[what is this?]

[what is this?]

cu8sfan's favorite games Here are some of my favorite games - for whatever reason. Maybe I will find time someday to sort them and write some deeper comments... 16 games, 1820-1999 Habemus Papam In honor of late Pope John Paul II and in expectation of a new Pope this collection puts together (under-)promotions to Bishop. The Pope is also Bishop of Rome. click for larger view 29 games, 1902-2003 John Emms: Starting Out: The Sicilian click for larger view These are the games in John Emms' introductory book 'Starting Out: The Sicilian' by Everyman Chess (buy it here: http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/...) 58 games, 1948-2004 John Emms: Survival Guide to Competitive Chess (Unfinished book collection) These are the games in John Emms' book 'The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess' by Everyman Chess (buy it here: http://www.everymanchess.com/chess/...). I am still working on completing this collection. 42 games, 1986-2006 Jonathan Rowson: The Seven Deadly Chess Sins This is a collection of most of the games in Jonathan Rowson's excellent book "The Seven Deadly Chess Sins" (http://www.gambitbooks.com/books/se...). Jonathan Rowson is a very knowledgeable writer and this is an excellent book. The chapter on "Wanting" alone is worth it and was partly responsible for me finding the fun in The Game again. (Sorry, I was not able to locate all the games in the book). 38 games, 1914-2000 Neil McDonald: Starting Out: The Dutch click for larger view These are the games in Neil McDonald's introductory book 'Starting Out: The Dutch Defence' by Everyman Chess (buy it here: http://www.everymanbooks.com/displa...) 53 games, 1912-2004 Notable Games 2004 This is a personal list of notable games of the last year. After a long absence from the game I started playing again. This was sometime in February, midway through Linares and that's why I don't have any Wijk aan Zee games in here. Position of the year (Kramnik vs Leko, 2004 click for larger view 21 games, 1994-2004 Notable Games 2005 These are some notable games of 2005. This is a very personal list. There may have been better games or more beautiful ones. But this is how I remember 2005 in chess. Enjoy! To complement your view of 2005 I suggest you take a look at the Game Collection: The Greatest Games of 2005 by User: dac1990 and Game Collection: 2005's Greatest Chess Games by User: iron maiden. Position of the year (Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005 click for larger view 24 games, 2005 Notable Games 2006 These are some notable games of 2006. This is a very personal list. There may have been better games or more beautiful ones. But this is how I remember 2006 in chess. Enjoy! To complement your view of 2006 I suggest you take a look at the Game Collection: 2006's Greatest Chess Games by User: iron maiden. Position of the year (Final position of Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006 click for larger view 15 games, 1973-2006