- 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures
Authored by Peter Hugh Clarke this was another great book that was published by G. Bell & Sons Ltd in the 1960's.
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100 games, 1953-1979 - 1984 Phillips & Drew GLC Kings Tt
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Note : This Collection has now been superceded by Phillips & Drew GLC Kings (1984) During the 1980's the city of London experienced a chess renaissance that made it the premier chess capital of the West. The culmination of this activity was to host the first half of the World Championship Centenary Match in 1986. The other events that helped London achieve this status included the Second USSR vs The Rest Of The World Match in 1984 and a series of tournaments sponsored by the stock-broking firm Phillips & Drew ( See Game Collection: London Phillips & Drew 1980 and Game Collection: Phillips & Drew Kings Chess Tournament 1982 also ).
This 1984 tournament was a fourteen player category 14 event and was sponsored by both Phillips & Drew and the Greater London Council. It was also the first ever all GM tournament to be held in the United Kingdom. It ran from the 26th of April to the 11th of May and was held in the County Hall, London.
Rounds took place on the dates given below with rest days on the 30th of April and the 4th and 10th of May. - Thanks to <Tabanus> and <Chessical> for finding the dates on which the rounds took place. - The Final Standings :
1st Karpov 9 points (+6, =6, -1); =2nd Chandler 8 points (+6, =4, -3); =2nd Polugaevsky 8 points (+4, =8, -1); 4th Timman 7½ points (+3, =9, -9); =5th Ribli 7 points (+2, =10, -1); =5th Seirawan 7 points (+4, =6, -3); =7th Korchnoi 6½ points (+2, =9, -2); =7th Vaganian 6½ points (+4, =4, -4); =9th Andersson 5½ points (+1, =9, -3); =9th Miles 5½ points (+2, =7 -4); =9th Speelman 5½ points (+1, =9, -3); =12th Mestel 5 points (+1, =8, -4); =12th Nunn 5 points (+2, =6, -5); =12th Torre 5 points (+1, =8, -4). - table[
1. Karpov ( 2700 ) * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0
2. Chandler ( 2515 ) 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1
3. Polugaevsky ( 2615 ) ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1
4. Timman ( 2610 ) 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
5. Ribli ( 2610 ) ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½
6. Seirawan ( 2525 ) ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½
7. Korchnoi ( 2635 ) 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
8. Vaganian ( 2630 ) ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
9. Andersson ( 2630 ) ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
10. Miles ( 2615 ) 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½
11. Speelman ( 2495 ) 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½
12. Mestel ( 2540 ) 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½
13. Nunn ( 2600 ) ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1
14. Torre ( 2565 ) 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ]table -
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91 games, 1984 - 1st Burroughs Computers Grandmasters Tt
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by 1st Burroughs Computers Grandmaster (1978) This tournament played in New Zealand was the second leg of the Asian Grandmasters circuit. The circuit was the brain-child of then FIDE Deputy President Florencio Campomanes to help Asian area players gain experience and title norms. The first leg was held in Baguio City in the Philippines, the third leg in Jakarta, Indonesia and the fourth leg was hosted in Penang, Malaysia. Australia was originally given the option of hosting the second leg but when this lapsed the New Zealand Chess Association gave Murray Chandler the green light to organize the tournament in Wellington. Months were spent by Chandler and his assistant Jenny McLaren in raising funds, arranging players' accommodation and finding both the playing venue and the personnel to run the tournament. The sponsorship problem was solved when Burroughs Computers agreed to very generously contribute towards the tournament expenses. The tournament was suppose to feature grandmasters Eugenio Torre , Miguel Quinteros and Alberic O'Kelly de Galway. However, the last named player failed to arrive. Running from the 5th to the 19th of April 1978 it was held in the World Trade Centre in Wellington. - Crosstable :
table[
Pts
1.Quinteros * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
2.Torre 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 8
3.Sarapu ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7
4.Mascarinas ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 7
5.Small 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 6
6.Sharif 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 6
7.Green 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6
8.Chandler 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 0 0 5½
9.Sampouw 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 4½
10.Suradiradja 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 0 4½
11.Sutton 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 4½
12.Shirazi 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 0 * 1 4½
13.Cardoso 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 * 4½ ]table -
For those interested in a bit of chess history, 13-year-old Jonathan D Sarfati was one of those operating the demonstration boards at this tournament. -
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78 games, 1978 - 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by 1st Correspondence World Championship (1950) Following the foundation of the International Correspondence Chess Union ( IFSB )* in Berlin on the 2nd of December 1928 the idea of a Correspondence Chess Championship was discussed for the first time. Alexander Alyekhin who had played numerous games of correspondence chess in his youth held it in high regard and became a driving force to see the realization of a Correspondence Championship. In August 1936 an IFSB conference resolved to set up a committee to work out a draft of Alyekhin's ideas and bring them to fruition. A year later in August 1937 at another IFSB conference in Stockholm a resolution to create and regularly hold a Correspondence Championship was reached. Amongst those present at this conference were FIDE President Dr Alexander Rueb and Dr Max Euwe. The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 delayed plans but eventually in 1947 the preliminaries for the World Correspodence Championship started. There were 78 participants from 22 countries in 11 preliminary groups. This lead to a Final Tournament of 15 players. Play for this final commenced in 1950 with the games finishing in 1953. - * The IFSB was the predecessor of the International Correspondence Chess Federation ( I.C.C.F ). - The Final Standings were :
1st C J S Purdy 10½ points ( +9, =3, -1 ); 2nd= H Malmgren 10 points ( +7, =6, -0 ); 2nd= M Napolitano 10 points ( +10, =0, -3 ); 4th O Barda 9½ points ( +9, =1, -3 ); 5th= G R Mitchell 7 points ( +5, =4, -4 ); 5th= L Watzl 7 points ( +5, =4, -4 ); 7th= E Adam 6 points ( +5, =2, -6 ); 7th= G Wood 6 points ( +5, =2, -6 ); 9th T D van Scheltinga 5½ points ( +2, =7, -4 ); 10th J Balogh 5 points ( +3, =4, -6 ); 11th S Madsen 4½ points ( +2, =5, -6 ); 12th J W Collins 4 points ( +2, =4, -7 ); 13th= P van't Veer 3 points ( +2, =2, -9 ); 13th= A Cuadrado 3 points ( +0, =6, -7 ). Adolphe Viaud withdrew part way through the tournament and all his games were cancelled. However, those which had reached a fairly advanced stage were preserved by his opponents and are included in this collection. Larsson was the tournament director.
- Gamescores of the following games were unavailable : 64. Edmund Adam - Gabriel Wood 0-1
65. Edmund Adam - T D van Scheltinga 1/2-1/2
69. Edmund Adam - Paul van't Veer 1-0
71. Gabriel Wood - T D van Scheltinga 1/2-1/2
75. Gabriel Wood - Paul van't Veer 0-1
80. T D van Scheltinga - Paul van't Veer 1-0
A special thanks to <crawfb5> for finding the scores to 67. Sverre Madsen - Edmund Adam 0-1 and 73. Gabriel Wood - Sverre Madsen 1-0. -
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93 games, 1950 - 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by 2nd Correspondence World Championship (1956) For this 2nd final ( taking place from 1956 - 1959 ) the top three players in the 1st final ( the 1950 - 1953 contest ) were seeded into it but only Dr Mario Napolitano took up his free place. The rest of the field was selected by elimination in 10 preliminary groups of 7 players each. In Preliminary Group H, V Bergraser won the group on tie-break ahead of L Schmid, but Schmid was admitted into the final after H Malmgren had decided against taking up his seeded position. Preliminary Group A had a three-way tie with J Balogh, F Batik and B Koch. The Tournament director Larsson suspected this may have been engineered. According to the rules he may have promoted only Balogh because he had the most wins with Black. However, he eventually permitted all three players into the final. After the preliminary contests began the Soviet Union joined the I.C.C.F. ( International Correspondence Chess Federation ) and were granted a place in the 2nd final. Their nominee was V V Ragozin. - The Final Standings were :
1st V V Ragozin 11 points ( +9, =4, -1 );
=2nd L Endzelins 10½ points ( +7, =7, -0 );
=2nd L Schmid 10½ points ( +9, =3, -2 );
4th A Lundqvist 9½ points ( +7, =5, -2 );
5th S Kjellander 8½ points ( +7, =3, -4 );
6th E Arnlind 8 points ( +4, =8, -2 );
=7th M Napolitano 6½ points ( +4, =5, -5 );
=7th J Balogh 6½ points ( +4, =5, -5 );
=7th B Koch 6½ points ( +5, =3, -6 );
10th J Jezek 6 points ( +4, =4, -6 );
=11th F Batik 5½ points ( +3, =5, -6 );
=11th V Bergraser 5½ points ( +3, =5, -6 );
=11th V Borsony 5½ points ( +2, =7, -5 );
14th K Kaliwoda 3½ points ( +2, =3, -9 );
15th A Laustsen 1½ points ( +1, =1, -12 ).
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105 games, 1956 - 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by 3rd Correspondence World Championship (1959) The 3rd final took place over the period 1959 - 1962. There were no preliminary groups in this championship. - The 1956 Amsterdam congress of the I.C.C.F. ( International Correspondence Chess Federation ) decided to invite : a) The first three living players from Final 1. Harald Malmgren had passed away so invitations were sent to C J S Purdy, Dr Mario Napolitano and Olaf Barda. b) The first six players in Final 2.
c) Dr J Balogh, who had qualified for both the earlier Finals. d) The selected representatives of the five I.C.C.F. zones. - The invitations were sent out in 1958. Purdy and Barda from the first final and Arnlind, Ragozin and Schmid from the second final declined to play so the third final became the smallest of the World Correspondence Championship finals. - The qualifiers from the second final who accepted were Endzelins, Kjellander and Lundqvist. - The five zonal representatives were :
E Garner from North America
E Secchi from South America
M Salm from Australia
P Dubinin from the Soviet Union
A O'Kelly de Galway from Europe.
- The Final Standings were :
1st A O'Kelly de Galway 6½ points ( +4, =5, -0 ); 2nd P Dubinin 6 points ( +4, =4, -1 ); 3rd A Lundqvist 5½ points ( +4, =3, -2 ); =4th M Salm 5 points ( +3, =4, -2 ); =4th M Napolitano 5 points ( +3, =4, -2 ); =4th E Secchi 5 points ( +4, =2, -3 ); 7th L Endzelins 4½ points ( +2, =5, -2 ); 8th S Kjellander 4 points ( +2, =4, -3 ); 9th J Balogh 3½ points ( +1, =5, -3 ); 10th E Garner 0 points ( +0, =0, -9 ).* - * E Garner withdrew and all his games were awarded to his opponents. Special thanks to <whiteshark> for providing the link to the tournament crosstable http://archive.correspondencechess.... - For game 35. E Garner - M Napolitano 0-1 the gamescore was unavailable. According to Napolitano, few moves were played before Garner withdrew from the tournament. -
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44 games, 1959 - 85th New Zealand Ch
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Note : This collection has now been superceded by New Zealand Championship (1977/78) The 85th New Zealand Championship congress took place from the 27th of December 1977 to the 8th of January 1978. It was hosted by the Civic Chess Club at the YWCA in Wellington and sponsored by Windy Music a local private radio station. The prize fund attracted a strong field that included Ortvin Sarapu, Murray Chandler, Paul Garbett, Vernon Small, Philip Clemance, Ewen Green, Bruce Anderson, Kai Jensen, Peter Stuart, Craig Laird, Robert Smith and Roger Perry. The final result produced a surprise winner in the form of Craig Laird and although he may have had a share of luck his win was fully deserved. - Crosstable :
table[
Pts
1. Laird * 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 8
2. Sarapu 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½
3. Green 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7
4. Chandler ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 6½
5. Small 1 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6
6. Stuart 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 5½
7. Garbett ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½
8. Jensen 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 1 1 5½
9. Clemance 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 5
10. Anderson ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * 1 0 4
11. Perry 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 3
12. Smith ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 2½]table - <Primary source> New Zealand Chess Magazine Vol.4 # 1 February 1978 pp 4 - 17. -
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66 games, 1977-1978 - Alyekhin's Supplemental Games
This collection features games that Alyekhin gave without notes in his own best games books.
To see his best games look for the collection that dac1990 complied.
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45 games, 1914-1938 - Australian Chess Brilliancies
The games in this wonderful book by Kevin Casey which is published by Kimberley Publications showcase some of the finest play by a number of great Australian players. Getting hold of a copy is highly recommended. ISBN 978 0 9806340 0 6
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29 games, 1974-2009 - AVRO 1938
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by AVRO (1938) In November 1938 a Dutch radio company AVRO (Algemeene Vereeniging voor Radio Omroep) organized and sponsored what was up to that time the strongest tournament ever held.
AVRO (literally the General Association for Radio Broadcasting) brought together the World Champion and every one of his major challengers. It ran from the 6th of November to the 27th of November 1938 with the players based in Amsterdam and each successive round played in a different Dutch town.
This tournament schedule proved to be tough for the older competitors and Capablanca and Alyekhin did not fare as well as might have been expected. In the end Keres and Fine finished in joint first place with Keres declared the winner as a result of a better tie-break score. - table[
1. Keres * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
2. Fine 0 ½ * * 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½
3. Botvinnik ½ ½ 0 ½ * * 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
4. Alyekhin ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
5. Euwe ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ * * 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½
6. Reshevsky 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * * ½ ½ 1 ½
7. Capablanca 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ * * 1 ½
8. Flohr ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * *]table -
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56 games, 1938 - Baden Baden 1925
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by Baden-Baden (1925) For a number of years following the First World War Germany had seen no great international tournaments. Indeed the last such event of this type was Mannheim 1914 (See Game Collection: Mannheim 1914 - the unfinished tournament) which the outbreak of the war had brought to a premature conclusion.
Lamenting this sad state of affairs Dr Tarrasch approached the municipal authorities of the famous old Spa-town of Baden Baden which had been the site of an international tournament in 1870 (See Game Collection: Baden-Baden 1870). Their response was favourable and the organisation of the event was placed in the good doctor's hands. Most of the invitees accepted but both Dr Lasker and Capablanca insisted on large appearance fees which were unable to be met. Other absentees were Vidmar and Maroczy who were unable to attend because of work commitments.
The final entry consisted of twenty-one competitors including Dr Tarrasch himself and the tournament ran from the 15th of April to the 14th of May 1925.
The final result was a great win for Alyekhin and foreshadowed his later triumphs at San Remo 1930 (See Game Collection: San Remo 1930) and Bled 1931 (See Game Collection: Bled 1931). Crosstable :
table[
1.Alyekhin * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
2.Rubinstein ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
3.Saemisch 0 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1
4.Bogolyubov ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
5.Marshall 0 ½ 1 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1
6.Tartakover ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
7.Rabinovich 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1
8.Gruenfeld ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1`
9.Niemzowitsch 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
10.Torre ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
11.Reti 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1
12.Treybal 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
13.Spielmann ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1
14.Carls ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
15.Yates 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 * 0 0 0 1 0 1
16.Rosselli ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 * 1 1 0 ½ ½
17.Tarrasch 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 * ½ 0 0 ½
18.Colle 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * 0 1 1
19.Mieses 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 * 1 1
20.Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 * ½
21.te Kolste 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ]table
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210 games, 1925 - Bled 1931
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by Bled (1931) Milan Vidmar was the instigator of the major chess tournament that became Bled 1931. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana ( his birthplace ) and the nearby health resort of Bled. An organizing committee was set up and at the end of July 1931 and following the Chess Olympiad in Prague this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled. Most of those players approached gave their agreement but Max Euwe declined because of work commitments, Mir Sultan Khan was due to play in the British Championships and Akiba Rubinstein asked for a printed programme. This was sent to him and he was given until August 16th to either confirm or decline the invitation but when this deadline expired without any reply his place was offered to Gosta Stoltz. Stoltz immediately cabled his acceptance but later that day a cable confirming his acceptance arrived from Rubinstein. The tournament committee ruled that the offer to Stoltz should stand and thus Rubinstein was forced to bow out. The final list of fourteen players included not only Stoltz but also the World Champion Alexander Alekhine, Lajos Asztalos, Efim Bogoljubov, Milan Vidmar, Isaac Kashdan, Borislav Kostic, Geza Maroczy, Edgar Colle, Aron Nimzowitsch, Vasja Pirc, Savielly Tartakower, Salomon Flohr and Rudolf Spielmann. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 ( held in Ljubljana ) took place.
The first round was held in a large hall but the spectators made such a noise and disturbance that all the subsequent rounds were played in a smaller room in a much more controlled atmosphere which overlooked Lake Bled. The tournament opened on the 22nd of August with the opening banquet and the drawing of lots and ran until the 29th of September 1931. The rate of play was 35 moves in 2½ hours. Play commenced daily at 9:00am until 2:00pm and then there was a break for a meal. After this at 4:30pm play was resumed for another two hours with a control rate of 15 moves per hour. Alyekhin registered one of his greatest triumphs by out distancing the rest of the field by a whopping 5½ points. Crosstable :
table[
Pts
1.Alyekhin ** 1½ 11 1½ ½½ 1½ 11 1½ 1½ ½½ 11 11 ½½ 11 20½
2.Bogolyubov 0½ ** ½0 0½ 11 11 1½ 10 01 0½ 00 11 ½1 11 15
3.Niemzowitsch 00 ½1 ** ½1 00 11 0½ ½½ ½½ ½1 1½ 1½ 1½ 0½ 14
4.Vidmar 0½ 1½ ½0 ** ½½ ½0 ½½ ½½ 11 ½0 ½½ ½1 ½1 ½½ 13½
5.Kashdan ½½ 00 11 ½½ ** 0½ 1½ 00 10 ½1 10 11 ½½ ½½ 13½
6.Flohr 0½ 00 00 ½1 1½ ** ½0 1½ 1½ ½1 11 ½0 ½1 ½½ 13½
7.Stoltz 00 0½ 1½ ½½ 0½ ½1 ** 11 ½½ ½1 ½1 00 01 1½ 13½
8.Tartakover 0½ 01 ½½ ½½ 11 0½ 00 ** ½0 ½½ ½½ 11 ½½ ½1 13
9.Kostic 0½ 10 ½½ 00 01 0½ ½½ ½1 ** ½½ ½0 01 1½ 11 12½
10.Spielmann ½½ 1½ ½0 ½1 ½0 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½½ ** 01 00 1½ 11 12½
11.Maroczy 00 11 0½ ½½ 01 00 ½0 ½½ ½1 10 ** ½1 ½½ ½½ 12
12.Colle 00 00 0½ ½0 00 ½1 11 00 10 11 ½0 ** 0½ 11 10½
13.Asztalos ½½ ½0 0½ ½0 ½½ ½0 10 ½½ 0½ 0½ ½½ 1½ ** 00 9½
14.Pirc 00 00 1½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 0½ ½0 00 00 ½½ 00 11 ** 8½ ]table Allocation Of Prizes :
1st Alyekhin 30,000 dinars
2nd Bogolyubov 20,000 dinars
3rd Niemzowitsch 15,000 dinars
=4th Vidmar 7,500 dinars
=4th Kashdan 7,500 dinars
=4th Flohr 7,500 dinars
=4th Stoltz 7,500 dinars
The seven non-prizewinners received 250 dinars for each point scored.
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182 games, 1931 - Bugojno 1978
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by Bugojno (1978) The small town of Bugojno in central Yugoslavia ( now Bosnia ) hosted five strong tournaments between 1978 and 1986. ( See Game Collection: Bugojno 1980 , Game Collection: Bugojno 1982 , Game Collection: Bugojno 1984 and Game Collection: Bugojno 1986 for the others ). However, this tournament was the first one. It was a category 14 event that featured players of the old guard like Gligoric, Ivkov and Byrne and pitted them against a younger generation that included Timman, Miles and Huebner. The tournament ran from the 26th of February to the 16th of March and in the sixteen player field Karpov and Spassky emerged as the joint winners. For Spassky it was a victory to rank alongside wins such as the 29th USSR Championship in 1961, the Zonal Tournament of Seven in Moscow 1964 and the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup. For Karpov it was an excellent dress rehearsal in his only other showing in 1978 before facing Korchnoi to defend the World Title in July. table[
Pts
1. Karpov ( 2725 ) * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10
2. Spassky ( 2630 ) ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10
3. Timman ( 2585 ) 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 9
4. Ljubojevic ( 2605 ) 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½
5. Tal ( 2625 ) ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
6. Hort ( 2620 ) 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8
7. Larsen ( 2620 ) 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 8
8. Balashov ( 2590 ) ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 7½
9. Huebner ( 2595 ) ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 7½
10. Miles ( 2565 ) 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7
11. Ivkov ( 2515 ) ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 0 6½
12. Portisch ( 2630 ) 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 6½
13. Byrne ( 2550 ) ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 6
14. Vukic ( 2480 ) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 6
15. Bukic ( 2500 ) 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 5½
16. Gligoric ( 2565 ) ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * 5½ ]table
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120 games, 1978 - Celebrities & Immortals
This is a collection dedicated to some of the best games that have ever been played. Many are well known but some are not. Whilst there may be some omissions and some are a matter of taste, all have something memorable and interesting about them.
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103 games, 1790-1999 - Craig Laird at the 85th NZ Ch
Craig Laird was the surprise winner of the 85th New Zealand Championship in 1977 - 78. These are his games from that event.
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11 games, 1977-1978 - Fencible Masters Tt 1997
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by Fencible Masters (1997) A Little History
The name 'Fencible' is derived from the word defensible. Retired soldiers mostly from Ireland and the midlands of England were encouraged to become members of the Royal New Zealand Fencible Corps. Those who signed up would get a new life in New Zealand and were offered free passage together with their families as well as a cottage and an acre of land to become theirs after a seven year term. For this they were expected to perform certain military duties including compulsory Sunday Church parade. The Fencible scheme was the largest Government funded early immigration scheme for Auckland. From 1847 to 1852 ten ships brought the Fencibles to Auckland where they founded the villages (now suburbs) of Howick, Panmure, Otahuhu and Onehunga. Many of their descendants still live in these areas today. In 1997 to mark the sesquicentennial anniversary of Howick village
Paul Stanley Spiller organized this tournament. It was sponsored by the Howick-Pakuranga Chess Club and Spiller Enterprises Limited. Held in the Howick Bowling Club it was a nine round all-play-all which ran from the 24th to the 29th of March. The participants were Paul Anthony Garbett, Ewen McGowen Green, Aleksei Kulashko, Eddy Levi, Leonard J McLaren, Tim Reilly, Drazen Sermek, Vernon Albert Small, Robert Wayne Smith
and Stephen J Solomon. Crosstable :
table[
Pts
1.Solomon * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 8½
2.Sermek 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½
3.Garbett 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5½
4.Small 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 4½
5.Smith 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 0 1 ½ 1 4
6.Reilly 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 4
7.Kulashko 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * 1 0 ½ 3
8.Levi 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 3
9.McLaren 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 3
10.Green ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2 ]table -
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45 games, 1997 - First Piatigorsky Cup 1963
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NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by First Piatigorsky Cup (1963) In 1963 famous cellist Gregor Piatigorsky and his wife Jaqueline gave a cup through the Piatigorsky Foundation for a chess tournament that would include two grandmasters from the USSR and two grandmasters from the USA. Four grandmasters from other countries filled out the playing list. The final player line-up consisted of Tigran V Petrosian, Paul Keres, Samuel Reshevsky, Pal Benko, Fridrik Olafsson, Svetozar Gligoric, Oscar Panno and Miguel Najdorf. The tournament ran from the 2nd of July to the 30th of July 1963 in Los Angeles, USA. The players met in a double round all-play-all and the joint winners Petrosian and Keres returned to the Soviet Union with more than half of the $10,000 prize fund offered by the Piatigorsky Foundation. This tournament was the strongest to be held in the USA after New York 1927 - table[
Pts
1. Keres * * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½
2. Petrosian ½ ½ * * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 8½
3. Najdorf ½ 1 ½ ½ * * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 7½
4. Olafsson 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 7½
5. Reshevsky 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 7
6. Gligoric ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * * ½ 0 1 ½ 6
7. Benko 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 * * 1 0 5½
8. Panno ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * * 5½]table -
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56 games, 1963 - From My Games 1920 - 1937
This book of his own games by fifth World Champion Max Euwe was first published in Great Britain in 1938 by G Bell and has recently been republished as My Best Games, 1920 - 1937 by Hardinge Simpole Publishing
ISBN 1 84382 083 8
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75 games, 1920-1937 - Grandmaster Performance
Published by Pergamon Press in 1984.
ISBN 0-08-026913-3 (Hardcover)
ISBN 0-08-029749-8 (Flexicover)
This book followed his previous work "Grandmaster Preparation" and in it Soviet Grandmaster Lev Polugaevsky (1934 - 1995) presents sixty-four of his best games. - From the Author
Some 30 years ago, when I was still a boy, I was given some advice by one of the oldest Soviet masters, one of Alexander Alekhine's fellow players back in the 1909 St Petersburg Tournament, Pyotr Romanovsky. "If you want to play well", he said, "in the first instance study games. Your own and other peoples'. Examine them from the viewpoint of the middlegame and the endgame, and only then from the viewpoint of the opening. This is more important than studying textbooks".
Perhaps such advice is not indisputable, perhaps it will not appeal to everyone, but I accepted and have followed this recommendation all of my life. Of course, on becoming a master, and then a grandmaster, I had to make a detailed acquaintance with opening monographs and with endgame guides, but nevertheless the analysis of games still remains for me the most important thing. To a great extent, this is why I am now offering this collection of my own games, played over nearly a third of a century.
They have been selected such that the reader should obtain as clear an impression as possible of what promises victory in chess. This is a fundamental knowledge of the openings (even if not all, but only certain ones), a mastery of the skills of attack and defence, and an ability to form a strategic plan. (The following aphorism is after all true : "It is better to follow a bad plan, than to play without any plan at all".) This is the ability to play endgames, and the ability to play in critical situations, which is acquiring greater and greater significance : psychology today is the key to the solving of many problems, including those associated with chess.
But I hope that the reader will take note of, evaluate, and arm himself with the main message of the book : at whatever stage of the game the victory was gained, by whatever means it was achieved, it was always as a result of effort. Always great, and sometimes enormous. The author is firmly convinced that without this it is impossible today to mount even half the steps of the chess staircase, leading upwards.
I consider myself to have been fairly fortunate in chess. I have scored victories in many major tournaments, and have more than once been a Candidate for the World Championship. But the greatest joy in this field of my life has nevertheless been gained from individual, quite specific games. When everything succeeds, and victory is gained, these are the happiest moments in the life of any chess player.
To all readers of this book, I should like to wish as much happiness of this type as possible. Lyev Polugayevsky
International Grandmaster
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64 games, 1956-1982 - Grandmaster At Work
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Published by American Chess Promotions in 1990. ISBN 0-939298-86-4.
Soviet Grandmaster Alexander Kotov (1913 - 1981) was a top ranking player and a World famous chess author. This is a collection of full gamescores and positions from some of his best games. - From the Author
Is Chess an art or a sport? This is a question which has been debated right up to the present day. Those who consider chess only a sport forget one important detail - the chess game. Master games, played dozens of years ago and recorded in books and magazines, are capable, many years later, of arousing a whole torrent of feelings, and this places them alongside the best productions of other kinds of art.
Being the embodiment of the wills of two battling sides, their inventiveness, schemes, imagination, chess games can later pass on the many refind thoughts and feelings of those who played them. The reader, analysing the games of the masters, experiences a great deal: this includes joy from beautiful moves, astonishment and delight at suprising schemes, disappointment from missed opportunities. It is perhaps only tears which are not aroused by the chess game. The fact that chess player's creative work awakens a range of feelings in the reader is best characterised by the enormous element of the art in chess. The principal quality of it is supplemented by the necessary sporting element.
It can only be welcomed that the best games of the masters are preserved. These find their way into magazines, special bulletins and tournament books. A particular and very important role is played by a collection of the best games of this or that master. In this, the reader, besides general chess values, will in addition find the characteristics of the chessplayer in question, making it possible to understand his creative and sporting features. Each master has his own way, a unique inherent quality, and this quality is best shown by an examination of his games.
In the very beginning, when working on his games, played over a period of 30 years, the author was faced with the question: in what order should the games be placed? It is possible to put the games in chronological order - this shows the development of the chessplayer and his sporting features. After long meditation, the author chose another order of presenting the games - by themes. In the basic classification of his games the author adopted approximately the same method as he used in his book The Chess Legacy of A.A.Alekhine. This, in our view, increases the value of the book, since besides the cognitive significance it furthermore assumes the character of an original text book on the middlegame, opening and endgame.
Of course, a collection of the games of a certain chessplayer cannot embrace all departments of chess theory, therefore some matters will be omitted. However, the most important departments of chess theory are looked at in the book, and in the annotations the reader will find directions as to how the "laboratory of a chessplayer" works - how his brain, trained in the game, engages itself in the analysis of chess positions.
Limitations of space required the author to be brief and concise, both in the annotations and in the introductory articles. Nevertheless the author hopes that the games given below will help the reader to understand chess and furthermore develop the ability to get to know the particulars of its complicated laws. - 23.Game Ending
White : Rudakov
Black : Kotov
(Tula 1929)
click for larger viewBlack to play
1...Qa5 2.Kxc2 Qc3+ 3.Kb1 Bxd3+ 4.exd3 Qxd3+ 5.Kb2 Qc3+ 6.Ka3 Qc5+ 7.b4 Qc3+ 8.Ka4 b5+ 9.Kxb5 e5 10.Qc1 Rb8+ 11.Ka6 Qxb4 12.Qc7 Qa4+ 13.Qa5 Qc6+ 0-1. - 95.Game Ending
White : A. Polyak
Black : Kotov
(Moscow Ch 1935)
click for larger viewWhite to play
27.Qd4 c5 28.Qe5 Qg4+ 29.Kf2 Qh4+ 30.Kg2 Rf6 31.Qxc5 Qg4+ 32.Kf2 Qh3 33.Qxc7 Qxh2+ 34.Ke3 Qxb2 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd3 Qb6+ 37.Ke2 Rg6 38.Re5 Qb2+ 39.Ke3 Qc1+ 40.Kf3 Qh1+ 41.Ke3 Qg1+ 42.Ke2 Qg2+ 43.Ke3 Qg3+ 44.Ke4 Qf2 45.a3 Rg3 46.Qb1 Qd2 47.Kf5 Qd6 48.Ke4 Rxa3 49.Rd5 Qg6+ 50.f5 Qg4+ 51.Ke5 Qg3+ 52.Ke6 Qe3+ 53.Kd7 Rb3 54.Qc2 Rb7+ 55.Kc8 Rf7 56.Qg2 Rf8+ 57.Kd7 Qe8+ 58.Kd6 Qb8+ 59.Ke7 Rf6 60.Qe4 Qf8+ 61.Kd7 Rf7+ 62.Kc6 Qc8+ 63.Kb5 Rb7+ 0-1. - 97.Game Ending
White : Sergeev
Black : Kotov
(Moscow Ch 1935)
click for larger viewWhite to play
58.h5 gxh5 59.Kf5 Nf8 60.Nh4 Kg8 61.Ke5 Kf7 62.Kd4 Na4 63.Nxh5 c6 64.dxc6 Ne6+ 65.Ke5 Nxg5 66.Nf4 Ke7 67.Nd5+ Kd8 68.Nf3 Nf7+ 69.Ke6 Nb6 70.Ne7 Ke8 71.c7 Nd8+ 72.Kd6 Nc4+ 73.Kd5 Kxe7 1/2-1/2. - 101.Game Ending
White : Kotov
Black : Johansson
(Stockholm 1960)
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46.b4 axb4 47.Ke3 Bc4 48.Nc5 Kf7 49.Nxd3 Rxd3+ 50.Rxd3 Bxd3 51.Kxd3 Ke7 52.Kc4 Kd6 53.Kxb4 Ke5 54.Kc5 b6+ 55.Kc6 Kf4 56.Kd6 Kxg4 57.Ke6 Kh3 58.Kxf6 g4 59.Ke6 g3 60.f6 g2 61.f7 g1=Q 62.f8=Q Qe3+ 63.Kd7 Qd4+ 64.Kc7 1/2-1/2. - 103.Game Ending
White : Kotov
Black : Grigoriev
(Moscow 1936)
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58.Rg5 Kb4 59.h4 Kc4 60.h5 Kd4 61.h6 Re8 62.h7 Rh8 63.Rh5 Ke4 64.Kg2 Kf4 65.Kh3 Kf3 66.Kh4 Kf4 67.Rh6 Kf5 68.Kh5 1-0. - 112.Game Ending
White : Nei
Black : Kotov
(Odessa 1960)
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1...Qf2+ 2.Kd5 Qxh2 3.b5 f4 4.gxf4 g4 5.b6 g3 6.b7 Qa2+ 7.Kd6 Qa3+ 8.Kd7 Qa4+ 9.Ke7 g2 10.Qa8 White sealed this move but resigned without resuming. 0-1. - 118.Game Ending
White : Panov
Black : Kotov
(Moscow Ch 1941)
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41...Nd4 42.Ke1 Rc1+ 43.Kf2 Rc3 44.Ke1 Rc1+ 45.Kf2 h6 46.Bf7 g5 47.Bh5 Rc3 48.Bd1 Ke4 49.Be2 Rh3 50.Kg2 Rc3 51.Kf2 a5 52.Bd1 Rc1 53.Bh5 Rh1 54.Kg2 Re1 55.Kf2 Ra1 56.Bd1 Rc1 57.Bh5 Rc3 58.Be2 Rh3 59.Kg2 Rh4 60.Bd1 Ke3 61.Rb2 Kd3 62.a3 Nf5 63.Kg1 Ne3 64.Be2+ Kc3 65.Rb1 Kc2 66.Ra1 Kxb3 67.Rb1+ Kxa3 68.Rxb6 Nxc4 69.Ra6 a4 70.h3 Kb4 71.Bd1 a3 72.Ra4+ Kb5 0-1. -
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109 games, 1935-1960
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Kibitzing
