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Whole games won in at most 21 moves – against opponents rated at least 2200. 11,777 games to play through.
Nothing to solve here: the whole game stands beside the board at once – play it through with the arrows or a click on a move, the film shows it by itself. The moves are those of the game, as it was played. Below the board the players and the tournament: a click opens chesstoteles.
ForkPinSkewerDiscovered attackDouble checkDeflectionDecoyOverloadingClearanceIntermezzoMate in 1Mate in 2–3Back-rank mateSmothered mateAnastasia's mateArabian mateBoden's mateEpaulette mateKiss of deathCorridor mateSwallow’s tail mateHook mateMorphy’s matePillsbury’s mateBlackburne’s mateAnderssen’s mateDamiano’s mateGreco’s mateLolli’s mateMax Lange’s mateCozio’s mateMayet’s mateVuković’s mateDavid and Goliath mateOpera mateRéti’s mateLégal’s mateSacrificePromotionMate in 4 or moreWinning materialI · PupilII · GuardianIII · SatrapIV · VizierV · ShahVan Geet OpeningNimzo-Larsen AttackBird OpeningZukertort OpeningKing's Indian AttackRéti OpeningEnglish OpeningEnglund GambitRat DefenseModern DefenseBenoni DefenseIndian DefenseMarienbad SystemQueen's Pawn GameOld Indian DefenseBenko Gambit DeclinedBenko Gambit AcceptedDutch DefenseNimzowitsch DefenseScandinavian DefenseAlekhine DefensePirc DefenseCaro-Kann DefenseSicilian DefenseFrench DefenseKing's Pawn GameCenter GameBishop's OpeningVienna GameKing's Gambit DeclinedKing's Gambit AcceptedLatvian GambitPhilidor DefensePetrov's DefenseScotch GameThree Knights OpeningFour Knights GameItalian GameRuy LopezBlackmar-Diemer Gambit AcceptedRichter-Veresov AttackQueen's Gambit DeclinedSlav DefenseQueen's Gambit AcceptedSemi-Slav DefenseTarrasch DefenseNeo-Grünfeld DefenseGrünfeld DefenseCatalan OpeningBlumenfeld CountergambitBogo-Indian DefenseQueen's Indian DefenseQueen's Indian Defense, with e3Nimzo-Indian DefenseKing's Indian Defense
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VideoEvery puzzle plays its solution by itself, after a short pause the next one comes – to watch and learn.Click: start · again: stopStop the videoNo further puzzle – a solution half played is taken back, the puzzle stands to be solved.