where's reti vs. capablanca 1924?
Richard Reti vs Jose Raul Capablanca (1924) "A Knight in Capablanca"
this is my alltime favorite.
where's reti vs. capablanca 1924?
Richard Reti vs Jose Raul Capablanca (1924) "A Knight in Capablanca"
this is my alltime favorite.
Wow really tough to pick one game out of all of these amazing games. Im a huge Bobby Fischer fan so I guess Im obligated to pick one of his. I picked the game below for its in depth and precise calculation by Fischer. You know you are a good chess player when you can fool several grandmasters into thinking you are losing! :)
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 hands down for me
Morphy verus Duke Karl.
This is not my favourite, although I think it was at some point.
Firstly, it has a good story.
Secondly, you know who's going to win it before it even starts -it's a question of how.
Thirdly, it's a easy to read game for an amatuer, all fireworks.
Another goodie is when Marshall uncorked his gambit on Capa, and Capa refuted it using his instincts.
WOW. WAH. Yeah.
Excellent post.
LEVITSKY - MARSHALL (Breslau, 1912) gets my vote.
Of course Frank Marshall won. Who ever heard of Stepan Livitsky?
It teaches me this particular variation of the Frence Defense is so not bad. Marshall also ignores his two central pawns' weakness. Levitsky doesn't have time for an endgame anyway, so it doesn't matter.
I have seen half of these games before, but like most recalcitrant human beings, my mind is already made up about my choice.
Consider Samuel Butler,
"A man convinced against his will, is of the same opinion still."
Have been a huge fan of Mikhail Tal all my chess life, but this Marshall game is something very special. For example, I have returned to Tal - Fischer (Bled 1959) many times. Same with Tal - Smyslov (Bled 1959) and others. I have owned a book with those games in it since 1962. I just can't pick Tal over this Marshall game. The thing of it is I would not have seen Marshall's checkmate in over the board play myself. It just would not have been visible to me. They say the public at the match threw coins up on the stage in appreciation of this chess brilliancy. Quien Sabe?
I've always thought that my favorite was Fischer v Spassky 1972 Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044366
that was until i saw the amazing games on this forum topic. great list and thanks for taking the time to do this. that Levitsky v Marshall ending is unbelievable
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986 - 1 vote
Richard Reti vs Jose Raul Capablanca (1924) "A Knight in Capablanca"- 1 vote (entry by voter)
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963- 1 vote
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 - 1 vote
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858 - 1/2 vote (I'm not sure what Maradonna voted)
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 -1/2 vote (This is the other half of Maradonna's vote)
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 - 2 votes
Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960 - 1 vote
Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958 - 1 vote (I can't believe no one else is voting on this game)
For some reason, most of my favourite games were won by black. Look at these:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018413 Gelfand-Anand 1993 0-1, sac of a knight for long-term attacking opportunities
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1496199 Stoinev-Kovalev 1992 0-1, rook + bishop vs queen
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1119679 Rotlewi-Rubinstein 1907 0-1, queen sac
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1284173 Nimzowitsch-Capablanca 1913 0-1, opposite coloured bishops ending
Morphy's Opera game gets my vote.....I probably don't understand how good the other ones are yet!.....but that game amazes me....giving mate with his last 2 pieces.
My favourite is this grob-opening miniature:
Grob's opening
1. g4 {The Grob} e5 2.f4!! {brilliant way to conclude the game rapidly!} Qh4# {black is helpless - all alternatives are even worse } 0-1
IMO, this is too brilliant to be defiled by a mere diagram.. ;)
but seriously, my favourite is
R.Byrne-R.Fischer 1963
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008419
i must put my vote at the polish immortal. it amazes me every time =) black sacs all his pieces to open lines and then finishes the king with a pawn.
how did najdorf spot that combination?
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1100774
really nice thread by the way
i must put my vote at the polish immortal. it amazes me every time =) black sacs all his pieces to open lines and then finishes the king with a pawn.
how did najdorf spot that combination?
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1100774
really nice thread by the way
Thanks for the link! I did not know of this game. Amazing display by Najdorf!
Another polish immortal .... but probably was newer pleyed...
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1277959
henry55: great game, whether it was played or not! After black's move 32, whiite has R+N+ 4 pawns, black has only 5 pawns, two of them are doubled isolated pawns - yet white is helpless precisely against these double isolated pawns!
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1277959
There have been many brilliancies through out history and I want to know what the chess.com community thinks is the best. I have posted some games to choose from but you can post another game if you think it deserves to be a candidate. If you don't have enough time to look at all the gems, just bookmark this page and vote some other time.
Here are some links (as there are too many games which will take too much time to post them all and please do not vote prematurely):
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999
Ivanchuk vs Yusupov, 1991
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895
Anand vs Radjabov, 2003
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974
Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872
C Van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983
Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962
B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1895
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953
My personal favorite:
Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958
Short vs Timman, 1991
Weenink vs L Gans, 1930
Lasker vs W Napier, 1904
Showalter vs Pillsbury, 1904
V Malakhov vs V Zvjaginsev, 2004
Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954
Tal vs Fischer, 1959
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883
Topalov vs Shirov, 1998
B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986
Geller vs Euwe, 1953
N Mannheimer vs Nimzowitsch, 1930
Tal vs Larsen, 1965
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1961
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971
Alapin vs Rubinstein, 1908
Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961
Sutovsky vs L Pantsulaia, 2008
Samisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971
Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844
Karjakin vs Anand, 2006
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963
L Milman vs J Fang, 2005
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
P F Johner vs Nimzowitsch, 1926
A Kupferstich vs J Andreassen, 1953
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858
Hoi vs Gulko, 1988
Alekhine vs Reti, 1922
Bird vs Morphy, 1858
Anand vs Lautier, 1997
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959
Keene vs Miles, 1975
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870
W Ballard vs L Fagan, 1880
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974
Estrin vs Berliner, 1965
Just to name a few!