Here are most of the games (starred *) from this 50 game book, beautiful & full of energy. But there are more games added, like say 154 to be precise between the same opponents as referred in this book, which gives the idea of background and efforts made by player to clinch that vital point.

* Yasser's Tactics: Game Collection: Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics

* Jeopardy: Game Collection: The King in Jeopardy

* Karpov's Best: Game Collection: Anatoly Karpov - My 300 Best Games

* Mammoth Book: Game Collection: Mammoth Book-Greatest Games (Nunn/Burgess/Emms)

* Morphy pounds Philidor's Defense: Game Collection: White - Philidor: Morphy

* Old Game Collections: Game Collection: 2 Favorite Games (1515-1916) Compiled by wanabe2

* Informant Best Games 1-100: Game Collection: # Chess Informant Best Games 1-100

* Shirov Minis: Game Collection: Shirov miniatures

* Survival Guide: Game Collection: John Emms: Survival Guide to Competitive Chess

* Stein: Game Collection: Leonid Stein - Master of Attack

* Stonewall Attack by Soltis: Game Collection: The Stonewall Attack - Soltis

* Tal: Game Collection: Tal: Move by Move

* Theory & Practice: Game Collection: Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, Section 1

* 2007: Game Collection: # Greatest Tournaments 2007

* GOTD 2015: Game Collection: Game of the Day 2015

* Chess Terms: https://chessmart.com/pages/chess-t...

"A game played by men of equal strength, if played accurately, will end in a draw, and it is apt to be dull." — Emanuel Lasker

"Fischer is like Zeus; he is the God of the gods." — Nigel Short

"Books are a uniquely portable magic." ― Stephen King

Apr-13-63 Congratulations to the greatest chess player who ever lived! It is unbelievable that Garry Kasparov celebrates his 60th birthday today. He played five of the best games in the history of the royal game: 1. A. Karpov - G. Kasparov, Moscow (m/16) 1985; 2. G. Kasparov - V. Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999; 3. A. Karpov - G. Kasparov, Linares 1993;
4. G. Kasparov - V. Anand, New York (m/10) 1995; 5. G. Kasparov - L. Portisch, Niksic 1983.

Kasparov's Evan's Gambit game against V. Anand is one of his most reprinted games in Russian chess literature: Kasparov vs Anand, 1995.

Did you hear about the guy who invented the knock-knock joke? He won the "no-bell" prize.

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NIÑO GENIO nos da UNO de los MEJORES MOMENTOS de la HISTORIA del AJEDREZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ps...

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Q: What did Blackbeard say when he turned 80?
A: "Aye, matey."

"The chess heroes nowadays should not forget that it was owing to Fischer that they are living today in four- and five-star hotels, getting appearance fees, etc." ― Lev Khariton

Q: What's the most terrifying word in nuclear physics? A: "Oops!"

Kasparov

He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut. English

A full kettle boils slowly.
(i.e. good things come slowly.) Turkish

All the keys hang not at one man's girdle. English

Not to aid one in distress is to kill him in your heart. Sudanic

He who kills his own body works for the worms. Negro

A single kind word keeps one warm for three winters. Chinese

If the king at noon-day says it is night, behold the stars. Arabic

The king never leaves hold until the people pull too hard for him. French

For the righteous king the whole people is an army. Persian

The king's favor is no inheritance. English

Kings love the treason but not the traitor. English

A king's messenger has no guilt. Bantu

It is like a kiss, good for nothing until divided. Romany

Kisses are keys. English

Frequent kisses end in a baby. Hungarian

Up to the knee is permitted. German

Even in the sheath the knife must be sharp. Finnish

One always knocks oneself on the sore place. French

When one re-knots a broken cord it holds, but one feels the
 knot. German

All knots come to the comb. Italian

There are three things which if a man does not know he cannot 
 live too long in the world: what is too much for him, what is too 
 little for him, and what is just right for him. Bantu

Those who know how to do a thing do not find it difficult; those 
 who find it difficult know not how to do it. Chinese

It is easier to know how to do a thing than to do it. Chinese

Three know it, all know it. Italian

"I know it perfectly" prevents the wasp from learning to make 
 honey. Sudanic

If people do not know much, do not laugh at them, for every one 
 of them knows something that you do not. Romany

They that know one another, salute afar off. English

The more you know, the more luck you have. Burmese

I know well what I say when I ask for bread. Spanish

You don't know what there is in a man till you have hit him on 
 the nose. Norwegian

When you don't know what to do, wait. English

No one is born knowing how to do more than whimper. Maltese

To know and to know you know, not to know, and to know you 
 do not know, this is knowledge. Chinese

One part of knowledge consists in being ignorant of such things 
 as are not worthy to be known.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. English

Knowledge is a wild thing and must be hunted before it can be 
 tamed. Persian

He that knows little soon repeats it. Spanish

Who knows most forgives most. Italian

Who knows nothing, doubts nothing. French

Only he who knows the cause of a quarrel knows how to 
 dispute. Sudanic

Lucena Position

The laborer is always in the sun, the plantation owner in the 
 shade. Sudanic

Laborers are never paid. German

Often the best way of giving oneself what one lacks is to take 
 from oneself what one has. Persian

He who places his ladder too steeply will easily fall backwards. 
 Czech

You a lady and I a lady, who will milk the cow? Serbian

A lame man won't walk with one who is more lame. French

Why light a lamp if it has no wick in it?
(i.e. why cast amorous glances if you don't mean it?) Malayan

He's a lamp under a torch.
(i.e. one insignificant before another.) Indian

Who has land, has war. English

If the landlady's fair, the wine too is fair. German

To murder a landlord is to remove forty sins from one's soul. 
 Russian

With each newly learned language you acquire a new soul. 
 Slovakian

A large lantern with a small light. Flemish

We hounds slew the dear, quoth the lapdog. Scottish

Seldom is the last of anything better than the first. Irish

The later in the evening, the nicer the people. Dutch

We must laugh before we are happy, lest we should die without 
 having laughed. French

Mr. "Laugh in the eyes" – in his heart there are other things. 
 Bantu

He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. English

Right is older than the law. Estonian

Show me the man and I'll show you the law.
(i.e. to show the partiality of judges.) Scottish

Agree, for the law is costly. English

The law on the table, justice under the table. Estonian

Those who do not honor the law praise those who break it. Sudanic

The law says what the king pleases. French

In a thousand pounds of law there's not an ounce of love. English

The sight of money to a law officer is like the sight of blood to a 
 fly. Chinese

He that is suffered to do more than is fitting, will do more than is 
 lawful. English

For sovereign power all laws are broken. Spanish

Laws catch flies but let hornets go free. English

Laws go where dollars please. Portuguese

It is not important who writes down the laws on paper, but it is 
 important who puts them into effect. Russian

Laws without penalties are bells without clappers. Czech

May you have a lawsuit in which you know that you are in the 
 right. (A Gipsy curse.) Spanish

Even rest will make the lazy tired. Hungarian

Who leads an ox to drink must first wet his own feet. Chinese

One must draw back in order to leap further. French

He who would leap high must take a long run. Danish

Everyone who learned archery from me, in the end made me his
 butt. Persian

Long are the arms of a learned man. Burmese

Learning which does not advance each day will daily decrease. 
 Chinese

Leaves don't spring straight from the tree, they come from the 
 buds. German

He that fears leaves must not come into a wood. English

A wooden leg is better than no leg. English

It is not much to give a leg to him who gave you the fowl. 
 Spanish

To be for one day entirely at leisure is to be for one day an 
 immortal. Chinese

Is it necessary to add acid to the lemon? Indian

He that lends, gives. English

A letter is half a meeting. Bantu

A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth. English

If you are a liar, recollect. Egyptian

One must follow the liar to the door of the lie. Georgian

Liars have need of good memories. English

Lean liberty is better than fat slavery. English

"They say so" is half a lie. Italian

"They say" is own brother to a lie. Bantu

The best walker is a lie. Welsh

A travelled man hath leave to lie. English

Don't tell a shallow lie and get it scratched up by the hen with 
 one chick. Malay

At the near end of the market-square he told a lie; at the far 
 end he himself believed it. Turkish

A lie begets a lie till they come to generations. English

You can go all through the country with a lie, but if you are found 
 out, how are you going to travel back? Czech

A lie can go around the world while the truth is putting on its 
 shoes.

A lie has no legs. English

A lie has short legs. Italian

A lie, in order to live, requires ten others for food. German

He who tells a lie in the presence of intimates is indeed a master 
 mind. Sudanic

The credit got by a lie lasts only till the truth comes out. English

With a lie one goes far, but not back again. Yiddish

He who wishes to lie should take care that the testimony is afar 
 off. Hebrew

Give a lie twenty-four hours' start and you can never overtake it. 
 English

Lie you for me, and I'll swear for you. English

Who travels alone tells lies. Sudanic

From long journeys long lies. Spanish

A tale half told is the father of many lies. Chinese

If lies are to be believed they must be patched with truth. 
 Danish

Lies buzz like flies, but truth has the brilliance of the sun. Arabic

If lies were as heavy as stones to carry, many would prefer the
 truth. Swedish

He that lies on the ground cannot fall. Latin

He who lies on the ground must expect to be trodden on. 
 German

Life is a queer man. Irish

Life is a dancing girl.

He who despises his own life is soon master of another's. 
 English

You lift it, I'll do the groaning. Russian

There is more light than can be seen through the window. 
 Russian

Limits and boundaries, arguments and fights. Russians

To limp on the same foot with someone.
(i.e. to share the same fault.) Spanish

The lioness bears but one cub – but it is a lion. Montenegrin

Do not raise lion cubs in a city. Persian

A man is a lion in his own cause. English

What is said over a dead lion is not said in the eyes of a living 
 one. Negro

Through lack of a lion the fox will ascend to the throne. Welsh

It is a base thing to tear a dead lion's beard off.

A lion's skin is never cheap. English

The lower lip scorns the upper lip.
(i.e. the pot calls the kettle black.) Hamitic

Listen at the key-hole and you'll hear news of yourself.

Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but 
 follow no one absolutely. Chinese

Listen to what they say of others and you will know what they 
 say of you. Cuban

What little John has learned old John cannot unlearn. Slovakian

A little pot is soon hot.
(i.e. a small man angers quickly.) English

When men speak ill of thee, live so nobody may believe them.

One must live so that others can live too. Russian

What is really a load should not be called an ornament. Sudanic

A slice off a cut loaf is never missed. Negro

If you give the loan of your breeches, don't cut off the buttons.
 Irish

There is no lock if the pick is of gold. Spanish

A lock is only made for an honest man.
(i.e. it is no protection against thieves.) Yiddish

Long is not forever. German

He who turns to look a second time will lose nothing. Chinese

Of two lookers-on one is sure to become a player. German

Lookers-on see eight pieces ahead of the players. Japanese

He who has his nail torn off his fingers looks at it often. Italian

No one looks for another behind the door if he has not hidden 
 himself there first. German

A man cannot be known by his looks, nor can the sea be 
 measured with a bushel basket. Chinese

He only loosed the tent peg. Egyptian

His Lordship has promised me a fur coat and already I feel 
 warm. Polish

Losers are always in the wrong. Spanish

Let that which is lost be for God. Spanish

The value of lost goods is always weighed with double weights.
 Swiss

He who has lost his oxen is always hearing bells. Spanish

When you come out twice by the same tree you have lost your 
 way. Sudanic

"We two have much to think about," said the louse on the head 
 of the philosopher. German

One does not love another if one does not accept anything from
 him. Sudanic

Whom we love best, to them we can say least. English

You may condemn the one you love, but you pay his fine for him. 
 Bantu

One buys and sells love for love. German

If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty. English

Love is like soup, the first mouthful is very hot, and the ones 
 that follow become gradually cooler. Spanish

The anger of those in love is like the spider's web. Italian

Love is one-eyed, but hate is blind. German

Faults are thick where love is thin. English

Love makes time pass, and time makes love pass. German

It is only the truly virtuous man who can love, or who can hate, 
 others. Chinese

As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, so the deepest 
 love turns to the deadliest hatred. English

Love yourself, then you will have no rivals. Estonian

I never loved them that find fault with my shoes, and give me no 
 leather. Scottish

Lovers always think that other people have had their eyes put 
 out. Spanish

Were you as black as a mulberry, you are white for him who
 loves you. French

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it 
 not at present. Italian

When my luck is harder my mouth is bolder. Finnish

Luck is loaned and not owned. Norwegian

Luck will carry a man across the brook if he is not too lazy to 
 leap. Danish

Pitch the lucky man into the Nile and he will come up with a fish 
 in his mouth. Arabic

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