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125 Greatest Chess Games according to The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games, New Expanded Edition, by Graham Burgess, John Nunn, and John Emms. # above the game represents how many votes it gets by these 3 authors. In several games here, some opening move orders are slightly different from the book. 125 games, 1834-2010 Collections in Idleness 1 These games are for my study or for their beauty.The games that follow are mostly played by relatively unknown players(with some exceptions of course).I assure the viewer that every game is worth noticing. Thank you and enjoy.. 107 games, 1620-2007 Collections in Idleness 2 Part 2 of a brilliant list stuffed with startling GOTDs,fascinating king hunts,unknown brilliancies and lost immortals.. Thanks for visiting!! 99 games, 1620-2005 Collections in Idleness 3 Brilliancies,Beauties,Oddities,Forgotten GOTDs,NN's worst defeats...all excavated from tonnes of games... Part 3 for your entertainment.... Thanks of visiting.. 99 games, 1737-2008 Collections in Idleness 5 Continuing to lengthen this list are classical gems,unearthed GOTDs and other surprises... Thank you and enjoy... 101 games, 1515-2008 Collections in Idleness 6 If you like the other 5 installations, you're gonna love this set of amazing games... Thanks for visiting... 101 games, 1851-2007 Collections in Idleness 7 The final part of an enthralling series of games aspiring to invoke a range of feelings from awe to disgust in the viewer... Starting with a set of immortal games the list brings out some of the lesser known GOTDs,awesome brilliancies and a lot more... So dive in and enjoy!!... 101 games, 1830-2008 Defensive Combinations 329 games, 1851-2010 Endgames to Study 37 games, 1904-2005 Leading Grandmasters games Anand 4 games, 1989-2005 LEARNING 100g capa 37 rub 19 morph 3 kramn 2 fisch 6 kasp 6 colle syst 14 polgar sis 3 87 games, 1849-2008 Match Kamsky! Gata Kamsky's Match Record (classical): < 1991 USA Ch, Los Angeles: +6 -1 =3 vs 2533 op.[2724 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Gurevich (2495) +1 -0 =1 vs. Ivanov (2565) +2 -0 =0 vs. Fedorowicz (2525) +2 -1 =1 vs. Benjamin (2540) - final < Tilburg KO, 1992: +4 -3 =3 vs 2617 op.[2652 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Spasov (2535) +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Winants (2505) +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Yusupov (2640) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Ivanchuk (2720) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =3] vs. Gelfand (2685) - semifinal < Tilburg KO, 1993: +4 -0 =2 vs 2583 op.[2863 performance] > +2 -0 =0 vs. Alterman (2585) +2 -0 =0 vs. Atalik (2535) +0 -0 =2 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Yusupov (2630) < 1994-95 PCA Cycle: +9 -4 =11 vs 2699 op.[2773 performance] > +3 -0 =3 vs. Kramnik (2710) +5 -1 =1 vs. Short (2665) +1 -3 =7 vs. Anand (2715) - candidates final < 1994-96 FIDE Cycle: +12 -9 =19 vs 2722 op.[2748 performance] > +3 -1 =3 vs. Van der Sterren (2605) +2 -2 =4 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Anand (2720) +4 -0 =3 vs. Salov (2715) +3 -6 =9 vs. Karpov (2770) - world match < 1999 FIDE WCh KO, Las Vegas: +1 -1 =0 vs 2628 op.[2628 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+0 -1 =1] vs. Khalifman (2628) < 2005 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +3 -2 =9 vs 2628 op.[2653 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Jun Zhao (2500) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Bocharov (2592) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Smirin (2673) +0 -1 =1 vs. Grischuk (2720) +1 -0 =1 vs. Sakaev (2668) +0 -0 =2 [+2 -1 =1] vs. Vallejo Pons (2674) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Carlsen (2570) - 9th place < 2007 FIDE Candidates, Elista: +3 -2 =4 vs 2722 op.[2761 performance] > +3 -0 =1 vs. Bacrot (2709) +0 -2 =3 vs. Gelfand (2733) < 2007 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +6 -0 =10 vs 2677 op.[2814 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Adly (2494) +1 -0 =1 vs. Avrukh (2641) +1 -0 =1 vs. Kiril Georgiev (2649) +0 -0 =2 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Svidler (2732) +1 -0 =1 vs. Ponomariov (2705) +1 -0 =1 vs. Carlsen (2714) +1 -0 =3 vs. Shirov (2739) - final < 2009 FIDE Candidates, Sofia: +1 -3 =3 vs 2796 op.[2694 performance] > +1 -3 =3 vs. Topalov (2796) < 2009 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: +2 -1 =3 vs 2606 op.[2664 performance] > +1 -0 =1 vs. Antonio (2574) +1 -0 =1 vs. Zhou Weiqi (2603) +0 -1 =1 vs. Wesley So (2640) < 2011 FIDE Candidates, Kazan: +1 -0 =7 [+1 -3 =2] vs 2754 op.[2798 performance] > +1 -0 =3 vs. Topalov (2775) +0 -0 =4 [+1 -3 =2] vs. Gelfand (2733) < 2011 World Cup, Khanty-Mansiysk: + - = vs 2 op.[2 performance] > +1 -1 =0 [+1 -0 =1] vs. Di Berardino (2480) +1 -0 =1 vs. Kasimdzhanov (2669) +1 -1 =0 [+2 -0 =0] vs. Nepomniachtchi (2711) +0 -0 =2 vs. Svidler (2739) <Overall: +52 -26 =74 [+16 -9 =13] vs 2679 opposition: 2736 performance [2734 in tiebreakers]> 202 games, 1991-2011 Sicilian B53, Best Games This interesting and popular opening, even if it favors black in statistics, presents important resources for white and avoids main lines in which black may be better prepared. White gives up his bishop pair for a better attainment of the center and a stronger iniciative 22 games, 1946-2004 Stunners A set of beauties that will knock you down for days.. Thanks for visiting and enjoy... 109 games, 1819-2007 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 xajik's favorite games 1 game, 1948