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!Ward !Ward 2 games, 1872-1936 4-2 vs 3-3 Pawn Structure 8 games, 1909-2007 Art of Sacrifice in Chess, R. Spielmann Spielmann, Rudolf. The Art of Sacrifice in Chess, New York: Dover, 1995. ISBN 0-486-28449-2. 37 games, 1903-1934 All-time favorites Just a collection of games that strike me as being outstanding in any way. 11 games, 1872-2004 Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Andy Soltis) Games featured in the above book. 97 games, 1956-1992 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 Capablanca's Best Chess Endings Games from Irving Chernev's "Capablanca's Best Chess Endings" The opening of a game is important - and hundreds of books are written on the opening. The opening leads to the midgame. The midgame is important - and hundreds of books are written on the midgame. The midgame leads to the endgame. The endgame is important - and *no books are written on the endgame*! Yes, there are books, but they concern themselves with composed endings, or with theoretical (and for the most part artificial) positions. The composed endings are admittedly beautiful, but they are of limited value, as they have no relationship to practical play. Of the theoretical positions, many have their uses, but one must sift the wheat from the chaff. TO what use can we put such knowledge as the procedure for mating with a Knight and Bishop, or with the two Bishops, when an opportunity to do so may not occur in a lifetime? And why burden our minds with the manner of forcing mate with three knights (believe-it-or-not) or winning with four minor pieces against a Queen (sans Pans) when such positions as these have never yet been seen on land or sea? Capablanca himself says : "In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before anything else; for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middlegame and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame." There are no books on endings from real life, no books from the practices of masters in actual play, let alone from the practice of a single master. This fact alone is enough to justify this book of endings, selected from the tournament and match play of the greatest endgame virtuoso the world has ever seen - the immortal Capablanca. Here are wondrous endings to enchant the reader, endings of breathtaking artistry. Here are endings of astonishing accuracy, whose relentless logic will inspire the earnest student to emulate a similar technique - the technique of seeking a clear-cut, efficient win, instead of a display of fireworks. The games are given in full, in order to show how a slight advantage acquired in the early stages, is carried forward and exploited in the endgame. I have annotated the endings in detail (a consideration they have rarely received before) for the better appreciation of the fine points of Capablanca's play, and have given credit to those who have anticipated my findings. -- Irving Chernev 60 games, 1901-1936 Checkmate: Checkmate Patterns Based on the book "The Big Book of Chess" by Eric Schiller, here are the checkmates that I found on pages 88-98. Back Rank Mate: A rook moves to the back rank, while the king is trapped by the pawns. click for larger view Anastasia's Mate: A rook moves to check the king, while the knight covers escape squares. click for larger view Anderssen's Mate: A rook moves to the back rank corner, protected by a pawn, which is in turn defended by the king. click for larger view Arabian Mate: A rook, protected by the knight, moves to check a king in the corner. click for larger view Blackburne's Mate: One bishop gives check, protected by a knight that covers one flight square, while the other bishop covers the other escape squares. click for larger view Boden's Mate: One bishop moves to check the black king, which is hemmed in by its own pieces and cannot flee because of white's other bishop. click for larger view Damiano's Mate: The queen gives checkmate, protected by the pawn. click for larger view Knight Corner Mate: Use the knight to give check, while the rook stands guard on the file, and the pawn prevents the king from moving forward. click for larger view Cozio's Mate: The queen delivers the checkmate, attacking the enemy king while the queen is guarded by its own king. click for larger view Damiano Bishop Mate: The queen goes directly in front of the king, guarded by the bishop. click for larger view David and Goliath Mate: A mere pawn checkmates the king, protected by the other pawn. Black's own pieces prevent its escape. click for larger view Double Bishop Mate: The bishop moves to atttack the king along the long diagonal. click for larger view Dovetail Mate: The queen checks the king, protected by the pawn. click for larger view Epaulette Mate: Move the queen two squares in front of the enemy king, whose flanking rooks prevent any escape. click for larger view Greco's Mate: The queen goes to the right edge of the board. The king's escape is cut off by the other bishop. click for larger view Hook Mate: The rook slides over to the e-file so that it attacks the king. The knight protects it, and the pawn cuts off the remaning flight square. click for larger view Corner Mate: The rook moves to the corner, protected by the bishop. click for larger view Legal's Mate: The knight moves into a position to check the king. The bishop is guarded by the other knight, and the enemy pieces block the king's escape. click for larger view Lolli's Mate: The pawn can guard the queen on the checkmating square. click for larger view Max Lange's Mate: The queen moves to checking position next to the king, defended by its bishop. click for larger view Minor Piece Mate: White gives check with the bishop, and the knight covers the king's escape squares. click for larger view Morphy's Mate: The bishop gives check on the long diagonal. The rook and pawn insure that the king cannot escape. click for larger view Reti's Mate: THe bishop goes to the edge of the board, giving check while guarded by the rook. click for larger view Opera Mate: The rook checkmates on the back rank; it has the bishop as a protector. click for larger view Pillsbury's Mate: The rook moves over to the g-file to give check to the king, who can't get to the the corner because of the bishop. click for larger view Queen and Pawn Mate: The pawn acts as a guardian to protect the queen as it checkmates the king. click for larger view Smothered Mate: The king is surrounded by its own forces, but cannot escape from the knight check. click for larger view Note: I have disallowed smothered mates in this collection because I already have a collection: Game Collection: Checkmate: Smothered. Suffocation Mate: The knight checks at e7, and the bishop covers the escape squares. click for larger view Swallow-Tail Mate: The queen takes up a position directly in front of the king, defended by the bishop. click for larger view Corridor's Mate: The queen delivers the checkmate on the edge of the board. A rook would do the job just as well. click for larger view Mighty Queen Mate: The queen moves to the back rank, and checkmates all by itself, since the pawn blocks the king's escape. click for larger view In order by mate listed, original mate, then date. 52 games, 1475-2013 Dynamic Danish Dynamite Center Game Berger variation.Danish Gambit. 56 games, 1862-2006 Emory Tate Chess Hero The brilliant attacking play of Emory Tate 11 games, 1987-2007 From A Master The Journey from an A player to a Master. 1 game, 1966 Greatest Attacking Games of All Time 12 games, 1851-1999 Honza Cervenka's favorite games Magnificent tactics 101 games, 1834-2003 My Best Games of chess by Vishy Anand This is a real in-print version of My best Games of Chess by Vishy Anand, Worldchampion Edition! Chessgames is missing 3 Intro from Vishy Anand is comming VISIT http://www.youtube.com/user/Chessvi... 57 games + combinations 53 games, 1986-2000 Positional Chess Handbook Positional Chess Handbook with positions 24 games, 1901-1987 Positional Chess Handbook I Games from "Positional Chess Handbook (Israel Gelfer)" This inexpensive book contains many more examples and is worth getting. (Cloned from ChessCoach Tatiana's collection). The source material contains 495 middlegame or near endgame positions - mainly from grandmaster tournament games but also with some compositions / puzzles. 141 games, 1896-1986 ray keene's favorite games a few years ago i hosted a tv series called duels of the mind the 12 best games of chess-i will try to find all 12 here and post them in a collection-i will also note a few other spectacular games that are favourites of mine. 123 games, 1843-2001 Seirawan's Excellent Games Mostly positional gems, an occasional crush, and the rare tactical explosions from one of the best American players of his generation. An excellent person, too, from most accounts, I would like to acknowledge his chess expertise with this collection 92 games, 1975-2011 skisuitof12's instructional games Learning from the less famous 'classics'. 37 games, 1922-2022 The "Push-Hands" technique "Chess is intellectual karate," says GM Ashley. I agree. 62 games, 1834-2006

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