| Game | Viewed | Annotator | Game Quotation | Game Introduction |
| 5596277 | 4 | Annie_K | My Kingdom for a Horse! | An instructive game in the Sicilian Sveshnikov mainline ... |
| 6411381 | 2 | din0saur | It*s a Legal*s Mate | I*ve never managed to play a Legal*s Mate before. It always looks theoretical until you spot it over the board. ... |
| Lasker vs Napier | 2 | Earl of Norfolk | Chessic Slugfest. | A wild game in which the combinations are exchanged like gunshots in the Old West. The loser of this game, William Napier, said of it some 30 years later, "This is, I think, my best game [ever], and very certainly the one I most enjoyed playing." Quite a tribute for a lost game! ... |
| 363962 | 1 | jammboy | Hypermodern Magic | Black looks like he*s losing for the first dozen moves or so, then he unleashes the latent power of his position with a well-timed pawn break. The result is a central passed pawn that soon becomes a pair of connected passed pawns: the infamous "pawn roller" -- often a decisive positional asset. ... |
| 1064602 | 1 | hogmaster | A `must learn opening`, that i never tire off. | Ruy Lopez
by the book to move 15
(then we enter the battle). ... |
| 3162508 | 1 | Kayaker | White *s superiority in the centre cramps Black*s Game! | Black makes a few mistakes which lead to white having a reasonably easy game. ... |
| 3229216 | 1 | cuppablanca | The *Marshall* Manoeuver | I remember being inspired by Marshall*s stunning 23...Qg3 against Levitsky in 1912 - since then I have always wanted to play a move like that! This game is probably the closest I am likely to get - not quite as spectacular as Marshall*s but I did manage it five moves earlier. ... |
| 4880069 | 1 | island.star | Queen Sacrifice - Smothered Mate | ... |
| 5058521 | 1 | island.star | Bishop Sacrifice - Exposing the King | In this game my focus is on an early Bishop sacrifice. The purpose, to peal away the black King*s protection. The plan directs attention to chasing the King and preventing development. ... |
| 5111575 | 1 | FirebrandX | Long term distraction for the win. | At the start of this game, my opponent had just reached 10th in the world. I knew I had my work cut out for me, so I spent more time on this game than the others in the same tournament. Many of the 2600*s and higher players I*ve faced usually play main line openings like the Najdorf. I*d been using this to my advantage since I have a custom collection of games I assembled myself and thus, have been outbooking my opponents who would otherwise be very difficult to defeat! Hello001 was a bit more sinister in his opening play, opting for more positional lines with less chance for him to be outbooked. If I was going to beat him, it would have to been some serious middlegame planning.
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| 5252424 | 1 | FirebrandX | Human concepts versus brute force calculation | This was my first game with Hkruse, currently the highest rated player on the server. I went in understimating my opponent*s play, but came out with an excellent draw based on my own understanding of basic chess principles, as well as his apparent lack of them. ... |
| 5702895 | 1 | rooksac | This Bird Feasts after a Short Flight | In this game we get an unusual response to a rare defense known as the Bird*s Defense to the Ruy Lopez/Spanish Game. The defense is characterized by 3...Nd4. This move has been associated with Harry Bird a very strong English Player who constantly played this opening from 1867 to 1895. Bird is also known for 1. f4 Bird*s Opening. In this game White grabs a pawn with 5.Nxe5?! allowing Black to unleash a fierce attack. White grabs additional booty with 8.Nxc5?? allowing the smothered mate.
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| 5855251 | 1 | HonzaCervenka | Short lesson for novices | This game is quite instructive example of some mistakes, which chess beginners or people unfamiliar with basic principles of opening play are making very often. ... |
| 6046702 | 1 | lilbabypenguin | | Black requested analysis of his sacrifice and the attack following from it, begining on move 20. ... |
| 6159575 | 1 | HonzaCervenka | Dark Side of Symmetry in the Opening | Symmetrical opening lines look usually equal at first glance but an extra tempo in such a situation can be fatal. ... |
| 6188605 | 1 | Dlanor | Ruy Lopez with a twist | A bad move leads to an underdeveloped position for black and some smaller mistakes led to a rapid end. ... |
| 6324389 | 1 | rooksac | A Bluff, A Weakened Kingside, and a Skewer! | We have a very interesting Opening. Both players play well, and we get an interesting struggle with open-board tactics. This game is a lesson in tactics, and as Richard Teichmann said, "Chess is 99% Tactics", and it decides this game, with both players having tactical chances. Ultimately white wins the double exchange after bluffing black into paying attention to white*s attack at the cost of his own ability to win material. Two minor pieces are worth more than a rook. ... |