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Max Lange's favorite games
Compiled by Max Lange
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Favorite Games means I've reviewed them

Test game
W Adams vs A Simonson, 1940 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1

Forced draw in B83 Sicilian w pseudo-exchange sac
D J Sherman vs J Penrose, 1970 
(B83) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Petrosian Crowd Pleaser - beats Bobby
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971 
(D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 32 moves, 1-0

Instructive English with canonical K,Q-side attack
Keene vs Stein, 1968  
(A15) English, 33 moves, 0-1

Luck favors the strong - Smyslov escapes loss
L A Tan vs Smyslov, 1973 
(B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 0-1

Counterintuitive black win at move 20--but a win is a win
Steinitz vs Dubois, 1862 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1

Keres wins a pawn and then the game
Keres vs B P Reilly, 1958 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0

Karpv wins against a weaker player with textbook style
Karpov vs K Lerner, 1983 
(B07) Pirc, 50 moves, 1-0

Ciocaltea--the world's weakest strong GM!
Korchnoi vs V Ciocaltea, 1966 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 48 moves, 1-0

Pawn Sac: Denker's famous game
Denker vs Fine, 1944 
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 1-0

Well Analysed Game; W misses 36. Rb4!
Reshevsky vs Fischer, 1961 
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 57 moves, 0-1

1 Move Blunder by Shirov in Rapid Play
Shirov vs Anand, 2005 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 32 moves, 0-1

Mason win - nicely done - exchange to endgame
J Mason vs Janowski, 1902 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0

Gufeld 31. Rd4?? a blunder but white losing anyway
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1

Attacking the K-side, a win against Rubinstein!
Chigorin vs Rubinstein, 1906 
(C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0

A draw that's interesting for the missed chances
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 84 moves, 1/2-1/2

great sacrifice at 14...Nxf2!!
Nunn vs I Nataf, 1999 
(B32) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1

Atalik revenge v Miles
Miles vs S Atalik, 1996 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1

Underpromotion Gem
S Atalik vs Miles, 1993 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1

After 19...Bd4 Black is even on the Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

26. h3? loses the game, subtle
P Cramling vs Giri, 2010 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1

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