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 | | tpstar: Ishaan-Tony (HCA 10/19/19): 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fe Nxe4 5. Nxe4 (5. Nf3 Opening Explorer ) dxe4 6. Bd3?? exd3 7. cd Qxd3 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. gxf3?! (9. Nxf3) Nc6 and Black won (0-1). Joseph-Tony (HCA 10/19/19): 1. e3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 [=] 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bg5!? d4 7. Qd2? (7. a3) dxc3 8. bc Ba5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Nxe5?! Nxe5 11. Bxg4 Nexg4 12. 0-0 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rae1 0-0 and Black won (0-1). PIN E B Daniel-Tony (HCA 10/19/19): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. 0-0 Qd6 6. d3 Opening Explorer Bg4 7. Qe1!? (7. Nbd2) Bxf3 8. gxf3 0-0-0 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 g5 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. f4?! (12. Rd1) gf 13. Ba7?! Rg8+ 14. Kh1 b6 15. Qe2 Kb7 16. Qf3 Kxa7 and Black won (0-1). TRAPPING E B Oliver-Tony (HCA 10/19/19): 1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 ed 4. ed d5 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Qe2 Bg4 (7 ... 0-0) 8. h3 (8. Bxf6 gxf6) Bh5 9. Nc3?! (9. c3) Nxd4 10. Nxd4?! Bxe2 11. Kxe2 c6 12. h4 h6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Na4?? (14. Nb3) Qxd4 and Black won (0-1). PIN E B |
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Nov-03-19
| | tpstar: Arianna-Tony (HCA 11/2/19): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. d4!? (9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qe2) ed 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. e5!? de 12. c4 0-0 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3?! (14. Qxf3) Qh4 15. Re1 d3 16. Qxd3?! (16. Ne3) Qg3+ 17. Kf1? Qxf2# 0-1. |
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| Dec-12-19 | | sadosa: Excited to place my vote for this year's best game. Please inform us tpstar when to start. Tnx |
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| Dec-12-19 | | sadosa: I'm now beginning to analyze the games of top rated players. I'm impressed with Carlsen, Ding Liren and Caruana. I hope to see some of their games end up for this year's best game collection. |
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Dec-12-19
| | tpstar: <sadosa> Thank you for your interest in the Best Games contest. We begin voting on January 2, 2020 for database games from 2019. See you then. =) |
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Dec-12-19
 | | OhioChessFan: I need to work on my collection... |
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| Jan-02-20 | | sadosa: Here are my votes for game of the year. All games are played in classical/standard time control. And I have selected games of the best and strongest players this year. Thanks for considering my vote.
1st : Carlsen vs Grischuk (34) 1-0 Stavanger.
2nd : Carlsen vs Grischuk (39) 1-0 Shamkir.
3rd : Ding vs Caruana (57) 1-0 Sinquefield.
4th : Ding vs Caruana (77) 1-0 Stavanger.
5th : Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen (31) 0-1 GCT Croatia.
6th : Carlsen vs Aronian (38) 1-0 grenke.
7th : Carlsen vs Aronian (66) 1-0 GCT London.
8th : Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana (50) 1-0 Zagreb.
9th : Ding vs Grischuk (42) 1-0 World Cup.
10th : Ding vs Grischuk (77) 1-0 Gashimov. |
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Jan-02-20
| | OhioChessFan: Here's my votes. As always, I typically vote for games that might not be the "best" in the normal sense, but that inspire/amaze/amuse me anyway. 1. A Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 9...Qxc3+ is Move of the Year and the game itself gets my vote for Game of the Year. 2. Zhao Jun vs R Preotu, 2019
Beatiful game, vastly underrated, and you have to love the final position. This is a work of art:
click for larger view3. Ding Liren vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Ding had a lot of great wins this year. This is my favorite. 4. A Goryachkina vs D Harika, 2019 Wow, got to love that Knight dominating the board. 5. J K Duda vs R Rapport, 2019
Calm, even, serene.....not for long. The fireworks go off and the slugfest is on. 6. J Gustafsson vs T Duong, 2019 White shoves his Queen down Black's throat. Vicious attack. 7. Grischuk vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Grischuk shows his endgame chops.
8. Ehlvest vs L Paichadze, 2019 Of course I have to include a Caro-Kann win by Black. 9. D Dubov vs A Giri, 2019 Long castle with no protection.....brilliant. My second favorite move of the year. 10. Karjakin vs Carlsen, 2019 Lest I forget the Champ, here he is, with Black, blasting Karjakin off the board in 30 moves. |
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| Jan-02-20 | | sadosa: Correction on 8th vote please. Its carlsen who won instead of nepomniachtchi. My apologies. |
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Jan-04-20
| | tpstar: <sadosa> Thank you for participating, yet the Best Games Contest is meant to be interactive where other voters can check out your nominations. Here is your list: 1) Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2019 2) Carlsen vs Grischuk, 2019 3) Ding Liren vs Caruana, 2019 4) Ding Liren vs Caruana, 2019 5) I Nepomniachtchi vs Carlsen, 2019 6) Carlsen vs Aronian, 2019 7) Carlsen vs Aronian, 2019 8) I Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana, 2019 9) Ding Liren vs Grischuk, 2019 10) Ding Liren vs Grischuk, 2019 <OhioChessFan> Thanks for voting! |
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| Jan-04-20 | | sadosa: Thanks so much Tpstar. I really do appreciate it. |
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| Jan-07-20 | | Count Wedgemore: Here are my votes for Best Games of 2019:
J K Duda vs R Rapport, 2019
Brilliant finish by Rapport. Have a look at 37...Rc8!! B Adhiban vs P Maghsoodloo, 2019
A game filled with brilliant tactics and a nice combination in the end. S Shankland vs J Xiong, 2019
Wildly entertaining game. Not easy to understand what was going on! Carlsen vs A Giri, 2019
Even though Magnus did not find the most beautiful win (26.Rxg6+),
it was still an impressive win, positionally outplaying the haughty Dutchman. Svidler vs Carlsen, 2019
Another impressive win by the World Champion even though Svidler did not put up his best defense. An interesting game to analyze. Also, check out the kibitzes to this game; a healthy mix of intelligent and idiotic commentary :) W So vs J K Duda, 2019
Excellent play by Wesley So in a complicated Sicilian Dragon. Ding Liren vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2019
This game had escaped me until I played through <OCF>'s nominations
and I was thoroughly impressed by Ding's play. Our Chinese friend is a genius. Aronian vs Carlsen, 2019
Best Armageddon game ever? Only a Blitz game, but what a blitz game it was! Mamedyarov vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2019
Nepo shows what a powerful attacking weapon the KID can be for Black. Nice game. L Dominguez vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2019
The Cuban-American punishes ruthlessly some slight accuracies by Nepo
and wipes him off the board in only 25 moves. 24.Rh1! is a beauty. |
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Jan-08-20
 | | juan31: Jan- K. Duda vs Richard Rapport 2019
Tata Steel Masters , Leiden NED. Jan.23 |
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Jan-09-20
| | tpstar: <Count Wedgemore> Thanks for voting! Great list. =) <juan31> Thanks for voting! You may choose up to nine more games by the end of January 15 if you like. |
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Jan-09-20
| | OhioChessFan: <Count>, reviewing the games other people submitted is my favorite part of this. Glad you liked the Ding game. |
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| Jan-10-20 | | FairyPromotion: Hey there everyone!
In 2019 I wasn't able to follow chess as much (after the first 3 months), so thanks to all the lists posted so far. I did some quick digging, and here is my list. Note: I'm really torn this year for my #1 pick, as Karthikeyan's Q sac on move 9 seems to be the most spectacular move of the year. But then, there is this position... try to demolish it a la Adhiban: 
click for larger view1. B Adhiban vs N Grandelius, 2019 - DEMOLITION! 2. A Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 - Q-sac of the year. 3. D Gukesh vs Y Kryvoruchko, 2019 - The coolest way to win a queen down: Allowing your opponent to promote to one 4. Wei Yi vs A H T dos Santos Fier, 2019 - Wei Yi = God of Sicilians 5. Radjabov vs V S Gujrathi, 2019 - Radjabov wins with style 6. Ding Liren vs Jakovenko, 2019 - My favorite Ding game. Q vs 2R, beautiful Novotny finish 7. Sasikiran vs C Aravindh, 2019 - Sasikiran crushing the Ruy Lopez 8. V Gunina vs M Sebag, 2019 - Gunina crushing the Sicilian 9. E Safarli vs M Rodshtein, 2019 - Safarli crushing the Caro-Kann 10. Ding Liren vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 - One Ding game is never enough. |
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Jan-13-20
| | tpstar: 1) Ding Liren vs Caruana, 2019 A fascinating QRRN vs QRRN maneuvering game with Ding on top. 2) S Shankland vs J Xiong, 2019 Sharp and complicated Scotch Game, with lots of possibilities. 3) A Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 A brilliant sacrifice of the Queen for two pieces and dark square domination. 4) M Vachier-Lagrave vs R Rapport, 2019 Another Queen sacrifice for two pieces plus extra. 5) J K Duda vs R Rapport, 2019 37 … Rc8!! is a phenomenal retreat. 6) W So vs J K Duda, 2019 Great Yugoslav Attack in a must-win situation. 7) Wei Yi vs A H T dos Santos Fier, 2019 Yet another unbalanced Queen offer which won in style. 8) V Artemiev vs Hracek, 2019 Nice IQP middlegame with a brilliant finish. 9) Ding Liren vs Grischuk, 2019 A tense battle transcends into a tough endgame. 10) I Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana, 2019 Smooth performance by Nepo who had a great 2020. |
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| Jan-13-20 | | diceman: 1) A Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 You can’t really skip this game. 2) J K Duda vs R Rapport, 2019 37...Rc8!!! what a move. 3) Zhao Jun vs R Preotu, 2019 From the comments: <Morphyus: The most beautiful checkmate of 2019!> 4) A Firouzja vs M Zarkovic, 2019 Firouzja looks like Morphy/Fischer in this game. 5) M Vachier-Lagrave vs R Rapport, 2019 It’s a “French” is all you really need to know. 6) Ding Liren vs I Nepomniachtchi, 2019 Ding exposes a King 7) F Vallejo Pons vs Carlsen, 2019 Magnus Lite 8) Carlsen vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Magnus Heavy Leela-Zero rates this as Magnus’s most accurate win in GRENKE 9) Ngoc Truongson Nguyen vs McShane, 2019 I really enjoyed watching this one live. ( 21...f5!!!) Too bad Luke has a day job. 10) Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2019 While just a blitz game. spotting the long diagonal counterplay was amazing. From the comments: <mikealando: Liren's blitz immortal(?)> |
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| Jan-13-20 | | Count Wedgemore: <Diceman: 10) Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2019 While just a blitz game. spotting the long diagonal counterplay was amazing. From the comments: <mikealando: Liren's blitz immortal(?)>> Why did you have to bring up this stupid game? Not cool! I suggest a moratorium on nominating games where Carlsen loses. The World Champion deserves some respect :) |
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| Jan-13-20 | | diceman: <Count Wedgemore:
Why did you have to bring up this stupid game? Not cool!> Blame chessgames.com! :)
I wanted to include this game:
Narciso Dublan vs Bernadskiy | Lorca 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU3...
but it wasn't here.
That would have moved Magnus/Ding to number 11. :) |
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| Jan-15-20 | | Keyser Soze: Hi there! here my pics
10. Grischuk vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Fighting game
9. Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2019 Ruthless counter attack there
8. Carlsen vs A Giri, 2019 35. h4!
7.Carlsen vs Anand, 2019 So "easy".
6. Jakovenko vs Mamedyarov, 2019 Great struggle there.
5. I Saric vs Aydin Suleymanli, 2019 Underrated game probably
4 I Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana, 2019 Ian wrapped up this one nicely
3. J K Duda vs R Rapport, 2019 Best Tata game imo
2. Ding Liren vs A Giri, 2019 Nice strategical game.
1. A Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 And I missed that one. Thanks for sharing ;p |
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Jan-15-20
 | | Penguincw: Wish I had more time to compile a list but this is what I'll go with: 1. A Firouzja vs M Karthikeyan, 2019 2. Zhao Jun vs R Preotu, 2019 3. D Dubov vs A Giri, 2019 4. J K Duda vs R Rapport, 2019 5. McShane vs Kuzubov, 2019 |
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Jan-17-20
| | tpstar: 9) Magxit
Carlsen vs A Giri, 2019 |
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Jan-18-20
| | tpstar: 9) Let's Get It Started Ian Here
I Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana, 2019 |
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Jan-19-20
| | tpstar: 6) Wei Didn't Start the Fier
Wei Yi vs A H T dos Santos Fier, 2019 |
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