Even the simplest of questions may lead to the deepest mysteries of the universe.
-- Silentius
a work in progress by
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Jose Morais

MANika LIRika -- A sound of chess -- Spassky, Boris V VS Fischer, Robert James - World Championship 28th - Reykjavik Round "3" 1972 0-1

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[Event "World Championship 28th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[ECO "A77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Bxh5 gxh5 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Ne3 Qh4 15.Bd2 Ng4
16.Nxg4 hxg4 17.Bf4 Qf6 18.g3 Bd7 19.a4 b6 20.Rfe1 a6 21.Re2 b5 22.Rae1 Qg6
23.b3 Re7 24.Qd3 Rb8 25.axb5 axb5 26.b4 c4 27.Qd2 Rbe8 28.Re3 h5 29.R3e2 Kh7
30.Re3 Kg8 31.R3e2 Bxc3 32.Qxc3 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Qxe4 35.Bh6 Qg6
36.Bc1 Qb1 37.Kf1 Bf5 38.Ke2 Qe4+ 39.Qe3 Qc2+ 40.Qd2 Qb3 41.Qd4 Bd3+ 0-1

MANika LIRika -- A sound of chess -- Dancing Chess - distant_memory vs eternal_now

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[Event "dancing game"]
[Site "cosmic vibes"]
[Date "2009.04.07"]
[Round "1999"]
[White "distant memory"]
[Black "eternal now"]
[Result "*"]

1. a4 a5 2. b4 b5 3. c4 c5 4. d4 d5 5. e4 e5 6. f4 f5 7. g4 g5 8. h4 h5 9.
cxd5 bxa4 10. Ba6 fxe4 11. gxh5 Bh3 12. Nf3 Nf6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. fxe5 gxh4
15. Bh6 cxd4 16. bxa5 Ba3 17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Bb5 Bb4 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. Rhe1
Rhe8 21. Nxd4 Nxe5 22. Nxe4 Nxd5 23. Bxa4 Bxa5 24. Re3 Re6 25. Rxh3 Rxh6
26. Rxh4 Rxh5 27. Qxd5 Qxd4 28. Qxe5 Qxe4 29. Kb2 Kb7 30. Rd3 Rd6 31. Kb3
Kb6 32. Rh2 Rh7 33. Rc2 Rc7 34. Bc6 Bc3 35. Qxc3 Qxc6 36. Qxc6+ Rcxc6 37.
Rxc6+ Kxc6 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. Kd2 Ke6 40. Ke3 Rxd3+ 41. Kxd3 Kd6 42. Kd2 Kd7
43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Kc4 Ke5 45. Kb5 Kf4 46. Kc6 Ke3 47. Kd6 Kd3 48. Ke5 Kc4
*

MANika LIRika -- A sound of chess - Ignis VS vectorspace - ICS rated standard match - 2005.05.06 1-0

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[Event "ICS rated standard match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Ignis"]
[Black "vectorspace"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1660"]
[TimeControl "600+12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Bg5 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8.
h3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Na5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qa4 b6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Nxd5 Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rb1 Rfe8 18. O-O Bf5 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20.
Qxd3 Rxb2 21. Rxb2 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Rb5 c4 24. Qd7 Ra8 25. Rxa5 Qb1+
26. Kh2 c3 27. Rxa7 Qb8+ 28. Rc7 c2 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qxg7#
{vectorspace checkmated} 1-0

MANika LIRika -- Urban noise and chess -- Grob, Henry VS Lasker, Emanuel - Zuerich 1934 0-1

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[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grob, Henry"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C90"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5
9.Bc2 c5 10.d3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.h3 Qc7 13.a4 Be6 14.Nf1 Nd7 15.Qe2 Nb6
16.axb5 axb5 17.Be3 d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Bd2 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 f5 21.b3 Bd6 22.Ne3 b4
23.Nc4 Kh8 24.Re1 Nd7 25.Nxd6 Qxd6 26.Ra1 Nf6 27.Ra6 bxc3 28.Bxc3 Nd4 29.Bxd4 Qxa6
30.Bxc5 Re8 31.b4 Nd7 32.Qd1 Nxc5 33.bxc5 Qa3 34.Ng5 h6 35.d4 e4 36.h4 e3
37.Nh3 exf2+ 38.Nxf2 Qg3 39.Be4 Bxe4 40.Nxe4 Rxe4 0-1