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Easy Dus it! Selected Games of Dus-Chotimirsky Fyodor Dus-Chotimirsky (1879-1965) had a long and distinguished career which spanned from the era of Chigorin to that of Smyslov. This International Master (1950) and Honored Master of Sport published a collection in 1953 of 57 complete games and a few game fragments from his career. This current collection is based on games from that book. 46 games, 1903-1949 Forward, Kazimirich! Games by Alexander Tolush Alexander Tolush, in offhand games, would often proclaim "Vperyed, Kazimirich!" as he played a particularly decisive move. He sometimes did this even in more serious encounters. He was THE master of attack, and was the trainer for Boris Spassky for eight years. 30 games, 1939-1965 GM Gipslis: 35 Years of Frienship with Chess 32 games, 1958-1981 Grandmaster Geller: The First Quarter Century 64 games, 1946-1973 Grandmaster Polugaevsky Lev Polugaevsky (1934-1995) was an outstanding Grandmaster, analyst, theoretician and author. A true gentleman of the game, he was well-liked and respected by fellow players worlwide. The following collection of games is from "Grossmeister Polugaevsky", a 1982 publication from <<Fizkultura i Sport>>. 59 games, 1953-1981 Hollywood, 1952 45 games, 1952 Ivan Sokolov's Best Games 31 games, 1989-1996 Jan Timman: Chess The Adventurous Way The following games were taken from Jan Timman's Selected Games - "Chess the Adventurous Way". The Dutch Grandmaster chose and annotated 80 of his most significant games from his peak period, 1983-1994, and nearly all of them against other top-notch Grandmasters. 80 games, 1983-1994 Joel Benjamin - Selected Games 52 games, 1976-1996 Kemeri 1937 International Tournament 153 games, 1937 London International Chess Congress, 1932 66 games, 1932 Maestro from Baku: Vladimir Makogonov 58 games, 1927-1951 Master Sergey Belavenets 8 games, 1937-1939 Match for the Championship of the Free World In 1952, Samuel Reshevsky and Miguel Najdorf played an 18-game match which was unofficially called "The Match for the Championship of the Free World." The first eight games were played in New York City. Games nine through 13 were played in Mexico City, and the final five games took place in San Salvador. Reshevsky won this match handily +8-4=6 18 games, 1952 Oh, Those Effin' Aitch Pawns in Rook Endgames! In Rook endgames, sometimes even two extra Pawns may not be enough to win. Separated pawns can be a hassle. But this collection concentrates on that particular endgame where one player has a Rook, an f-Pawn and an h-Pawn, the defender has only a Rook. The mirror-image endgames with a-and-c Pawns are included here as well, although they are rarer. In <FIDE Review> #3, 1961, Salomon Flohr wrote: <From Mikhail Botvinnik one can learn that it is necessary to prepare seriously for each encounter. Here is a little example: Before the tourney for the world championship in 1948, I was acting as Botvinnik's second. Botvinnik included in his program the study of all rook endgames with f- and h-pawns. I was astonished: Why? That happens only once in a lifetime. <No, if I am not acquainted with such endings, I do not have the right to participate in the world championship>, said Botvinnik. I had to search for all examples of this endgame!> A typical example would be this: click for larger view A theoretical draw! For those of you who aspire to become the next Botvinnik, this collection was designed to save you (and your second) a lot of time and homework! Salo Flohr's "once in a lifetime" came three years later: Kotov vs Flohr, 1951 . This collection was made to provide examples of how to defend with the two-pawn deficit, as well as how to win with the two extra pawns when given the opportunity. My preferred reference is Shredder Tablebase: http://www.shredderchess.com/online... . 110 games, 1898-2009 One-Hundred-and-One of my Best Games of Chess Work in progress! I'll have to upload about 30 more games! <ONE-HUNDRED-AND-ONE OF MY BEST GAMES OF CHESS> was the title given by Fred Dewhirst Yates for the book of his personal games. The book actually contains 109 games! 75 games, 1910-1932 Pawnless Endgame: Two Bishops vs. One Knight 14 games, 1961-2005 Ratmir Kholmov - Selected Games 1945-1957 Ratmir Kholmov in 1958 published a book, <<Rinktines Partijos>>, of his selected games in Lithuanian. Only 6,000 copies of this book were printed. It contains 50 of his best games up to that point, many of which are not available elsewhere. The first entry in his book is a game fragment from the 1945 Arkhangelsk Championship versus Saprokhin (Black): click for larger view White (Kholmov) to play. 1. Be7! Qa7! 2. d6 d3+ 3. Kh1 Nxg5! 4. Rxf7! Nxf7? 5. Qxf7+!! Kxf7 6. Bd5 mate. 1-0 The remaining games follow. Many still need to be uploaded into our database. Enjoy! --- 27 games, 1946-1957 Rematch for Championship of the West 1953 Reshevsky defeated Najdorf in a match in 1952, and a second match was arranged in Buenos Aires in 1953. Reshevsky won this one also, +6-5=7. 18 games, 1953 Santasiere's "My Love Affair With Tchigorin" The American Anthony Santasiere was a frequent contributor to the American Chess Bulletin for 30 years and was certainly one of the most colorful writers of our royal game. Upon his death in 1977, Santasiere had willed some manuscripts to Kenneth Smith of Chess Digest. Among these materials was a collection of games by Mikhail Chigorin , one of the truly great players of all time, who, curiously, had never had a collection of his games published in the English language. In order to remedy this situation, in 1995 Chess Digest published Santasiere's manuscript posthumously under the bizarre title "My Love Affair With Tchigorin", written in Santasiere's inimitable style. Here are the game from that book. 93 games, 1874-1906

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