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Art of Sacrifice in Chess, R. Spielmann Spielmann, Rudolf. The Art of Sacrifice in Chess, New York: Dover, 1995. ISBN 0-486-28449-2. 37 games, 1903-1934 Black Repertoire 1.e4 e5 Compiled by Chigorin This fine collection was developed by Chigorin. Fredthebear copied this collection from Chigorin. Thank you Chigorin! This collection outlines a repertoire for Black against 1.e4 based on the Open Defense against the Ruy Lopez, 5...f6 against the Ruy Lopez Exchange, and the Two Knights Defense against 3.Bc4. These defenses are completely sound, but also more based on pure piece activity (and consequently more intuitive for an amateur) than various other replies to 1.e4 (Closed Spanish, Sicilian, French etc.). I based the selection of games on three books: -"Open Ruy Lopez" (2000) by Glen Flear -"Ruy Lopez Exchange" (2005) by Krzysztof Panczyk and Jacek Ilczuk -"Play the Open Games as Black" (2000) by John Emms The theory is dated in some spots, but as a starting place for an amateur repertoire these games are still great examples. The most dated theory is probably in the Ruy Lopez mainlines, which in my experience are rarely encountered at amateur level anyway. In a couple of spots I chose lines other than those recommended in the above mentioned books, usually because I felt that the lines given in the books were either unnecessarily difficult (3...g5 vs. the King's Gambit as given by Emms, 4...Nf6 vs. the Scotch as given by Emms), or simply sub-optimal (5...Bb4 vs. the Vienna as given by Emms). 71 games, 1894-2010 Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) Games featured in the above book. 97 games, 1956-1992 C89 Spanish: Marshall Attack [White] 79 games, 1989-2012 Capablanca's Best Chess Endings Games from Irving Chernev's "Capablanca's Best Chess Endings" The opening of a game is important - and hundreds of books are written on the opening. The opening leads to the midgame. The midgame is important - and hundreds of books are written on the midgame. The midgame leads to the endgame. The endgame is important - and *no books are written on the endgame*! Yes, there are books, but they concern themselves with composed endings, or with theoretical (and for the most part artificial) positions. The composed endings are admittedly beautiful, but they are of limited value, as they have no relationship to practical play. Of the theoretical positions, many have their uses, but one must sift the wheat from the chaff. TO what use can we put such knowledge as the procedure for mating with a Knight and Bishop, or with the two Bishops, when an opportunity to do so may not occur in a lifetime? And why burden our minds with the manner of forcing mate with three knights (believe-it-or-not) or winning with four minor pieces against a Queen (sans Pans) when such positions as these have never yet been seen on land or sea? Capablanca himself says : "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before anything else; for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." There are no books on endings from real life, no books from the practices of masters in actual play, let alone from the practice of a single master. This fact alone is enough to justify this book of endings, selected from the tournament and match play of the greatest endgame virtuoso the world has ever seen - the immortal Capablanca. Here are wondrous endings to enchant the reader, endings of breathtaking artistry. Here are endings of astonishing accuracy, whose relentless logic will inspire the earnest student to emulate a similar technique - the technique of seeking a clear-cut, efficient win, instead of a display of fireworks. The games are given in full, in order to show how a slight advantage acquired in the early stages, is carried forward and exploited in the endgame. I have annotated the endings in detail (a consideration they have rarely received before) for the better appreciation of the fine points of Capablanca's play, and have given credit to those who have anticipated my findings. -- Irving Chernev 60 games, 1901-1936 End game tactics 169 games, 1870-2010 Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (1A) Games featured in Kasparov's Book (Volume 1) 102 games, 1834-1934 Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (1B) Games featured in Kasparov's Book (Volume 1) (continued) 39 games, 1911-1943 Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (2) Games featured in Volume Two of Garry's Book 99 games, 1920-1973 Garry Kasparov's On My Great Predecessors (4) Games featured in Volume 4 of Garry Kasparov's book. 107 games, 1922-1992 Greatest Attacking Games of All Time 12 games, 1851-1999 Miroslav Filip - All World Is Learning From Them This is a collection of 100 games of 10 great GMs (Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Gligoric, Larsen, Portisch, Fischer and Karpov) selected and annotated by GM Miroslav Filip in a book published in 1979. I have added also one pretty game played by author himself. 101 games, 1936-1976 Nunn's Understanding Chess Move by Move Most of Nunn's games seem not to be in here. These are the ones that are. Also, I believe Gambit is very touchy about games files from their books, so who knows if this is even kosher? Maybe they'd freak out if they knew i was doing this.... 15 games, 1979-1999 Play The Najdorf Sicilian - Collection by pdion6 Fredthebear copied this collection from pdion60. Thank you pdion60. 181 games, 1971-2016 Sacrifices in the Sicilian favorable for black 66 games, 1849-2013 sicilian defense(opening traps) 92 games, 1840-2002 Spanish disasters 99 games, 1851-2011 The Application of Chess Theory Published by Pergamon Press ISBN 0-08-026914-1 (Hardcover) ISBN 0-08-029738-2 (Flexicover) Efim Geller was one of the World's leading Grandmasters for over three decades. This collection of one hundred of his best games appeared in 1984. However, before the games first a few words 'From the Author'. "The games in this book were played during the 35 years of my career in big-time chess. Do I number them among my best? In the main, yes, because victory in them brought me that which attracts me more than anything in chess. Defeats are also instructive, of course, but that is a quite different topic... The games are grouped in a rather unusual way - according to opening. This is not by accident. All my life I have been working on the problems of chess theory, and to a certain extent such a grouping enables the book to be regarded as a "report on the work carried out". But the main thing is that, by playing through a whole group of games played, for example, with the Sicilian Defence, I think that simultaneously the reader will be able to master a whole series of stratagems, typical of the given opening. In a separate section are games played by the author against grandmasters with the highest title - that of World Champion. Not every game here is a contender for the epithet of "best", but all, without exception are memorable. But then, there is no way that battles with the chess kings could be otherwise...." 100 games, 1946-1982 The Art of Attack - By Vladimir Vukovic Games from Vladimir Vukovic's classic book "The Art of Attack" 40 games, 1843-1974 The Petroff - Move by Move 95 games, 1946-2016

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