Great games of the 20th Century

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Great games of the 20th Century
Compiled by LIFE Master AJ

Yes, I know Soltis did a book on the subject.

I also know that he included poorly-played games, draws and postal games in that collection. So here is my collection.

This collection will be dedicated to the best games of the last century. However, I won't pick run-of-the-mill games, mind you. I want only those games that are clearly a cut above everything else. (E-mail me with your ideas and suggestions ... LifeMasterAJ@yahoo.com.)

Friday; September 18th, 2009: I decided I was waiting on "the greatest games of all time ..." In the end, this meant that no game was good enough to add. Well, the heck with that, when I see a game I really like, I am going to add it.

An extremely well-played game by Spassky.
Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1958
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0
Maybe Capa's best game? (Many GM's think so.)
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
An interesting and a historic encounter.
Fischer vs Tal, 1960
(C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Black to play, (20... '?'). The key move is wonderful ... A+
C Schultz vs C Carls, 1900
(C45) Scotch Game, 28 moves, 0-1
White to move, 20. '?' [Sunday / May 22nd, 2011.] Outstanding!!
S Atalik vs Sax, 1997
(E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 26 moves, 1-0
Shashin defeats Korchnoi - in grand style!!!
A Shashin vs Korchnoi, 1973
(E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 35 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein wins a beautiful game.
Rubinstein vs M Hirschbein, 1927
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
7 games

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