Petrov: Modern Exchange (5...Bd6)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.Qf3 O-O 7.O-O Nf6 8.h3 Nc6 9.Qf4 Re8 10.Re1 Nb4 11.Nc3 Nxd3 12.cxd3 c6 13.Qg5 Qc7 14.Bf4 h6 15.Qg3 Nh5 16.Qf3 Nxf4 17.Qxf4 f6 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rac1 Qb8 20.Rxc8 Qxc8 21.a3 fxe5 22.dxe5 Bc7 23.b4 Qe6 24.d4 Bb6 25.Rc1 Rac8 26.Re1 Rc4 27.Rd1 Rf8

London: 3.Bb4+

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 Bb4+ 4.c3 Be7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Qc2 a6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.O-O-O Nxf2 14.Rhf1 Nxd1 15.Qxd1 Kg8 16.Qh5 g6 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Qxg6+ Kh8 19.Rf3 Rxf4 20.exf4 Bh4 21.Rh3 c5 22.Nf3 Be8 23.Qg4 Bg6 24.Qxg6 d4 25.Ng5 Qxg5 26.Qxg5 dxc3 27.Rxh4#

King's English: 3.Qb3 (1600)

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Qb3 Bc5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Re8 7.O-O e4 8.Qb5 d6 9.Be2 exf3 10.Bxf3 Bd7 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 Nb4 13.Qa5 Nc2 14.d4 Bb6 15.Qg5 Nxa1 16.h3 Nc2 17.b3 Nxd4 18.exd4 Bxd4 19.Qd2 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Bf5 21.Qd4 Rb6 22.c5 dxc5 23.Qxc5 Be6 24.Re1 Qd6 25.Qc3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.Bd2 Rbd6 28.Qc2 Qd7 29.Bd5 Rxd5 30.Qc3 Rxd2

London: Chu Shao Min's Gambit (1624)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e5 4.dxe5 Ne4 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.Nxe4 dxe4 7.Qxd8+ Nxd8 8.Nd4 Ne6 9.Nxe6 Bxe6 10.O-O-O Bxa2 11.e6 Bxe6 12.Bxc7 Rc8 13.Ba5 b6 14.Bc3 a5 15.e3 f6 16.Bb5+ Kf7 17.Bd7 Rc7 18.Bxe6+ Kxe6 19.Rd2 Bd6 20.Rhd1 Bxh2 21.g3 Rc6 22.Rh1 Rxc3 23.bxc3 Bxg3 24.fxg3 h5 25.Rhd1 Kf5 26.Rf2+ Kg4 27.Rf4+ Kxg3 28.Rg1+ Kh3 29.Rxg7 Rc8 30.Rf5 h4 31.Kb2 Rc6 32.Rg6 Rc7 33.Rfxf6 b5 34.Rf5 Rb7 35.Rgg5 a4 36.Rxb5 Rc7 37.Rbe5 a3+ 38.Kxa3 Rxc3+ 39.Kb2 Rxe3 40.c4 Kh2 41.c5 h3 42.c6 Re1 43.c7 Re2+ 44.Kb3 Re3+ 45.Kb4 Rb3+ 46.Kxb3

Italian Four Knights: 4.Bd3 (1622)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bd3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.d3 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Rxf6 11.g3 Qf8 12.Kg2 Qf7 13.Na4 Bb6 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.Qe2 Rf8 16.Ne1 Nd4 17.Qd2 Nf3 18.Nxf3 Rxf3 19.Kg1 Qg6 20.h3 h5 21.a4 h4 22.g4 Rxh3 23.g5 Qh5 24.f4 Qg4+ 25.Qg2 Rg3 26.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 27.Kh1 Rxf4

Pirc: 3...Bd7 (1623)

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.Bd3 a6 7.O-O Nb4 8.Bc4 e6 9.a3 Nc6 10.Re1 b5 11.Bb3 Bg7 12.d5 Na5 13.dxe6 fxe6 14.e5 Nxb3 15.cxb3 dxe5 16.Nxe5 O-O 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Bg3 Nc5 19.b4 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Na4 22.Bxc7 Nxc3 23.Rd6 Rac8 24.Bb6 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Nf4 26.g3 Nd5 27.Bc5 Nc7 28.Bb6 Nd5 29.Rdxe6 Rc2 30.R1e2 Rc3 31.Bc5 Rf6 32.Re8+ Kg7 33.Bd4 Rxa3 34.Bxf6+ Kxf6 35.Rd8 Nxb4 36.Rd7 h6 37.Rd6+ Kf5 38.Ree6 a5 39.Rxg6 h5 40.Rgf6+ Ke4 41.Kg2 a4 42.Rfe6+ Kf5 43.Kh3 Nd3 44.Rf6+ Ke4 45.Kg2 Nb4 46.f3+ Ke5 47.Rfe6+ Kf5 48.f4 Ra2+ 49.Kh3 Nd3 50.Rh6 Nf2+ 51.Kh4 b4 52.Rxh5+ Ke4 53.Re5+ Kf3 54.f5 Ne4 55.Rd3+ Ke2 56.Rd4 Kf3 57.Rexe4 Rxh2+ 58.Kg5 a3 59.Rxb4 a2 60.Rf4+ Kxg3 61.Rb3+ Kg2 62.Rb2+ Kg3 63.Rb3+ Kg2 64.Ra3 Kg1 65.f6 Rg2+ 66.Kf5 Rb2 67.f7 Rb5+ 68.Kg6 Rb6+ 69.Kg7
-Adam Rinkleff

Chua's Opening: 3...exf4 (1624: 30'5)

1.h4 d5 2.d3 e5 3.f4 exf4 4.Bxf4 Bd6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Be6 7.Nb5 Bxf4 8.Qxf4 Na6 9.Nf3 c6 10.Nd6+ Ke7 11.Nxb7 Qb6 12.Qd6+ Ke8 13.Qg3 Rg8 14.Nd6+ Ke7 15.O-O-O Rab8 16.b3 Nb4 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Kb1 a5 20.d4 a4 21.c3 Nxa2 22.Ka1 Qxb3 23.Nc8+ Kd8 24.Qd6+ Kxc8 25.Qxc6+ Kd8 26.Qd6+ Nd7 27.Rh3 Qb2#

London System: #...Ne4, #...Bg4 (1625: 30'5)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Ne4 4.Nbd2 Nc6 5.e3 Bg4 6.Bd3 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Bxf38.gxf3 e6 9.Rg1 Nb4 10.Bb5+ c6 11.Be2 Qh4 12.c3 g5 13.Bg3 Qh3 14.cxb4 O-O-O 15.f4 g4 16.Bf1 Qh5 17.Rh1 Qg6 18.h4 f5 19.h5 Qf7 20.b5 Rd6 21.bxc6 Rxc6 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 23.Qxc1+ Kb8 24.Bd3 Bb4+ 25.Ke2 Rc8 26.Qb1 a6 27.Rc1 Qxh5 28.Rxc8+ Kxc8 29.Qc2+ Kb8 30.Qa4 Be7 31.Qd7 Qf7 32.Bh4 g3 33.fxg3 Qh5+ 34.Kd2 Bxh4 35.gxh4 Qg6 36.Qd8+ Ka7 37.Qg5 Qf7 38.h5 Qf8 39.h6 Qb4+ 40.Kc2 Qa4+ 41.Kc1 Qa5 42.Qg1 Qxa2 43.Bb1 Qc4+ 44.Bc2 Qe2 45.Kb1 a5 46.Bd1 Qd2 47.Bc2 Qe2 48.Qg3 Kb6 49.Kc1 Ka7 50.Bd1 Qd3 51.Qf3 Kb8 52.Qe2 Qe4 53.Qf3 Qd3 54.Bc2 Qb5 55.Qd1 Qb4 56.Qd2 Qb5 57.Qd3 Qc6 58.Qc3 Qxc3 59.bxc3 Kc7 60.Ba4 Kd6 61.Kb2 Kc7 62.Be8 Kd6 63.Bf7 b5 64.Bg8 b4 65.cxb4 axb4 66.Bxh7 Ke7 67.Bxf5 Kd6 68.Bd3 Ke7 69.h7

London System, #...d6, #.c4 (1625, 30'5)

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.c4 Nh5 5.Bg3 Bf5 6.e3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nb4 9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Bxe4 Bxe4 11.d5 Bxf3 12.gxf3 b5 13.Qxb5 Qd7 14.dxc6 Qe6 15.Qd5 Qf6 16.Nc3 e6 17.Qe4 g5 18.Ke2 Rb8 19.Rab1 h5 20.h4 Bg7 21.hxg5 Qxg5 22.Bh4 Qc5 23.Nb5 Rxb5 24.cxb5 Qxb5+ 25.Qd3 Qxc6 26.Rhg1 Be5 27.f4 Qa4 28.fxe5 Qxh4 29.exd6 cxd6 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.exd4 a5 32.b4 axb4 33.Rxb4 Ke7 34.a4 Kf6 35.a5 h4 36.a6 h3 37.a7 h2 38.Rh1 Kf5 39.Ra4 Ra8 40.Rxh2 Ke4 41.Rh7

Balloon Boy

I feel sorry for the Balloon Boy family. It is disgusting how vindictive people are. If you do one thing wrong, the mob wants to destroy you. If you do two things wrong, they want to torture you! In the Bible, Heyzeus said that you shouldn't judge others, but so-called Christians are often the most judgmental. Well, hypocrisy is a sin, although you can't convince hypocrites of their evil, because they are convinced that they are fine upstanding people. Yes, yes, I know the Balloon Boy family is pretty screwed up, but what business is it of yours? So what, they let a balloon get loose... I don't really care! Everyone is whining about how they could have caused a major plane crash? Really? I mean, maybe. But they didn't. The balloon was less dangerous than a flock of birds! And meanwhile everyone is whining about how expensive it was to have police chasing down the balloon. Well, if the police don't want to do that... maybe they should get new jobs? What the hell, it costs just as much for police to sit and eat doughnuts. At least this way, they got some practice in search & rescue training! Ultimately, one thing is for sure, attacking this family does nothing to make the world a better place. If they let off more balloons, then maybe press criminal charges, but for now its time to move on. Its really past time for people to just grow up. Psychologists have proven that negative reinforcement is not an appropriate means of addressing crime. Case closed.

Anti-Torre: 3.Ne5 (1621, 30'5)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.Ne5 Bh5 4.h3 Nc6 5.g4 Bg6 6.e3 Be4 7.f3 Nxe5 8.fxe4 Nc6 9.e5 e6 10.c4 Qh4+ 11.Kd2 Nb4 12.a3 Qf2+ 13.Qe2 Qxe2+ 14.Bxe2 Na6 15.c5 c6 16.Bxa6 bxa6 17.Kc2 Rb8 18.Bd2 h5 19.g5 Ne7 20.h4 Nf5 21.Rh3 Be7 22.Ba5 O-O 23.Bc7 Rb7 24.Bd6 Re8 25.Nc3 Bd8 26.Ne2 a5 27.Rb1 a4 28.Kd3 Rb3+ 29.Nc3 Ba5 30.Kc2 Bxc3 31.bxc3 Rxa3 32.Kb2 Rb3+ 33.Kc2 Rxb1 34.Kxb1 Kh7 35.Ka2 Kg6 36.Ka3 a6 37.Kxa4 Ra8 38.Ka5 Ra7 39.Kb6 Ra8 40.Kxc6 Rc8+ 41.Kb7 Rd8 42.c6 Nxd6+ 43.exd6 Rxd6 44.c7 Rd7 45.Kb8 Rxc7 46.Kxc7 a5 47. Rh1 a4 48.Ra1 Kf5 49.Rxa4 Ke4 50.Kd7 Kxe3 51.Ke7 Kd3 52.Kxf7 Kxc3 53.Kxg7

-Adam Rinkleff

London System, #...g6, #...h6

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.c3 h6 5.Nbd2 g5 6.Bg3 d6 7.e4 Rg8 8.Bc4 Nh5 9.Qb3 e6 10.O-O Nf4 11.Rfe1 Nc6 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Nf3 h5 15.Nxe5 dxe5 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.Bb5+ Bd7 18.Bxd7+ Qxd7 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Qxb7 Rd8 21.Qxc7 Nd3 22.Re3 h4 23.Rexd3 1-0

King's Gambit Accepted: #.Nc3, #.Bc4

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Ne5 d6 7.b4 Bxb4 8.Nf3 Bxc3 9.dxc3 Nxe4 10.Bxf4 Nxc3 11.Qd4 Re8+ 12.Kf2 Ne4+ 13.Kg1 Qf6 14.Be3 Qxd4 15.Bxd4 Be6 16.Bd3 Nc5 17.Kf2 Nxd3+ 18.cxd3 Nc6 19.Bc3 Bd5 20.Rab1 Ne5 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.a4 f6 23.Rhc1 b6 24.Bd2 c5 25.Kg3 Bc6 26.Rc4 Rad8 27.Rb3 Bd5 28.Bc1 Bxc4 29.dxc4 Rd4

London System, #...g6, #...Bf5

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bf4 g6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bf5 7.O-O a5 8.a4 Nbd5 9.Bg3 c6 10.Nbd2 Bg7 11.Re1 O-O 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qd7 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.Nh4 Bg4 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Bc4 d5 18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 e6 20.Nf3 Qe7 21.Be5 b6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rae1 h6 24.Nd1 Rg8 25.c3 Na2 26.b3 Nb4 27.cxb4 axb4 28.Ne3 c5 29.dxc5 bxc5 30.Nxd5 Rxd5 31.Qxd5 Rd8 32.Qe5+ Kg8 33.Rd2

King's Indian Attack: London Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nc6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd6 8.Qxc4 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Bd2 Qf6 12.Rac1 Rab8 13.Be3 Bd5 14.Qd3 Nb4 15.Qb5 Nxa2 16.Ra1 a6 17.Qa5 Nb4 18.Ne5 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Nd5 20.Nd3 Qg6 21.Kg1 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bxg3 23.hxg3 Qxg3+ 24.Kh1 Qxe3 25.Qxc7 Qxe2 26.Ne5 Rbc8 27.Qxb7 Rc2 28.Ng4 Qxg4 29.Rxf7 Qh3+ 30.Kg1 Qh2+