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From A Master The Journey from an A player to a Master. 1 game, 1966 Greatest Attacking Games of All Time 12 games, 1851-1999 Honza Cervenka's favorite games Magnificent tactics 101 games, 1834-2003 How top grandmasters plan and execute moves These games show easily understood plans from top grandmasters and how brilliantly the execute the moves 32 games, 1912-2006 My Best Games of chess by Vishy Anand This is a real in-print version of My best Games of Chess by Vishy Anand, Worldchampion Edition! Chessgames is missing 3 Intro from Vishy Anand is comming VISIT http://www.youtube.com/user/Chessvi... 57 games + combinations 53 games, 1986-2000 Positional Chess Handbook Positional Chess Handbook with positions 24 games, 1901-1987 Positional Chess Handbook I Games from "Positional Chess Handbook (Israel Gelfer)" This inexpensive book contains many more examples and is worth getting. (Cloned from ChessCoach Tatiana's collection). The source material contains 495 middlegame or near endgame positions - mainly from grandmaster tournament games but also with some compositions / puzzles. 141 games, 1896-1986 ray keene's favorite games a few years ago i hosted a tv series called duels of the mind the 12 best games of chess-i will try to find all 12 here and post them in a collection-i will also note a few other spectacular games that are favourites of mine. 123 games, 1843-2001 Seirawan's Excellent Games Mostly positional gems, an occasional crush, and the rare tactical explosions from one of the best American players of his generation. An excellent person, too, from most accounts, I would like to acknowledge his chess expertise with this collection 92 games, 1975-2011 skisuitof12's instructional games Learning from the less famous 'classics'. 37 games, 1922-2022 The "Push-Hands" technique "Chess is intellectual karate," says GM Ashley. I agree. 62 games, 1834-2006 The Greatest Draws Ever Played The collection is just what it sounds like. I have a few criteria and points first. 1) This is the greatest DRAWS ever played. Therefore, there are no decisive games in this collection. 2) No Grandmaster Draws. However, just because it's really funny, I'm putting that one draw between Janosevic and Geller in here. 3) No, I'm not Vladimir Kramnik. Though I wouldn't complain if I was. 4) I used to have a lot of criteria here, but since that restricts me, I'm just gonna put whatever really cool draws I find in here. 14 games, 1872-2004 The Stonewall Attack - Soltis 19 games, 1882-1992 Uncompromising Chess by Alexander Beliavsky These 71 games are the ones which Beliavsky included in his book "Uncompromising Chess". Most of the games feature the latest (at that time) opening theory and are played against top-notch opponents. 71 games, 1972-1997 Vukovic Mate Examples Vladimir Vukovic showed an essential and particular kind of Knight and Rook checkmate pattern in his book, THE ART OF ATTACK IN CHESS, Chapter 4: Mating Patterns, under "Typical Mates without Enemy Pieces," pages 66-67. It was not labelled with a name there, but several chess writers honor IM Vukovic by naming this pattern after him. This position would result from the moves given in the text by IM Vukovic: click for larger view (The White King is placed at a random position; IM Vukovic didn't include it in his initial diagram, which was the starting point for the Arabian Mate and this mate.) This kind of Rook and Knight mate is not an Arabian Mate. Further, the name Arabian Mate should not be applied to the Hook Mate. I have compiled a game collection on the Hook Mate as well: Game Collection: Hook Mate Examples. There should be a formal, technical name for this mating position, but "Vukovic Mate" is more colorful and easier to remember for the Royal Guards Chess Club members, so I prefer to use this moniker. Similarly, I prefer Pandolfini's use of "Rook Roll" rather than the more mundane and yet proper Double Rook Mate. (My younger club members irrepressibly smile when I use a giant chess set with a tablecloth "board" and then watch me literally roll it up as the mating net proceeds!) This kind of checkmate intrigues me, so I chose to start a collection of games for studying it. Of course, the games are most likely to need continuations to see the Vukovic Mate, since modern players resign when the game is nearly lost. The games are listed in chronological order, oldest first. However, the Saravanan vs Sasikiran game (which IS included in this collection) is the archetype for most Internet citations (without being identified). Continuation in that game gives us this diagram: click for larger view The Vukovic Mate may be expressed in several forms, although in every case, the "victimized" King, friendly Rook and friendly Knight are contiguous and in a straight line, with the Rook directly against the opposing King. Someone needs to protect the Rook, then. A Pawn, Bishop, Queen or King could be its protector, as well as a distant Rook or a second Knight in certain cases. Further, there may be two or more protectors for the Rook (i.e., the Spassky - Larsen 1968 continuation has both the friendly King and a Pawn aiding him). Here is its diagram: click for larger view For brevity, the header for each game will indicate the color and type of the protector for the Rook ("multi" for two or more of them) to eliminate the need to say Knight and Rook and their colors. Further, the game actually ended with the Vukovic Mate, unless "Continuation" is given. At one point, I thought that the earliest Vukovic Mate was Moeller - Jonsson, Gothenburg 1901, 38 moves, 1-0, which is not in this website's database. However, the Staunton - Williams game of 1851 far precedes it. Of course, there could still be a predecessor out there. This is a work in progress, so I'd appreciate your suggestions for additional games and other information about this checkmate pattern. All the best to all, always. 31 games, 1851-2013 What Magnus took from AphaZero Magnus Carlsen’s ‘Alpha Zero Games’. Levy Rozman (Gothamchess) gives five examples of Magnus’s games where he (LR) suggests that Magnus has learnt from, and for a period, adopted an AlphaZero style of play. The style includes; king safety, advancing a wing pawn to stifle fianchettoed king positions, the suppression of opponent’s piece activity and the sacrificing of pawns either to accelerate his own piece activity or suppress that of his opponent’s. The five games selected were against; So, Matlakov, Aronian, Mamedyarov and Giri. LR particularly identifies a sequence where human players would prevent a protected passed pawn from becoming so advanced but Carlsen permits the structure safe in the knowledge that it can be restrained due to initiatives elsewhere on the board. 5 games, 2019-2020 White Opening System (Andrew Soltis) Games feathered in “White Opening System: Combining Stonewall Attack, Colle System, Torre Attack” by Andrew Soltis 41 games, 1886-1992 World Champions Some of the World Champion's best games. 70 games, 1857-2003 World's Greatest Chess Games- Nunn Emms Burgess The games selected by John Nunn, John Emms, and Graham Burgess for their book The World's Greatest Chess Games. 99 games, 1834-1997 Zukertort/Rubinstein Powered Fredthebear It's time for Fredthebear to round up these Colle games w/b3, Bb2. Site remains under construction. Artur Yusupov plays a similar system: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Colle-like vs. Indian Defenses: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Keep on/off lookin drinkin ezezeze' yule end UP in Milwaukee needin to green pea soup & crackerz at shelter. Pass the salt pleaze. Queen Pawn link with assistance from ChessPraxis: Game Collection: 0 * 38 Tactics: https://www.chess.com/article/view/... * Wei Yi spent 48 minutes on a move: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF8... * Prize Games: Game Collection: Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the ChessMasters * Happy Days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slv... * Roger that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9S... “The only way to change anything in Russia is a revolution” ― Daniil Dubov https://en.chessbase.com/post/dubov... * Vladimir Bagirov Attacks: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Mr. Harvey's Puzzle Challenge: https://wtharvey.com/ Thank you Promoted Pawn, ChessPraxis, KingG and Camus! You are welcome, Yiotta. FTB has copied some of your collections as well. * The Hand got washed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8V... How many chess openings are there? Well, White has 20 possible 1st moves. Black can respond with 20 of its own. That’s 400, and we’re ready for move 2. I don’t know them, but I would not be at all surprised if there was a name for each of them. People are like that. You really, really don’t need to know them all. If you follow the rules of thumb for good opening play, I promise you that you’ll be playing a named opening. Just put the 1st 3 moves in google, and you’ll get the opening’s name. With that information you can find other games that started the way your game started, likely by some very good players. Also, with the name you can read about it on Wikipedia, and find out what people think of it, who plays it, and its particular traps and idiosyncrasies. Once again, The Rules of Thumb for Good Opening Play: - Develop your pieces quickly with an eye towards controlling the center. Not necessarily occupying the center but controlling it certainly. - Castle your king just as soon as it’s practical to do so. - Really try not to move a piece more than once during the opening, it’s a waste of valuable time. - Connect your rooks. This marks the end of the opening. Connected rooks means that only your rooks and your castled king are on the back rank. - Respond to threats appropriately, even if you have to break the rules. They’re rules of thumb, not scripture, or physical laws. If you and your opponent follow these rules of thumb, you’ll reach the middle game ready to fight. If only you follow these rules of thumb, you’re already winning! Good Hunting. -- Eric H. Nov-27-22 petemcd85: <From this moment onwards , whenever <zed> follows you around and harasses you on different pages , post those instances here and then I and you would collaborate and ask admins to ban <zed> on the basis of that evidence> Do post these instances and I will review the problem and act accordingly The Earthen Pot and the Iron Pot An iron pot proposed To an earthen pot a journey. The latter was opposed, Expressing the concern he Had felt about the danger Of going out a ranger. He thought the kitchen hearth The safest place on earth For one so very brittle. "For you, who art a kettle, And have a tougher skin, There's nothing to keep you in." "I'll be your body-guard," Replied the iron pot; "If anything that's hard Should threaten you a jot, Between you I will go, And save you from the blow." This offer him persuaded. The iron pot paraded Himself as guard and guide Close at his cousin's side. Now, in their tripod way, They hobble as they may; And eke together bolt At every little jolt, – Which gives the crockery pain; But presently his comrade hits So hard, he dashes him to bits, Before he can complain. Take care that you associate With equals only, lest your fate Between these pots should find its mate. The 20-40-40 rule in chess is a rule for players rated below 2000 that states 20% of your study should be dedicated to openings, 40% to the middlegame, and 40% to the endgame. Drive sober or get pulled over. “Prepare for the worst but hope for the best.” -- The Wondrous Tale of Alroy by Benjamin Disraeli, published in 1833 Virgil’s Aeneid: “Fortune favors the bold.” 'No man is an island' was coined by the English metaphysical poet John Donne (1572-1631). "Life is what you make it: If you snooze, you lose; and if you snore, you lose more." — Phyllis George “[It is] the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in one basket.” The phrase appeared in Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, in 1615. Isaiah 57:20-21 But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Strike while the iron is hot “Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow”. -Ralph Waldo Emerson “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” – Plato “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein “A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.” — Mahatma Gandhi * Opening Tree: https://www.shredderchess.com/onlin... Eldorado BY EDGAR ALLAN POE Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his heart a shadow— Fell as he found No spot of ground That looked like Eldorado. And, as his strength Failed him at length, He met a pilgrim shadow— ‘Shadow,’ said he, ‘Where can it be— This land of Eldorado?’ ‘Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride,’ The shade replied,— ‘If you seek for Eldorado!’ “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. 238 games, 1868-2023

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