SPOT ON CHESS PUZZLES: Wednesday March 15th, 2023

SPOT ON... chess game for your viewing pleasure today!

Phenomenal game... played way back when in 1620. Greco versus "NN" - which stands for No Name! We don't know who his opponent was, which is a shame. Because that person would have been recognized for leaving behind a beautiful contribution to World Chess Art - despite having lost the game. So... make sure you know how to record a game of chess!

I hope you learned a little something from today's tactical chess Puzzle... please find the game given in PGN notation down below and enjoy this masterpiece! ~ Sean.

[Event "Casual Chess Game"]
[Site "Italy?"]
[Date "1620.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "NN"]
[Black "Gioachino Greco"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be3 c4 7.b3 b5
8.a4 a6 9.axb5 axb5 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.bxc4 dxc4 12.Be2 Nge7
13.O-O Nd5 14.Bd2 Be7 15.Ng5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 O-O 17.Bf3 Na5
18.Bxd5 Qxd5 19.f4 Bc6 20.Qd2 Nb3 21.Qc2 Nxd4 22.cxd4 Qxd4+
23.Kh1 Be4 24.Qc3 Qc5 25.Nd2 Bd3 26.Rc1 Rc8 27.Nb3 cxb3
28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Rxc5 h6 30.Rc3 b2 31.Rb3 b1=Q+ 32.Rxb1 Bxb1
33.Be7 Kh7 34.g4 Be4+ 35.Kg1 Bf3 36.h3 h5 37.g5 Kg6 38.Kf2 Bd5
39.Ke3 h4 40.Kf2 Kf5 41.Ke3 Bg2 42.Bf8 g6 43.Bb4 Bxh3 44.Be1
Kg4 45.Bd2 Bg2 46.Kf2 h3 47.Bc1 Bd5 48.Kg1 Kg3 49.Be3 h2+
50.Kf1 h1=Q+ 0-1