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Here is a personal collection of good examples developed through a discussion group at Exeter Chess Club. It is, as you might expect, rather derivative, but hopefully there are some examples you haven't seen before. This index has separate sections on tactical patterns and opening traps {D}, guidelines for opening play and example openings {C} {D}, model attacking games {D} and attacking techniques {C} {D}, defensive play {B} {C}, positional themes {B} {C} and planning {B}, the endgame {all}, the psychology {all} of chess, and personal style {all}.

* The games and positions below have been compiled through a weekly discussion group in Exeter Chess Club as being useful examples, mostly trawled from books and magazines. They have been aimed at club players in the BCF 100-150 grade range (ELO up to 1800); the simplest should be accessible to all, the deepest I am only beginning to understand myself (= ELO about 1800! [USCF 1900]).

* All of the examples contained here should contain at least one diagram, and at least one comment. Let me know if you catch me out. The games are available in a database - see the main Coaching Page.

* Comments and contributions. You can send me comments and games (Portable Game Notation [PGN] format preferred, example available) at D.Regis@exeter.ac.uk.
In particular I'd like to know about:

"Far from all the obvious moves that go without saying are correct"
-- BRONSTEIN
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P.S. If you find odd dates (e.g. 2004) or grades (club players with grades over 2500) this is because Fritz has decided that there are no grades and no dates below 1700 or so. Harass the company... (Can you convert BCF to ELO?)


Tactics

"Chess is 99% tactics"
-- RICHARD TEICHMANN


Tactical patterns

Best single reference: Chernev & Reinfeld Winning Chess
"At the heart of every combination there shines an idea, and though combinations are without number, the number of ideas is limited"
-- ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY

  • back - rank [C41] adams-torre, 1920
  • back - rank [C07] farooqi-kazzaz, nice, 1974
  • combined operations [E10] tactics: from WL SOAC, 1994
  • design for check - mate [A40] eros-keane, kuortane, 1976
  • design for check-mate( jackson,dave (1855) - regis,d ) (1740) [B25] exeter vs. plymouth (bemridge), 1993
  • design for check - mate [E41] holte-labin, kuortane, 1976
  • design for check - mate [A29] iskov-bartrina, olot, 1974
  • design for check - mate [D04] lizares-o'siochru, haifa, 1976
  • design for check - mate [C44] midjord-scharf, nice, 1974
  • design for check - mate [A04] plachetka-zinn, decin, 1974
  • design for check - mate [C31] rigaud-cooper, nice, 1974
  • design for check - mate [B07] sand-denes, kuortane, 1976
  • design for check - mate [B01] wahyuwidayat-chia, singapore-indonesia, 1976
  • discovered - attack [A48] campbell-midjord, haifa, 1976
  • discovered - attack [A17] de veauce-cafferty, birmingham, 1974
  • discovered - attack [E10] klausen-baretic, kuortane, 1976
  • discovered attack - intermezzo - knight fork [B43] ozaki-woodhams, haifa, 1976
  • discovered - attack [B71] szmetan-sbia, nice, 1974
  • discovered check - windmill [A46] torre-lasker, Moscow, 1925
  • discovered (1780) - attack (1740) [E16] vs. totnes (peter rooke memorial team k/o), 1993
  • don't play h3! [C68] tactics: lombardy SOAC, 1994
  • double - attack [B46] bademian-batrez, haifa, 1976
  • double - check [A45] campbell-kennefick, 1976
  • double - attack [E12] christiansen-karpov, 1993, 1993
  • double - attack (waterson,g regis,d) [A01] downing vs. emmanuel, 1980
  • double - attack [A33] garrido-mcdaniel, haifa, 1976
  • double - attack (fork) [C77] horvath-paulsen, kuortane, 1976
  • double - attack [C64] lechtensky-trevelyan, nice, 1974
  • double - attack ( bishop fork ) [A02] lemmety-sabanes, kuortane, 1976
  • double attack - queen fork [C11] moen-store, guasdal, 1976
  • double - attack [A45] ochoa-browne, winnipeg, 1974
  • double - check [B15] reti-tartakower, vienna, 1910
  • double - attack [B01] small-cornford NZ ch'p, 1976
  • double - attack [E45] timman-cosulich, venice, 1974
  • fischer - sherwin [B90] usa ch'p (candidate moves), 1957
  • forks - by bishop [C10] misuida-graul, sandomierz, 1976
  • interference - Bronstein-Goldenov [t00] Kiev, 1944
  • interference - fork,pin,back rank [B71] crotto-hindle, haifa, 1976
  • intermezzo: tartakower - capablanca, new york [C33] intermezzo, 1924
  • inter - mezzo: NOT [C03] savon-poutiainen, erevan, 1976
  • inter - mezzo [E91] spassov-kritiansen, kringsja, 1976
  • knight fork - back rank [B07] fuller-sakurai, haifa, 1976
  • knight - fork with sac [B01] lombardy, 1994
  • knight - fork [B01] mcdaniel-kanai, haifa, 1976
  • knight - fork (5) [D42] reshevsky-fischer Los Angelos m, 1961
  • knight - fork [C12] stean-porat, netanya, 1976
  • no - retreat [A04] alexandria-finta, budapest W, 1976
  • no retreat - pins and mates [B10] feller-solmundarson, haifa, 1976
  • no - retreat [B02] mickeleit-dragun, kuortane, 1976
  • no - retreat [A42] mohring-diaz, bucuresti, 1976
  • no - retreat [B04] ostojic-poutianen, 1976
  • no retreat & design for check - mate [A08] pernici-herrera, 1976
  • no - retreat [A30] robatsch-garcia, sochi, 1974
  • no - retreat (1) [E56] spassky-fischer, Reykjavik WCh, 1972
  • over - loading [C52] Fischer-Fine NY (skittles game), 1963
  • over - loading [B93] tactics: wl, 1994
  • pin - design for mate [B02] tactics: lombardy, 1994
  • pin - 1 - decisive [B93] tactics: wl, 1994
  • pins - 2 - (alekhine-nimzovitch, san remo) [C17] pin: double pin, 1930
  • pins - 3 - (von freymann-forgacz, st.petersburg) [A83] pin: triple pin, 1909
  • pins,counter - pins [A10] robatsch-jansa, sochi, 1974
  • queening ( Barnes,T - Morphy,P ) [C41] London, 1858
  • removing the guard - deflection [D63] Bernstein-Capablaca, Moscow, 1914
  • removing the guard - bishop pin [B21] R-L Chess magazine, 1975
  • removing the guard - knight fork [A88] berry-evans, lone pine, 1976
  • removing the guard - double attack [A56] guddahl-karlsson, kringsja, 1976
  • removing the guard - check [D60] legueltel-studev, kuortane, 1976
  • removing the guard - knight fork [D01] philippe-kennefick, haifa, 1993
  • resign for check - mate [C55] trapl-ornstein, decin, 1976
  • skewer - cheapo [B27] taylor-regis, portsmouth, 1984
  • tactical test: 2nd - category [t00] kosteev, 1994
  • tactical test: 3rd - category [t00] kosteev, 1994
  • tactical test: 4th - category [t00] kosteev, 1994
  • tactics: capablanca - mattinson [E38] example: tactics arising from positional ideas, 1920
  • un - masking/x-ray [D13] knaak-litkiewicz, DDR ch., 1974
  • vulnerable f - 7 [C41] miltzki-sandrin, kuortane, 1976
  • who needs to improve tactical awareness? [B17] kasparov-karpov (linares), 1994

    GM Traps

    Best single reference: Lombardy Snatched Opportunities at the Chessboard
    GM traps a PGN file I found at Pittsburg


    Opening Traps

    Best single reference: Znosko-Borovsky, How to Play the Opening in Chess

    "Do not regard your opponent as a sheep, but rather as a wolf"
    -- Russian Proverb

  • two traps in reti's opening [A09] z-b, 1994
  • [A40] englund gambit, 1994
  • alekhine's defence trap [B03] z-b, 1994
  • [B10] caro-kann 'pin-mate', 1994
  • [B72] sicilian dragon, 1994
  • [C15] french winawer, 1994
  • centre game trap [C21] z-b, 1994
  • winawer - steinitz [C22] z-b, 1896
  • legall - st.brie [C23] legall's mate, 2006
  • scholar's mate variation [C23] basman, 1994
  • scholar's mate [C23] basman, 1994
  • scholar's trap [C23] basman, 1994
  • vienna game trap [C28] z-b, 1994
  • vienna game traps [C29] z-b, 1994
  • [C29] wurzburger trap, 1994
  • [C30] king's gambit declined, 1994
  • legall's mate in modern setting [C34] ken shinn in chess, dec, 1975
  • [C39] kga kieseritsky, 1994
  • damiono's defence trap [C40] basman, 1994
  • [C41] philidor game, 1994
  • philidor's defence trap [C41] z-b, 1994
  • [C42] petroff, 1994
  • petroff defence trap [C42] basman, 1994
  • [C42] marshall trap, 1994
  • blackburne's shilling gambit [C50] basman, 1994
  • [C50] blackburne's shilling gambit, 1994
  • [C51] evans' gambit, 1994
  • evans' gambit trap [C51] z-b, 1994
  • greco's trap [C54] z-b, 1994
  • [C55] max lange, 1994
  • [C55] max lange, 1994
  • [C55] guioco piano, 1994
  • fried liver attack [C57] basman, 1994
  • fried liver variation [C57] basman, 1994
  • vulnerable f7 [C57] basman, 1994
  • benjafield,dg - wippell,cj [C60] legall's trap, 1938
  • [C65] monticelli trap, 1994
  • nimzovich [C66] ruy lopez, 1994
  • [C66] tarrasch trap, 1994
  • [C71] noah's ark trap, 1994
  • [C77] ruy lopez, 1994
  • [C83] tarrasch trap, 1994
  • [C88] ruy lopez, 1994
  • [D08] lasker trap, 1994
  • [D50] queen's gambit declined, 1994
  • [D52] cambridge springs, 1994
  • [E16] queen's indian, 1994
  • [E70] king's indian, 1994


    Index | Tactic | Opening | Attack | Strategy | Ending | Psych. | Misc.

    Openings

    "Like us as Black", beg the chess pieces," and you will anyway like us as White"
    -- BOLESLAVSKY

  • korchnoi - malich, amsterdam IBM [C34] opening books I: based on author's practice?, 1972
  • regis - nash [A20] opening books II: conflicting advice, 1993
  • various openings [C21] opening theory: gambit play, 1994
  • spassky - fischer (21) [B46] opening theory: transposition, 1972

    Guidelines for opening play

    Best single reference: Walker, Chess Openings for Juniors
  • move pieces once,especially Q [C60] rules: (3 nested games), 1993
  • if ahead,open lines when development complete [C52] rules: (cf. attacking play), 1993
  • premature attack [E38] rules: (cf. attacking play), 1993
  • pieces not pawns [D08] rules: (two nested games), 1993
  • spielmann - flamberg, mannheim [C29] rules: development, 1914
  • morphy: development II [C44] rules: development (reti#2), 1994
  • morphy: development I [C51] rules: development (reti), 1994
  • reti - capablanca, berlin [C74] rules: development lead, 1928
  • don't snatch material [C30] rules: don't snatch material, 1993
  • various mistakes [C23] rules: various, 1993

    Example openings (BCF)

    "...P-Q4 is the antidote to the poison in gambits"
    Best references: Walker, Chess Openings for Juniors;
    Znosko-Borovsky, How to Play the Opening in Chess
  • bcf scheme openings: guioco piano [C54] BCF 1, 1994
  • ruy lopez [C77] BCF 1, 1994
  • sicilian defence [B21] BCF 2, 1994
  • queen's gambit declined [D68] BCF 2, 1994
  • budapest defence [A52] BCF 3, 1994
  • alekhine's defence [B03] BCF 3, 1994
  • pirc defence [B07] BCF 3, 1994
  • caro - kann defence [B17] BCF 3, 1994
  • french defence [C14] BCF 3, 1994
  • vienna game ii [C29] BCF 3, 1994
  • vienna game i [C29] BCF 3, 1994
  • petrov defence [C43] BCF 3, 1994
  • scotch game [C45] BCF 3, 1994
  • two knight's defence [C59] BCF 3, 1994
  • grunfeld defence [D87] BCF 3, 1994
  • marshall's defence,QGD [D06] BCF 3: QGD (analysis from alekhine), 1994
  • modern hypermodern openings [B03] BCF 4: alekhine's defence, 1994
  • playing actively vs q - side openings [A97] BCF 4: dutch defence, 1994
  • [A10] BCF 4: dutch vs english, 1994
  • [A04] BCF 4: dutch vs reti, 1994
  • lilienthal - korchnoi [D86] BCF 4: hypermodern openings: modern grunfeld, 1954
  • playing black in q - side openings [D55] BCF 4: playing solid against d4, 1994
  • [A13] BCF 4: playing solid vs. english, 1994
  • [A13] BCF 4: playing solid vs. reti, 1994
    Index | Tactic | Opening | Attack | Strategy | Ending | Psych. | Misc.

    Attacking play

    "No price is too great for the scalp of the enemy King."
    -- KOBLENTZ


    Model attacking games

    Best single reference: Walker, Attacking the King
    "In chess, only the attacker wins"
    -- KOTOV
    "Thou shalt not shilly-shally!"
    -- NIMZOVITCH

  • WALKER [C54] Model game 1.1: quick kill, 1995
  • kovacs - korchnoi [C01] Model game 1.2: attack with rooks, 1995
  • flamberg - bogolyubov [C80] Model game 1.3: attack with bishops, 1995
  • pegoraro - scheipel [C86] Model game 1.4: attack with knights, 1995
  • exposing the king [C53] Model game 2.1: reinfeld, 1995
  • castling - but weakening the king's side [C77] Model game 2.2: reinfeld's DON'Ts, 1995
  • neglecting development [C67] Model game 2.3: reinfeld's DON'Ts, 1995
  • pawn - snatching [D02] Model game 2.4: reinfeld, 1995
  • too many queen moves [C32] Model game 2.5: reinfeld, 1995
  • good development must be completed [C44] Model game 2.6: reinfeld, 1995
  • failure to guard against captures [D00] Model game 2.7: reinfeld, 1995
  • under - estimating opponent's threats [C42] Model game 2.8: reinfeld, 1995
  • morphy - duke/count [C41] Model game 3.1: paris, 1858
  • morphy - meek [A43] Model game 3.2: new orleans, 1857
  • morphy - medley [C39] Model game 3.3: london, 1858
  • bird - morphy [C41] Model game 3.4: london, 1858
  • tarrasch - eckart [C05] Model game 4.1: nuremberg, 1889
  • tarrasch - kurschner [D20] Model game 4.2: nuremberg, 1889
  • tarrasch - mieses (3) [C10] Model game 4.3: berlin m, 1916
  • marshall - tarrasch [D51] Model game 4.4: nuremberg, 1905
  • kasparov - marjanovic (malta) [E17] Model game 5.1: attack with concentrated force, 1980

    Attacking techniques

    Best single reference: Tal & Damsky, Attack with Mikhail Tal
    "A keen and dogmatic sense of prudence is the mortal enemy of great deeds"
    -- MICHEL de MONTAIGNE

  • Alekhine - Van Mindeno, NLD [C62] attack on castled king: remove defenders,h-file, 1938
  • Wojciechowski,A-Weiss,H Munich ol (20), 1936 [C15] attack on uncastled king: rooks on central file, 1930
  • anderssen - morphy (4) [C77] attack only when justified, 1858
  • tatai - korchnoi (beersheva) [C00] attack: a weakened K-side - chances to get in, 1995
  • liubarski - soultanbieff (liege) in CHERNEV [C53] attack: a weakened K-side=chances to open lines, 1928
  • averbach,y - kotov,a (SWZ izt) [A55] attack: king hunt, 1953
  • lasker,ed - thomas,g (london) [A80] attack: king hunt, 1910
  • nn - nn [C54] attack: king hunt - modern example, 1993
  • tal - donner (wijk aan zee) [C18] attack: opening lines, 1968
  • vukovic: typical themes [t10] attack: opening lines, 1995
  • nn - nn [B70] attack: pawn storm: both sides 0-0, 1993
  • nn - nn [B75] attack: pawn storm: opposite castling, 1993
  • Fischer,Robert J - Miagmarsuren,Lahmsuran(sousse) [A08] attack: very slow K-side attack, 1967
  • Kortchnoi,Viktor - Fischer,Robert J (blitz) [E97] attack: very slow K-side attack, 1970
  • psakhis - kasparov (la manga) [A26] attack: very slow K-side attack, 1990
  • Anderssen,A - Dufresne,J [C52] attacking never bettered: Berlin 'Evergreen', 1852
  • Anderssen,A - Kieseritzky,L [C33] attacking never bettered: London 'Immortal Game, 1851
  • Hort,V - Nunn,J [E92] masterly attack: cashing in (Krefeld open), 1986
  • Nunn,J - Georgiev,Kiril (Linares) [B17] masterly attack: opponent may overlook threat, 1988
  • Chiburdanidze,M - Nunn,John (09) [E92] masterly attack: unjustified (Linares ), 1988
  • Nunn,J (2585) - Marin,M (2475) [B80] masterly attack: with stable centre (Szirak izt, 1987
  • nn - nn [C55] sacrifice of B on h7 + king hunt, blockade sac, 1995
  • stean,m - browne,w [B94] sacrifice on e6 by knight in Sicilian, 1974
  • botvinnik - batuyev (leningrad) [D60] sacrifice on f7 by N, 1931
  • botvinnik - vidmar (nottingham) [D60] sacrifice on f7 by N, 1936
  • marshall - burn [D55] sacrifice on g6 by B (and h7), 1900
  • nn - nn (lombardy) [B18] sacrifice on g7 by N, 1994
  • blackburne - blanchard (london) [C30] sacrifice on h6 by B, 1891
  • nn - nn [D46] sacrifice on h6 by B, 1993
  • colle - o'hanlon (nice) [D05] sacrifice on h7 by B (hard), 1930
  • greco-anon,1619 (& nn - nn) [C00] sacrifice on h7: classic B sacrifice, 1875
  • tal - botvinnik [B18] sacrifice: accept and defend, 1960
  • keres - smyslov (zurich) [A17] sacrifice: declined, 1953
  • lasker,em - bauer,i (amsterdam) [A03] sacrifice: double B sac, 1889
  • tal - simagin (23rd USSR ch'p) [B07] sacrifice: unclear ('genuine' - Spielmann), 1956
  • Capablanca,Jose - Alekhine,Alexander (1) [D30] the queen's-side attack: (St Petersburg ), 1913
  • Alekhine,Alexander - Capablanca,Jose (34) [D51] the queen's-side attack: Buenos, 1927
  • Kasparov,Gary - Larsen,B (8) [A55] the queen's-side attack: Bugonjo, 1982
  • Alekhine,Alexander - Euwe,Max (Amsterdam) (2) [D17] the queen's-side attack: minority attack, 1935
  • Smyslov,Vasily V - Keres,Paul (Moscow Wch ) (17) [D51] the queen's-side attack: minority attack, 1948
  • Kupchik,Abraham - Capablanca,Jose (Lake ) (2) [A46] the queen's-side attack: sealing K-side first, 1926


    Defence

    "Winning isn't everything... but losing is nothing" [Edmar MEDNIS, on the importance of fighting for a draw]

    "The basic principle of defence consists in making the opponent's task as difficult as possible, creating ever new obstacles in his path.

    " [...] If you can succeed in abruptly changing the situation on the board (even by choosing a continuation which is objectively not the strongest, associated with a degree of risk), your opponent, having already envisaged a particular pattern of play, will frequently not manage to reorganise his thoughts and will begin to make mistakes."

    -- DVORETSKY

    Best single reference: Soltis, The Art of Defence in Chess

  • basman - wall (UK chp Eastbourne) (2) [A00] defence: Basman's king safe in the middle, 1990
  • o'shaughnessy - basman [A40] defence: Basman's king safe in the middle, 1990
  • bryson - basman (cr) [B00] defence: Basman's king threatened in the middle, 1986
  • tartakower - lasker [A20] defence: a master at work (new york), 1924
  • regis - arriens [A11] defence: all too many club players are awful, 1982
  • morphy - guibert (blindfold simul, paris) CHERNEV [B01] defence: basic (various defensive themes), 1858
  • petrosian - kotov [B50] defence: breaking the attacking front, 1956
  • short - kasparov, belfort [B90] defence: central control, 1988
  • alekhine - botvinnik (nottingham) [B72] defence: central counter, 1936
  • kmoch - reti (semmering) PACHMAN [A52] defence: central counter, 1926
  • kasparov - karpov (9) [C92] defence: central counterplay vs. wing attack, 1985
  • walker,n (2070) - regis,d (cambridge) [A10] defence: centralisation, 1981
  • ruy lopez - defensive themes [C95] defence: counterattack, re-positioning, 1995
  • Timman,J - Kasparov,Gary (Bugonjo) [E84] defence: counterplay, 1982
  • petrosian - fischer (8) [D40] defence: counterplay, 1970
  • regis,d - hooper,ht (march) [D30] defence: counterplay, 1975
  • watson,c (1845) - regis,d (bedford) (1940) [A40] defence: counterplay, 1986
  • grist,h (1895) - regis,d (exeter) (1935) [B06] defence: counterplay against King, 1994
  • Lasker,Emanuel - Janowski,D (Berlin) [D32] defence: counterplay, set problems, 1910
  • varley - hewson, wecu [B18] defence: declining sacrifice, 1993
  • fewkes - regis, frome [E32] defence: dogged, 1993
  • unzicker - fischer [B98] defence: don't move K-side pawns, 1960
  • Botvinnik,Mikhail - Keres,P (USSR ch'p) [E41] defence: endgame counterplay, 1951
  • openings - bco, etc. [C30] defence: exchange of dangerous pieces, 1995
  • nunn - kasparov [B97] defence: exchange of queens, 1986
  • Petrosian,Tigran - Botvinnik,Mikhail (moscow ch) [A46] defence: exchange sacrifice for counterplay, 1951
  • reshevsky - petrosian, zurich [E58] defence: exchange sacrifice to blockade, 1953
  • tal - aronin [D32] defence: exchanging dangerous pieces, 1957
  • Chigorin,M - Steinitz,W Havana (17) [C52] defence: from a passive position, 1889
  • Chigorin,M - Steinitz,W Havana (15) [C52] defence: from a passive position, 1889
  • Alekhine,Alexander - Bogoljubow,Efim (Villingen) [D10] defence: keep going, 1934
  • Larsen,Bent - Van Scheltinga,Theo (Beverwijk) [A02] defence: know when you're in trouble, 1964
  • beckett,t - regis,d (cambridge) [A04] defence: know when you're losing and spanner, 1981
  • gray,t (1695) - regis,d (andover) [A40] defence: know you're losing,spanner,counterplay, 1983
  • fischer - larsen [B88] defence: line management, 1970
  • janowski - lasker [C49] defence: line management, 1909
  • karpov - kasparov (1) [B81] defence: line management, 1984
  • nunn - dlugy (london) NUNN [B12] defence: line management, 1986
  • tal - aronin (SOLTIS) [B10] defence: line management, 1954
  • peters - andersson, usa [B15] defence: mending weaknesses, 1978
  • brinckmann - nimzovitch, berlin (NIMZO) [B00] defence: redeployment, 1927
  • keres - euwe (zaandvoort) [C02] defence: redeployment, 1936
  • four knights - metger unpin [C49] defence: relieving pressure, 1995
  • geller - keres [D41] defence: relieving pressure, 1953
  • uhlmann - karpov [D42] defence: repairing weaknesses, 1973
  • modern defence - gurgenidze line [B15] defence: restraint of pawn breaks, 1995
  • karpov - kasparov (45) [B84] defence: simplifying combination, 1985
  • QGD, stahlberg - capablanca line [D69] defence: simplifying exchanges, 1995
  • pye - regis, portsmouth [B22] defence: spanner, 1984
  • tarrasch - lasker, dusseldorf [C66] defence: spanner, 1904
  • sokolsky - livshitz (SOKOLSKY) [A00] defence: vs. desparate counterattack, 1956
  • olland - alekhine, scheveningen [C61] defence: zwischenzuge, counter-sac, 1995
    Index | Tactic | Opening | Attack | Strategy | Ending | Psych. | Misc.

    Strategy

    "Where are their new objectives? If each player is capable of quick development, castling, and of not blundering any pieces away, what is there to separate the two sides?"
    -- MICHAEL STEAN, Simple Chess

    Best single reference: Chernev, Logical Chess


    Positional themes

    Best references: Chernev The 100 Most Instructive Games of Chess ever Played (basic);
    Euwe & Kramer, The Middle Game I/II (advanced)
  • the positional elements [t30] a summary diagram, 1993
  • steinitz - blackburne, vienna (dubois) [C29] accumulation theory, 1882
  • steinitz - fleissig (dubois) [C00] accumulation theory, 1882
  • euwe - thomas and stahlberg-trifunovich [D69] bishops: active bishop used for attack (EUWE), 1934
  • barden - rossolimo (CHERNEV) [B85] bishops: bad bishop, 1956
  • botvinnik - kann [E21] bishops: bad bishop?, 1939
  • renet - taimanov, montpellier (TAIMANOV) [B46] bishops: opposite coloured bishops in attack, 1986
  • macdonnell,g - de la bourdonnais [B21] bishops: opposite-coloured bishops in attack, 1834
  • rubinstein - nimzovitch (berlin) [E32] bishops: two bishops in closed middlegame, 1928
  • ditmas,h - regis,d (march) [C07] bishops: two bishops in ending, 1979
  • nunn - tal (wijk ann zee) (NUNN & GRIFFITHS) [B46] bishops: two bishops in open middlegame, 1982
  • rosenthal - steinitz (& englisch-s) [C46] bishops: two bishops in semi-open endgame, 1873
  • alekhine - nimzovitch, kecsemet (NIMZO) [C11] centralisation, 1927
  • capablanca - levenfish, moscow (LITTLEWOOD) [D49] centralisation/coordination, 1935
  • steinitz - lasker, london [C29] coordination, 1899
  • steinitz - tchigorin (havana) [C65] coordination, 1892
  • botvinnik - robatsch (amsterdam) [D35] coordination (LITTLEWOOD), 1966
  • bertok - fischer, etc. [D59] hanging pawns (weak or strong?), 1962
  • alekhine - wolf (pistyan) [D02] initiative, 1922
  • alekhine (simul.) - poindle (CHERNEV) [C67] initiative, 1936
  • tal - simagin [B07] initiative, 1956
  • duckstein,a - petrosian (varna) [B71] king: active even with Qs on, 1962
  • tal - lisitsin (STEAN/CHERNEV) [B71] king: active in ending, 1956
  • steinitz - lee, london (DuBOIS) [D53] minority attack, 1899
  • evans - opsahl (CHERNEV) [D51] minority attack in the QGD exchange, 1950
  • vogt - andersson (STEAN) [B84] minority attack in the Sicilian, 1996
  • Winter,W - Capablanca,JR (Hastings) [C49] offside piece position, 1919
  • capablanca - bogolyubov, london (2) [C91] offside piece position, 1922
  • Boleslavsky - Lisitsin, Moscow (CHERNEV) [B76] outpost for knight on d5, 1953
  • smyslov - rudakowsky (CHERNEV) [B83] outpost for knight on d5, 1945
  • coria - capablanca, buenos aires [C49] outpost for knight on f4, 1914
  • yates - rubinstein, budapest [C77] outpost for knight on f5, 1926
  • amateurs - nimzo [B00] overprotection, 1993
  • tal - bronstein [C96] overprotection, 1956
  • paulsen - tarrasch (NIMZO) [C02] pawn chains, 1993
  • karpov - miles [A40] pawn mobility: pawn roller, 1981
  • dodd - regis (2) [A40] pawn mobility: pieces behind pawns, 1981
  • korchnoi - szabo [A22] pawn mobility: pieces behind pawns, 1963
  • Samisch - Nimzovitch [E15] pawn mobility: restraint, 1923
  • Johner - Nimzovitch [A50] pawn mobility: restraint and blockade, 1923
  • steinitz - lasker (ROMANOVSKY) [D35] planning 1 (st.petersburg), 1895
  • steinitz - lasker (ROMANOVSKY) [C65] planning 2 (new york), 1894
    Excellent notes to these two Steinitz games by ROMANOVSKY can be found at http://dab.psi.net/ChapterOne/uscf/browse/midplan.html, but their diagrams are awful. You really need two windows...
  • ussr chess exercise - problem [t30] planning problem: (norwood), 1994
  • ussr chess exercise - answer [t30] planning problem: answer (norwood), 1994
  • nunn - olafsson (teesside) [C50] potential, 1982
  • webb - hartston, uk ch'p [A31] potential, 1974
  • bisguier,a - petrosian,t NY [A33] queen's side attack, 1955
  • smyslov-liberzon,URS - ch [A25] queen's side attack, 1968
  • le moir,d - niedzwiedzki,a [B06] queen's-side attack, 1999
  • rubinstein - maroczy, gothenburg [D63] queen: dominant when centralised, 1920
  • tarrasch - janowski, ostend [C49] rooks on files: half-open, 1907
  • tarrasch - von scheve, leipzig (etc.) [D37] rooks on files: half-open, 1894
  • Van Vliet - Znosko-Borovsky (CHERNEV) [D00] rooks on files: open, 1907
  • miles - clarke [D27] rooks on rank and files, 1976
  • Whiteley - Agnos [A52] rooks on ranks and files, 1994
  • tarrasch - marco [C42] space, 1902
  • tarrasch - showalter, vienna [C50] space I, 1898
  • karpov - unzicker [C98] space II, 1993
  • karpov - westerinen, nice [C72] space III, 1974
  • Capablanca,Jose - Treybal,Karel (Karlsbad-10) [D11] space IV, 1929
  • chekhover,v - rudakowsky,i (moscow) CHERNEV [D61] weak pawns: backward pawn, 1945
  • hutchings - keene [E12] weak pawns: backward pawn & other weaknesses, 1982
  • steinitz,w - blackburne,j (london) [C77] weak pawns: creating holes, 1876
  • znosko-borovsky vs mackenzie, weston - super-mare (2) [C88] weak pawns: creating holes, 1924
  • mattison - nimzovich (carlsbad) CHERNEV [E21] weak pawns: doubled pawns 1: under attack, 1929
  • spassky,b - fischer,rj (wch) STEAN [E41] weak pawns: doubled pawns 2: under restraint, 1972
  • bronstein - najdorf, budapest [E29] weak pawns: doubled pawns 3: & K-side P roller, 1950
  • spassky - tal (HAJTUN) [E26] weak pawns: doubled pawns 4: in NID, mixing it, 1958
  • Botvinnik,Mikhail - Chekhover,V USSR [E21] weak pawns: doubled pawns 5: as strength, 1938
  • miscellaneous opening variations [t30] weak pawns: doubled pawns 6: sundry, 1996
  • zinn - sveshnikov, decin [B33] weak pawns: dynamic chances, 1974
  • Bernstein - Mieses [B45] weak pawns: weak colour complex, 1921

    Planning

    " It is not a move, even the best move, that you must seek, but a realisable plan."
    -- EUGENE A. ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY.

    Best single reference: Kotov, Think Like a Grandmaster

  • najdorf - petrosian, zurich [E62] planning: Black adopts formation without a plan, 1953
  • Najdorf - Geller (BRONSTEIN) [E62] planning: Black leaves c5 free (Zuerich), 1953
  • euwe - keres, zurich (BRONSTEIN/KOTOV) [D72] planning: analysis of position, 1953
  • karpov - polugaevsky, moscow (KOTOV) [B92] planning: concentration of pieces, 1974
  • ragozin - boleslavsky, sverdlovsk (SUETIN) [B15] planning: dynamic vs. classical, 1942
  • botvinnik,m - donner,jh (amsterdam) [A14] planning: knight outpost, 1965
  • petrosian - fischer, portoroz [A16] planning: manoeuvring, 1958
  • capablanca - ragozin (moscow) (KOTOV) [E22] planning: piece positions (complete game), 1936
  • petrosian - euwe, zurich [A05] planning: planless play in opening, 1953
  • botvinnik - chekhover, ussr [E21] planning: strength of doubled pawns, 1938
  • pope,m - regis,d (march) [A25] planning: wyvill formation, 1978
  • stoltz - thomas, zaandamk [D40] IQP: advance d4-d5 break (strategic), 1946
  • dittman - fuchs [E40] IQP: advance d4-d5 break (tactical), 1956
  • Petrosian - Peters (Lone Pine) [A34] IQP: advances but blockaded, 1976
  • Stolyarov - Peters (Berkeley) [B50] IQP: advances but finds it difficult to go on, 1979
  • Lasker,Emanuel - Tarrasch,S [D40] IQP: advances but weak (St.Petersburg), 1914
  • zukertort - steinitz USA MATCH #9 [D37] IQP: in QGA (blockade), 1886
  • flohr - capablanca, moscow [D62] IQP: in endgame - defensible weakness, 1935
  • hartman - yanofsky, canadian open [C09] IQP: in endgame - leading to loss, 1985
  • Karpov,An - Kortschnoj,V Moscow cf (Wch) (16) [C09] IQP: in the French (blockade in modern opening), 1974
  • kramer,h - palomaa (beverwijk) EUWE/KRAMER [E68] KID: 1 - White's Q-side attack, 1951
  • Kortchnoi,Viktor - Fischer,Robert J (blitz) [E97] KID: 2 - Black's K-side attack, 1970
  • Svetozar Gligoric - Robert J. Fischer (Bled) [E98] KID: 3 - balanced play, 1961
  • petrosian - yuchtman [E92] KID: 4 - White sealing K-side/white sq (STEAN), 1994
  • kotov - gligoric, zurich [E87] KID: 5 - activity on black squares, 1953
  • Capablanca,Jose - Yates,Frederick (NY) [A48] KID: 6 - as good as you get, 1924
    Index | Tactic | Opening | Attack | Strategy | Ending | Psych. | Misc.

    Endings

    "To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a rare accomplishment, except among the magnates of the game"
    -- STAUNTON The Chessplayer's Handbook (Plus ca change...!)

    Best references: Mednis & Crouch, Rate your Endgame (practice);
    Speelman et al. Batsford Chess Endings (theory)

  • Hug - Barle (Pula izt) [C45] a rook ending: two weaknesses, 1975
  • Lasker,Emanuel - Capablanca,Jose (Havana m10) [D61] a rook/knight ending: two weaknesses, 1921
  • ? - ? [t50] bishop ending: B/B (cb 1.1), 1995
  • fischer - taimanov #4 [B47] bishop ending: B/N, 1971
  • euwe - alekhine [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (3rd match game), 1937
  • euwe - alekhine (complete) [t50] [D46] bishop ending: BB/BN (3rd) netherlands, 1937
  • scheltinga - fine [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (amsterdam), 1936
  • perlis - baird [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (barmen), 1905
  • rubinstein - gajdos [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (bremen), 1905
  • ?? - ?? [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (cb), 1995
  • zagorovsky - bryson [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (corr), 1994
  • soultanbieff - flohr [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (folkestone), 1933
  • kasenfuss - fine [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (kemeri), 1937
  • bellars - goodman [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN (paignton), 1977
  • berger - tchigorin [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN theory I (carlsbad), 1907
  • tarrasch - rubinstein [t50] bishop ending: BB/BN theory II (san sebastian), 1912
  • tarrasch - rubinstein (san sebastian) [C48] bishop ending: BB/NN theory II (complete game), 1912
  • leonhardt - bernstein [t50] bishop ending: BB/NN theory III (BARMEN), 1905
  • bellers - james [t50] bishop ending: OCB (paignton), 1976
  • walther - fischer [B99] bishop ending: OCB as draw, 1960
  • soesan - bellers [t50] bishop ending: OCB don't always draw(paignton), 1976
  • Capablanca,Jose - Janowsky,Dawid (NY 03) [D15] bishop ending: same colour, 1916
  • Menchik,V - Capablanca,JR (Hastings 1930/31) [A47] bishop ending: same colour, 1996
  • king [t50]1 - exchanging into lost K endings, 1975 (wKh2,Ra6,Pa2,b3,g2,h3; bKe4,Rd5,Pe5,f7,h4)
  • king [t50]2 -theory:opposition,triangulation, 1995 (wKf5,Pa5,h3; bKe7,Pb7,h7)
  • king [t50]3 - exchanging to lost K ending, 1995 (wKg2,Rg3,Pa3,f2,f4,g4,h2; bKe7,Re6,Pb5,c6,d5,g6,h7)
  • king [t50]4 - exchange with a pawn break, 1995 (wKe3,Rc6,Pa4,b3,b5,e4,f3,f4,h4; bKd7,Rb7,Pa7,b6,d6,e6,f7,g6,h5)
  • king [t50]5 - allowing exchange to lost EG, 1977 (wKd2,Ng1,Pa2,c4,e3,f2; bKd7,Bg4,Pa7,b7,c5,e4,f6)
  • king [t50]6 - exchanging to won King ending, 1995 (wKd1,Rf2,g2,Pa2,b2,f3; bKg7,Re2,e8,Pa7,b7,c6,d4,g6)
  • king [t50]7 - a hasty exchange?, 1977 (wKe3,Re5,Pa4,b2,c5,d4,f2,g3; bKf7,Ne7,Pa6,b7,d5,f3,g4,h6)
  • king [t50]8 - sac to exchange into K ending, 1995 (wKg1,Qc1,Pa5,f2,g3,h4; bKh7,Qg4,Pa6,e4,f5,g7,h6)
  • king [t50]9 - to exchange or not?, 1995 (wKf2,Rc2,c5,Pa2,b2,e5,f4,g2,h2; bKd7,Rb8,c7,Pa6,c6,d5,e6,g7,h7)
  • pomar - cuerdas [t50] king ending:11 practical breakthrough, 1990
  • Nimzovitch,A - Capablanca,J [t50] [B12] model ending: major pieces (New York), 1927
  • fischer,rj - berliner (usa ch'p) [t50] [B03] model ending: passed pawns must be pushed, 1960
  • active king in the ending [t50] [B71] model ending: rook and knight (tal-lisitsin), 1954
  • Bogoljubow,E - Capablanca,J [t50] [E12] model ending: rooks & minors (Bad Kissingen), 1928
  • fischer - petrosian #7 [B42] model ending: rooks & minors (isolated pawn), 1971
  • fischer - petrosian #9 [C10] model ending: rooks and minors (doubled pawns), 1971
  • gligoric,s. - smyslov,v. (zurich) (MEDNIS) [A30] model ending: rooks and minors (endgame advice), 1953
  • anon - barcza (debrecen) [B00] not an ending: a queenless middlegame, 1934
  • hubner - benko (hungary) [A42] not an ending: a queenless middlegame, 1976
  • regis,d (1855) - dobber,p (weymouth #3) [t50] (2780) [B07] not an ending:queenless middlegame in club play, 1995
  • Mednis, Lasker, etc. [C49] openings designed for endgames, 1995
  • KRP - KRP [t50] rook ending: 5-piece (lasker's skewer), 1890
  • KRP - KR [t50] rook ending: 5-piece (lasker), 1995
  • Duras,Oldrich - Capablanca,Jose [t50] (11) [D37] rook ending: PP on same side (New York ), 1913
  • [t50] rook ending: basic draw (Philidor), 1995
  • [t50] rook ending: basic win (Lucena), 2008
  • regis,d (1800) - knox,stuart (ian miles cup) [t50] (1950) [D32] rook ending: club 1 horrible lack of everything, 1983
  • regis,d (1800) - pope,s (club ch'p) [t50] [A36] rook ending: club 2 lack of attention, 1992
  • regis,d - walker,jn (use of Philidor theme) [C33] rook ending: club 3 lack of theory, 1994
  • woodruff,dg (1725) - regis,d (somerset vs. devon) (1855) [A26] rook ending: club 4 lack of courage, 1995
  • lane,pc - regis,d (use of Lucena theme) [A42] rook ending: club 5 lack of accuracy, 1995
  • white,ir - regis,d (East Devon #1) [t50] [B06] rook ending: club 6 all rook endings are drawn, 1994
  • Capablanca,Jose - Kreymbourg,Alfred (NY 04) [D02] rook ending: double rook, 1910
  • KRP/KR: drawn a - pawn(theory into practice)[t50] rook ending: pfleger 1, 1994
  • rook [t50]drawn RP+NP/RP [t50] rook ending: pfleger 2, 1994
  • rook [t50]won RP+BP [t50] rook ending: pfleger 3, 1994
  • rook [t50]win with a - pawn + 2 f-pawns [t50] rook ending: pfleger 4, 1994
  • Smyslov,V - Botvinnik,Mikhail (Moscow) [C17] rook ending: pfleger 5 (complete game), 1954
  • smyslov - botvinnik [t50] rook ending: pfleger 5 (world championship), 1954
  • capablanca,j - tartakower,s [A80] rook ending: seventh rank (new york), 1924
  • Capablanca,Jose - Kupchik,Abraham (Havana m7) [C49] rook ending: various themes, 1913
  • An early Rook [t50]White is better not just because of the neater pawns but because he can immediately activate the Rook. 17. Re4 Rfe8
  • Capablanca,Jose - Kostic,Boris (Havana m01) [C42] rook/bishop: zugzwang, 1919
    Index | Tactic | Opening | Attack | Strategy | Ending | Psych. | Misc.

    Psychology

    "Chess is above all a fight."
    -- EMANUEL LASKER.

    Best single reference: Webb, Chess for Tigers

  • hug - karpov (BBC Bath) [A05] psychology: beating weaker players, 1995
  • polugaevsky - estevez, sochi [A22] psychology: playing stronger players (WEBB), 1995
  • ljubojevic,l - andersson,u [B85] psychology: style: direct attack (wijk aan zee), 1976
  • botvinnik,m - tal,m (wch) [D14] psychology: style: squeeze play, 1961
  • botvinnik - szilagyi, amsterdam [A07] psychology: style: turning the screw (white sq), 1966
  • forder - alekhine (warsaw) [A05] psychology: win with the black pieces, 1935

    Errors

    "The blunders are all there on the chessboard, waiting to be made."
    -- TARTAKOVER

    Best single reference: Avni, Danger in Chess

  • jackson,dave (plymouth) (1855) - regis, d (1740) [B25] errors in analysis: missed tactic, 1993
  • regis,d. (1935) - aston,pa (2000) [B23] errors in analysis: missed tactic, 1994
  • fayle,a - regis,d [B83] errors in analysis: missing opponent's idea, 1984
  • regis,d. (1935) - beake,b. (2140) [A08] errors in analysis: missing opponent's idea, 1994
  • regis,d - stirling,a [B02] errors in analysis: missing opponent's idea, 1984
  • regis,d. (1740) - stooks, charles (2110) [A30] errors in analysis: mistaken tactic, 1993
  • regis,d (1855) - prideaux,e (1750) [B23] errors in analysis: mistaken tactic, 1994
  • ward,de (1755) - regis,d (1855) [B06] errors in analysis: mistaken valuation, 1994
  • webb,s (2875) - regis,d (1855) [B06] errors in analysis: mistaken valuation, 1994
  • Bronstein,D - Botvinnik,M (m24) [D44] errors: (avoided) playing for a draw, 1951
  • ebralidze - ragozin, tbilisi [t40] KROGIUS errors: chess blindness, 1937
  • smyslov - kasparov (AVNI) [A30] errors: complacency (moscow), 1981
  • lilienthal - bondarevsky (ussr ch'p) [C10] errors: eagerness for draw, 1940
  • alapin - marshall, ostend (AVNI) [C32] errors: eagerness to attack, 1907
  • van scheltinga - de groot (EUWE) [E94] errors: eagerness to exchange, 1936
  • lisitsin - krogius, LENINGRAD (KROGIUS) [A04] errors: eagerness to win, 1949
  • averbach - keres, 18th ussr ch'p [C49] errors: eagerness to win (error avoided), 1950
  • capablanca - bernstein, san sebastian [C65] errors: eagerness to win material, 1911
  • gligoric,s - kotov,a (zurich izt) [B91] errors: failing to win a won game, 1953
  • sokolsky - botvinnik (ussr ch'p) [D94] errors: planless play, 1939
  • larsen - spassky, linares [A26] errors: relaxing in a dominating position, 1981
  • basman - cramling [t40] errors: retained image, 1979
  • van steenis - wechsler, hastings [C15] errors: unjustified check, 1947
  • euwe - smyslov (the Hague) [t40] errors: unjustified sacrifice, 1948

    Analysis

    "Chess is the art of analysis."
    -- BOTVINNIK

    Best single reference: Nunn & Griffiths, Secrets of Grandmaster Chess

  • example game - for analysis (QUESTIONS) [E09] analysis: BCF (class III), 1994
  • BCF example game for analysis (ANSWERS) [E09] analysis: BCF example, 1995
  • britton - nunn, islington [B06] analysis: assessment and finishing, 1978
  • nunn-tal, wijk - aan-zee [B46] analysis: assessment by GM and club player, 1982
  • nunn - mestel (london) [B78] analysis: candidate moves, 1985
  • ost - hansen-nunn (teesside) [C27] analysis: candidate moves, 1974
  • spassky - korchnoi (kiev) KOTOV [E83] analysis: candidate moves - creeping move, 1968
  • wahltuch - palmer, manchester [C67] analysis: candidate moves - quiet moves, 1912
  • polugaevsky - nunn (skara) [A77] analysis: game for playing out (dvoretsky), 1980
  • borkowski - nunn (NUNN & GRIFFITHS/DVORETSKY) [B09] analysis: game for playing out (groningen), 1974
  • corden - nunn, birmingham [C55] analysis: just plunge in, 1975
  • nimzovitch - tartakower (karlsbad) [E81] analysis: play a positional move quickly, 1929
    Index | Tactic | Opening | Attack | Strategy | Ending | Psych. | Misc.

    Miscellaneous

  • Botvinnik, Mikhail - Euwe, Max (Leningrad) [C83] An Introduction to Strategy and Tactics, 1934
  • Alekhine, Alexander - Junge, Klaus (Crakow) SILMAN [C86] An Introduction to Various Advanced Themes, 1942

    Style of the world champions

    " It was night. I went home and put my old house clothes on and set the chessmen out and mixed a drink and played over another Capablanca. It went fifty-nine moves. Beautiful, cold, remorseless chess, almost creepy in its silent implacability..."
    -- RAYMOND CHANDLER, The High Window

    "Alekhine is a player I've never really understood; yet, strangely, if you've seen one Alekhine game you've seen them all. He always wanted a superior centre; he manoeuvred his pieces towards the King's-side, and around the twenty-fifth move began to mate his opponent.

    "(...) ...it worked for him, but it could scarcely work for anyone else. He played gigantic conceptions, full of outrageous and unprecedented ideas. It's hard to find a mistakes in his game, but in a sense his whole method of play was a mistake."

    -- Fischer.
    "How does Tal win? It is very simple: he places his pieces in the centre and he sacrifices them somewhere"
    -- BRONSTEIN

    Best single reference: Euwe & Kramer, The Middle Game I


    I have composed a brief piece on The Development of Chess Style as a companion to these games.
  • alekhine,alexander - marshall,frank [D06] style: Alekhine on the attack, 1993
  • botvinnik,mikhail - chekhover,valery [A06] style: Botvinnik's positional mastery, 1993
  • Bernstein,O - Capablanca,J [D63] style: Capablanca the elegant (Moscow), 1914
  • Euwe,M - Alekhine,A (26) [A90] style: Euwe the dynamo (NLD WCh), 1935
  • Byrne,R - Fischer,R [E60] style: Fischer the unstoppable (USA-ch), 1963
  • Karpov,A - Kasparov,G (4) [D31] style: Karpov keeping control (Moscow WCh II), 1985
  • Kasparov,G (2800) - Karpov,An (2730) (20) [C92] style: Kasparov's dynamism in attack (Wch Lyon), 1990
  • Tarrasch,S - Lasker,Em (2) [C66] style: Lasker as spuddler (Duesseldorf WCh), 1908
  • Paulsen,L - Morphy,P ( & Andersson) [C48] style: Morphy playing with science and magic, 1857
  • Petrosian,T (2870) - Botvinnik,M (5) [D94] style: Petrosian as constrictor (Moscow WCh), 1963
  • Smyslov,V - Liberson,V [A25] style: Smyslov the adaptable (URS-ch), 1968
  • Larsen,B - Spassky,B (m. URS-world) [A01] style: Spassky as cool attacker (Belgrade), 1970
  • Staunton,H - Williams,E (8) [A02] style: Staunton in close game (London m.), 1851
  • andersson,adolf - steinitz,wilhelm [C65] style: Steinitz in close game, 1993
  • Tal,M - Smyslov,V [B10] style: Tal on the attack (JUG ct), 1959
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