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125 Selected Games by Vasily Smyslov Smyslov, Vasily. 125 Selected Games. Cadogan Press: 1995. 127 games, 1935-1982 Akiba Rubinstein's Best Games The best games of Rubinstein's career. Who is your opponent tonight, tonight I am playing against the Black pieces. - Akiba Rubinstein 60 days a year I play in tournaments, 5 days I rest, and 300 days I work on my game. – Akiba Rubinstein Rubinstein was an artist whose masterpieces are the priceless legacy of an unhappy genius. – Reuben Fine The games of Steinitz himself, the creator of the theory, are by no means the best demonstration of its correctness. A whole generation of chess masters extracted from this theory everything in it that is of value for practical play. Rubinstein was the central figure of this generation, and his games are the most complete embodiment of Steinitz's teaching. - Richard Réti He possessed almost a super-natural feeling for the endings and rook endings in particular. - Max Euwe Better chess cannot be played by mortal man. - Reuben Fine There is scarcely another master who suffers so from nerves, which cause him moments of complete exhaustion so that he commits crude blunders. – Richard Réti (on Rubinstein) Rubinstein is the rook ending of a game begun by the Gods thousands of years ago. – Saviely Tartakower One of the greatest positional players ever, who influenced many future generations of great players, including such great scientists and champions as Mikhail Botvinnik. - Garry Kasparov (on Akiba Rubinstein) Careful analysis shows that modern chess, proceeding from the Botvinnik era, is very strongly influenced by the games of Rubinstein, who was, essentially, one of the fathers of modern chess history. - Garry Kasparov For the purity and logicality of his style of play, this great chess artist was compared with an ancient sculptor, whose smooth and monumental work provokes admiration. - Garry Kasparov We should not forget Rubinstein, an incredibly talented and fantastic chess player. It is a pity that with his extensive knowledge of chess, he was not a World Champion. Sometimes he created true masterpieces and was way ahead of his time. To understand this, you should just go through the collection of his best games. Why didn't he become a World Champion? That's a mystery to me. His nerves might have played a role or he might not have been very good in practice. Anyway, he was a man of great talent. -Vladimir Kramnik 88 games, 1907-1931 Alekhine's Best Games 10 games, 1910-1914 Best of Robert James Fischer! 14 games, 1956-1992 Best of Tal 14 games, 1949-1992 Capablanca 24 games, 1921-1922 kasparov my fav games 17 games, 1973-2001 Lasker Teaches Chess 31 games, 1894-1924 Morphy's Best Games 14 games, 1848-1859 Nezhmetdinov 21 games, 1936-1970 Paul Keres beats nine world champions Keres, though never himself champion, defeated nine other world champions in tournament play. He is the only player in history to have done this (so far). When Keres won multiple games against a champion, his first victory is given. 9 games, 1937-1959 Rubinsteins greatest games 7 games, 1907-1929 The great hall of immortal games Paul Morphy, Bobby Fischer, Jose Capablanca, Wilhelm Steinitz, Emmanuel Lasker, Aron Nimzowitsch, Rudolf Charousek, Carlos Torre Repetto and many other great chess artists. 84 games, 1497-2009 Ulf Andersson's Best Games 28 games, 1969-2001