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LMAJ ... scratches his head!? Interesting puzzles ... that I did not get! Sure ... I tried. But for whatever reason, the master did not get them. Now, it is your turn. Can you get the POTD's that I missed? 1 game, 1957 LMAJ's "Great games of the 21st Century." A great game of fighting chess. (At least not another boring draw!) 3 games, 2004-2005 LMAJ's "Mad, Mad WIZARD at Work!!!" (Bronstein) I am asked - nearly constantly - to make a game collection for many of the most famous players. (I also get nearly constant requests for web pages as well. <<***SIGH***>> If only a day had 250 hours in it ... instead of a measly 24!) ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** Few names (in chess) illicit awe from the average fan ... the list is not that long. (Capa, Fischer, Kasparov, etc.) Few chess-player's could call themselves true artists of the board. (Capablanca, Rubinstein, Fischer.) Not many players were extremely creative at the chess board. (Tal, Nimzovich, etc.) Few players could claim to be some of the best chess authors ... of all time. (Kotov, Tal, Fischer, etc.) And I cannot think of many players that would belong on ALL of these lists ... however, one name ... ( David Bronstein ) does spring to mind! SUPER-GM David Bronstein - was a wonderful player ... and (in his prime) ... played chess almost unlike any other player. [Half the time - I don't even understand the moves that he makes ... nor am I able to reasonably ascertain the process whereby he was able to make the moves that he played in many of his "Great Games." Of course, I am not the only one who feels this way - see Irving Chernev's chapter on this player in the book, <"The Golden Dozen,"> (12 of the Greatest Chess Players of all Time.) So if I cannot follow Bronstein's moves ... nor possibly <ever> predict them, then I am not alone.] This player was also an EXCELLENT writer; many of his works are deeply cherished by chess players around the world. Two of the best and most famous books of all time, were written by this player. ["A Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "The Chess Struggle in Practice."] Created - Friday; May 6th, 2011. ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** I know that I have annotated several of Bronstein's games, however, when I first went looking for a few (on-line) examples, I could not find any. Then I (happily) found - Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973, which is annotated by me on the Internet. (http://www.lifemasteraj.com/old_af-...) 21 games, 1941-1975 LMAJ's ---> Nothing but a swindle! A game collection for when the winner did little more than bamboozle his/her opponent. (If you know of one of these, please let me know so I can add it to this collection.) 1 game, 1981 LMAJ's favorite & instructive Endgames! These are examples of excellent play by one or both sides ... see my comments in the text, I will try to comment on all of the games that I add to this collection. 1 game, 1937 LMAJ's favorite games in the Evans Gambit. Tuesday; April 15th, 2014: I knew I had to make this collection ... even though I may already have too many collections, and most will never be finished or complete. See Opening Explorer, (on the Evans Gambit). Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans_.... [Three asterisks indicates that I have a web page on that game.] 7 games, 1852-1995 LMAJ's games that computers do not get I decided to collect games where computers get it wrong. Its not often. I was telling a young novice ... ... ... during the Anand - Topalov World Championship Match (2010) ... ... ... that there are quite a few endings where the computers are NOT accurate. However, he had a couple of years of experience, and his belief was that the "ENGINES ARE ALWAYS RIGHT." So I decided to record - here - any games where the engines failed to arrive at the correct answer. 1 game, 1968 Mates ... and other back-rank themes. Call it "Chess 101." Here's an introduction to a simple group of problems. The theme? The loser had a weakness or inability to protect his first rank. (Naturally, most of these examples were culled from the daily puzzles here at "Chess Games.") These will range in difficulty from "Very Easy" to downright difficult. 3 games, 1982-2007 My best games ... ... ... HI! My name is A J Goldsby. (Here is my forum on this website: User: LIFE Master AJ.) Here s a short collection of my better games, they must be here on this page to be part of this collection. Would you like to see more of my games? 1.) http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera... 2.) http://www.angelfire.com/games3/lif... 3.) http://www.angelfire.com/planet/ajs... 11 games, 1974-2012 My favorite M. TAL Games. Hi! My name is A J Goldsby. (User: LIFE Master AJ) <I have many web pages on Mikhail Tal,> (http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera..., http://www.angelfire.com/games4/lif... he has always been one of my favorite players. Here I will pick my favorite games of Mikhail Tal ... one of the greatest geniuses to ever play the game. (This is just a VERY small sampling, please do not feel that it is complete in ANY way!!!) ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** March 21st, 2014. I originally made this collection a number of years ago ... maybe when this site first opened. (I did it under another handle, and had to repeat the effort when I got this one.) Anyway, just this year, we have seen the following games as the POTD: <#1.)> Tal vs Lutikov, 1964 <#2.)> Tal vs Petrosian, 1974 <#3.)> Tal vs B Dudley, 1964 Without question, Tal is one of my favorite players ... and also one of the greatest tactical players of all time ... his gift was nearly unequaled! Please enjoy!!! NOTE: If you find a Tal game that you like ... and you think it belongs in this collection ... please bring it to my attention. (THANK-YOU!!!!!!!!!! ... in advance.) 21 games, 1956-1992 My picks ----> The chess of Tigran V. Petrosian. I have always wanted to have a game collection dedicated to each of the great players. The following page is my own, personal monument to this player: http://www.lifemasteraj.com/great_c.... 2 games, 1970-1982 My picks ---> GM L. Aronian's Best Games Its long overdue, (GM since 2000); Levon Aronian has been setting the world on fire for some time. Here are some picks of his better games. His FIDE card, ---> http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?.... A story of his win the 18th Melody Amber tournament, ---> http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/l.... The CB collection of stories, Aronian wins Linares, 2006! ---> http://www.chessbase.com/events/ind..., (scroll down and click on "Linares, 2006"). My analysis of one of Aronian's wins, (over GM Magnus Carlsen) ---> http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera.... My analyis of Aronian defeating GM Ivan Sokolov ... in record time! (http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera...) 4 games, 2004-2011 Nezhmetdinov wins!!!!! A fantastic attacking player ... you can learn a lot by studying his games. [Several of these games, I have annotated in depth, the link will be on the page itself. However - for the sake of convenience - I have also provided a DIRECT LINK to MY analysis ... just below here.] ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** 1.) http://www.lifemasteraj.com/old_af-... - My analysis of Nezh's incredible (1962) game with Chernikov. 2.) http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera... - My analysis of Nezh's brilliant game with Kotkov. 3.) http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera... - My analysis of Nezh's glorious win over Belov. 4.) http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera... - This is my analysis of Nezh's SUPER-BRILLIANT game over another chess legend ... ... ... GM L. Polugaevksy. It also contains maybe TWO of the most amazing chess moves of all time! ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** For a complete list of my better websites, please see: http://www.lifemasteraj.com/my-site.... FYI - Just about ALL of my websites have an "Annotated Games" page. For example, the website that I am best known for is: http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera.... (This is my old "GeoCities" website, I moved it to its current location when GC stopped offering free websites.) The page for annotated games (on this website) is: http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera.... 7 games, 1946-1970 Pins and things ... Pins are one of the simplest tactical motif's around, yet many amateurs still miss this tactical resource. Call this a collection for beginners and real novices, something to whet your teeth on. 2 games, 2007-2012 Quick K.O.'s / Opening Traps This is a collection of all the neat little opening traps that I run across. I definitely want these to be simple, 10-15 moves in length ... at the most. (Please drop me a note if you know of any.) 14 games, 1895-2010 Selected Games ... by (Super-GM) Paul Keres. Paul Keres has always been one of my (chess) heroes. On one of my very first web pages that I created myself, (http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera... Paul Morphy and Paul Keres were the first two players that I mentioned. [An excellent game collection (for the games of this player) would be: Game Collection: The Road to the Top & The Quest for Perfection compiled by Bidibulle. (All the games from the two books that John Nunn did on this player - Nunn apparently went back into old magazines <+ books> and found all the annotations that were originally done by Keres himself.)] 6 games, 1933-1972 SPACE ... don't forget about it! Sunday; April 6th, 2014. <Today's POTD featured the game:> Ding Liren vs Aronian, 2013. click for larger view White to play ... and make his 36th move. (http://en.chessbase.com/post/alekhi..., The CB article, where this game is annotated in some detail. IMO, these annotations are pretty good, you can also DL a copy to your PC.) ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** This game made such an impression on me that I decided to create this GC just to memorialize it. (If you know of any other games that should be included, please drop me a line.) The #2.) game <(when it is posted)> will be the 2006 game between Bu Xiangzhi and F. Berkes. (Space played a huge factor there, as well, see my player page for a copy of the PGN score.) The #3.) game is a famous game of Capablanca's ... and it immediately came to mind when I made this game collection. (It is a fairly well-known game on this website, <"V" for Victory>.) ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** http://www.chess.com/livechess/game... Another game that shows the importance of space ... ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** [I RE-SUMITTED THE FOLLOWING GAME TODAY - please see my player page, A J Goldsby ... for a PGN copy of the game: Xiangzhi Bu - Ferenc Berkes Taiyuan Schev; China / 2006. It's an impressive game where space is also a factor.] 2 games, 1929-2013 Tactics / Daily Puzzles This is a game collection for notable combinations (and great moves) in the "Puzzle of The Day." Enjoy! ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** For a complete list of my better websites, please see: http://www.lifemasteraj.com/my-site.... FYI - Just about ALL of my websites have an "Annotated Games" page. For example, the website that I am best known for is: http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera.... (This is my old "GeoCities" website, I moved it to its current location when GC stopped offering free websites.) The page for annotated games (on this website) is: http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera.... 22 games, 1927-2010 Teacher, GM & Chess's "Praeceptor Germaniae" GM Siegbert Tarrasch was - quite simply - one of the greatest chess players who ever lived. (See a BIO that I wrote for this player at: http://maskeret.com/cgi-bin/wiwp.cg.... And although he lost this game, there is also a BIO of Tarrasch at the bottom of this page: http://www.lifemasteraj.com/old_af-....) Tarrasch played in the great tournament of St. Petersburg, 1914. By qualifying for the finals, he became one of ... "The five ORIGINAL Grand-Masters of Chess." (The other four were Jose Raul Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine and Frank J. Marshall.) See the bottom of the following web page for more info on the great St. Petersburg Tournament of 1914. ---> http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera... Check out my annotations of the game, A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914 at: http://www.ajschess.com/lifemastera.... See my annotations of: Tarrasch-Kurschner at: http://www.lifemasteraj.com/old_af-.... 10 games, 1883-1923 The "Un-stoppable Boris of Nature," by A.J.G. Boris Spassky has always been one of my favorite players ... I thought it would be good to do a collection of his games. A few of these I have deeply annotated on various websites, be sure to check the kibitzes for the links or the notes. Date begun: (Tuesday); April 12th, 2011. 9 games, 1949-1973

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