Top 20 Most Popular Sicilian Defense Variations
185 • zolpi •- Pin Variation (LEAST popular)
- Wing Gambit
- Smith-Morra Gambit
- Scheveningen
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Top 5 Most Popular Countergambits
59 • zolpi •- Blumenfeld Countergambit
- Albin Countergambit
- Falkbeer Countergambit
- Von Hennig-Schara Gambit (Countergambit)
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Beat the Sicilian Najdorf with the Classical Variation
61 • zolpi •- Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura, 2011
- Awonder Liang vs Kayden Troff, 2016
- Fridrik Olafsson vs Lubomir Kavalek, 1974
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Blackburne Masterpieces
18 • zolpi •- NN vs Blackburne, 1884
- Blackburne vs NN, 1863 10b blindfold simul
- Blackburne vs Leverson, 1885
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Bobby Fischer Winning Quickly
22 • zolpi •- Fischer, Robert James - Fine, Reuben
- Ghitescu, Theodor - Fischer, Robert James
- Rivera, D. - Fischer, Robert James
- Fischer, Robert James - Dely, Peter
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Typical Mating Patterns #1: Back Rank Checkmate
9 • zolpi •- Back Rank Mate
- Tal Haimovich - Viacheslav Slovineanu
- Benjamin Markovich Blumenfeld - Alexander Alekhine
- Lev Polugaevsky - Johannes Eising
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Typical Mating Patterns #2: Anastasia's Mate
23 • zolpi •- Anastasia's Mate
- Anastasia's Mate (simple sacrifice)
- Emanuel Lasker - Fortuijn
- Sergei Karjakin - Tauno Metsalu
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Typical Checkmate Patterns #3: Arabian Mate
12 • zolpi •- Arabian Mate #1
- Arabian Mate #2
- Zaven Andriasian - Brent Burg
- Reiner - Wilhelm Steinitz
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Typical Checkmate Patterns #4: Boden's Mate
9 • zolpi •- Boden's Mate #1
- Boden's Mate #2 (Queen Sac)
- R Schulder - Samuel Standidge Boden
- Edward Lasker - Fritz Englund
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Nakamura Trapping the Opponent's Queen
12 • zolpi •- Bareev, Evgeny - Nakamura, Hikaru
- Nakamura, Hikaru - Hawkins, Jonathan J
- Nakamura, Hikaru - Carlsen, Magnus
- Nakamura, Hikaru - Van Wely, Loek
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Morphy Winning Quickly with the Evan's Gambit
15 • zolpi •- Paul Morphy - Thomas Inglis Hampton
- Paul Morphy - Alonzo Morphy
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