1 c3 58. g5 c5 59. Rd1 Kc4 60. g6 c2 61. Rc1 Kd3 62. f5 Rg8 63. Kf4 Kd2 64. Rc2 Kc2 65. Kg5 c4 66. f6 c3 67. f7

 

31.Fischer Goes Engine Mode!

Borislav Ivkov vs Robert James Fischer Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, USA rd 3 Jul 20 Indian Game: King's Indian. Fianchetto Variation A49 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Ne5 c6 8. e4 Be6 9. ed5 cd5 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Bf5 12. c3 Be4 13. Bh3 Qc7 14. Nfd3 Bd3 15. Nd3 e6 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Re1 Re8 18. Bg2 Nd7 19. h4 h5 20. Bf3 b5 21. a3 a5 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Bd6 Qb6 24. Be5 Nde5 25. Ne5 Ne5 26. de5 b4 27. ab4 ab4 28. Qe3 Qe3 29. Re3 bc3 30. bc3 Rc5 31. Be2 Rec8 32. Ra3 Bf8 33. Rb3 Be7 34. Kg2 Bd8 35. Ba6 Ra8 36. Rf3 Bc7 37. Rb5 Rc4 38. Bb7 Ra3 39. Re3 Kg7 40. Bc8 Rac3 41. Re1 Rc2 42. Bd

 

32."The Carlsen Defense"

Praggnanandhaa R 3221 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3267 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix chess.com [11] 2025.3.11 B00 Carr's Defence 1.e4 h6 2.h3 Nf6 3.e5 Nh7 4.Nf3 d6 5.d4 g5 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.e6 fxe6 9.Bg6+ Kf8 10.Qd3 Nf6 11.Bd2 Bd7 12.O-O-O Be8 13.Rde1 Bxg6 14.Qxg6 Qe8 15.Qd3 Nd8 16.g4 Qf7 17.Kb1 Ke8 18.h4 Nxg4 19.Rhg1 Nxf2 20.Qe2 Rf8 21.Rg3 gxh4 22.Nxh4 Bxd4 23.Rf3 Qg7 24.Nb5 Rxf3 25.Nxf3 Bb6 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Ng4 28.Qe4 Kd7 29.Nfd4 Qe5 30.Qh1 Qd5 31.Qg1 h5 32.Nc3 Qc4 33.Nb3 Nc6 34.Re4 Qa6 35.Na4 Qb5 36.Nac5+ dxc5 37.Nxc5+ Kc8 38.a4 Qb6 39.Rf4 Nd8 40.Rf8 Qd6 41.b4 b6 42.Qg2 c6 43.Nd3 Kc7 44.Qe4 Rc8 45.a5 Nb7 46.Rf7 bxa5 47.Qh7 Rd8 48.Rxe7+ Rd7 49.Rxd7+ Qxd7 50.Qxh5 e5 51.bxa5 Nxa5 52.Nxe5 Nxe5 53.Qxe5+ Kb6 54.Qe3+ c5 55.Qh6+ Nc6 56.Qf8 Qd1+ 57.Kb2 Qd4+ 58.Ka2 Qa4+ 59.Kb2 Qb4+ 60.Ka1 a5 61.Qc8 a4 62.c4 Qc3+ 63.Ka2 a3

 

33.The Real Threat is Even Scarier! 

Boris Spassky vs Wolfgang Unzicker Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA  rd 2 Jul 19 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Breyer Defense Zaitsev Hybrid C95 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Rc1 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. Bd3 Qc7 20. Nh2 Na4 21. Rb1 c4 22. Bc2 Nc5 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Qf3 Ng4 25. hg4 Qe7 26. b3 cb3 27. ab3 Bf6 28. Nf1 Bg5 29. Ne3 Bc8 30. g3 Nd7 31. Qe2 Nf6 32. f3 h5 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. Rh1 Kg8 35. Rbf1 Bh6 36. Nf5 Bd2 37. Qd2 gf5 38. Qh6 fg4 39. fg4 Bg4 40. Rf6 Qe7 41. Qg5 Kf8 42. Bd1 Bd1 43. Rd1 Rec8 44. Rdf1 Rc3 45. Qh5 Rc2 46. Kh1

 

34.Legendary Fever

Robert James Fischer vs Bent Larsen Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 6 Jul 25 Spanish Game: Open, St. Petersburg Variation C82 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Ne4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. de5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc2 Bf5 12. Nb3 Bg4 13. Nc5 Nc5 14. Re1 Re8 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Bh6 Ne7 18. Nd4 Bf5 19. Nf5 Nf5 20. Bd2 Qh4 21. Qf1 Nc5 22. g3 Qc4 23. Qg2 Nd3 24. Bd3 Qd3 25. Bg5 c6 26. g4 Ng7 27. Re3 Qd2 28. b3 b4 29. Qh3 bc3 30. Qh6 Ne6

 

35.The Surgeon! 

Borislav Ivkov vs Boris Spassky Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 7 Jul 27 Queen's Indian Defense: Classical, Traditional Variation E17 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Ne4 Be4 9. Ne1 Bg2 10. Ng2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Nf4 c6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Nd3 c5 16. f3 Qa6 17. a4 Bf6 18. Nf2 cd4 19. Bd4 Bd4 20. Qd4 Nc5 21. Qd6 Qa4 22. Qd1 Qb4 23. Qc2 Red8 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rd8 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rd1 27. Nd1 Qe1 28. Kg2 a5 29. h4 Kf8 30. h5 Ke7 31. Nf2 Qe3 32. Qd1 f6 33. Kf1 Nb3 34. Kg2 Nd2 35. Nh3 Nc4 36. Nf4 Qf4

 

36.The Only Game He Ever Won Against Bobby!

Miguel Najdorf vs Robert James Fischer Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 7 Jul 27 King's Indian Defense: Averbakh, Benoni Defense Advance Variation E75 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 ed5 10. cd5 g5 11. Bg3 b5 12. Nd2 a6 13. O-O Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Rae1 Nbd7 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Ne5 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Nec4 Nf4 20. Bf4 gf4 21. e5 de5 22. Bf3 Qf8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Ndc4 Rad8 25. Nc6 Re1 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rd1 Rc8 28. h3 Ne8 29. N6a5 Rb8 30. Qf5 Nd6 31. Nd6

 

37.This Guy Could Be A World Champion 

Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 13 Aug 7 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Janowski-Larsen Variation D25 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 Bg6 11. Bd3 c6 12. a3 Rc8 13. Re1 Bh5 14. Rc1 a5 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Nd2 Ra8 17. Qb3 Qb8 18. Bf3 h6 19. g3 Rc8 20. Bg2 b5 21. e5 a4 22. Na4 ba4 23. Qb8 Rab8 24. ef6 Nf6 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Ne5 Ne3 27. Re3 Rb2 28. d5 Rc2 29. Rc2 Bc2 30. Nc6 Kf8 31. de6 fe6 32. Ne7 Ke7 33. Bd5 e5 34. Be4 Bb3 35. Bb7 Rc1 36. Kh2 Ra1 37. Re5 Kd6 38. Re3 Ra3 39. g4 Ra2 40. Kg3 Rb2 41. Re1 a3 42. Be4 a2 43. f4 Rd2

 

38.Magnus Faces His Old Master!

Agdestein, Simen 2573 vs Carlsen, Magnus 2833 Norway Eliteserien 2024-2025 [7] 2025.3.7 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange, Saemisch Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 Nb6 7.Qc2 Nh5 8.Be5 f6 9.Bg3 c6 10.e3 Be6 11.Bd3 g6 12.a3 Be7 13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nb3 Nd7 15.Na4 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Bf7 17.g4 a5 18.Nbc5 Rb8 19.Be2 Nxc5 20.dxc5 Be6 21.O-O-O f5 22.Bd3 Qc7 23.f4 Rbe8 24.Rh6 Rf7 25.Rdh1 Bf8 26.R6h4 Qe7 27.g5 d4 28.exd4 Qd7 29.g4 Qxd4 30.gxf5 gxf5 31.Rd1 Qe3+ 32.Kb1 Rd8 33.Rhh1 Rfd7 34.Rde1 Qxd3 35.Rxe6 Qxc2+ 36.Kxc2 Rd4 37.Kb3 Rxf4 38.g6 h6 39.Rf6 Rd3+ 40.Nc3 a4+ 41.Kc2 Rd7 42.Rh5 Rf2+ 43.Kc1 Bxc5 44.Rhxf5 Be3+ 45.Kb1 Rxf5 46.Rxf5 Kg7 47.Nxa4 Kxg6 48.Rf3 Bd4

 

39."World's Deadliest Accountant" 

Robert James Fischer vs Samuel Reshevsky Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 10 Aug 1 Spanish Game: Closed Variations, Keres Defense C92 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 ed4 12. cd4 d5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. e5 Qd7 15. Nb3 Bf5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Be7 Re7 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Nc5 Bc2 20. Qd2 Qe8 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qc3 Bg6 23. Nh4 Na4 24. Qb3 Nc5 25. Rc5 c6 26. Rec1 Re6 27. f4 f5 28. a4 ba4 29. Qa4 Rb8 30. Qa3 Qd8 31. Ng6 hg6 32. Rc6 Rc6 33. Rc6 Qh4 34. Rg6 Kh7 35. Rg5 Rb4 36. Qf3 Kh6 37. g3 Qh3 38. Qd5

 

40.Young Sammy Faces a Legend!

Samuel Reshevsky vs Jose Raul Capablanca "Play It Again, Sam" game of the day Mar 24, 2012 Margate, ENG 1935 rd 4 Apr 27 Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern. Knight Defense D51 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cd5 ed5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. Nf3 c4 10. Bf5 Re8 11. O-O g6 12. Bh3 Nf8 13. Bc8 Rc8 14. Bf6 Bf6 15. b3 Qa5 16. b4 Qd8 17. Qa4 a6 18. b5 Re6 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Rb2 Be7 21. ba6 Ra6 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Rfb1 Ra7 24. a4 Nc7 25. Ne5 Qe8 26. f4 f6 27. Ng4 Qd7 28. h3 Kg7 29. Nf2 Ba3 30. Ra2 Bd6 31. Nfd1 f5 32. Nb5 Ra5 33. Nc7 Bc7 34. Nc3 Qd6 35. Qf2 b6 36. Qf3 Rd8 37. Rab2 Qe7 38. Rb4 Rd7 39. Kh1 Bd8 40. g4 fg4 41. hg4 Qd6 42. Kg1 Bc7 43. Kf2 Rf7 44. g5 Bd8 45. Ke2 Bg5 46. Rb6 Qa3 47. Kd2 Be7 48. Rb7 Ra4 49. Qd5 Ra5 50. Qc4 Rh5 51. Kd3 Qa8 52. Qe6 Qa3 53. Rd7 Rhf5 54. Rb3 Qa1 55. Re7 Qf1 56. Kd2

 

41.The Only Game They Ever Played! 

Emanuel Lasker vs Samuel Reshevsky Nottingham, ENG 1936 rd 11 Aug 22 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense D26 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 cd4 9. ed4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bc1 Nc3 15. bc3 Nf6 16. a4 Qd5 17. Nf3 Rfc8 18. Bb2 Ne4 19. Rc1 Ng5 20. ab5 ab5 21. Bb5 Nf3 22. gf3 Qg5

 

42.The "Hungarian Botvinnik"

Robert James Fischer vs Samuel Reshevsky Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 10 Aug 1 Spanish Game: Closed Variations, Keres Defense C92 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 ed4 12. cd4 d5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. e5 Qd7 15. Nb3 Bf5 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Be7 Re7 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Nc5 Bc2 20. Qd2 Qe8 21. Qb4 a5 22. Qc3 Bg6 23. Nh4 Na4 24. Qb3 Nc5 25. Rc5 c6 26. Rec1 Re6 27. f4 f5 28. a4 ba4 29. Qa4 Rb8 30. Qa3 Qd8 31. Ng6 hg6 32. Rc6 Rc6 33. Rc6 Qh4 34. Rg6 Kh7 35. Rg5 Rb4 36. Qf3 Kh6 37. g3 Qh3 38. Qd5

 

43.No One Attacks Like Bobby!

Robert James Fischer vs Borislav Ivkov Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 12 Aug 4 Formation: King's Indian Attack A07 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nh4 b6 9. f4 de4 10. de4 Ba6 11. Re1 c4 12. c3 Na5 13. e5 Bc5 14. Kh1 Nd5 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Qh5 Ne7 17. g4 Be4 18. Be4 g6 19. Qh6 Nd5 20. f5 Re8 21. fg6 fg6 22. Ng6 Qd7 23. Nf4 Rad8 24. Nh5 Kh8 25. Nf6 Nf6 26. ef6 Rg8 27. Bf4 Rg4 28. Rad1 Rdg8 29. f7

 

44.Only A Genius Makes Chess Look This Simple!

Jan Hein Donner vs Robert James Fischer Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 13 Aug 7 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto E67 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 c6 9. Rb1 a6 10. b4 ed4 11. Nd4 Re8 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qe2 b5 14. cb5 cb5 15. Rd1 Bb7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Kh2 Qc7 19. Rb3 Re7 20. Re1 Rce8 21. Nc2 Qc8 22. Ne3 Ne3 23. Re3 Ne4 24. Be4 Be4 25. Qd6 Rd7 26. Qc5 Rc7 27. Ne4 Rc5 28. Nc5 Bd4

 

45."Bane for the Great Dane"

Bent Larsen vs Robert James Fischer Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 15 Aug 10 King's Indian Defense: Averbakh, Benoni Defense Advance Variation E75 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bh4 ed5 10. cd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Ng3 13. hg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Ne3 Nf6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Be2 Re8 19. f3 Nh7 20. g4 Nf8 21. a4 Ng6 22. Kf1 Rb8 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Nf5 Bf5 25. ef5 Ne5 26. Ne4 a6 27. Be2 Nd7 28. Re1 Nf6 29. Nc3 Qd7 30. a5 Re8 31. Kf2 Qc7 32. Ra1 c4 33. Kg3 Re3 34. Qd2 Rbe8 35. Rhe1 h5 36. Bf1 Ng4 37. Re3 Re3 38. Kh3 Qe7 39. g3 Bc3 40. bc3 Rf3 41. Re1 Re3 42. Re3 Qe3 43. Qe3 Ne3

 

46.The REAL Bobby! 

Robert James Fischer vs Miguel Najdorf Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 16 Aug 11 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen, Szen Variation B44 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. N1c3 a6 10. Bf6 gf6 11. Na3 Nd4 12. Bc4 b5 13. Be6 fe6 14. Ne2 Nc6 15. Ng3 Qd7 16. c4 Nd4 17. O-O b4 18. Nc2 Nc2 19. Qc2 h5 20. Rfd1 h4 21. Nf1 Rg8 22. a3 h3 23. g3 ba3 24. Ra3 Qc6 25. Qe2 f5 26. c5 Qe4 27. Qe4 fe4 28. cd6 Bh6 29. Ra5 Kd7 30. Re5 Bg7 31. Re4 Bb2 32. Ne3 a5 33. Nc4 Rgb8 34. Rh4 Kc6 35. Rh7 Bd4 36. Rc7 Kd5 37. d7 a4 38. Nb6 Rb6 39. Rc8 Rd6 40. Ra8 Rd7 41. Ra4 e5 42. Kf1 Rb7 43. f4 Ke6 44. fe5 Rf7 45. Ke2 Rf2 46. Kd3 Be5 47. Re1

 

47.1000+ People Came To Watch This Game Live!

Robert James Fischer vs Boris Spassky Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 17 Aug 14 Spanish Game: Marshall Attack, Modern Variation C89 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. ed5 Nd5 10. Ne5 Ne5 11. Re5 c6 12. g3 Nf6 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Qd3 c5 16. dc5 Bc5 17. Qd8 Rad8 18. Bf4 h6 19. Na3 g5 20. Be3 Be3 21. Re3 Rd2 22. Nc2 Re8 23. Re8 Ne8 24. Ne3 Bf3 25. Bc2 Nd6 26. b3 Kf8 27. a4 Ne4 28. Be4 Be4 29. ab5 ab5 30. b4 Rb2 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ra5 Rb1 34. Ke2 Rb2 35. Kf1

 

48.Enter, World Champion!

Tigran Petrosian vs Robert James Fischer Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 18 Aug 15 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Lesser Simagin (Spassky) E62 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. h3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Ne1 Bc8 11. e4 Nd7 12. Nd3 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Kh2 c6 15. f3 Kh8 16. Rc1 b5 17. cb5 cd5 18. ed5 Nfd5 19. Nd5 Nd5 20. Nb4 Be6 21. Nd5 Bd5 22. Bb4 Ba2 23. Rc6 Bg8 24. Bd6 Re8 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Bb4 Rb8 27. Qd8 Red8 28. Bc3 e4

 

49.Secrets of the Catalan

Nakamura, Hikaru 2802 vs Caruana, Fabiano 2783 The American Cup chess.com [4-1] 2025.3.22 E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2 b5 8.b3 c3 9.Nb1 b4 10.a3 Bb7 11.Ne5 c2 12.Bxc6+ Bxc6 13.Qxc2 Be4 14.Qb2 Bb7 15.axb4 Bxb4 16.Bd2 c5 17.Nd3 Qd5 18.f3 Bxd2 19.Nxd2 Qxd4+ 20.Qxd4 cxd4 21.Rfc1 O-O 22.Ra4 Rfd8 23.Rc7 Rd7 24.Rxd7 Nxd7 25.Rxd4 Bc6 26.Nc4 a5 27.Kf2 Kf8 28.Rd6 Bb5 29.Na3 Bxd3 30.Rxd7 Ba6 31.Rd6 Ke7 32.Rc6 Kf6 33.Rc5 Bb7 34.e4 a4 35.b4 Rd8 36.Ke2 g5 37.Rc4 h5 38.b5 g4 39.f4 e5 40.f5 h4 41.Rxa4 hxg3 42.hxg3 Rh8 43.Nb1 Rh2+ 44.Kd1 Rh1+ 45.Kc2 Re1 46.Nc3 Re3 47.Nd5+ Bxd5 48.exd5 Rxg3 49.b6 Rg2+ 50.Kc3 Rg3+ 51.Kc4

 

50."My First Love"

Boris Spassky vs Jan Hein Donner Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 18 Aug 15 Spanish Game: Closed Variations, Worrall Attack Castling Line C86 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3 d5 9. d3 d4 10. Rd1 Be6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Be6 fe6 13. Nb3 dc3 14. bc3 Bd6 15. d4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. c4 Nd4 18. Nbd4 ed4 19. e5 Bf8 20. Rd4 c6 21. Rh4 Be7 22. Be7 Re7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rhd4 Rf8 28. Kh1 Qc5 29. f4 Nb6 30. Ne4 Qa3 31. Qg4 bc4 32. Nf6 Kh8 33. Rd8 Rc7 34. Qg6 gf6 35. Qf6

 

51.Happy Birthday, Legend!

Ivanchuk, Vasyl 2604 vs Fus, Jakub 2425 European Championship chess.com [6] 2025.3.20 B12 Caro-Kann, Advance Variation 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.dxc5 Nxe5 9.Nd4 Nc6 10.Bb5 Ne7 11.f4 h5 12.f5 exf5 13.g5 h4 14.Qd2 Bh5 15.Ba4 a6 16.O-O Qd7 17.Rae1 f4 18.Bxf4 Kd8 19.Kh1 h3 20.Bg3 Bg6 21.Qf4 Rc8 22.b4 Qc7 23.Qe3 Qd7 24.a3 Qg4 25.Rf4 Qd7 26.Qf2 Ke8 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 d4 29.Ne4 Kd8 30.Rxf7

 

52."The Spiral of Sacrifice"

Kazakouski, Valery 2567 vs Erigaisi, Arjun 2778 German Bundesliga 2024/25 chess.com [12] 2025.3.23 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) Attack 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Bb7 9.O-O e5 10.Qe3 Be7 11.Nd2 Nc5 12.Rd1 Rc8 13.Nc4 Nfxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.b4 Bxc2 16.bxc5 Bxd1 17.Bxd1 Rxc5 18.Nb2 O-O 19.Nd3 Rc8 20.Bb3 Rc3 21.Rb1 d5 22.Bd2 Bg5 23.Qxg5 Qxg5 24.Bxg5 Rxd3 25.Bc2 Rc3 26.Bd1 Rfc8 27.Kf1 f6 28.Bd2 R3c6 29.Bf3 Rd8 30.Be2 a5 31.f3 Kf7 32.Rb2 f5 33.Bb5 Rc5 34.Ke2 Ke6 35.Bd3 Rd6 36.Bc2 e4 37.Bf4 Rdc6 38.Bb3 b5 39.Be3 b4 40.Rd2 Rc4 41.f4 g6 42.g3 Kd6 43.Kf2 Rc3 44.Bxd5 Rd3 45.Bxc6 Rxd2+ 46.Bxd2 Kxc6 47.Ke2 Kd5 48.Kd1 Kd4 49.Kc2 e3 50.Bc1 h5 51.Bb2+ Kc4 52.Be5 e2 53.Kd2 Kb3 54.Bf6 Kxa4 55.Kxe2 Ka3 56.Kd2 Ka2 57.Kc1 a4

 

53.The Evolution of Chess!

Carlsen, Magnus 3249 vs Nakamura, Hikaru 3316 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix chess.com [11] 2025.3.25 A00 Gedult's Opening 1.f3 f6 2.e4 e5 3.f4 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe6 6.fxe5 fxe5 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Ba4 e4 10.Bb3 Qf5 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Nh4 Qg4 13.Qxg4 Nxg4 14.g3 e3 15.d3 Rf8 16.h3 Nf2 17.Rh2 Bd6 18.Ne2 Bxh3 19.Bxe3 Ng4 20.Rxh3 Nxe3 21.Kd2 Nf1+ 22.Ke1 Ne3 23.Rh1 Nd7 24.Kd2 Ng4 25.Nd4 Rf2+ 26.Kc1 O-O-O 27.Nhf5 Be5 28.Ne7+ Kb8 29.Ne6 Re8 30.d4 Bxg3 31.Rxh7 Rf1+ 32.Kd2 Rxa1 33.Rxg7 Be1+ 34.Ke2 Ngf6 35.Nf5 Bb4 36.c3 Nf8 37.Rf7 Nxe6

 

54."A Game of Shadows"

Bent Larsen vs Tigran Petrosian "A Game of Shadows" game of the day Feb 9, 2012 Second Piatigorsky Cup 1966 Santa Monica, CA rd 7 Jul 27 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon, Maroczy Bind Breyer Variation B39 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8. Qg4 Nd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. Nd5 Re8 15. f4 Nc7 16. f5 Na6 17. Bg4 Nc5 18. fg6 hg6 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. e5 Be5 21. Qh4 Bd5 22. Rd5 Ne6 23. Rf3 Bf6 24. Qh6 Bg7 25. Qg6 Nf4 26. Rf4 fg6 27. Be6 Rf7 28. Rf7 Kh8 29. Rg5 b5 30. Rg3

 

55.Gukesh Playing Some Bald Moves!

Gukesh D 3038 vs Tang, Andrew 3101 1-0 Titled Tuesday Grand Prix chess.com [9] 2025.3.25 D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bf4 c6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Be4 9.a3 h6 10.Qb3 g5 11.Qxb7 gxf4 12.Qxa8 Qb6 13.Ba6 fxe3 14.O-O Nd7 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.Nf5 exf2+ 17.Rxf2 Qxa6 18.Re1 Kd8 19.Rxe4 Bf8 20.Rfe2 Kc7 21.Re8 Qb5 22.Qxa7+ Qb7 23.Qa5+ Qb6 24.Qc3 Nf6 25.Qg3+ Kd7 26.Rxb8 Qa7 27.Rxf8

 

56.This Move Belongs in Chess Books!

Tsolakidou, Stavroula 2445 vs Paehtz, Elisabeth 2424 FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-2025 chess.com [1] 2025.3.15 B31 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo Attack (with ...g6, without ...d6) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 e5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.a4 Qe7 8.Na3 Nh6 9.d3 f6 10.Nc4 Be6 11.a5 O-O 12.Be3 Ng4 13.Bd2 Nh6 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Qc1 Nf7 16.Be3 Rd7 17.Qa3 Bf8 18.Nfd2 Rb8 19.f4 b5 20.axb6 e.p. axb6 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Qa6 Rdb7 23.Nf3 Bd7 24.Rf1 b5 25.Ncd2 Qd6 26.Bf2 Be6 27.Kh1 Rd7 28.Qa5 Rdd8 29.Bh4 Re8 30.Ng5 Nxg5 31.Bxg5 Be7 32.Be3 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.Qc3 Re8 35.Rf1 Ra8 36.h3 Ra2 37.Nf3 b4 38.Qxe5 Rxc2 39.Bh6 Qxe5 40.Nxe5 Kh8 41.Nxc6 Bh4 42.g3

 

57."One In a Million" 

Loek van Wely vs Johan van Mil game of the day Mar 23, 2025 NED 1994/95 rd 3 Nov ? Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation A87 1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 Na6 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nc3 e5 11. de5 de5 12. e4 f4 13. Nd5 Bg4 14. Nf6 Bf6 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qe5 Qd8 17. Rad1 Be5 18. Ne5 Qf6 19. Rd6 Qg7 20. Ba1 Rae8 21. Ng4 h5 22. Nf6 fg3 23. hg3

 

58."Vlad, The Impaled"

Garry Kasparov vs Vladimir Kramnik game of the day Jan 9, 2012 Novgorod, RUS 1994 rd 4 Aug ? Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan, Sveshnikov Variation Chelyabinsk Variation B33 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cd4 5. Nd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bf6 Bf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. h4 Ne7 14. Nf6 gf6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bd3 d5 17. ed5 Qd5 18. O-O-O e4 19. Be2 Qa2 20. Qh6 Qe6 21. Nd4 Qb6 22. Rh3 Kh8 23. Bg4 Rg8 24. Ne6 Rg6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Rd6 Nd5 27. h5 Nf4 28. hg6 Qd6 29. Rh7 Kg8 30. gf7 Kh7 31. fe8Q Ne6 32. Bf5 Kg7 33. Qg6 Kf8 34. Qf6 Ke8 35. Be6 Qf8 36. Bd7

 

59.No Reverse Gear Garry 

Garry Kasparov vs Evgeny Bareev Novgorod 1994 Novgorod, RUS rd 7 Aug ? Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System D18 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bf3 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bc3 16. bc3 cd5 17. ed5 Rac8 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Qa6 20. d6 Nbd7 21. Be3 Rc6 22. a5 Rd6 23. Ba4 Rd1 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. c5 h6 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qc2 Qa5 28. Rd6 Kg7 29. Qd1 Qc7 30. h4 Kh8 31. h5 g5 32. Qf3 Kg7 33. Qf5 b6 34. Bd7 Nd7 35. Bg5

 

60.The Great Vasyl

Vasyl Ivanchuk vs Evgeny Bareev 1994 Novgorod, RUS rd 10 Aug ? Semi-Slav Defense: Meran. Rabinovich Variation D49 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dc4 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cd4 11. Nb5 Ng4 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nbd4 Qb6 14. O-O Bc5 15. h3 Bf3 16. hg4 Bd4 17. gf3 Ke7 18. Be4 Ne5 19. Ba8 Ra8 20. Kg2 Rc8 21. Qa3 Kf6 22. Bf4 Bb2 23. Be5 Be5 24. Rac1 Rd8 25. Rfd1 Bb2 26. Qe3 Qe3 27. fe3 Bc1 28. Rd8 Be3 29. Ra8 Ke5 30. Ra6 Kd5 31. Ra8 f5 32. Rh8 h6 33. Rd8 Kc6 34. gf5 ef5 35. Rf8 Kb5 36. Rf5 Kb4 37. Kh3 Ka4 38. Rf7

 

61.Original Masters of The Mystic Arts

Vasyl Ivanchuk vs Alexey Shirov Novgorod 1994 Novgorod, RUS rd 5 Aug ? Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik System D44 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Ng5 hg5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. ef6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qa6 17. a3 Bd5 18. Bd5 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rd5 20. ab4 cb4 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nd5 Qd5 23. f3 Bc5 24. Kg2 Nd3 25. h4 Kb7 26. Ra5 Qd4 27. b3 Bb6 28. Ra2 c3 29. Rd1 Rd8 30. h5 a5 31. g4 Nf4 32. Bf4 Qd1 33. Qd1 Rd1 34. h6 Ka6 35. g5 Rd8 36. Kf1 Bd4 37. Ke2 e5 38. Be3 Kb5 39. h7 Rh8 40. Bd4 ed4 41. g6 fg6 42. f7 Kc6 43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Re2 a4 45. Re8 ab3 46. Rh8 b2 47. Rd8

 

62."The Forest Welcomes Everyone"

Duda, Jan-Krzysztof 3162 vs Carlsen, Magnus 3261 chess.com [11] 2025.3.25 B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy Bind (Reti Variation) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.a3 b6 8.Be3 Bb7 9.f3 d6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.Kd2 Be7 12.Kc2 O-O 13.g4 Ne5 14.Kb1 Rac8 15.g5 Nfd7 16.h4 Qb8 17.h5 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.g6 Bf6 20.gxf7+ Rxf7 21.h6 g6 22.Nxe6 Bxc3 23.Ng5 Re7 24.Qb3 d5 25.Rxc3 b5 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Qb4 Ne5 28.Rxc4 Nxc4 29.Bd4 dxe4 30.fxe4 Bxe4+ 31.Ka1 Bf5 32.Bf6 Re8 33.Qc3 Re3 34.Qd4 Re8 35.Qd5+ Be6 36.Nxe6 Qf7 37.Ng5 Qxd5 38.Rxd5 Rf8 39.Bg7

 

63."No Way Out of the Forest!"

Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov 1994 Novgorod, RUS rd 5 Aug ? Sicilian Defense: Najdorf, Opocensky Variation Traditional Line B92 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 b5 10. Nd5 Nd5 11. Qd5 Ra7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd1 Rb7 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. c4 Na5 16. Na5 Qa5 17. cb5 ab5 18. a3 Qa8 19. Bd3 Rd8 20. f3 h6 21. Rf2 Bg5 22. Bg5 hg5 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. h3 g6 25. Kh2 d5 26. b4 Qa3 27. ed5 Bd7 28. d6 Qb4 29. Be4 Rb6 30. Rc7 Kg7 31. Rd3 Be6 32. d7 Qe7 33. Bc6 b4 34. Qa1 Bf5 35. Rd5 b3 36. Bb5 Qf6 37. Qc3 e4 38. Qb3 Be6 39. Rc8 Rd7 40. Qa3 Rd5

 

64."Legacy Meets Ambition" 

Garry Kasparov vs Alexey Shirov 1994 Novgorod, RUS rd 1 Aug ? English Opening: King's English Variation. Kramnik-Shirov Counter A21 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. e4 c6 6. Ne7 Qe7 7. Ne2 f5 8. de5 Qe5 9. ef5 Nf6 10. Qd4 Bf5 11. Bf4 Qa5 12. Qc3 Qc3 13. Nc3 O-O 14. O-O-O d5 15. Bd6 Rc8 16. f3 Nbd7 17. g4 Be6 18. g5 Ne8 19. cd5 Bd5 20. Bg3 Be6 21. Bd3 Nc5 22. Bc2 Rd8 23. h4 Bf7 24. Ne4 Ne4 25. fe4 Kf8 26. Rdf1 Kg8 27. h5 Rd7 28. Rf2 Nd6 29. g6 Be6 30. gh7 Kh8 31. h6 g6 32. Rf6 Re8 33. Rg6 Nc4 34. Be1 Kh7 35. Rg3 Ne5 36. Bc3 Bc4 37. Rg7

 

65.Young Kramnik Sacrifices His Queen 

Vasyl Ivanchuk vs Vladimir Kramnik 1994 Novgorod, RUS rd 1 Aug ? Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation B45 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bf6 gf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. ef5 Bf5 13. c3 Bg7 14. Nc2 Ne7 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Bf5 Ne7 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Rd1 d5 19. Ne3 d4 20. Be4 de3 21. Rd8 ef2 22. Kf2 Rad8 23. Qe2 f5 24. Bb7 Rd7 25. Ba6 Rfd8 26. Qb5 Rd2 27. Kg3 e4 28. Re1 Ng6 29. Re2 Be5 30. Kf2 Rd1 31. Re1 R8d2 32. Kf1 Re1 33. Ke1 Rg2 34. Bc8 f4 35. Bf5 Bf6 36. Be4 Rh2 37. a4 Ne5 38. a5 f3 39. a6 Rh1 40. Kd2

 

66.GAME 2 

Tan, Zhongyi 2555 vs Ju, Wenjun 2561 FIDE Women's World Championship chess.com [2] 2025.4.4 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Bd2 Qd6 11.Bc3 Qe7 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.e3 Nb5 14.a4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 c6 16.a5 Bd7 17.Qb3 Rab8 18.Ne4 Bd6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.d4 b6 21.axb6 axb6 22.Ra7 Be6 23.Qa4 Rfc8 24.Rb1 Bd5 25.dxe5 Qxe5 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.exd4 Bxg2 28.Kxg2 b5 29.Re1 Ra8 30.Ree7 Rxa7 31.Rxa7 c5 32.Kf3 cxd4 33.cxd4 Kf8 34.Rb7 Rc3+ 35.Ke4 Rc2 36.Ke3 Rc3+ 37.Kd2 Rf3 38.Ke2 Rf5 39.Ke3 h5 40.f4 Ke8 41.Ke4 Rf6 42.Rxb5 g6 43.d5 Ra6 44.Ke5 f6+ 45.Kd4 Ra2 46.Kc5 Rxh2 47.Rb8+ Kd7 48.Rb7+ Kc8 49.Rg7 g5 50.f5 h4 51.gxh4 gxh4 52.Rh7 h3 53.Kd6 Kb8 54.Kd7 Kb7 55.d6 Kb6 56.Kd8 Rh1 57.d7 h2 58.Rh3 Kb7 59.Rb3+ Ka7 60.Rb2 Ka6 61.Re2 Kb7 62.Ke7

 

67.GAME 3

Ju, Wenjun 2561 vs Tan, Zhongyi 2555 FIDE Women's World Championship chess.com [3] 2025.4.6 B40 Sicilian Defence 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Be2 d5 8.exd5 exd5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bf3 Be6 13.Bg5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rc8 15.Qa4 h6 16.Bd2 a5 17.Rfe1 Rc4 18.Qa3 Nf5 19.Be2 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qd6 21.Qxa5 Ra8 22.Qb4 Rxa2 23.Bf4 Qc6 24.Bb5 Qb6 25.Re2 Rfa8 26.Bd3 Ra1 27.Ree1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qd8 29.h3 Qf6 30.Re1 Rc8 31.Be5 Qg5 32.Ba6 Ra8 33.Bf4 Qf6 34.Bb7 Rd8 35.Bc7 Rf8 36.Rd1 Qg5 37.Bxd5 Ne3 38.h4 Qg4 39.Qxg4 Bxg4 40.Rd3 Nxd5 41.Rxd5 Ra8 42.Bb6 Be6 43.Rd6 Kf8 44.Bd4 Ke7 45.Rb6 g6 46.Kh2 h5 47.Kg3 Ra5 48.Kf4 Kd7 49.g3 Rf5+ 50.Ke3 Ra5 51.Rb4 Bd5 52.Bb6 Ra3 53.Kd4 Be6 54.Bc5 Ra2 55.Kd3 Bf5+ 56.Ke3 Be6 57.Bd4 Kc6 58.c4 Kc7 59.c5 Bd5 60.Kf4 Bc6 61.Kg5 Ra4 62.Be5+ Kd7 63.Rb2 Ke6 64.Bf4 Rc4 65.Be3 Ke5 66.Rb8 Bd7 67.Rd8 Be6 68.Rd6 Rc2 69.Kh6 Kf6 70.Rd1 Rc4 71.Rd6 Rc2 72.Bd4+ Kf5 73.f3 Rc4 74.c6 Rc2 75.Kg7 g5 76.hxg5 Kxg5 77.Bb6 Kf5 78.c7 Rc3 79.Ba5 Rc5 80.Ra6 Rc4 81.Kf8 Bd5 82.Ke7 h4 83.Rf6+ Ke5 84.gxh4 Be6 85.h5 Rc5 86.h6 Bc8 87.h7