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"Larsen's Selected Games" by Bent Larsen This is a collection of all 50 games from Bent Larsen's book, "Larsen's Selected Games of Chess", published in 1969. 50 games, 1951-1969 "The Mammoth Book of World's Greatest Chess Game 21 games, 1896-2002 50 games better than that other Tal game. 51 games, 1953-1989 All Time Greats Play the French w/Black & Win Numerous Games from French Innovators/Experts Including: Nimzowitsch, Botvinnik, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Bareev, Nakamura, Dreev, Grischuk, Maroczy, Caruana, Morozevich, Vaganian, Blackburne, Burn, Tarrasch, Alekhine, Bogoljubov, etc. 257 games, 1834-2018 Attack & Counterattack in Chess Converting on Superior Mobility 39 games, 1623-1953 AVRO 1938 NOTE : This collection has now been superceded by AVRO (1938) In November 1938 a Dutch radio company AVRO (Algemeene Vereeniging voor Radio Omroep) organized and sponsored what was up to that time the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 - 56 games, 1938 Bad Kissingen 1928 Bad Kissingen (1928) Twelve of the best masters around came to the Bavarian spa town of Bad Kissingen for an all-star tournament: Efim Bogoljubov, Jose Raul Capablanca, Max Euwe, Frank James Marshall, Jacques Mieses, Aron Nimzowitsch, Richard Reti, Akiba Rubinstein, Rudolf Spielmann, Siegbert Tarrasch, Savielly Tartakower, Fred Dewhirst Yates. While this was an opportunity for Capablanca to regain some of his luster after the match with Alekhine, it was Bogoljubov who pulled another one of those commanding performances out of his hat to finish on top by a point. Such performances provided a good reason for Alekhine to pick him as a match opponent. A big push in the middle of the tournament gave Bogoljubov a 1.5 point lead over Capablanca, whom Spielmann had defeated in round 6 for what would prove to be his only victory in the event. Capablanca got to within 1/2 point by defeating Bogoljubov in round 9, but no closer. The tournament also saw an excellent performance by Max Euwe, who stayed near the top before fading at the very end. Bad Kissingen, Germany, 12-24 August 1928 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts 1 Bogoljubov * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 8.0 2 Capablanca 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 7.0 3 Euwe ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 6.5 4 Rubinstein 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.5 5 Nimzowitsch ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6.0 6 Reti 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.5 7 Tartakower ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5.0 8 Marshall 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 5.0 9 Yates 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 5.0 10 Spielmann 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 4.5 11 Tarrasch 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 4.0 12 Mieses ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 3.0 <Cumulative round-by-round scores> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 Bogoljubov 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5 6.5 7.5 8.0 2 Capablanca 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 5.0 6.0 6.5 7.0 3 Euwe 0.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.5 4 Rubinstein 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 5.5 6.5 5 Nimzowitsch 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.5 5.0 6.0 6 Reti 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 5.0 5.5 7 Tartakower 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.5 4.5 4.5 5.0 8 Marshall 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 9 Yates 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 10 Spielmann 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 11 Tarrasch 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 12 Mieses 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 66 games, 1928 Baden Baden 1925 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 210 games, 1925 Beating the Nimzo-Indian D - Top GM Games 43 games, 1920-2017 Best Chess Games of All Time Thanks to A.J. Goldsby- http://www.lifemasteraj.com/, Bill Wall,Tim Krabbe,Andrew Soltice,John Nunn,Graham Burgess,John Emms for their influnece and recommendations ,google them. 400 games, 1749-2007 Bled 1931 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, 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, Edgard 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. 182 games, 1931 Boris Spassky's 400 Selected Games Almost completed. 52? 399 games, 1948-2002 Botvinnik Victories w/ the French playing Black 17 games, 1935-1955 Brutal Attacking Chess All opening traps,mating themes,and tactics that every chess player should know. All Classic Games you need to know.Attacking 0-0.Double Bishop Attacks.I wish I could have reviewed the games in this collection when I first learned chess at age 14.My hope is this will help someone who is just learning the game and those of us who keep falling for opening traps. 399 games, 1620-2007 Bugojno 1978 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 September. 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 120 games, 1978 C18 French: Winawer [Black] French Defense [Winawer: Advance Variation] 49 games, 2008-2013 Cambridge Springs 1904 In the Spring of 1904, American and European chess masters gathered at Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania to compete in a large round robin tournament. Among the competitors were seven of the top ten players of the world, as well as the World Champion and the various national champions of Russia, France, Austria, and the United States. The participants were Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Chigorin, David Janowski, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Carl Schlechter, Frank James Marshall, Georg Marco, Jacques Mieses, Richard Teichmann, Jackson Showalter, William Napier, Albert Hodges, Eugene Delmar, Albert Fox, John Finan Barry, and Thomas Francis Lawrence. 27 year old Frank Marshall stunned the chess world with his phenomenal victory of 13/15 over the chess elite, including wins against Janowski, Schlechter, and Pillsbury (two of which were brilliancy prizes). Marshall's win marked the beginning of a career that would include going on to be US Champion for 27 years and a challenger for the world championship against Lasker in 1907. The final standings and crosstable: 1st Marshall 13/15 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 =2nd Janowski 11/15 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 =2nd Lasker 11/15 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 4th Marco 9/15 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5th Showalter 8½/15 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =6th Schlechter 7½/15 0 0 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ =6th Chigorin 7½/15 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 =8th Mieses 7/15 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 0 =8th Pillsbury 7/15 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 =10th Fox 6½/15 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 0 0 =10th Teichmann 6½/15 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 0 1 1 =12th Lawrence 5½/15 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ =12th Napier 5½/15 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 1 ½ =14th Barry 5/15 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 1 =14th Hodges 5/15 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 * 0 16th Delmar 4½/15 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * This collection would not have been possible without: http://cs1904.com/ 120 games, 1904 Complex games Games of my interest, collected in no particular orther. 222 games, 1839-2009 Dallas, 1957 56 games, 1957 FRENCH DEFENCE (Advance, Exchange, Schlechter,.. French, Advance (C02) 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 100 Schlechter Variation Bd3 de Bxe4 200 Advance Lputian Variation 300 Avance Euwe Variation 500 Exchange 84 games, 1620-2007

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