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20th Century Highlights (Burgess)
Compiled by Littlejohn

Compiled by Qindarka
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'Chess Highlights of the 20th Century: The Best Chess 1900-1999 in Historical Context' by Graham Burgess.

"The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games" (1998)

"It doesn't matter how strong a player you are, if you fail to register some development in the opening, then you are asking for trouble." — John Emms

"If you want everyone to believe that you really did play a fantastic combination, be sure to play it in a tournament game." — Graham Burgess on Adams-Torre, 1920

"Knowing which pieces you want exchanged is a great help in finding the right moves." — Graham Burgess

"Stay flexible. Be ready to transform advantages from one type to another." — John Nunn

Jose Capablanca, "Chess Fundamentals" (1921)

"A book cannot by itself teach how to play. It can only serve as a guide, and the rest must be learned by experience." — Jose Capablanca

"In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the end game." — Jose Capablanca

Richard Reti, "Modern Ideas in Chess" (1923)

"In chess, we get a fighting game which is purely intellectual and excludes chance." Indeed, this is what draws some of us to chess! — Richard Reti

"Wilhelm Steinitz in his scheme of play endeavored, contrary to Paul Morphy, to bring about a closed game." — Richard Reti

"Harry Pillsbury in his play was a true American. His games ... show astonishingly big lines in their undertakings and have a refreshing effect upon the onlooker through the energy in their execution." — Richard Reti

"He is the greatest artist amongst chess players." — Richard Reti, on Akiba Rubinstein

"There never occurs in practice either quite an open or quite a close position, but that we get a position containing open and close elements." — Richard Reti

"After the world war, chess and the revival of chess tournaments have made a bridge for intercourse between erstwhile hostile nations and have thus done their part towards international reconciliation more quickly than science or art could do." — Richard Reti

Alexander Kotov, "Think Like a Grandmaster" (1970)

"Only a severe self-critical outlook will help a player to assess his strong and weak points and so further the process of improving his play." — Alexander Kotov

"Once there is the slightest suggestion of combinational possibilities on the board, look for unusual moves. Apart from making your play creative and interesting, it will help you get better results." — Alexander Kotov

On the World Champions

"He went out of his way to provoke the opponent to attack, and, reeking of contempt and crusader's zeal, devoted himself to consolidating some of the most hideously unconsolidated positions ever seen on a chessboard." — Robert Byrne on Wilhelm Steinitz

"It is no easy matter to reply correctly to Emanuel Lasker's bad moves." — W.H.K. Pollock

"The greatest compliment one can pay a master is to compare him with Jose Capablanca." — Irving Chernev

"It was impossible to win against Capablanca; against Alexander Alekhine it was impossible to play." — Paul Keres

"When Max Euwe of the Netherlands won the world title in 1935 and kept going in a glorious career, that country became a beehive of chess and it still is." — Robert Byrne

"Mikhail Botvinnik was a virtuoso of counterattack and so was adept at winning with black. He also constructed fascinating opening systems." — Robert Byrne

"The peculiarity of his style is that only rarely does he make moves which no one else would make." — Max Euwe on Vassily Smyslov

"For inspiration, I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal." — Garry Kasparov

"When his opponent forces him into wild play, his performance is stunning." — Robert Byrne on Tigran Petrosian

"He was the first really versatile player. I like his extensive and comprehensive play very much." — Vladimir Kramnik on Boris Spassky

"When having an edge, Anatoly Karpov often marked time and still gained the advantage! I don't know anyone else who could do that, it's incredible." — Vladimir Kramnik

"Really deep opening research has been a hallmark of Garry Kasparov's domination of world chess. He does not just try to find new moves, but whole new plans and strategies." — Graham Burgess

"I don't know exactly how many lines he's established, but you get the impression that for the last 10 years we've only been using his ideas." — Viswanathan Anand on Vladimir Kramnik

"Vishy Anand is the most versatile world chess champion. After all, he won world championships in classical matches, knockouts, rapids and blitz and dominated the advanced chess in which players are able to consult the computers." — Lubomir Kavalek

"Magnus Carlsen has many good qualities... he is very versatile and he can play a lot of positions at a very high level. He's also very flexible. And he has this amazing talent for grinding on, as you say. So that combination I was unable to deal with." — Viswanathan Anand after the 2013 World Championship

On Bobby Fischer

"What I admired most about him (Bobby Fischer) was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him." — Magnus Carlsen

"I feel this man (Bobby Fischer) had to be the World Champion and nothing would stop him. It was a foregone conclusion. His career took a rather roundabout course but everything was already mapped out!" — Vladimir Kramnik

"Fischer...is abnormally sensitive to the slightest noise in the hall...Then there are other players, among them Spassky, Viktor Korchnoi, and myself. For us, it is simply boring to play in an empty hall. When we appear on the stage, we are artistes." — Mikhail Tal

"Towering genius, riches, international fame and a far from normal childhood might be too heady a mix for anyone to handle. For him (Bobby Fischer) they proved fatal." — Dick Cavett

Chess in Literature, Film And Television

"Amberley excelled at chess—one mark, Watson, of a scheming mind." — Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Retired Colonelman" (1926)

"Y'all can't be playing no checkers on no chessboard!" — The Wire, Season 1, Episode 3: "The Buys."

"It's a game, like Monopoly." — Josh Waitzkin, played by Max Pomeranc, in Searching for Bobby Fischer

"Sorry Dave, I think you missed it." — HAL 9000, voiced by Douglas Rain, in 2001: A Space Odyssey. HAL's two-move mating combination is not forced, but Dave believes it and resigns the game anyway. Annotations from the old Chessmaster series of computer games speculate that 2001 director Stanley Kubrick is foreshadowing HAL's mental decline with this scene.

Time Management

"When you play chess the idea is to make good moves, not quick ones!" — Jeremy Silman

"Come on. C'mon Vishy, make a move!" — Maurice Ashley commentating during a 1995 Armageddon game in which Viswanathan Anand took nearly two minutes (out of five allotted) on his fourth move. Note, however, that Anand eventually won the game--taking your time to make sure you know what you are doing, even in blitz, can sometimes work out!

Practicality

"If winning, clarify; if losing, complicate." — Bruce Pandolfini

"Don't resign unless you are really sure the position is hopeless." — John Nunn

"Take care in ‘dead drawn' positions; it only takes a few errors for the position to be ‘dead' rather than ‘drawn'." — John Nunn

Life Lessons

"We learn the most from our aches. The 2008 World Championship loss to Vishy was one of my greatest lessons." — Vladimir Kramnik

"I came through a system myself and it's my moral duty to give back to the community. What better way than working with a bunch of chess-crazy kids." — Vladimir Kramnik

"We learn by chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable change, and that of persevering in the search of resources." — Benjamin Franklin

Miscellany

"Pawns; they are the soul of chess: it is they alone that determine the attack and the defence, and the winning or losing of the game depends entirely on their good or bad arrangement." — François-André Danican Philidor

"Chess never has been and never can be aught but a recreation. It should not be indulged into the detriment of other and more serious avocations." — Paul Morphy in 1859

"I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games." — Magnus Carlsen in 2010

"In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute." — Garry Kasparov

"When you see a good move, look for a better one." — Emanuel Lasker

"When one of us first plays chess, he is like a man who has already caught a dose of microbes...Such a man walks along the street, and he does not yet know that he is ill. He is healthy, he feels fine, but the microbes are doing their work." — Mikhail Tal

"At our club, when you lose with a blunder that instantly illuminates the virtues of assisted suicide, we have a cure ... A new game, right away." — Charles Krauthammer

"Chess is not a game for dictators for numerous reasons. One, it's transparent. It's all information hundred percent available." — Garry Kasparov

"Even a poor plan is better than no plan at all." — Mikhail Chigorin

"I always loved complexity. With chess, one creates beautiful problems." — Marcel Duchamp

"Chess is a game by its form, an art by its content and a science by the difficulty of gaining mastery in it." — Tigran Petrosian

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils

The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Game 1
Chigorin vs J Mortimer, 1900
(C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 2
Halprin vs Pillsbury, 1900
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 3
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901
(C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 0-1
Game 4
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
Game 5
G Marco vs J Mieses, 1901
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 6
Pillsbury vs Janowski, 1902
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 0-1
Game 7
Von Bardeleben vs W Napier, 1902
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
Game 8
Janowski vs Schlechter, 1902
(C42) Petrov Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
Game 9
A Reggio vs J Mieses, 1903
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1
Game 10
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 11
Chigorin vs Rubinstein, 1903
(C00) French Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Game 12
Spielmann vs M Elyashiv, 1903
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 13
Lasker vs W Napier, 1904
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 14
Schlechter vs Lasker, 1904
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 15
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1904
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 16
Maroczy vs Tarrasch, 1905
(B40) Sicilian, 29 moves, 0-1
Game 17
Janowski vs Tarrasch, 1905
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 18
Marshall vs Chigorin, 1905
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 19
J Mieses vs J Moeller, 1906
(B01) Scandinavian, 46 moves, 1-0
Game 20
J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1906
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Game 21
Janowski vs Salwe, 1906
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Game 22
Rubinstein vs Chigorin, 1906
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Game 23
Marshall vs Lasker, 1907
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
Game 24
Marshall vs Burn, 1907
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 25
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Game 26
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
Game 27
Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908
(C49) Four Knights, 38 moves, 1-0
Game 28
A Bobrishchev-Pushkin vs Timofejew, 1911
(C11) French, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 29
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1909
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 30
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Game 31
F Lazard vs A Gibaud, 1909
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 32
Rotlewi vs Bogoljubov, 1910
(A53) Old Indian, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 33
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Game 34
Spielmann vs J Mieses, 1910
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 35
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1911
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 36
Capablanca vs O Bernstein, 1911
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 37
Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1912
(A84) Dutch, 42 moves, 0-1
Game 38
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Game 39
Reti vs Flamberg, 1912
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 40
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1913
(A53) Old Indian, 37 moves, 0-1
Game 41
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1913
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 42
Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913
(C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
Game 43
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Game 44
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 42 moves, 0-1
Game 45
N Grigoriev vs Alekhine, 1915
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 25 moves, 0-1
Game 46
Janowski vs O Chajes, 1916
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 47
Z Belsitzmann vs Rubinstein, 1917
(C48) Four Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
Game 48
Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1918
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1
Game 49
Nimzowitsch vs K Behting, 1919
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 50
Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1920
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 51
Capablanca vs Lasker, 1921
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 48 moves, 1-0
Game 52
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 53
A Nicifor vs E Kramer, 1921
(C48) Four Knights, 25 moves, 0-1
Game 54
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922
(A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Game 55
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922
(A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Game 56
Alekhine vs Reti, 1922
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 57
Alekhine vs Yates, 1923
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 50 moves, 0-1
Game 58
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Game 59
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 60
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 61
Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1924
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 62
B Verlinsky vs Levenfish, 1924
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1
Game 63
Torre vs Lasker, 1925
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Game 64
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 65
Janowski vs Saemisch, 1925
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 66
P Johner vs Nimzowitsch, 1926
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 67
Colle vs Gruenfeld, 1926
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 68
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926
(E16) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1
Game 69
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Game 70
I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1927
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 42 moves, 0-1
Game 71
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927
(C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 72
Nimzowitsch vs Marshall, 1928
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
Game 73
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928
(E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1
Game 74
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1928
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 75
H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
Game 76
Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929
(A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 77
Alekhine vs H Steiner, 1929
(D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 78
Bogoljubov vs M Monticelli, 1930
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 39 moves, 0-1
Game 79
Colle vs J J O'Hanlon, 1930
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 80
Lilienthal vs Kertesz, 1929
(A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 81
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1931
(C15) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0
Game 82
Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1931
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Game 83
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1931
(E16) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 0-1
Game 84
S Slonim vs N Riumin, 1931
(C45) Scotch Game, 20 moves, 0-1
Game 85
Alekhine vs Koltanowski, 1932
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 86
Alekhine vs Sultan Khan, 1932
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 87
G Stoltz vs Spielmann, 1932
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Game 88
V Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1933
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 29 moves, 0-1
Game 89
Flohr vs Kashdan, 1933
(A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 90
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933
(C49) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 92
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1934
(D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 93
Euwe vs Lasker, 1934
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1
Game 95
C Baranov vs Y Rokhlin, 1935
(C10) French, 40 moves, 1-0
Game 96
Lasker vs Pirc, 1935
(B85) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 97
Keres vs W Winter, 1935
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
Game 98
Alekhine vs C H Alexander, 1936
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 99
Capablanca vs Lilienthal, 1936
(A12) English with b3, 54 moves, 1-0
Game 100
Stahlberg vs Keres, 1936
(E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1
Game 101
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0
Game 102
Keres vs Flohr, 1937
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 103
Panov vs Bondarevsky, 1937
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 104
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 105
Keres vs Capablanca, 1938
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 38 moves, 1-0
Game 106
Alekhine vs E E Book, 1938
(D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 107
Yanofsky vs A Ismodes Dulanto, 1939
(C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Game 108
Euwe vs Keres, 1940
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1
Game 109
Kotov vs M Yudovich Sr., 1939
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 110
Keres vs Petrov, 1940
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 111
Bondarevsky vs Lisitsin, 1940
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0
Game 112
Bogoljubov vs Rellstab, 1940
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Game 113
P Schmidt vs H Nowarra, 1941
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 114
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
Game 115
Boleslavsky vs Lilienthal, 1941
(C40) King's Knight Opening, 17 moves, 1-0
Game 116
Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 117
Keres vs K Richter, 1942
(A28) English, 59 moves, 0-1
Game 118
Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Game 119
V Vinogradov vs Boleslavsky, 1943
(B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 44 moves, 0-1
Game 120
Botvinnik vs A Konstantinopolsky, 1943
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 52 moves, 1-0
Game 121
G Ravinsky vs Panov, 1943
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 36 moves, 1-0
Game 122
Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1944
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 125
Tolush vs Kotov, 1945
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 126
I A Horowitz vs Flohr, 1945
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 127
Fine vs H Steiner, 1945
(D29) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 128
Najdorf vs Botvinnik, 1946
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 40 moves, 1-0
Game 129
Denker vs Smyslov, 1946
(E29) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 43 moves, 0-1
Game 130
Ragozin vs I Solin, 1946
(E70) King's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 131
Keres vs Levenfish, 1947
(E08) Catalan, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 132
Tolush vs Alatortsev, 1947
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 133
R Nezhmetdinov vs Suetin, 1947
(B60) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 134
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1948
(E28) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch Variation, 23 moves, 1-0
Game 135
Lilienthal vs Najdorf, 1948
(E29) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 137
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Game 138
Kotov vs Geller, 1949
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 139
A Fuderer vs Gligoric, 1949
(B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 41 moves, 0-1
Game 140
Rossolimo vs O'Kelly, 1949
(B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 141
Lilienthal vs Najdorf, 1950
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
Game 142
Alatortsev vs Boleslavsky, 1950
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 27 moves, 0-1
Game 144
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 57 moves, 1-0
Game 145
O Moiseev vs Simagin, 1951
(E70) King's Indian, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 146
E Gereben vs O Troianescu, 1951
(E17) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 147
Szabo vs Petrosian, 1952
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 47 moves, 0-1
Game 148
Botvinnik vs Keres, 1952
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 149
Keres vs Geller, 1952
(C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 150
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Game 151
Euwe vs Najdorf, 1953
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 152
L Schmid vs M Udovcic, 1953
(B07) Pirc, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 153
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 154
O Bernstein vs Najdorf, 1954
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 155
Korchnoi vs Geller, 1954
(B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 156
Spassky vs Pilnik, 1955
(B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 157
G Idigoras vs Panno, 1955
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 158
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1955
(C03) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 159
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Game 160
Tal vs Simagin, 1956
(B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
Game 161
Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1956
(A37) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 162
Keres vs Tolush, 1957
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 164
Barcza vs Keres, 1957
(D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 165
Spassky vs Polugaevsky, 1958
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 166
H Rossetto vs R Cardoso, 1958
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 1-0
Game 167
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958
(A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
Game 168
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 169
Kholmov vs Keres, 1959
(B30) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 170
Geller vs Korchnoi, 1960
(B03) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 0-1
Game 171
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Game 172
Uhlmann vs Kholmov, 1960
(A21) English, 27 moves, 0-1
Game 173
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 174
L Belov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1961
(C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1
Game 175
Hort vs Keres, 1961
(C71) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1
Game 176
Stein vs Portisch, 1962
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0
Game 177
Tal vs H Hecht, 1962
(E12) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1-0
Game 178
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
Game 179
Fischer vs Benko, 1963
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Game 180
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Game 181
Tal vs N Padevsky, 1963
(C16) French, Winawer, 28 moves, 1-0
Game 182
Tal vs G Tringov, 1964
(B06) Robatsch, 17 moves, 1-0
Game 183
Yoel Aloni vs Botvinnik, 1964
(A56) Benoni Defense, 36 moves, 0-1
Game 184
Kholmov vs Bronstein, 1965
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 186
Tal vs Larsen, 1965
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 187
Korchnoi vs Keres, 1965
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 188
Filip vs Petrosian, 1965
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 189
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 190
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 191
B Gurgenidze vs A Lein, 1967
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 21 moves, 1-0
Game 192
Fischer vs Stein, 1967
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0
Game 193
Uhlmann vs Spassky, 1967
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 22 moves, 0-1
Game 194
Matulovic vs Fischer, 1968
(B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 195
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968
(A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 196
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1969
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0
Game 197
B Jacobsen vs Ljubojevic, 1970
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 20 moves, 0-1
Game 198
Fischer vs Panno, 1970
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Game 201
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 202
Karpov vs Hort, 1971
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
Game 203
Geller vs Velimirovic, 1971
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 50 moves, 1-0
Game 204
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972
(D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 205
J Bednarski vs Adorjan, 1972
(B32) Sicilian, 27 moves, 0-1
Game 206
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973
(E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
Game 207
B Rytov vs Timman, 1973
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 24 moves, 0-1
Game 209
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974
(B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 210
Portisch vs Petrosian, 1974
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Game 211
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 212
Romanishin vs Petrosian, 1975
(A17) English, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 213
Ljubojevic vs Tal, 1975
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Game 214
Karpov vs Spassky, 1975
(E17) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Game 215
Reshevsky vs Vaganian, 1976
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 0-1
Game 216
Hodgson vs D Paunovic, 1976
(B78) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 217
Lputian vs Kasparov, 1976
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
Game 218
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 1-0
Game 219
S Tatai vs Karpov, 1977
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 0-1
Game 220
Westerinen vs G Sigurjonsson, 1977
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
Game 221
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 39 moves, 0-1
Game 222
Balashov vs Miles, 1978
(D24) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 223
Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1979
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 0-1
Game 224
Tal vs Huebner, 1979
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 225
R Byrne vs Andersson, 1979
(B42) Sicilian, Kan, 41 moves, 0-1
Game 226
Kasparov vs J Pribyl, 1980
(D85) Grunfeld, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 227
V Kovacevic vs Seirawan, 1980
(B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 0-1
Game 228
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
Game 229
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981
(E12) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 230
I A Kopylov vs S Korolev, 1981
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 36 moves, 1-0
Game 231
Kavalek vs Kasparov, 1982
(E90) King's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
Game 232
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982
(A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1
Game 233
Karpov vs Sax, 1983
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 39 moves, 1-0
Game 234
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983
(E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 235
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0
Game 236
V McCambridge vs Hjartarson, 1984
(D85) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0
Game 237
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 238
de Firmian vs P Nikolic, 1985
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 239
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 240
Chandler vs Vaganian, 1986
(C18) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 241
Nunn vs M Marin, 1987
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 1-0
Game 242
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987
(C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Game 243
Salov vs M Gurevich, 1987
(E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 25 moves, 0-1
Game 244
C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 245
Taimanov vs Kaidanov, 1988
(A13) English, 22 moves, 0-1
Game 246
Kasparov vs Salov, 1989
(A15) English, 29 moves, 1-0
Game 247
Portisch vs Nunn, 1989
(E92) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1
Game 248
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Game 249
Seirawan vs Timman, 1990
(E12) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 250
Shirov vs A Hauchard, 1990
(A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Game 252
Ivanchuk vs Yusupov, 1991
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
Game 252
Short vs Timman, 1991
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Game 253
Ivanchuk vs Anand, 1992
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 45 moves, 0-1
Game 254
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Game 255
Van der Sterren vs Petursson, 1992
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 256
Gelfand vs Anand, 1993
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 0-1
Game 257
Kamsky vs Shirov, 1993
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1
Game 258
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994
(C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
Game 259
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Game 260
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995
(C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
Game 261
Kramnik vs Ehlvest, 1995
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 262
R Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Game 263
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 1-0
Game 264
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Game 265
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 45 moves, 1-0
Game 266
Anand vs Lautier, 1997
(B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
Game 267
Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998
(D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0
Game 268
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998
(D85) Grunfeld, 53 moves, 0-1
Game 269
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999
(B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Game 270
Nunn vs I Nataf, 1999
(B32) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
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