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Collections Fredthebear Wants to Look At Twice
Compiled by fredthebear
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These are links to other collections that caught Fredthebear's eye. (By saving the link, FTB does not need to save the collection amongst his own, which definitely needs thinned out!)

The first or second, and the last or next-to-last game from each collection has been included in here for an interesting hodgepodge of games.

The links to the collections are:

21 Classic Games Compiled by stravinsky. (21 games) Game Collection: 21 Classic Games

xfer's favorite games 2006 (400 games)
Game Collection: xfer's favorite games 2006

World's Greatest Chess Games by Anatoly (122 games from book) Game Collection: World's Greatest Chess Games

Wooly Monsters Collected by akatombo (46 games)
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Winning Chess Traps Revisted by LrvcDriver (46 games from Irving Chernev's book of 300) Game Collection: Winning Chess Traps Revisited

Williams' Killer Dutch by Pawn N Hand (22 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Wilhelm Steinitz Biography Compiled by Qindarka (88 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

White -Sicilian Closed: NxNd4 Compiled by gaborn (11 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

White - Evan's Gambit: Morphy Compiled by gaborn (19 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

W e4 Compiled by pekda (38 games)
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Venderbest White Compiled by Venderbest (168 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Various games Compiled by paladin at large (102 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Travis Bickle's favorite games by Travis Bickle (128 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

The Open Games by chessman95 (100 games and lines) Game Collection: The Open Games: 1.e4 e5

Sicilian Compiled by AuDo (107 games)
Game Collection: Sicilian

Sicilian Compiled by granmaestro (34 games)
Game Collection: Sicilian

Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II (41 games) Game Collection: Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II

Scotch 5. Nb3 by SeazerCZ (28 games)
Game Collection: Scotch 5. Nb3

Scotch 5.NxNc6 6.Qe2 (45 games intermezzo variation) Game Collection: Scotch 5. Nxc6 6. Qd2

Scandinavian Defense by Ravel5184 (40 games)
Game Collection: Scandinavian Defense

Scandinavian - Main Line by Valbe (13 games)
Game Collection: Scandinavian - main line

Repertorio by Gottschalk (101 games, mostly 1.P-Q4) Game Collection: Repertorio

Pirc Compiled by Cannon Fodder (52 games)
Game Collection: Pirc

Minis from Soviet champships Compiled by ughaibu (167 games) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

MKD's Favourite Games Compiled by MKD
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MKD's King's Gambit Compiled by MKD
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MKD's Sicilian Defense White Compiled by MKD
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Mastering Tactical Ideas by Minev (52 games and counting) Game Collection: mastering Tactical ideas by minev

Krabb�'s collection Compiled by sneaky pete (51 miniatures) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Games for Chess Class Compiled by Taffy76 (55 games)www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1035- 948

Learning Chess Endgames by KAS (X games)
Game Collection: Learn how to play the Endgame

How to Fight the Sicilian by calchess (38 games) Game Collection: How to fight the Sicilian

French Steinitz Compiled by Xmas elf (18 games)
Game Collection: French Steinitz

English Botvinnik System by KingG (27 games)
Game Collection: English, Botvinnik System

Arcturus' favorite games (147 thrilling games)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

A43 Old Benoni by chess.master (51 games)
Game Collection: A43 Old Benoni (Black)

b2 games white/black (101 games)
Game Collection: B23; B24; B25 and B26 white/black

Barb's Favorite Games 2 (321 games)
Game Collection: barb's favorite games 2

Barb's Favorite Games 3 (73 games)
Game Collection: barb's favorite games 3

Brilliant Miniatures Compiled by KingG (131 games) Game Collection: Brilliant Miniatures

Chess by Yourself - Reinfeld (10 games)
Game Collection: Chess by Yourself - Reinfeld

Chess Mastery by Jaredfchess (86 games)
Game Collection: Chess Mastery

drsamjazz's favorite games (73 games)
Game Collection: drsamjazz's favorite games

More to come...

A Windsong by Ray Paquette (1984):

As you set sail for new horizons
May a brisk fair wind be with you
May your journey provide that mixture of
Joy, contentment, love and excitement
That gives rise to zestful anticipation
Of new adventures together.
May you cheerfully weather
the unavoidable storms together
And steer as clear of all obstacles
As the currents allow
May God Bless and keep you
Bon Voyage

*At some time or other tournament player learns a few opening lines, some tactical ideas, the most basic mating patterns, and a few elementary endgames. As he gets better and more experienced, he significantly adds to this knowledge. However, the one thing that just everybody has problem is planning. From Z to class E (under 1200) D to Master, I get blank stares when asking what plan they had in mind in a particular position. Usually the choice of a plan (if they had any plan at all) is based on emotional rather than chess-specific considerations. By emotional, I mean that the typical player does what he feels like doing rather than the board "telling him what to do. This is somewhat cryptic sentence leads us to the following extremely important concept: if you want to be successful, you have to base your moves and plans on the specific imbalance-oriented criteria that exist in that given position, not your mood, taste and/or feared. Literally every non-master's games are filled with examples of "imbalance avoidance". Beginners, of course, simply don't know what imbalances are. Most experienced players have heard of the term and perhaps even tried to make use of them from time to time, however once the rush of battle takes over, isolated moves and raw aggression (or terror, if you find yourself defending) push any and all thoughts of imbalances out the door. In this case, chess becomes empty move-by-move, threat-by-threat (either making them or responding to them) affair. What is this mysterious allusion of the chessboard's desires (i.e., doing what the chess board wants you to do)? What is this "imbalance-oriented criteria? ― How To Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman

"There just isn't enough televised chess." — David Letterman

"Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying any attention to you. It's your attention to yourself that is so stultifying. But you have to disregard yourself as completely as possible. If you fail the first time then you'll just have to try harder the second time. After all, there's no real reason why you should fail. Just stop thinking about yourself." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"Many have become chess masters, no one has become the master of chess." — Siegbert Tarrasch

"True power is expressed in quiet confidence; it was the sea's very calmness that epitomized its mighty force." ― Emile Habiby

"Remember that there are two kinds of beauty: one of the soul and the other of the body. That of the soul displays its radiance in intelligence, in chastity, in good conduct, in generosity, and in good breeding, and all these qualities may exist in an ugly man. And when we focus our attention upon that beauty, not upon the physical, love generally arises with great violence and intensity. I am well aware that I am not handsome, but I also know that I am not deformed, and it is enough for a man of worth not to be a monster for him to be dearly loved, provided he has those spiritual endowments I have spoken of." ― Miguel Cervantes

4$zzzeeee

Q: What do you call something that goes up when the rain comes down? A: An umbrella.

Q: What do you call a doctor who fixes websites? A: A URL-ologist.

Q: What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
A: A dinosnore.

Q: What do you call a Christmas tree that knows karate A: Spruce Lee.

Q: What does a triangle call a circle?
A: Pointless.

Q: What do you call a piece of sad cheese?
A: Blue cheese.

Q: What do you call a cow in an earthquake?
A: A milkshake.

Q: What do you call an M&M that went to college? A: A smarty.

Philidor's Legacy in an odds game. Morphy was something else!
Morphy vs T Bryan, 1859 
(000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0

Grob Opening (A00) White is down a N & his K stuck in middle
M Basman vs Miles, 1981 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 0-1

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW quote
Ribli vs Unzicker, 1985 
(A15) English, 35 moves, 1-0

Little known gem
Botvinnik vs O Benkner, 1956 
(A20) English, 27 moves, 1-0

Donner's Revenge
J H Donner vs T Krabbe, 1971 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0

White to play and win 31. ?
F Beeckmans vs J Renet, 1998 
(A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 31 moves, 1-0

Hook wrote a book because he was hooked on chess.
W Hook vs J Meyer, 1979 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

Chapter 10 Queen Pawn Chess Movies
Denker vs H Feit, 1929 
(A80) Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0

Both nervous, meeting after nine years, first place at stake
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936 
(A92) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0

Game #1, p. 9
Wojtaszek vs S Williams, 2011 
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 20 moves, 0-1

Game #19, p. 171
S Kojima vs S Williams, 2012
(A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 31 moves, 0-1

Alekhine's Defense
Karpov vs Bagirov, 1970 
(B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 46 moves, 1-0

2.b3
Short vs B Thorfinnsson, 2000 
(B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

Philidor's Legacy Nf7#
V Disawal vs M Anshuman, 2008 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0

Nd4, NxNd4
T Gelashvili vs G Grigorov, 2006
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 1-0

Nd4, NxNd4
R Mallett vs F Street, 1964
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0

Game 99 in Modern Chess Brilliancies by Larry Melvyn Evans
I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0

Game 1
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

B33
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994 
(B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0

B45 1-0 42
Spielmann vs J Mieses, 1910 
(B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 42 moves, 1-0

Exchange the c-pawn instead
P Michel vs J T Iliesco, 1943 
(B50) Sicilian, 5 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 Common unpin trap, else Bb5+
L Rellstab vs Butzbach, 1968 
(B50) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0

User Honza slays the Dragon with dynamic display
J Cervenka vs Z Mladek, 1994 
(B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 16 moves, 1-0

Blindfold Rapid
Kamsky vs Carlsen, 2009 
(B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 49 moves, 1-0

Happiest moment of Tal's life; beautiful chess!
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0

Wooly
J Nogueiras vs J Tarjan, 1979 
(B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 35 moves, 0-1

Wow!
R Nezhmetdinov vs Romanov, 1950 
(B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 28 moves, 1-0

Stein had a plus score against Tal and Spassky!!
Stein vs Tal, 1961 
(B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf. Main Line (B99) 1-0 Thematic Bxb5 sacrifice
Velimirovic vs R Al-Qazzaz, 1974 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 28 moves, 1-0

Sicilian Najdorf Main Line (B99) 1-0 En prise Ns for dinner
J R Gascon del Nogal vs Sidi Mohamed Tajedine, 2016 
(B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 19 moves, 1-0

Classical French
Areshchenko vs R Svane, 2016
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 33 in Starting Out : The French by Byron Jacobs
J Polgar vs Shirov, 1999 
(C11) French, 50 moves, 0-1

French, Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Spielmann (C13) 1-0Deflections
Sax vs J H Donner, 1976 
(C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0

wow Krejcik's Masterpiece wow
J Krejcik vs K Krobot, 1908 
(C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 1-0

K walk
H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923 
(C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0

KGA by transposition
W Adams vs H Steiner, 1947 
(C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0

Soviet Mini
J Meister vs A Aleksandrov, 1991
(C28) Vienna Game, 24 moves, 0-1

Vienna Gambit (C26) 1-0 Longer, more elegant Legall's Mate
Zukertort vs NN, 1877 
(C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Reinfeld Checkmate Puzzle
K Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1859 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1

KG Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 Coordinate the heavy pieces
Spassky vs J J Martinez, 1991 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0

Berlin
NN vs C Jaenisch, 1842 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0

KGA Bonsch-Osmolovsky Var (C34) 1-0Rob the pin that no longer D
Morant vs A de Feuquieres, 1680 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0

KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit. Rice G. (C39)1-0 Esthetically pleasing
Marshall vs von Scheve, 1904 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

Game 48 in The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev
Koblents vs Lilienthal, 1945 
(C45) Scotch Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Check out the rest of Casey's games (he's Sheroff on this site)
M Craven vs K Casey, 1994 
(C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 0-1

Three Knights, Classical 3...Bc5 (C46) 1-0 Mighty Q Mate!
Capablanca vs E B Adams, 1909 
(C46) Three Knights, 9 moves, 1-0

"Twas the Knight Before Christmas"
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit
Morphy vs G Salmon, 1858  
(C51) Evans Gambit, 48 moves, 1-0

Evans Gambit
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849 
(C51) Evans Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0

Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit (C53) 0-1 The Prom
Jobava vs Kamsky, 2012 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 58 moves, 0-1

To play the BEST line known to theory, or a SURPRISE line?
Albin vs Tarrasch, 1892 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 1-0

Line Clearing Sacrifices
W Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson, 1893 
(C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0

Two Knts Def Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 0-1 Q sac, Greco #
Edelman vs I Mazel, 1928 
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

Game #90
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1899 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 0-1

Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0 N vs B ending
Fischer vs Unzicker, 1970 
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 42 moves, 1-0

Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz (C73) 1-0 Castle nabs Rook
O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0

Spanish, Marshall Attk. Modern (C89) 1/2-Is there another way?
Anand vs Kamsky, 1992 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2

How Nezhmetdinov was never awarded the GM title is puzzling
R Nezhmetdinov vs Lengyel, 1963 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 51 moves, 1-0

Chapter 1, Strategy and Planning
Fischer vs Ivkov, 1965 
(C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 53 moves, 0-1

Now this is teamwork!
S Kuemin vs R Staechelin, 2005 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0

Game 100 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1888 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1

Kamikaze Pawn, Game 6
Tal vs Z Milev, 1958 
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0

D44 1-0 35
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996 
(D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0

Soviet Mini
Lisitsin vs Tolush, 1944 
(D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 24 moves, 1-0

Neo-Grünfeld Def Ultra-delayed Exchange (D79) 0-1Co-wrote books
Reshevsky vs F Reinfeld, 1932 
(D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 31 moves, 0-1

TK
C Groeneveld vs J H Donner, 1947 
(D85) Grunfeld, 19 moves, 1-0

Game 29 in Understanding Chess: Move by Move by John Nunn
Kramnik vs Svidler, 1998 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0

Game 122
Anand vs Topalov, 2010 
(E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0

Soviet Mini
Sakaev vs K Lerner, 1991
(E20) Nimzo-Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

Tired Queens, 115
Tolush vs Keres, 1939 
(E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 37 moves, 0-1

Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical (E32) 1-0 Great attack, uncommon #
C Holt vs L Milman, 2011 
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0

E67 0-1 39
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1

MKD's Favourite Games Compiled by MKD
Mecking vs Larsen, 1970 
(E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 43 moves, 0-1

Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II, Chapter 5
Letelier vs Fischer, 1960 
(E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1

Perfect Game - "Fireside Book of Chess," Reinfeld and Chernev
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938 
(D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0

KID 1-0 SPELA!!!
Y Zimmerman vs Z Erdelyi, 2001 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

Queen vs 2 Rooks
Dreev vs Shirov, 1996 
(E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 56 moves, 1-0

G46: The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games, 2006
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962 
(C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1

White holds off # w/a +...but cannot stop Suffocation #
Mandolfo vs Kolisch, 1858 
(000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 0-1

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