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jsteward's favorite games #2
Compiled by jsteward
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from the bring of disaster!......a win!

.....from the brink of disaster
B Verlinsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 39 moves, 1-0

.in the end knight and rooks work together for mate!
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0

time lose?
Nakamura vs Anand, 2014 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

promoting te pawn for back rank mate!
A Tate vs G Klein, 2014
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1-0

a marley puzzle
Yates vs Reti, 1924 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0

working the knights!.6th rank pawn......
M Ashley vs A Skripchenko, 1998
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0

queen gambit accepted;pawnadvance.....surgical!
Kasparov vs F Thanopoulos, 1996 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1-0

rooks work to 8th rank mate
J Polgar vs Kasparov, 2002 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

marley puzzle #2
G Kjartansson vs J Rety, 2005 
(B07) Pirc, 28 moves, 1-0

two black grand masters/material loss for black is inevitable!
A Simutowe vs P Carlsson, 2001 
(A04) Reti Opening, 32 moves, 1-0

king side attack/rook night mate
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2011 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 38 moves, 1-0

black masters.....moves 16-22! for white!
E Tate vs M Ashley, 1993 
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

another marley puzzle,interesting rook sacrifice to win!
Y Dokhoian vs Shabalov, 1994 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0

sweet discovered check and mate with a queen sac!
Svidler vs Khismatullin, 2015 
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 29 moves, 0-1

pin's everywhere
Capablanca vs S Campos, 1927 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 23 moves, 1-0

deciding game
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1

H Kline vs Capablanca, 1913  
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1

from: MY System by Nimzowitsch: chapter #8"discovered checks"
A Nimzowitsch vs Ryckhoff, 1910 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

.from MY SYSTEM:the chapter on dicovered checks
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

From My System:chapter#8discovered check,the see-saw:"
Torre vs Lasker, 1925 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0

From MY System: CHaPTER #2: OPEN FILES
G Thomas vs Alekhine, 1925 
(B02) Alekhine's Defense, 53 moves, 0-1

whie is better after move #25!
S Polgar vs Endrody, 1977 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0

interesting attack at f6 and open file pin!
Denker vs A R Shayne, 1945  
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 1-0

C3....spell the end!
Zukertort vs NN, 1877 
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Carlsen escapes by a whisker with a brilliant threatened mate!
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016 
(B54) Sicilian, 50 moves, 1-0

women's championship
A Muzychuk vs H Dronavalli, 2016
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 55 moves, 1-0

QGD
X Bu vs E Gasanov, 2010 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 60 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Spassky, 1989 
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 52 moves, 1-0

QGD
Kasparov vs J Polgar, 1997 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0

QGD
A Beliavsky vs Short, 1995
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 74 moves, 1-0

MEran system semi-slavdefence
Kasimdzhanov vs A Lesiege, 2000 
(D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 24 moves, 1-0

interesting open file attack
D Lemos vs T Bopp, 2017 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

an instructional game concernin in the Damian Lemos video
Capablanca vs NN, 1922 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

ijnstructiona lvideo vol25 chap.3m4v
S Rosenthal vs Steinitz, 1873 
(C46) Three Knights, 38 moves, 0-1

to be studied!
Karjakin vs Caruana, 2018 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

a draw with Carlsen
D Lemos vs Carlsen, 2003 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

lemos v. the next Carlsen challenger for world champion.....
D Lemos vs Caruana, 2011
(D73) Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3, 55 moves, 0-1

to be studied against the Damian lemon pawn tutorial
Geller vs A Mikhalchishin, 1978 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 1-0

knight sacrifice with resultant king pin!........
Kasparov vs S Tatai, 1986 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

QGD Tarrarsch
Kasparov vs Gavrikov, 1981 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

QGD interesting!.....past pawn wins!
Kasparov vs F Magath, 1985 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0

Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1925 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 73 moves, 1-0

QGD passed pawn prevails ,very sharp attacking play by cape
Capablanca vs J Nollmann, 1911 
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 1-0

to be analyzed! once again precise play by capa!
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

to review!QGD
Kasparov vs A Yusupov, 1993 
(D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 118 moves, 1/2-1/2

Lputian vs A Yusupov, 1987
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 29 moves, 0-1

maybe the next world champion
Firouzja vs J Borisek, 2016
(D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2

Capablanca vs Yates, 1930 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 87 moves, 1-0

why does black resign?
Capablanca vs Yates, 1929 
(D66) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0

to study capas notations
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921  
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 48 moves, 1-0

understand why the loss for black!
Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2021 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

opposide pawns to promote
Carlsen vs Anand, 2009 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 69 moves, 1-0

mate on the back rank
Aronian vs Anand, 2016 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

wellplayedbyB.!
Capablanca vs Botvinnik, 1925 
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

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