A Purdy Fine Method of Chess

a study guide for the tactical player

"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials."   - Lin Yutang

The Menagerie

(Anything and Everything Some things just for Fun)

Please note: My Chess Viewer is a great program to view games online; however, there have been some problems with different browsers and operating systems not being able to view the games. If this is the case, simply download the PGN and view at your leisure. Many of the PGN files contain annotation, and in some cases, are more complete than the games shown online.

Title and Description

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(mostly works)

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(always works)

The Expanded Danish: the original model games and several more.

The Expanded Danish 29

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California Shorts from Bill Wall

California Shorts

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Fried Liver Attack, or X-ray Attack

The Fried Liver

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The Blue Knights: definitive collection

The Blue Knights

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Selected Short Games: the quick and easy? Nice to know.

Selected Short Games

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Purdy Fine Games Vol. 1: General Collection

Purdy Fine Games Vol. 1

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How to Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop: The online viewer doesn't show all of the positions and annotation, download the PGN if you are interested in this material.

Knight and Bishop

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Example of How to Checkmate with Two Bishops

Two Bishops

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Situational Study of Checkmate with Two Knights: download includes the famous "Analysis by Troitsky 1906."

Two Knights

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The chess game played between Tyrell and Sebastian in the movie Blade Runner is based on the "Immortal Game." Anderssen - Kieseritsky, London, 1851

The Immortal Game

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The Evergreen: Anderseen - Dufrense, Berlin, 1852

The Evergreen

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