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uncorked a queen sacrifice to obtain a winning material advantage. In the first diagram, White's king is stuck in the center and Black has control of the open e-file. Fischer ignored the threat to his queen and played
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the position in the second diagram was reached. White has only a knight and bishop for his queen and pawn, but his minor pieces are very active and the black queen is out of play. White won on move 28.
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On the other hand, "real" sacrifices, according to
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Gothenburg 1920. In the first diagram Black threatens 9...Bg4 winning the queen, since it must not leave the f2-square unguarded under threat of checkmate. But Spielmann played
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is sometimes called a "queen sacrifice", but since a rook plus two minor pieces is more valuable than the queen, he says it should not be considered a sacrifice.
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to a replacement queen along with some other advantage;
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1220:In another celebrated game by Anderssen, the
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3271:"Carl Pilnick vs Samuel Reshevsky (1942)"
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3411:"Queen Sacrifices" by Edward Winter
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3353:Felipe Castro, Luiz (2020-06-12).
27:In chess, the sacrifice of a queen
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3331:Edward Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912
3308:Gaffney, Matt (1 December 2016).
433:Queen sacrifice: real versus sham
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3252:The game can be played through
2207:The Game of the Century (chess)
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4948:Computer chess championships
3258:The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
3225:The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
3106:World Chess Championship 2016
439:The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
30:For the 1988 short film, see
3181:involving a queen sacrifice.
1957:presented this game against
905:Anderssen vs. Dufresne, 1852
4730:Bishop and knight checkmate
3151:In a friendly game between
3141:sacrifice in order to mate.
1236:Spielmann vs. Moeller, 1920
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4893:Other world championships
2844:Carlsen vs. Karjakin, 2016
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1974:Pilnik vs. Reshevsky, 1942
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3342:Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966
2810:Position after 25...Nxd1
418:or positional advantage.
386:White to move. White can
4867:World Chess Championship
3833:World Chess Hall of Fame
427:to describe chess moves.
5161:Simultaneous exhibition
5071:Chess newspaper columns
4760:Rook and bishop vs rook
4750:Queen and pawn vs queen
2821:The Game of the Century
2201:Byrne vs. Fischer, 1956
517:clearing the way for a
18:Queen sacrifice example
4616:Richter–Veresov Attack
4604:Queen's Indian Defence
445:distinguishes between
32:Queen Sacrifice (film)
4877:Candidates Tournament
4765:Rook and pawn vs rook
4735:King and pawn vs king
4686:List of chess gambits
4589:King's Indian Defence
4267:Isolated Queen's Pawn
3791:List of chess players
3733:Top player comparison
3532:Internet chess server
3171:, where it was mated.
2832:. The game continued
1944:Position after 13.h4
1228:. The game continued
885:A celebrated game by
4594:Nimzo-Indian Defence
4490:Scandinavian Defense
4451:Semi-Italian Opening
4356:King's Indian Attack
4245:first-move advantage
3898:Threefold repetition
3823:Bobby Fischer Center
3708:Charlemagne chessmen
3702:Göttingen manuscript
3507:Correspondence chess
4822:Two knights endgame
4574:Bogo-Indian Defence
4461:Two Knights Defense
4401:Nimzowitsch Defence
4091:Artificial castling
3728:Soviet chess school
3603:Dubrovnik chess set
3124:Other notable games
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4599:Old Indian Defense
4509:Accelerated Dragon
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4113:Checkmate patterns
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3740:Geography of chess
3608:Staunton chess set
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4531:Queen's Pawn Game
4411:Four Knights Game
4386:Caro–Kann Defence
4351:Zukertort Opening
4138:Discovered attack
3858:Cheating in chess
3695:Versus de scachis
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4584:Grünfeld Defence
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2213:
2195:Samuel Reshevsky
2083:
2082:
2076:
2075:
2069:
2068:
2062:
2061:
2055:
2054:
2048:
2047:
2041:
2040:
2034:
2033:
2027:
2026:
2021:
2020:
1980:
1955:Rudolf Spielmann
1847:
1846:
1840:
1839:
1833:
1832:
1826:
1825:
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1818:
1812:
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991:
985:
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917:
783:
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748:
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734:
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443:Rudolf Spielmann
289:
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240:
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142:
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135:
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128:
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114:
113:
107:
106:
100:
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93:
92:
86:
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80:
79:
39:
21:
5232:
5231:
5227:
5226:
5225:
5223:
5222:
5221:
5202:
5201:
5200:
5195:
5178:
5170:
5080:
5066:Chess libraries
4983:
4887:FIDE Grand Prix
4882:Chess World Cup
4836:
4832:Wrong rook pawn
4770:Lucena position
4712:
4662:
4579:Catalan Opening
4554:English Defence
4539:Budapest Gambit
4525:
4483:Austrian Attack
4367:
4336:English Opening
4298:
4294:School of chess
4277:Minority attack
4209:
4178:Queen sacrifice
4077:
3938:
3934:White and Black
3929:Touch-move rule
3888:Perpetual check
3883:Fifty-move rule
3839:
3675:
3672:
3579:
3449:
3444:
3407:
3402:
3393:
3391:
3380:
3379:
3375:
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3329:
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3307:
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3282:
3278:
3269:
3268:
3264:
3251:
3247:
3242:(in Norwegian).
3240:Lærebok i sjakk
3237:
3236:
3232:
3219:
3218:
3214:
3210:
3197:Luis Paulo Supi
3170:
3146:Gold Coins Game
3140:
3126:
3114:Sergey Karjakin
3102:
3101:
3100:
3004:
3003:
2996:
2989:
2982:
2975:
2968:
2961:
2954:
2947:
2940:
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2926:
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2912:
2905:
2898:
2888:
2846:
2813:
2812:
2811:
2715:
2714:
2707:
2700:
2693:
2686:
2679:
2672:
2665:
2658:
2651:
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2637:
2630:
2623:
2616:
2609:
2602:
2595:
2588:
2578:
2534:
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2436:
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2428:
2421:
2414:
2407:
2400:
2393:
2386:
2379:
2372:
2365:
2358:
2351:
2344:
2337:
2330:
2323:
2316:
2309:
2302:
2295:
2288:
2281:
2274:
2267:
2257:
2209:
2203:
2183:
2182:
2181:
2085:
2084:
2077:
2070:
2063:
2056:
2049:
2042:
2035:
2028:
2018:
1976:
1947:
1946:
1945:
1849:
1848:
1841:
1834:
1827:
1820:
1813:
1806:
1799:
1792:
1785:
1778:
1771:
1764:
1757:
1750:
1743:
1736:
1729:
1722:
1715:
1708:
1701:
1694:
1687:
1680:
1673:
1666:
1659:
1649:
1605:
1604:
1603:
1507:
1506:
1499:
1492:
1485:
1478:
1471:
1464:
1457:
1450:
1443:
1436:
1429:
1422:
1415:
1408:
1401:
1394:
1387:
1380:
1373:
1366:
1359:
1352:
1345:
1338:
1331:
1324:
1317:
1310:
1303:
1296:
1286:
1238:
1218:
1217:
1216:
1215:White to move
1120:
1119:
1112:
1105:
1098:
1091:
1084:
1077:
1070:
1063:
1056:
1049:
1042:
1035:
1028:
1021:
1014:
1007:
1000:
993:
986:
979:
972:
965:
955:
913:
907:
887:Adolf Anderssen
883:
882:
881:
785:
784:
777:
770:
763:
756:
749:
742:
735:
728:
721:
714:
707:
700:
693:
686:
679:
672:
665:
658:
651:
644:
637:
630:
623:
613:
571:
565:
560:
553:
495:
488:after a forced
487:
470:perpetual check
463:
435:
430:
429:
428:
406:is a move that
404:queen sacrifice
396:
395:
394:
291:
290:
283:
276:
269:
262:
255:
248:
241:
234:
227:
220:
213:
206:
199:
192:
185:
178:
171:
164:
157:
150:
143:
136:
129:
122:
115:
108:
101:
94:
87:
77:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
5230:
5228:
5220:
5219:
5214:
5204:
5203:
5197:
5196:
5194:
5193:
5188:
5175:
5172:
5171:
5169:
5168:
5163:
5158:
5153:
5152:
5151:
5146:
5136:
5135:
5134:
5129:
5124:
5119:
5109:
5107:Chess composer
5104:
5099:
5094:
5088:
5086:
5082:
5081:
5079:
5078:
5073:
5068:
5063:
5062:
5061:
5054:
5049:
5039:
5038:
5037:
5032:
5027:
5022:
5017:
5012:
5002:
4997:
4991:
4989:
4985:
4984:
4982:
4981:
4980:
4979:
4974:
4969:
4964:
4962:North American
4959:
4954:
4946:
4945:
4944:
4939:
4934:
4929:
4924:
4919:
4914:
4909:
4904:
4899:
4891:
4890:
4889:
4884:
4879:
4874:
4864:
4863:
4862:
4855:Chess Olympiad
4852:
4846:
4844:
4838:
4837:
4835:
4834:
4829:
4824:
4819:
4814:
4809:
4808:
4807:
4802:
4797:
4792:
4787:
4779:
4778:
4777:
4772:
4762:
4757:
4752:
4747:
4742:
4737:
4732:
4726:
4724:
4718:
4717:
4714:
4713:
4711:
4710:
4709:
4708:
4706:Scholar's mate
4703:
4698:
4688:
4683:
4682:
4681:
4670:
4668:
4664:
4663:
4661:
4660:
4655:
4650:
4649:
4648:
4643:
4638:
4633:
4628:
4621:Queen's Gambit
4618:
4613:
4608:
4607:
4606:
4601:
4596:
4591:
4586:
4581:
4576:
4571:
4566:
4564:Benoni Defence
4559:Indian Defence
4556:
4551:
4546:
4541:
4535:
4533:
4527:
4526:
4524:
4523:
4522:
4521:
4516:
4511:
4502:
4492:
4487:
4486:
4485:
4475:
4473:Owen's Defence
4470:
4469:
4468:
4463:
4458:
4453:
4448:
4443:
4438:
4433:
4428:
4423:
4418:
4413:
4403:
4398:
4396:Modern Defence
4393:
4391:French Defence
4388:
4383:
4377:
4375:
4369:
4368:
4366:
4365:
4364:
4363:
4358:
4348:
4343:
4338:
4333:
4328:
4326:Bird's Opening
4323:
4317:
4315:
4306:
4300:
4299:
4297:
4296:
4291:
4286:
4281:
4280:
4279:
4274:
4269:
4264:
4257:Pawn structure
4254:
4249:
4248:
4247:
4237:
4236:
4235:
4225:
4219:
4217:
4211:
4210:
4208:
4207:
4202:
4197:
4192:
4187:
4182:
4181:
4180:
4170:
4165:
4160:
4155:
4150:
4145:
4140:
4135:
4130:
4125:
4120:
4115:
4110:
4105:
4104:
4103:
4101:Alekhine's gun
4093:
4087:
4085:
4079:
4078:
4076:
4075:
4070:
4065:
4060:
4055:
4054:
4053:
4048:
4043:
4038:
4033:
4023:
4018:
4017:
4016:
4014:Half-open file
4006:
4001:
3996:
3991:
3986:
3985:
3984:
3979:
3974:
3969:
3964:
3957:Chess notation
3954:
3948:
3946:
3940:
3939:
3937:
3936:
3931:
3926:
3925:
3924:
3914:
3912:Pawn promotion
3909:
3902:
3901:
3900:
3895:
3890:
3885:
3880:
3870:
3865:
3860:
3855:
3849:
3847:
3841:
3840:
3838:
3837:
3836:
3835:
3830:
3825:
3815:
3813:Women in chess
3810:
3809:
3808:
3803:
3798:
3788:
3783:
3782:
3781:
3776:
3775:
3774:
3769:
3759:
3754:
3753:
3752:
3737:
3736:
3735:
3730:
3725:
3723:Hypermodernism
3720:
3718:Romantic chess
3715:
3713:Lewis chessmen
3710:
3705:
3698:
3685:
3683:
3677:
3676:
3674:
3673:
3666:
3664:
3659:
3654:
3653:
3652:
3647:
3642:
3637:
3632:
3627:
3622:
3612:
3611:
3610:
3605:
3600:
3589:
3587:
3581:
3580:
3578:
3577:
3572:
3571:
3570:
3560:
3559:
3558:
3553:
3551:world rankings
3543:
3542:
3541:
3540:
3539:
3529:
3519:
3514:
3509:
3504:
3503:
3502:
3497:
3492:
3487:
3480:Computer chess
3477:
3476:
3475:
3465:
3459:
3457:
3451:
3450:
3445:
3443:
3442:
3435:
3428:
3420:
3414:
3413:
3406:
3405:External links
3403:
3401:
3400:
3373:
3345:
3334:
3323:
3300:
3284:Graham Burgess
3276:
3262:
3245:
3230:
3211:
3209:
3206:
3205:
3204:
3201:Magnus Carlsen
3189:
3182:
3179:smothered mate
3172:
3164:
3149:
3142:
3134:
3125:
3122:
3110:Magnus Carlsen
3098:
3095:
3094:
3092:
3089:
3086:
3083:
3080:
3077:
3074:
3071:
3068:
3065:
3064:
3061:
3057:
3056:
3053:
3049:
3048:
3045:
3041:
3040:
3037:
3033:
3032:
3029:
3025:
3024:
3021:
3017:
3016:
3013:
3009:
3008:
3005:
2997:
2990:
2983:
2976:
2969:
2962:
2955:
2948:
2941:
2934:
2927:
2920:
2913:
2906:
2899:
2892:
2886:
2884:
2880:
2879:
2877:
2874:
2871:
2868:
2865:
2862:
2859:
2856:
2853:
2848:
2847:
2845:
2842:
2838:back-rank mate
2815:
2814:
2809:
2806:
2805:
2803:
2800:
2797:
2794:
2791:
2788:
2785:
2782:
2779:
2776:
2775:
2772:
2768:
2767:
2764:
2760:
2759:
2756:
2752:
2751:
2748:
2744:
2743:
2740:
2736:
2735:
2732:
2728:
2727:
2724:
2720:
2719:
2716:
2708:
2701:
2694:
2687:
2680:
2673:
2666:
2659:
2652:
2645:
2638:
2631:
2624:
2617:
2610:
2603:
2596:
2589:
2582:
2576:
2574:
2570:
2569:
2567:
2564:
2561:
2558:
2555:
2552:
2549:
2546:
2543:
2538:
2537:
2535:
2531:Black to move
2530:
2527:
2526:
2524:
2521:
2518:
2515:
2512:
2509:
2506:
2503:
2500:
2497:
2496:
2493:
2489:
2488:
2485:
2481:
2480:
2477:
2473:
2472:
2469:
2465:
2464:
2461:
2457:
2456:
2453:
2449:
2448:
2445:
2441:
2440:
2437:
2429:
2422:
2415:
2408:
2401:
2394:
2387:
2380:
2373:
2366:
2359:
2352:
2345:
2338:
2331:
2324:
2317:
2310:
2303:
2296:
2289:
2282:
2275:
2268:
2261:
2255:
2253:
2249:
2248:
2246:
2243:
2240:
2237:
2234:
2231:
2228:
2225:
2222:
2217:
2216:
2205:Main article:
2202:
2199:
2187:Hermann Pilnik
2180:White to move
2179:
2176:
2175:
2173:
2170:
2167:
2164:
2161:
2158:
2155:
2152:
2149:
2146:
2145:
2142:
2138:
2137:
2134:
2130:
2129:
2126:
2122:
2121:
2118:
2114:
2113:
2110:
2106:
2105:
2102:
2098:
2097:
2094:
2090:
2089:
2086:
2078:
2071:
2064:
2057:
2050:
2043:
2036:
2029:
2022:
2016:
2014:
2010:
2009:
2007:
2004:
2001:
1998:
1995:
1992:
1989:
1986:
1983:
1978:
1977:
1975:
1972:
1959:Jorgen Moeller
1949:
1948:
1943:
1940:
1939:
1937:
1934:
1931:
1928:
1925:
1922:
1919:
1916:
1913:
1910:
1909:
1906:
1902:
1901:
1898:
1894:
1893:
1890:
1886:
1885:
1882:
1878:
1877:
1874:
1870:
1869:
1866:
1862:
1861:
1858:
1854:
1853:
1850:
1842:
1835:
1828:
1821:
1814:
1807:
1800:
1793:
1786:
1779:
1772:
1765:
1758:
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1602:White to move
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1222:Evergreen Game
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1199:
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911:Evergreen Game
909:Main article:
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880:White to move
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567:Main article:
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5212:Chess tactics
5210:
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5207:
5192:
5189:
5187:
5182:
5177:
5176:
5173:
5167:
5166:Solving chess
5164:
5162:
5159:
5157:
5156:Chess prodigy
5154:
5150:
5147:
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5142:
5141:
5140:
5139:Chess problem
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5047:opening books
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5036:
5035:short stories
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5023:
5021:
5018:
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4988:Art and media
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4800:triangulation
4798:
4796:
4795:Tarrasch rule
4793:
4791:
4788:
4786:
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4782:
4780:
4776:
4773:
4771:
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4767:
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4758:
4756:
4755:Queen vs pawn
4753:
4751:
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4611:London System
4609:
4605:
4602:
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4597:
4595:
4592:
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4577:
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4569:Modern Benoni
4567:
4565:
4562:
4561:
4560:
4557:
4555:
4552:
4550:
4549:Dutch Defence
4547:
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4427:
4426:King's Gambit
4424:
4422:
4419:
4417:
4414:
4412:
4409:
4408:
4407:
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4402:
4399:
4397:
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4389:
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4370:
4362:
4359:
4357:
4354:
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4352:
4349:
4347:
4344:
4342:
4341:Grob's Attack
4339:
4337:
4334:
4332:
4331:Dunst Opening
4329:
4327:
4324:
4322:
4321:Benko Opening
4319:
4318:
4316:
4314:
4313:Flank opening
4310:
4307:
4305:
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4295:
4292:
4290:
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4282:
4278:
4275:
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4109:
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4068:Transposition
4066:
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4024:
4022:
4019:
4015:
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4010:
4007:
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4000:
3997:
3995:
3992:
3990:
3987:
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3819:
3818:Chess museums
3816:
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3807:
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3802:
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3787:
3786:Notable games
3784:
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3575:World records
3573:
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3546:Rating system
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3238:Bent Larsen.
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3154:
3153:Edward Lasker
3150:
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3128:
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2825:Bobby Fischer
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2127:
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2119:
2116:
2115:
2111:
2108:
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2103:
2100:
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2095:
2092:
2091:
2087:
2012:
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891:Immortal Game
888:
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871:
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607:
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597:
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591:
588:
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582:
579:
577:
576:
570:
569:Immortal Game
562:
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545:
540:
538:
533:
527:
524:
520:
516:
513:
509:
505:
502:
501:
500:
497:
494:
486:
479:
476:if seeking a
475:
471:
467:
462:
455:
452:
448:
444:
440:
432:
426:
419:
417:
413:
409:
405:
401:
393:
389:
380:
377:
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371:
368:
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362:
359:
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349:
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333:
330:
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325:
322:
321:
317:
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293:
71:
70:
67:
64:
61:
58:
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52:
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43:
41:
40:
33:
19:
5112:Chess engine
5097:Chess boxing
5057:
4827:Wrong bishop
4679:theory table
4653:Torre Attack
4636:Slav Defence
4544:Colle System
4519:Scheveningen
4478:Pirc Defence
4421:Italian Game
4416:Giuoco Piano
4361:Réti Opening
4284:Piece values
4272:Maróczy Bind
4233:the exchange
4223:Compensation
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4153:Interference
4143:Double check
3917:Time control
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3878:by agreement
3806:grandmasters
3750:South Africa
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3615:Chess pieces
3522:Online chess
3468:Chess titles
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4701:Fool's mate
4466:Vienna Game
4456:Scotch Game
4289:Prophylaxis
4205:Zwischenzug
4190:Undermining
4158:Overloading
4118:Combination
3967:descriptive
3662:Chess table
3657:Chess clock
3473:Grandmaster
3310:"50.Qh6+!!"
544:Bent Larsen
5206:Categories
5149:joke chess
5102:Chess club
4790:opposition
4252:Middlegame
4240:Initiative
4163:Pawn storm
4128:Deflection
3999:Key square
3989:Fianchetto
3922:Fast chess
3906:En passant
3598:chessboard
3394:2021-02-01
3367:2021-02-01
3316:4 December
3208:References
3137:deflection
3131:Opera Game
2830:17...Be6!!
1226:21.Qxd7+!!
454:sacrifices
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5132:Stockfish
5122:Deep Blue
5117:AlphaZero
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4446:Ruy Lopez
4406:Open Game
4173:Sacrifice
4133:Desperado
4036:connected
4009:Open file
4004:King walk
3962:algebraic
3893:Stalemate
3868:Checkmate
3593:Chess set
3585:Equipment
3292:John Emms
3288:John Nunn
3193:Chess.com
3161:king hunt
3118:50.Qh6+!!
3112:defeated
523:promotion
474:stalemate
466:checkmate
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5191:Category
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4805:Zugzwang
4785:fortress
4722:Endgames
4631:Declined
4626:Accepted
4304:Openings
4262:Hedgehog
4228:Exchange
4215:Strategy
4195:Windmill
4046:isolated
4031:backward
3853:Castling
3796:amateurs
3689:Timeline
3563:Variants
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5092:Arbiter
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4942:Solving
4932:Amateur
4514:Najdorf
4096:Battery
4083:Tactics
4058:Swindle
4041:doubled
4021:Outpost
3952:Blunder
3767:Armenia
3681:History
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3129:In the
3104:In the
2193:, when
512:knights
5030:poetry
5020:novels
4995:Caïssa
4927:Senior
4917:Junior
4505:Dragon
4500:Alapin
4185:Skewer
4051:passed
3994:Gambit
3801:female
3762:Europe
3745:Africa
3640:Knight
3635:Bishop
3298:, 2010
3290:, and
1963:9.Nd2!
889:, the
460:forced
4977:WCSCC
4922:Youth
4912:Blitz
4907:Rapid
4897:Women
4860:Women
4812:Study
4667:Other
4200:X-ray
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4108:Block
4063:Tempo
4026:Pawns
3944:Terms
3863:Check
3845:Rules
3779:India
3772:Spain
3757:China
3650:Fairy
3625:Queen
3556:norms
3447:Chess
412:queen
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5015:film
4972:WCCC
4967:TCEC
4957:CSVN
4902:Team
4872:List
4148:Fork
4073:Trap
3873:Draw
3645:Pawn
3630:Rook
3620:King
3568:List
3537:list
3512:FIDE
3360:Veja
3318:2016
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