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Brilliancies
Compiled by Art2000F
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~ A collection of brilliancies ~

'Winning Chess Brilliancies' ~ by Yasser Seirawan

'explains the reasons for each and every move of a top grandmaster game'

"... chess players hunger for the opportunity to sacrifice pieces and come up with an idea of such wonder that it sets the world back on its heels and makes it take notice."

(c)1995
Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/winning...

Other books to include:

'Modern Chess Brilliancies: 101 games selected and annotated' ~ by Larry Evans ~ 1971 (not all games in the book are found here)

https://archive.org/details/modernc...

'The Brilliant Touch in Chess' ~ by Walter Korn

'200 Modern Brilliancies' ~ by Kevin Wicker

'175 Chess Brilliancies' ~ by F. Wenman ~ 1947

'Memorable chess games, brilliants and miniatures, with notes, queries and answers' ~ by W Moffatt ~ 1913

https://archive.org/details/memorab...

a work in progress ... still adding more to this collection ===

Game One ~ Making History ~ Seirawan pp 2-25
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
(D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0

Game Two ~ Slaying the Dragon ~ pp 27-47
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0

Game Three ~ Sparkling Originality ~ pp 49-76
Ljubojevic vs Andersson, 1976 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 34 moves, 1-0

Game Four ~ Time-Trouble Misery ~ pp 71-92
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 39 moves, 0-1

Game Five ~ A Sunny Moment ~ pp 93-106
Seirawan vs Karpov, 1982 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0

Game Six ~ Olympian Effort ~ pp 107-126
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982 
(A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1

Game Seven ~ Experienced Hands ~ pp 127-143
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983 
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 41 moves, 1-0

Game Eight ~ Supreme Effort ~ pp 145-164
A Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1

Game Nine ~ Moscow Miracle ~ pp 165-182
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Game Ten ~ À la Morphy ~ pp 183-195
Seirawan vs Timman, 1990 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 26 moves, 1-0

Game Eleven ~ Lightning and Thunder ~ pp 197-218
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

Game Twelve ~ A Rapid Coup ~ pp 219-241
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1

1 ~ 6th Match Game 1965 ~ Evans p.25
Tal vs Larsen, 1965 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0

4 ~ Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 ~ p.30
L Evans vs B Berger, 1964 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 22 moves, 1-0

6 ~ Portoroz 1958 ~ p.33
Tal vs G Fuster, 1958 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 27 moves, 1-0

8 ~ 2nd Match Game 1965 ~ p.36
Tal vs Portisch, 1965 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 27 moves, 1-0

9 ~ Candidates' Tournament 1959 ~ p.38
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0

10 ~ Monaco 1968 ~ p.40
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 
(A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0

12 ~ California 1964 ~ p.44
Fischer vs O Celle, 1964 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0

13 ~ Bled 1961 ~ p.45
Ivkov vs Portisch, 1961 
(C18) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0

14 ~ Beverwijk 1968 ~ p.48
Tal vs J H Donner, 1968 
(C18) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0

16 ~ Sofia 1967 ~ p.52
Fischer vs Tal, 1960 
(C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

17 ~ Sousse Interzonal 1967 ~ p.53
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

18 ~ Natanya 1968 ~ p.55
Fischer vs U Geller, 1968 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

19 ~ Puerto Rico Open 1967 ~ p.57
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0

20 ~ Havana Olympics 1966 ~ p.58
Pachman vs Uhlmann, 1966 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0

21 ~ 1st Match Game 1965 ~ p.60
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965 
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0

22 ~ United States Championship 1968 ~ p.62
Reshevsky vs H Seidman, 1968 
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 46 moves, 1-0

23 ~ United States Championship 1964 ~ p.64
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

24 ~ U.S.S.R. Championship 1960 ~ p.66
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

25 ~ Riga 1968 ~ p.68
Bronstein vs Tal, 1968 
(C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0

26 ~ Leipzig Olympics 1960 ~ p.73
Letelier vs Fischer, 1960 
(E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

27 ~ Bled 1961 ~ p.74
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1961 
(E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

28 ~ Beverwijk 1967 ~ p.76
A Pomar vs Szabo, 1967 
(A69) Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line, 42 moves, 0-1

29 ~ Bucharest 1966 ~ p.78
Kavalek vs Matulovic, 1966 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

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