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Part 3: 1993-2005 (Kasparov) 'Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 3: 1993-2005' by Garry Kasparov. Translated by Kenneth Neat. 130 games, 1985-2005 Paul Keres beats nine world champions Keres, though never himself champion, defeated nine other world champions in tournament play. He is the only player in history to have done this (so far). When Keres won multiple games against a champion, his first victory is given. 9 games, 1937-1959 Paul Morphy Conquered the World "I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." Adolf Anderssen, quoted by Frederick Edge in 1859 "Morphy will not let me." former unofficial world champion Adolf Anderssen, when asked why he did not play as brilliantly as usual against Paul Morphy. "Paul Morphy was the greatest chess player that ever lived...no one ever was so far superior to the players of his time" Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Lasker's Chess Magazine of January 1905, p.127 "In Paul Morphy the spirit of La Bourdonnais had arisen anew, only more vigorous, firmer, prouder... Morphy discovered that the brilliant move of the master is essentially conditional not on a sudden and inexplicable realisation, but on the placing of the pieces on the board. He introduced the rule: brilliant moves and deep winning manoeuvres are possible only in those positions where the opponent can be opposed with an abundance of active energy... From the very first moves Morphy aimed to disclose the internal energy located in his pieces. It was suddenly revealed that they possess far greater dynamism than the opponent's forces." Emanuel Lasker "Morphy's principal strength does not rest upon his power of combination but in his position play and his general style....Beginning with la Bourdonnais to the present, and including Lasker, we find that the greatest stylist has been Morphy. Whence the reason, although it might not be the only one, why he is generally considered the greatest of all." José Raúl Capablanca, in Pablo Morphy by V. F. Coria and L. Palau. "...Morphy, the master of all phases of the game, stronger than any of his opponents, even the strongest of them..." Alexander Alekhine, in Shakmatny Vestnik, January 15, 1914 "To this day Morphy is an unsurpassed master of the open games. Just how great was his significance is evident from the fact that after Morphy nothing substantially new has been created in this field. Every player- from beginner to master- should in this praxis return again and again to the games of the American genius." Mikhail Botvinnik "A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy is that if he returned to the chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy would beat anybody alive today... Morphy was perhaps the most accurate chess player who ever lived. He had complete sight of the board and never blundered, in spite of the fact that he played quite rapidly, rarely taking more than five minutes to decide a move. Perhaps his only weakness was in closed games like the Dutch Defense. But even then, he was usually victorious because of his resourcefulness." Bobby Fischer "Morphy, I think everyone agrees, was probably the greatest genius of them all." Bobby Fischer, 1992 "We also remember the brilliant flight of the American super-genius Paul Morphy, who in a couple of years (1857-59) conquered both the New and the Old Worlds. He revealed a thunderous blend of pragmatism, aggression and accurate calculation to the world -- qualities that enabled America to accomplish a powerful spurt in the second half of the 19th century." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 6. "What was the secret of Morphy's invincibility? I think it was a combination of a unique natural talent and brilliant erudition. His play was the next, more mature stage in the development of chess. Morphy had a well-developed 'feeling for position', and therefore he can be confidently regarded as the 'first swallow' - the prototype of the strong 20th century grandmaster." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 43. 125 games, 1834-1998 Paul Morphy Conquered the World "I consider Mr. Morphy the finest chess player who ever existed. He is far superior to any now living, and would doubtless have beaten Labourdonnais himself. In all his games with me, he has not only played, in every instance, the exact move, but the most exact. He never makes a mistake; but, if his adversary commits the slightest error, he is lost." Adolf Anderssen, quoted by Frederick Edge in 1859 "Morphy will not let me." former unofficial world champion Adolf Anderssen, when asked why he did not play as brilliantly as usual against Paul Morphy. "Paul Morphy was the greatest chess player that ever lived...no one ever was so far superior to the players of his time" Dr. Emanuel Lasker, Lasker's Chess Magazine of January 1905, p.127 "In Paul Morphy the spirit of La Bourdonnais had arisen anew, only more vigorous, firmer, prouder... Morphy discovered that the brilliant move of the master is essentially conditional not on a sudden and inexplicable realisation, but on the placing of the pieces on the board. He introduced the rule: brilliant moves and deep winning manoeuvres are possible only in those positions where the opponent can be opposed with an abundance of active energy... From the very first moves Morphy aimed to disclose the internal energy located in his pieces. It was suddenly revealed that they possess far greater dynamism than the opponent's forces." Emanuel Lasker "Morphy's principal strength does not rest upon his power of combination but in his position play and his general style....Beginning with la Bourdonnais to the present, and including Lasker, we find that the greatest stylist has been Morphy. Whence the reason, although it might not be the only one, why he is generally considered the greatest of all." José Raúl Capablanca, in Pablo Morphy by V. F. Coria and L. Palau. "...Morphy, the master of all phases of the game, stronger than any of his opponents, even the strongest of them..." Alexander Alekhine, in Shakmatny Vestnik, January 15, 1914 "To this day Morphy is an unsurpassed master of the open games. Just how great was his significance is evident from the fact that after Morphy nothing substantially new has been created in this field. Every player- from beginner to master- should in this praxis return again and again to the games of the American genius." Mikhail Botvinnik "A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy is that if he returned to the chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy would beat anybody alive today... Morphy was perhaps the most accurate chess player who ever lived. He had complete sight of the board and never blundered, in spite of the fact that he played quite rapidly, rarely taking more than five minutes to decide a move. Perhaps his only weakness was in closed games like the Dutch Defense. But even then, he was usually victorious because of his resourcefulness." Bobby Fischer "Morphy, I think everyone agrees, was probably the greatest genius of them all." Bobby Fischer, 1992 "We also remember the brilliant flight of the American super-genius Paul Morphy, who in a couple of years (1857-59) conquered both the New and the Old Worlds. He revealed a thunderous blend of pragmatism, aggression and accurate calculation to the world -- qualities that enabled America to accomplish a powerful spurt in the second half of the 19th century." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 6. "What was the secret of Morphy's invincibility? I think it was a combination of a unique natural talent and brilliant erudition. His play was the next, more mature stage in the development of chess. Morphy had a well-developed 'feeling for position', and therefore he can be confidently regarded as the 'first swallow' - the prototype of the strong 20th century grandmaster." Garry Kasparov (2003). On My Great Predecessors. Gloucester Publishers plc. Vol. 1, p. 43. This was one of Fredthebear's first collections. FTB did not use the clone link (it was not available back then). Unfortunately, FTB cannot recall where the above quotes came from. The links below were added a couple years after the original collection was formed. * Here's a link to Morphy Miniatures: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... * Here's a link to a simple tactics course using miniatures: http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/x/FTP... * 23 pages of King's Gambit (over 2000 games) wins by Black! http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... 160 games, 1834-1998 Paul Morphy's Best Games The best games of Morphy's career. I can think of no more suitable epithet for Morphy than to call him "the Newton of Chess". – Frederick Edge When one plays with Morphy the sensation is as queer as the first electric shock, or first love, or chloroform, or any entirely novel experience. – Henry Bird The man born too soon. – Alexander Alekhine (on Morphy) The Bobby Fischer of the 19th century. – Larry Parr (on Morphy) Morphy was an American Caissic F-16 in an era of European hot air chess balloons. – Larry Parr The magnificent American master had the most extraordinary brain that anybody has ever had for chess. Technique, strategy, tactics, knowledge which is inconceivable for us; all that was possessed by Morphy fifty-four years ago. – Jose R. Capablanca Morphy’s technique in winning won positions and drawing lost positions has also been praised, but his defining edge over the competition was an understanding of the importance of time in chess. – Larry Parr When it is so freely asserted that Morphy's style was all genius and inspiration. Morphy possessed the most profound book knowledge of any master of his time, and never introduced a single novelty, whereas since his day the books have had to study the players. – Wilhelm Steinitz He who plays Morphy must abandon all hope of catching him in a trap, no matter how cunningly laid, but must assume that it is so clear to Morphy that there can be no question of a false step. – Adolf Anderssen In the handling of open positions, nothing new has been found after Morphy! – Mikhail Botvinnik Morphy's games served as guiding lights for Steinitz and others who were keen enough to see that Morphy's wins came from more than just flashy tactics and poor defense by his opponents. – Mig Greengard Alas, Morphy did not bother to explain the superiority of his method. Only the powerful mind of another chess giant, Wilhelm Steinitz, could systematize the profound positional rules that created a new outlook in chess progress. – Garry Kasparov Morphy in 1886, had he been alive, would have beaten the Morphy of 1859. – Wilhelm Steinitz The progress of age can no more be disputed than Morphy's extraordinary genius. – Wilhelm Steinitz I did find that everything of him was correct: he was a gentleman, soft-spoken, kindly, but for some reason felt that chess was no blessing. And who knows, maybe he was right. – Wilhelm Steinitz (on Morphy) Chess, of course, may have been the cause of Morphy's mental fall; he may have loved it not wisely but too well. A mind saturated with one idea to the exclusion of all others is necessarily predisposed to mania, and if a man allows himself to regard Chess as the one fact of existence, thereby starving his mind, which, like the body, requires a variety of food, then the texture of the strongest brain must become weakened, and the reason sooner or later be overthrown. Whether this was Morphy's case remains to be seen. However, the disaster which has overtaken him may be accounted for in another way. Success came to him too early and was too complete. So far as Chess was concerned he had conquered the world, and henceforth he had no motive in life. – William Norwood Potter Perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived, he would beat anybody today in a set-match. He had complete sight of the board and seldom blundered even though he moved quite rapidly. I've played over hundreds of his games and am continually surprised and entertained by his ingenuity. – Bobby Fischer (on Morphy) A popularly held theory about Paul Morphy, is that if he returned to the chess world today and played our best contemporary players, he would come out the loser. Nothing is further from the truth. In a set match, Morphy would beat anybody alive today. – Bobby Fischer Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all. – Bobby Fischer 57 games, 1848-1866 Pawn Structure Chess (Soltis) 'Pawn Structure Chess' by Andrew Soltis. New edition. 164 games, 1834-2012 Philidor Only a small number of Philidor's games have survived, but it still seemed right to give the great man a game collection of his very best games. For me, Philidor was the chessic expression of the Enlightenment. 20 games, 1749-1990 Pillsbury, the Extraordinary 38 games, 1892-1903 Polgars Powers Originally Compiled This collection was compiled by wanabe2000 under a different title (the historical links and first 200 games listed). Thank you wanabe2000!! Selected Games and Tournament from GM Susan Polgar, IM Sofia Polgar, and GM Judit Polgar 1977-2011. <Information:> Judit 2015 Global Chess Festival: http://en.chessbase.com/post/the-gl... The Polgar Variant: http://en.chessbase.com/post/docume... Susan 2015: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/COZUdv5... Judit's clock simul against French students April 2015: http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-... Judit, the greatest prodigy: http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-... Judit,interview,2015 in Playboy Magazine: http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-... Judit, sets Guinness record 2014: http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-... Judit, Ambassador for talent 2014: http://en.chessbase.com/post/childr... Polgar Aquaprofit Chess Festival 2013: http://en.chessbase.com/post/kaspar... Judit retires: http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-... 2014 from Chessbase, Judit on Magnus: http://en.chessbase.com/post/polgar... In 1991, Zsuzsa (Susan) became the first woman player to ever achieve the men's grandmaster title, and later that year, her sister Judit earned the title as well. Included are selected games of the three sisters including Judit's wins over Kasparov, Karpov, Anand, and Topalov. Also included are Susan's seven favorite games, from her web site. Judit: January 2011 FIDE Rating 2686, number 53 in the world, , number 1 Women in the world. Sofia: January 2011 FIDE Rating 2450, number 41 Women in the world. Zsuzsa: October 2005 FIDE Rating 2577, currently number 318 in the world, and number 4 Women in the world. Judit's last six games from the 2014 Olympiad: Tromso Olympiad (2014)/Judit Polgar The Greatest Prodigy: http://en.chessbase.com/post/judit-... <World Championships:> In 1996, Susan won the Women's World Championship. See chessmoron's Game Collection: Women WCC Index (1996: S. Polgar - Xie Jun) <Candidates Tournament:> [bad tournament link] where Bareev won 2-1 in six games over Judit. In 1999 Judit made it to the quarter Finals in the FIDE knock out World Championship in Las Vegas. Her games are presented below. <Tournaments:> Judit is participating in the 2011 12th European Chess Championship in Aix-les-Bains. Here is her Round 7 game annotated by Sergey Shipov: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... Judit came in equal fourth, one point behind the winners, in an International Tournament in New Zealand. Her five wins were equal to the leaders: Game Collection: Plaza International Chess Tt 1988 Zsofia shocked the chess world in the Rome Open, 1989, when at the age of 14 she defeated a string of Soviet Grandmasters and achieved the highest performance rating of any chess player, male or female, in any open tournament in chess history. This performance has become known as "The Sac of Rome." She scored (8.5/9). Selected games are presented. Also see, http://www.sofiapolgar.com/Polgar-C.... Hastings 1992-3 saw 16 year old Judit Polgár tie Bareev at 9/14 each. It was Bareev's third consecutive Hastings win, and Polgár's first.See suenteus po 147's: Game Collection: Hastings 1992/93 Judit came in equal third in a strong tournament ahead of Kamsey, and Karpov: See whiteshark's: Game Collection: 99_Lev Polugajevky Tourn. Buenos Aires 1994 Vienna Austria 1996 where Judit placed equal 2nd. See Phony Benoni's: Game Collection: Vienna 1996 Dortmund 1997 where Judit beat Topolov: See suenteus po 147's: Game Collection: Dortmund 1997. Judit scores (+7-2=2) at the Superstars Hotel Bali Tournament (time control 15 min + 10 sec/move) in Benidom, ESP 2002 and won the Blitz playoff with Ruslan Ponomariov (1.5-.5). They were tied after 11 rounds with 8 points. Review her games at: Superstars Hotel Bali (2002)/Judit Polgar. She beat two world champions, Anatoli Karpov and Ponomariov in this tournament. Selected games from Wijk ann Zee 2003 where Judit placed second with +3-0=8. See her games: Corus Group A (2003)/Judit Polgar See all games: Corus Group A (2003). Judit wins Hoogeveen NED 7th Essent (2003)/Judit Polgar. Judit was equal first Hoogeveen NED (+4-1=1): Essent Tournament (2006)/Judit Polgar. GM Susan Polgar was the runner up (6.0/10) in the 2006 Mayor's Cup held in New York with a strong field of US Grandmasters. Three of her wins are included. See Dr.Lecter's: Game Collection: Mayor's Cup Invitational 2006 for additiuonal games. Judit had a fine score of (+6-1=2) at the Villa de Canada de Calatrava (2007)/Judit Polgar (Rapid). She only lost to Daniel Friedman and had draws with Anand and Mamedyarov. Judit scored 5/10 (+3-3=4) ahead of Rustam Kasimdzhanov and Anatoli Karpov in the: Liga de Campeones (2007)/Judit Polgar. She was two points behind the winner Topolov but gave him his only loss of the tournament. Judit at Biel 2007: Biel Chess Festival (2007)/Judit Polgar Judit's games from the 2009 World Cup: World Cup (2009)/Judit Polgar Judit placed third, on tie break, in the 12th European Individual Championship in 2011. Here are her games from the competition: European Championship (2011)/Judit Polgar Article: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... Judit's games from the Tradewise Gibraltar 2012: Her score of 7/10 (+5-1+4) was notable for her loss to Yifan Hou, current Women's World Champion, and her last round win over Victor Korchnoi. Judit's games from the European Individual Championship 2014: European Championship (2014)/Judit Polgar <Olympiad:> Judit's games from the 2002 Olympiad in Bled: Bled Olympiad (2002)/Judit Polgar Zsuzsa was undefeated in the 36th Olympiad in Calvia ESP (+7-0=7): Calvia Olympiad (Women) (2004)/Susan Polgar. Judit's games from the 2008 Olympiad: Dresden Olympiad (2008)/Judit Polgar. Judit played third board in the first round for Hungary at the 2010 Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Her first round win was featured in the Chessbase report: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.... Judit featured, again, in the round four report from Chessgames: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.... A picture from the 2010 Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Round 7: http://www.ugra-chess.com/sites/def... Round nine: http://www.ugra-chess.com/sites/def.... Judit ended with a score of 6/10 (+4-2=4) and overall fourth place on Board Three. See all her games: Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010)/Judit Polgar. Judit's games from the 2012 Olympiad in Istanbul: Istanbul Olympiad (2012)/Judit Polgar Judit's games from the 2014 Olympiad in Tromso: Tromso Olympiad (2014)/Judit Polgar Judit Playing as a reserve player for Hungary in the open section, won a silver medal with her team and recorded four wins, one loss and one draw for a total score 4½/6. Judit announced her retirement after the tournament. <Blitz and Rapid/Blindfold:> Susan and Judit competed in the Amber(Rapid/Blindfold) tournament in 1993. Judit competed in 1994 and 1995. See amadeus': Game Collection: Melody Amber 1993 Game Collection: Melody Amber 1994 Game Collection: Melody Amber 1995 Polgar-Anand Rapid Match 2003 in Mainz GER: Polgar - Anand Rapid Match (2003) Although Judit placed far down in the standings, she did record 13 wins in the 2009 Tal Memorial World Blitz Tournament. Here are her games: World Blitz Championship (2009)/Judit Polgar Judit Polgar won the event at Ajedrez, Mexico City Nov 2010. She recovered from a loss in game one to beat Vassily Ivanchuk 2.5-1.5. In the final Polgar scored a crushing victory against Veselin Topalov. Game 1 was drawn. After that she realed off three wins in a row including a final King's Gambit for a 3.5-0.5 victory. A great result for Judit! Games in PGN: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne.... Chessdom Report: http://reports.chessdom.com/news-20... Chessgames Crosstable: Ajedrez UNAM Quadrangular (2010) Judit scored (+7-1=5) 9.5/13 in the European Rapid Championship (2010)for equal 15th place. Her games from the event: European Rapid Championship (2010)/Judit Polgar <Match> All 10 games are presented from the Polgar-Spassky Match. Judit won with (+3-2=5) Budapest, 1993. http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne.... Chessgames: Polgar - Kaidanov Sicilian Theme Match (2010) Judit wins 6-2 over David Navarra (April 2010). http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessne... <Head to Head:> Judit and Susan have played 17 times with a +3-3=11 between them. Judit's highest FIDE rating achieved in database: 2735. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... <Pictures and News:> The sisters with Gary Kasparov 2013: http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/f... Judit Interview (2011) after Europoean Individual: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2... Happy Birthday Judit. http://remizatorul.weebly.com/13/po.... http://chesspics.com/albums/calviat... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q0lTtPVTG... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Interview with Susan Polgar in Calvià 2004: http://www.chessbase.com/newsprint..... http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp.... http://www.sofiapolgar.com/Details..... http://www.sofiapolgar.com/Details.... Judit at the Sicilian Match with Gregory Kaidanov 2010: http://picasaweb.google.com/MonRoi.... http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... <Collections:> For great endgame play from Judit Polgar see: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches.... lostemperor's: Game Collection: The Polgar sisters. larrewl's: Game Collection: Zsuzsa! Resignation Trap's: Game Collection: The Princess of Chess - Judit Polgar <Links:> http://www.susanpolgar.com/ <More Pictures and News:> Judit at Mainz: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2008/... Susan at Clavia: http://www.chessbase.com/images2/20.... Judit Before a Game: http://www.chessbase.com/images2/20.... Judit plays Anand in Zurich Rapid 2009: http://www.kradolfer.info/sgz2009/R... Judit and Magnus at the Arctic Securities Rapid 2010: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/... http://gfx.nrk.no/rA4SwQ7aS7PV3kljm... Judit in New York 2010: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/... Zsofia in Tel Aviv 2010: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/... 4th Annual Aquaprofit Polgar Chess Day Nov. 27,2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m93V... Judit Polgar in Rocca di Papa 2010: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Judit at the European Individual Championship 2011: http://www.chessbase.com/news/2011/... Round 4 against Edouard Romain: http://www.aixlesbains2011.fr/EuroA... Judit 38 today 7/23/2014: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BtQTDDV... Judit at the 2014 Olympiad, Tromso, Norway: http://tromso2014.jalbum.net/Chess%... Susan and Judit at the 2014 Olympiad, Tromso, Norway: http://tromso2014.jalbum.net/Chess%... Judit 2014: http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/f... Judit 2015: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAomKNV... Judit pic in Nigel Short's Article 2015: http://en.chessbase.com/Portals/4/f... Judit playing Hou Yifan 2012: http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/f... 395 games, 1963-2014 Positional Chess Handbook I Games from "Positional Chess Handbook (Israel Gelfer)" This inexpensive book contains many more examples and is worth getting. 141 games, 1896-1986 Positional Chess Handbook II Continuation of Positional Chess Handbook I 186 games, 1857-1986 Positional Decision Making (Gelfand/Aagaard) 'Positional Decision Making in Chess' by Boris Gelfand and Jacob Aagaard. 29 games, 1907-2013 Positional Themes 250 games, 1783-2018 Python Strategy (Petrosian) Games from ‘Python Strategy' by Tigran Petrosian. 109 games, 1945-1982 Quest for Perfection (Keres) 'Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection' by Paul Keres. Translated by Harry Golombek. Additional material by John Nunn. 52 games, 1950-1975 Rashid Nezhmetdinov's Best Games The best games of Nezhmetdinov's career. Nezhmetdinov, this nondescript short man, wearing the same suit for years and living on several cups of extremely strong tea a day, was burning himself with the best fire in the world, the search of Eternal Beauty, did not belong to the elite. For this he was too much of a genius. – Lev Khariton Rashid Nezhmetdinov, with whose games I made my first acquaintance through the excellent books by Koblentz, has ever since my youngest chess days been my greatest secret hero. Why "secret"? Well, because there was simply no point in praising the beauty of his games to my mates since none of them had ever heard of Nezhmetdinov. Only from a certain Mr. Korchnoi did I earn an approving nod. – Richard Forster Well, color won't matter. Nezhmetdinov can play any opening. Somewhere he will sacrifice a pawn for the initiative. Then he will sacrifice another. Then he will sacrifice a piece for an attack. The he'll probably sacrifice another piece to drive your king in the center. Then he will checkmate you. – Unknown trainer to his student, Alexey Suetin With the passing of time, tournament tables tend to lose interest but some games played in these tournaments live forever, and in this respect Nezhmetdinov was one of the most richly endowed players. – Nigel Davies The greatest master of the initiative. – Lev Polugaevsky (on Nezhmetdinov) Nobody sees combinations as Rashid Nezhmetdinov. – Mikhail Botvinnik Sunk in thought for a long time, I understood that I was to say good-by to all hope and was losing a game that would be spread all over the world. – Lev Polugaevsky (on a loss to Nezhmetdinov) When I lost to Nezhmetdinov!! – Mikhail Tal (on the happiest day of his life) 36 games, 1929-1970 Richard Réti's Best Games by Golombek The games and compositions collected here are from Harry Golombek's book "Richard Réti's Best Games." Since the compositions could not be included in order with the games below they follow this tournament introduction: Compositions: Endgame Study p.80 Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten, 1921 click for larger view ----------White to play and draw---------- Endgame Study p.100 Teplitz-Schonauer Anzeiger, 1922 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.101 Kagan's Neueste Schachnachrichten, 1922 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.101 Hastings and St. Leonards Post, 1922 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.130 Berliner Tageblatt, 1923 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.130 Casopis ceskoslovenskych sachistu, 1924 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.152 Wiener Tageblatt, 1925 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.152 28 Rijen, 1925 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.173 Shakhmatny Listok, 1927 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.173 Shakhmatny Listok, 1927 click for larger view ----------White to play and draw---------- Endgame Study p.196 Magyar Sakkvilág, 1928 click for larger view ----------White to play and draw---------- Endgame Study p.197 Narodni Listy, 1928 click for larger view ----------White to play and draw---------- Endgame Study p.197 Denken und Raten, 1928 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.197 Shakhmaty, 1928 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.198 Koelnische Volkszeitung, 1928 [Reti & H. Rinck (1935)] click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.198 Munchner Neuiste Nachrichten, 1928 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.198 Shakhmaty, 1929 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.199 Magyar Sakkvilág, 1929 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.199 Basler Nachrichten, 1929 click for larger view ----------White to play and win---------- Endgame Study p.199 Ostrauer Morgenzeitung, 04.1929 click for larger view ----------White to play and draw---------- 70 games, 1907-1928 Richard Reti's Masters of the Chessboard games Games from Richard Reti's book Masters of the Chessboard. this and other book collections are found in this MetaCollection! Game Collection: The Chess Book Companion (a meta-collection) 71 games, 1749-1989 Road to the Championship - Anatoli Karpov This is the road taken by Karpov during his title run. Karpov was seeded directly into the 1973 Leningrad Interzonal as World Junior Champion. He tied for first with Viktor Korchnoi, but was declared the winner on tiebreaks having gone undefeated. During this time Karpov would also take first in Madrid with an impressive 11/15. Karpov went undefeated again in the quarterfinals match against Lev Polugaevsky, and trounced the former world champion, Boris Spassky, in the semi-finals 7-4. Karpov was eventually victorious over Korchnoi in the candidates final with a score of 12.5-11.5 after a grueling 24 game match that saw 19 draws. When Fischer and FIDE refused to come to an agreement about the terms for the world championship match in 1975 Karpov was declared the de facto World Champion, making his the shortest of all title runs under the classic FIDE cycle. Special thanks to Fischer of Men for the collection idea and format. 60 games, 1973-1974 Road to the Top (Keres) 'Paul Keres: The Road to the Top" by Paul Keres. Translated by Harry Golombek. Additional material by John Nunn. 51 games, 1931-1950

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