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BOOK: Chess Masterpieces (Frank Marshall, 1928) The interesting thing about this book is that here, the world's leading masters nominated their own best games. I especially like that many did not choose wins, for example Capa considers a humble draw his best game :) Source: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter... 2 missing games: * C. Howell: Howell v Ford, New York, 1904 (page 101); * J. Sawyer: the drawn game Marshall v Sawyer, Montreal, 1928 (page 120) 21 games, 1892-1927 BOOK: Knaurs Schachbuch (Beheim-Schwarzbach 1953 A nice little German collection of chess games which has always been a favourite of mine. I really like the selection, which -- besides the usual suspects -- features some obscure brilliancies. Beheim-Schwarzbach's annotations are not the deepest, but his somewhat old-fashioned prose (he mainly is known for his poetry) does a great job of transmitting the beauty of chess games. Finally, I like that the book is structures after the type of games (mate attack, positional game, successful defenses, draws, etc.). A few more diagrams would be great, but even so, it did inspire my love for our wonderful game, and it is one of the few books I have kept from my teenager years. The book was translated into English as [[Chess with the Masters]] (Arco Books, 1963) and into Dutch as [[Thieme's Schaakboek]] (Thieme, 1964). I own an updated paperback edition that seems to be late 1970s or 1980s. <========= Additional games =========> As I (as a non-paying member) can only add 101 games per list, but as the list intro can be as long as I want, I add the additional games here: <Melee (p.195)> R A Redolfi vs Eliskases, 1957 | 0-1 | 23 moves | C18 French: Winawer, Advance <Melee (p.196f)> C H Alexander vs Gligoric, 1951 | 1-0 | 41 | B63 Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer, Classical <Melee (p.198)> Eliskases vs Gilg, 1934 | 0-1 | 26 moves | D64 QGD: Orthodox, Rubinstein <Melee (p.199f)> Stahlberg vs H Grob, 1936 | 0-1 | 32 moves | D68 QGD: Orthodox, Classical <Melee (p.201f)> V Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1933 | 0-1 | 29 moves | B74 Sicilian: Dragon, Classical, Maroczy <Melee (p.203)> H Lehmann vs K Junge, 1942 | 0-1 | 27 moves | D44 QG Semi-Slav: Botvinnik, Szabo <Melee (p.204)> K Ojanen vs Euwe, 1958 | 0-1 | 31 moves | E59 Nimzo-Indian: Normal, Bernstein <Melee (p.205f)> Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960 | 0-1 | 47 moves | E69 King's Indian: Fianchetto, Classical, Main Line <Melee (p.207)> Keres vs Smyslov, 1948 | 1-0 | 27 moves | A15 English: Anglo-Indian, King's Knight <Melee (p.208f)> F Olafsson vs Fischer, 1959 | 0-1 | 40 moves | E93 King's Indian: Petrosian, Normal Defense <Melee (p.210f)> Kotov vs Lilienthal, 1950 | 1-0 | 37 moves | D97 Grünfeld: Russian, Prins <Melee (p.212)> L Schmid vs R Teschner, 1951 | 0-1 | 43 moves | C18 French: Winawer, Classical <Melee (p.213)> R Toran vs Tal, 1961 | 0-1 | 25 moves | A21 English: King's English, Reversed Sicilian <Melee (p.214ff)> D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956 | 0-1 | 41 moves | D92 Grünfeld: Three Knights, Hungarian <Art of the Endgame (p.217f)> Showalter vs Winawer, 1896 | 0-1 | 49 moves | D16 QG Slav: Alapin <Art of the Endgame (p.219f)> Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948 | 1-0 | 52 moves | C75 Ruy Lopez: Modern Steinitz <Art of the Endgame (p.221)> H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929 | 0-1 | 38 moves | C68 Ruy Lopez: Exchange, Alekhine <Art of the Endgame (p.222ff)> Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld, 1929 | 1-0 | 70 moves | A46 Indian: Yusupov-Rubinstein <Art of the Endgame (p.225f)> Alekhine vs Marshall, 1914 | 1-0 | 55 moves | C42 Russian: Classical Attack, Marshall <Art of the Endgame (p.227f)> Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908 | 1-0 | 55 moves | C68 Ruy Lopez: Exchange <Art of the Endgame (p.229f)> Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911 | 1-0 | 42 moves | D33 QGD: Tarrasch, Rubinstein <Art of the Endgame (p.231f)> Keres vs A Becker, 1937 | 1-0 | 41 moves | A46 Indian: Knights <Art of the Endgame (p.233f)> Fine vs Keres, 1938 | 0-1 | 57 moves | C86 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall, Delayed Castling <Art of the Endgame (p.235ff)> Flohr vs H Grob, 1934 | 1-0 | 74 moves | D37 QGD: Barmen <Art of the Endgame (p.238f)> Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 | 1-0 | 48 moves | D94 Grünfeld: Three Knights, Burille <Peaceful Ending (p.240)> K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872 | ½-½ | 18 moves | C25 Vienna Game: Hamppe-Meitner <Peaceful Ending (p.241)> Yates vs Euwe, 1929 | ½-½ | 40 moves | B02 Alekhine: Sämisch <Peaceful Ending (p.242f)> O Bernstein vs A Nimzowitsch, 1914 | ½-½ | 50 moves | E12 Queen's Indian: Kasparov <Peaceful Ending (p.244ff)> Euwe vs Capablanca, 1929 | ½-½ | 54 moves | E36 Nimzo-Indian: Classical, Noa <Peaceful Ending (p.247f)> Spielmann vs Colle, 1926 | ½-½ | 50 moves | B02 Alekhine: Scandinavian <Peaceful Ending (p.249f)> Schlechter vs Lasker, 1910 | ½-½ | 48 moves | B32 Sicilian: Old, Open <Peaceful Ending (p.251f)> Capablanca vs Bogoljubov, 1929 | ½-½ | 37 moves | E60 King's Indian: Fianchetto, Immediate Fianchetto <Peaceful Ending (p.253ff)> Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937 | ½-½ | 51 moves | D41 QGD: Semi-Tarrasch, Exchange <Peaceful Ending (p.256f)> Saemisch vs Bogoljubov, 1937 | ½-½ | 49 moves | D24 QGA: Showalter <Peaceful Ending (p.258ff)> Keres vs Eliskases, 1938 | ½-½ | 57 moves | C07 French: Tarrasch, Chistyakov Defense <Peaceful Ending (p.261)> Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1928 | ½-½ | 32 moves | A46 Indian: Yusupov-Rubinstein <Peaceful Ending (p.262f)> Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951 | ½-½ | 41 moves | A91 Dutch: Classical <Peaceful Ending (p.264)> H Rossetto vs Stahlberg, 1947 | ½-½ | 18 moves | C13 French: Alekhine-Chatard, Breyer <========= Games MISSING from This Lovely Site =========> I'm quite new here and have submitted a few games, but so far haven't had any reaction, so for the moment I'll just list these unfortunate omissions here. It speaks for this site that actually only few games are missing. <Mate Attack (p.18)> Minckwitz - von Schmidt, 1865 <Mate Attack (p.47)> Richter - Vogel, Berlin 1952 <Mate Attack (p.50)> Sämisch - Koller, Berne 1949 <Triumph of Defense (p.153f)> Yates - Nimzowitsch, London (5) 1927-11 101 games, 1834-1963 Chess Game Canon A list of games mentioned in 6 or more of the following 21 works: * Fred Marshall: <Chess Masterpieces> (1928) * Richard Réti: <Die Meister des Schachbretts>/<Masters of the Chess Board> (1930) * Reuben Fine: <The World's Great Chess Games> (1951) * Martin Beheim-Schwarzbach: <Knaurs Schachbuch> (1953) -- a really nice little German game collection, one of my personal favourites * Savielly Tartakower: <500 Master Games of Chess> (1952) * Fred Reinfeld: <Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters> (1961) * Irving Chernev: <The Most Instructive Games of Chess> (1965) * Al Horowitz: <The Golden Treasury of Chess> (1969 edition) * Larry Evans: <Modern Chess Brilliancies> (1971) * John Nunn, Graham Burgess, & John Emms: <The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games> (1998) * Graham Burgess: <Chess Highlights of the 20th Century> (2000) * Garry Kasparov: <On My Great Predecessors>, Parts 1-5 (2003-2006) * Garry Kasparov: <Modern Chess>, Parts 1-4 (2007-2010) * Chess Informant: <Golden Games>, Vol. 1-138 (1966-2018) * Chess Informant: <Best Games>, Vol. 1-115 (1966-2012) * Graeme Cree: <Underanthologized Games> http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... * Irving Chernev: <Wonders and Curiosities of Chess> (1974) * Benzol: <Celebrities and Immortals> Game Collection: Celebrities & Immortals * Wikipedia: List_of_chess_games * Wikipedia (German): Liste_berühmter_Schachpartien * Chessgames Greatest of All Times I would have liked to include those on 4+ lists, but as I'm not a prime member, I'm limited to 101 games :( 69 games, 1834-1999 Computer Chess Highlights Computer chess games that are noteworthy, from a historical, technical and/or chessy standpoint. Perpetual work in progress. 9 games, 1967-1994 generror's Classic Game Analyses A list of games on which I've posted my analyses, mostly for my own reference, although of course my analyses are the ultimate and definitive judgment of these games (irony warning because this is the internet). I'm a rather average player, so I mainly rely on Stockfish 14+ NNUE (usually via lichess.com). I also consider the annotations that better players than me have made. I usually compute five principal variations in parallel and use the evaluations when they seem relatively stable, which usually happens at depth 15-20. And as I'm only allowed 101 entries per list, I list further games here: <1850s> table[ 2023-02-06 :) Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 New York (1-0, C46 Three Knights: Spanish) | Morphy having an uncharacteristically bad day 2023-02-07 :D Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858 Paris m#2 (0-1, C41 Philidor: Exchange) | another Morphy loss, but this time due to masterful defense ]table <1860s> table[ 2023-02-06 <3 Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1862 London (1-0, C67 Spanish: Berlin, Rio Accepted) | first encounter of the two; Steinitz swindles Anderssen, then himself in the endgame 2023-02-05 :D Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862 London (1-0, B01 Scandinavian: Mieses-Kotroc, Valencian) | rook sac made Steinitz famous, not totally unsound 2023-02-06 :) J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863 Breslau (0-1, C39 KGA: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense) | Anderssen destroys overly aggressive player in wild King's Gambit 2023-02-07 :) Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1866 London m#13 (0-1, C65 Spanish: Berlin, Anderssen Variation) | Steinitz shows first signs of positional play, still very Philidorian 2023-02-09 :D Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 Berlin (1-0, C60 Spanish: Cozio Defense) | Anderssen blunders twice after unsound knight sac and loses hard and fast 2023-02-08 :D Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869 Barmen (1-0, C51 Italian: Evans Gambit, Paulsen) | positionally well-prepared flank attacks, nice mate combination ]table <1870s> table[ 2023-02-08 :D K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872 Vienna (½-½, C25 Vienna: Anderssen, Hamppe-Meitner) | "Immortal Draw"; flawed 1st half, but perfect 2nd half of a crazy game ending with perpetual 2023-02-08 <3 S Rosenthal vs Steinitz, 1873 Vienna (0-1, C46 Three Knights: Lange, Steinitz Defense) | first game where Steinitz applies his groundbreaking philosophy, very instructive 2023-02-09 :D Bird vs Mason, 1876 New York (1-0, C11 French: Classical, Delayed Exchange) | slow beginning, suddenly exploding into an avalanche of traps and pitfalls 2023-02-12 :D Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1876 London m#4 (0-1, C45 Scotch: Horwitz, Blackburne) | another classic and instructive Steinitz win ]table <1880s> table[ 2023-02-12 :) Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1883 London (0-1, C46 Three Knights: Steinitz Defense) | another typical Steinitz win 2023-02-12 :) Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886 WCh St Louis m#9 (0-1, D44 QGD: Vienna) | classic defense against isolani 2023-02-13 :| Gunsberg vs M Harmonist, 1887 Frankfurt (0-1, C50 Italian: Giuoco Pianissimo) | wild king hunt brilliancy, but very flawed 2023-02-13 :) Schiffers vs M Harmonist, 1887 Frankfurt (1-0, C54 Italian: Giuoco Piano, Greco Gambit) | famous but unsound rook sac 2023-02-14 :D Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889 WCh Havana m#7 (1-0, C52 Italian: Evans Gambit, Slow) | Chigorin keeps his cool, Steinitz helps 2023-02-13 <3 Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889 Amsterdam (1-0, A02 Bird: Dutch Variation) | Lasker's first int'l game, original double bishop sac and other goodies ]table <1890s> table[ 2023-02-14 :D Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 WCh Havana m#4 (1-0, C65 Spanish: Berlin Defense) | model attack on fianchettoed king, perfect play by Steinitz 2023-02-14 :D Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892 Dresden (1-0, C66 Spanish: Steinitz, Tarrasch Trap) | the first application of the (in)famous (Dresden) Tarrasch Trap (published by Tarrasch in 1891) 2023-02-14 :D F K Young vs L Dore, 1892 Boston (1-0, C21 Danish Gambit) | extreme unsound kindergarten brawl redeemed by hilarious smothered mate finish 2023-02-14 <3 Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893 St. Petersburg m#4 (0-1, C00 French: Chigorin Attack) | epic drama, methodical queenside attacks wins over somewhat clueless kingside attack 2023-02-15 :D Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894 New York WCh m#1 (1-0, C62 Spanish: Steinitz) | tight positional struggle, won apparently by "mistakes" inviting mistakes 2023-02-15 :D Steinitz vs Lasker, 1894 New York WCh m#2 (1-0, C54 Spanish: Berlin) | Great attacking play by Steinitz, Lasker gambling too high 2023-02-15 <3 Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894 New York WCh m#3 (1-0, C62 Spanish: Steinitz) | pure thriller, Lasker masterfully defends Steinitz' desperate and ingenious harrassment 2023-02-16 :) Steinitz vs Lasker, 1894 New York WCh m#4 (1-0, C53 Italian: Giuoco Piano, Center Attack | Lasker's misguided attack blunders piece, both blunder repeatedly 2023-02-17 :) Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894 New York WCh m#5 (½-½, C62 Spanish: Steinitz) | first draw of the match; both players relatively cautious ]table 28 games, 1560-1834 generror's favorite games Just my favourite games. May not even be the best from a technical/theoretical standpoint, but games like these are what makes chess so awesome. Or maybe they are just so bizarre and absurd or silly. 20 games, 1807-2015 Graeme Cree's Under-Anthologized Games An interesting selection of games that not everyone may know. The game titles are Graeme's. Source: http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamp... Missing games: * Silva - Rafael 1978 (Do you think this one might have been pre-arranged?) * Hackbart - Cree 1988 (The Immortal Mirror Game!) 55 games, 1475-1980 Krabbé's Most Fantastic Moves Ever Played I found this list at Krabbé's site https://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/... and I thought this was a neat idea. Plus I liked his selection which isn't focused on the famous queen sacrifices, but more on true "wtf!?!" moments. His list hast 110 moves, but but as a poor non-Premium member, I can only add 101 games to lists. <Missing:> #83: 15...Bc5 | Neikirch - Radulov, Sinaya 1964 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 Ba7 7.d4 Nxe4 8.Re1 f5 9.Rxe4 fxe4 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Nxe5 O-O 12.Bxd7 Bxd7 13.Qb3+ Kh8 14.Nf7+ Rxf7 15.Qxf7 <Bc5> 16.dxc5 Be6 17.Qh5 Qd5 18.Nd2 h6 19.Nxe4 Bf7 20.Qg4 hxg5 21.Nxg5 Rd8 22.Qh4+ Kg8 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Bg8 25.h4 Ng6 26.Qh5 Qxg2+ 0-1 #75: 12.0-0-0 | Kotkov - Vistanetskis, Vilnius 1961 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.exd6ep Nxd6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Qf4 g6 9.Bd2 Qe7+ 10.Be2 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxd2 12.O-O-O Be6 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nb3+ 15.axb3 Bh6+ 16.Kb1 O-O 17.Qe4 c6 18.Bc4 Bg7 draw #73: 25...b3 | Garcia Palermo - Vera, Havana 1981 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Bf5 9.Qa4 Qd7 10.Rd1 c4 11.b3 c3 12.Nf1 a6 13.Ne5 b5 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Qa3 Bxa3 17.Bxa3 b4 18.Bc1 a5 19.Nc4 dxc4 20.d5 c2 21.Rd2 c3 22.dxc6++ Kc8 23.Rd4 a4 24.bxa4 Rxa4 25.c7 b3 26.Rxa4 b2 27.Ra8+ Kd7 28.Rxh8 Ke7 29.Bf1 Nd5 30.e4 Nxc7 31.Bg5+ f6 32.Rc1 fxg5 33.Rxc2 b1Q and White resigned #57: 24...Qb8 | Voronov - Estrin, Leningrad 1971 | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.h3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Qe2 g6 17.Ng5 Nh5 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.g3 c4 20.Ng4 Bc5 21.Kg2 Nd4 22.cxd4 exd4 23.Bg5 d3 24.Bxd8 Qb8 25.Nh6+ Kh8 26.Qd2 Rxf2+ 27.Qxf2 Bxf2 28.Bf6+ Nxf6 29.Kxf2 Qf8 and White resigned #55: 11.Nxd7 | Shabalov - Ronin, Kiev 1983 | 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.a4 b4 6.a5 c5 7.c4 a6 8.d4 Nc6 9.d5 Nxa5 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Nxc4 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Qa4+ Kf8 14.e4 exd5 15.exd5 Qf5 16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 h5 18.h4 g6 19.Bg5 Re8 20.Rae1 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Kg7 22.Be4 Qe5 23.Qd7 Bc8 24.Qc6 Be7 25.Bf4 Qxb2 26.Bf5 Bf6 27.Bxc8 b3 28.Qb7 Bd4 29.Rf1 Rxc8 30.Qxc8 Qc2 31.Qb8 b2 32.Be5+ Bxe5 33.Qxe5+ Kh7 34.Qb8 c4 35.d6 c3 36.d7 Qd2 37.d8Q Qxd8 38.Qxd8 c2 39.Qd2 b1Q 40.Rc1 and Black resigned #54: 27...Nh1 | P. v.d. Weide - Ligterink, Leeuwarden 1979 | 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.c3 e5 5.d5 Nb8 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3 exf4 8.Bxf4 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe1 Ng4 12.Qg3 Nge5 13.Bc2 Qe7 14.Rf2 a5 15.Raf1 a4 16.a3 c6 17.Nd4 cxd5 18.exd5 Nc5 19.N2f3 Bd7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Rae8 22.h4 f5 23.h5 Ne4 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Ng5 Ng4 26.Nde6 Nxf2 27.Bxd6 Nh1 28.Rxf8+ Qxf8 29.Nxf8 Nxg3 30.Nxd7 Ne2+ 31.Kf2 Nxc3 32.bxc3 Rd8 33.c4 Rxd7 34.c5 Bd4+ 35.Ke2 Bxc5 36.Bxc5 Rxd5 37.Nxe4 Rxh5 38.Nf6+ Kf7 39.Nxh5 gxh5 and White overstepped the time limit. #50: 26.Ra1 | Hollis - Baumbach, cr 1976 | 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 Qb6 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.dxe5 Rxd1 16.Raxd1 Bc5 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Nd6+ Kc7 19.Bf4 Rf8 20.Bh6 Rh8 21.Bg7 Rd8 22.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 23.Kh1 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qe3 25.Nd6 Qe2 26.Ra1 Qh5 27.g4 Qh7 28.f7 Bg3 29.h3 c5 30.Nxb7 Qxg7 31.Rf1 Qf8 32.Nxc5 and Black resigned #30: 22.Bh7 | Hommeles - Skoblikov, Rotterdam 1992 | 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 Bf5 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Qf3 Nd6 7.Bf4 e6 8.O-O-O Nd7 9.g4 Bg6 10.Qe3 Be7 11.Nf3 h6 12.Ne5 Bh7 13.h4 c6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bxd6 Nf6 17.Bc5 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bd3 Bxh1 20.Re1 Be4 21.Bxe4 Kf8 22.Bh7 Qd7 23.Bxe7+ Ke8 24.Bf5 Qb7 25.Bb4+ Kd8 26.Ba5+ and Black resigned #11: 1.Bg5 | Simagin - Bronstein, Moscow 1947 | Much to my regret, I have not been able to find the whole game. It ended with 1.Bg5 h1Q 2.Qe8+ Kg7 3.Qg6+ Kf8 4.Qxf6+ Kg8 5.Qd8+ Kg7 6.Qe7+ Kg8 7.Qe8+ and Black resigned <Own additions:> <38.f8=N+> | La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 | What makes it so fantastic is that it was played just to give be able to give one last check before White gets mated in the next move. <32.b5> | Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843 | Called "the greatest swindle ever perpetrated in match history" by Soltis, and indeed, this move disoriented Staunton so much that he lost a winning position in a few moves. 92 games, 1882-1998