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64+ games I don't want to forget ...but which don't fit into any other collection and may not be all that special really. 93 games, 1908-2012 A Collection of Games 33 games, 1874-2008 Acuphile Digest That can't be mate! ...no, wait, yes it is, the piece I thought I could capture with is pinned. Note this isn't an indiscriminate collection of checkmates involving pins - I prefer ones that a) only resulted from some outrageous Oops! move or b) were particularly artistic :-) 11 games, 1830-1993 Acuphile Digest II Without the checkmate aspect :) 1 game, 1975 Aronian on the value of queens A queen is stronger than a rook and a minor piece together... unless you ask GM Levon Aronian, who seems perfectly confident in taking the latter. Below are some examples of this "Aronian exchange" :-) <WARNING: just because it works for Aronian doesn't mean it will work for you.> 12 games, 1999-2012 Castling mishaps Sometimes it's surprisingly hard to visualize the position after castling... or then you just fall asleep. This collection only showcases players of reasonable strength miscastling; sure, there are many recorded cases of really atrocious castling by weaklings (behold C Dinwoodie vs G Salmon, 1941 and P Rossi vs A Guerra, 2005) but they aren't even <supposed> to see it coming. (Yes, I know Steinitz vs H Voigt, 1885 isn't in here. I'm not sure why, but I suppose I had some really good reason for excluding it so I'm not changing my mind now :p) 9 games, 1986-2008 Funny miniatures Different sort of miniatures - strange examples of weird things occurring! 22 games, 1851-2008 Games to analyse 47 games, 1883-2011 Lékó - Fireless and Boring? Of the current crop of grandmasters, Péter Lékó is known as both one of the greatest positional masters and a genius in the endgame; this is not to say he's weak at tactics, quite the opposite! Lékó can be considered a throwback into the era when positional mastery and deep manoeuvering were valued more than the ability to memorize opening lines or blitz out moves, and his style is often compared to that of the late Bobby Fischer. Lékó entered the chess world as a prodigy and came tantalizingly close to making more than good of that promise when leading with one over Kramnik in their 2004 World Championship Match with just one game to go. As a result of his positional style, beyond the grasp of most chess amateurs and a level above even most grandmasters, Lékó is often underestimated as a player or considered to be boring and drawish. The games in this collection feature both positional and tactical masterpieces, as well as some otherwise notable Lékó successes, and prove that he's quite capable of winning as well as drawing! "My cousin Sammy told me a true slugger - a Szeged slugger - will always swing for the fences, and that is exactly what I am going to do. I am going to knock Kramnik out of the room with my 'home run punch.' My trainer and I have been developing it in camp. I just hope Vladimir's head is screwed on tight or it may end up on top of the demonstration board!" "I will knock Kramnik senseless. He is going down in game five. And he is going down HARD!" - Péter Lékó after game 4 of the Kramnik-Lékó World Championship Match (at least according to <offramp>...) Note that several other Lékó game collections exist or have existed, and I have shamelessly stolen from them to make my job of finding notable Lékó games easier :) 59 games, 1995-2012 Mates we love Everyone knows the type of romantic game that makes us excited - lots of pieces are sacrificed, until finally mate results. The more material has gone down the drain, the better - beauty, it would appear, is mathematical. Just witness "The Immortal Game" Anderssen-Kieseritzky, which shares 1st place in the "mate most material down" category! 50 games, 1765-2006 Missing things 4 games, 1972-2002 Modern overprotection games 1 game, 2011 More Fawn Pawns Behold the deadly power of the <Fawn Pawn>! A temporary supplement to Game Collection: Fawn Pawns See also Game Collection: 55b_Middlegames_Sargnagel on h6 93 games, 1819-2011 My favourite games Not my favourite games 23 games, 1922-2009 Neat tactical tricks "Well, okay, that was pretty but not all that difficult to spot really." Or maybe it was, if I forgot the above stipulation and just threw a neat tactical trick into this collection. 32 games, 1844-2012 Openings for White according to brankat User: brankat is well known as a frighteningly strong player, particularly famous for his often unorthodox opening play. The central principle of his early moves is that pawns should fearlessly advance to the central squares c4, d4, e4, f4. These, as basic theory tells us, are the most exposed available but with accurate and courageous play this may perhaps be sustained. The games in this collection show brankat's opening principles in action. 16 games, 1849-2008 Owen Defense A hundred and one bits of living chess theory - a collection of important 1.e4 b6 games! These 101 games feature practical examples of almost all sensible variations in the Owen - not even grandmasters can prepare better than you can with this modern theory collection! Study these games and you'll find yourself a master of the King of Openings!! :) 101 games, 1976-2006 Pity it's not sound... 1 game, 1972 Rambling Rooks Witness rooks selflessly throw theirselves at the opponent's mercy again and again... until there is no choice but to take them and accept draw by stalemate. This collection does not currently include games such as Zappa vs Rybka, 2007 where a rook goes rambling for a different reason. It also doesn't include games like A E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905 where a rook goes rambling but fails to ensure draw, or cases like R Griffa vs A Everet, 2001 where the Rambling Rook can easily be declined. Also left out have been rooks such as those in Ghitescu vs Matulovic, 1966 or Gufeld vs M Mukhitdinov, 1961 who do throw theirselves at the king's mercy for stalemate but don't actually <ramble> - I admit those are borderline cases. Not in are games where Rambling Rooks could have happened but didn't; or some cases like A Romero Holmes vs B Kantsler, 2002 and Shredder vs Gull, 2013 where we see multi-sacrificial combinations for stalemate - I want the rook alone to take the leading role. All of the above are also interesting, and I may at some point do another collection for them. 21 games, 1925-2012 Random games 35 games, 1798-2010

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