<Richard Taylor: Tarrasch had planned this from about move 24> Fantastic positional player>

Tarrasch was anall round player adn played some very extraordinary brilliant attacks and comnbinations. When he was young he played Alkehine and won easily - in fact at that time he was a much better player. He missed the chance to play for The World Champs initially (when he was at his peak) as at first he said Alekhine wasn't good enough which was true at the time - then he coudln't get a match until he was realtively old and lost to Lasker.

The other thing about Alekhine is that he avoided playing any major World Champ matches once he won the title.

I have now played about 100 of his (Tarrasch's) games and they are extraordinary games. Lasker is also great and Rubinstein, and later Capa and Alekhine but Tarrasch at his peak was one of the greats.

I also have books of Lasker, Alekhine Rubinstein, Capablanca and Morphy.

Also, Botvinnik, Keres, Petrosian, Smyslov (who I feel is one of the greatest players) Spassky, Purdy, Sarapu, Fischer and Tal. Also I have most of Karpov's and most of Korchnoi's games. And quite a lot of Kasparov's but I want more books of his games.

The more modern players are in books about openings etc as well as online. But I would like to have collections of some of the strong players playing now.

I do have a book of Anand's games but I don't feel he annotates his own games very well.

In addition to this, presses were very slow to circulate back then, it would take YEARS before a game could circulate to all corners of the globe.

"But Tarrasch's games are fascinating for all aspects - endings, strategy, attacks and so on..."

100% agree, favourite player.

But you forget to mention his notes. Very witty and very instructive.

I'm still waiting for his 'Die moderne Schachpartie' to get translated.

When one considers some of the complete and utter tripe that passes off for chess books. It is an absolute crime against the English speaking chess player that this book has not been translated.

I have the German version and have practically taught myself German going through it, but an English version would be so much better.

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It may have been possible Tarrasch did not know of the Alekhine-Yates game but he would have known about.

Teichmann vs Allies, 1902

Also Tarrasch was a disciple of Stenitz. ('The King is a Fighting piece'.)

Which is about it as far most players knowledge of Steinitz goes. Everytime a King goes on a march and does not get mated - out comes the famous Steinitz quote.

Speaking of translations.
Would it not be funny if we one day discover that Steinitz had infact been mistranslated and actually meant: 'The King is not a fighting piece.'

For more King walks perfidious has gathered a few, some of which I had never seen before.

Game Collection: perfidious' favourite king marches

Funnily enough the above Tarrasch game does not make it to the list - maybe he does not like Tarrasch. Maybe he is a Reti fan.

I can understand that.

If you wanted to get your favourite player tattooed across you knuckles a Tarrasch fan would need both hands.

A Reti fan would only need to get one hand tattooed.

Dzindzichashvili fans are in trouble here. The tattoo would have to go up their arm, along their shoulder and round their neck.

Has anybody got any chess tattoos?

I have 'checkmate' tattoed across my bum. When I win I turn my back to my opponent, drop my trousers and plant my bum on the chessboard. I've been barred from chess tournaments in six different countries.

Kf6 with the idea of Kf7 and Bg7# and if Rg7 to stop protect against the mating threat, then, Rd8 pinning the rook to the king renewing the threat of Bg7#.

The Horror...
The Horror...>

lol