Good collection of positional masterpieces?

I'm looking for a good collection of well annotated games by various players that are composed of particularly fine examples of positional play, or at least feature a high proportion of games of this type. Most of the collections I've seen focus mainly on games that are tactically brilliant or spectacular and, while I enjoy those as much as anyone (notably Vukovic), this is not what I'm looking for here. I have or am aware of collections that focus on particular players who are particular fine exponents of positional play (Petrosian, Nimzowitsch, Karpov, Kramnik) but am really looking more for collections of this type of game by assorted players. Good annotation important (algebraic or descriptive - can read both) and games must be complete, rather than illusrative parts of games only. Any suggestions?

I haven't read it myself, but it sounds like Neil McDonald's Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn From Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca And Nimzowitsch might be of interest -- https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Secrets-Petrosian-Capablanca-Nimzowitsch/dp/1857445414/.

Thanks hakazak! Much appreciated. That looks like an excellent suggestion. Also appreciate the link. Just the kind of thing I was looking for. Any further suggestions from others gratefully received, especially of books that offer games from others (to complement those in the very useful looking McDonald collection which seems focused on those five 'giants').

Zurich 1953 (Bronstein) is amazing... tons of well annotated full-game masterpieces by the giants of 20th Century Soviet chess.  One of my favorite game collections, if not my absolute favorite.

50 Essential Chess Lessons  by Steve Giddins

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708100833/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review534.pdf

Simple Chess by Michael Stean

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf

Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094419/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ammind.pdf

Chess Secrets: The Giants of Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092313/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review620.pdf

Chess Strategy for Club Players by Herman Grooten

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101926/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review696.pdf

Chess Training for Post-beginners by Yaroslav Srokovski

https://web.archive.org/web/20140712013538/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review945.pdf

Thanks for these suggestions.

Bawker - The Zurich 1953 collection sounds just the kind of thing that would be useful. I know a few of the games from this tournament from other books. Najdorf's annotated collection for this same event has now been translated from Spanish and some say that it is better than Bronstein's. Does anyone who may have looked at both have any views on this? 

kindaspongey - I will definitely have a look at some of these though I generally prefer to work with books rather than with pdfs. The Srokovski seems perhaps a little basic for me (though I am old now, haven't played matches or tournaments for decades, and have no rating now, I am probably still around a 1800-1900 standard in OTB classical chess), while the Stean, for example, seems to feature primarily excerpts rather than whole games.

I am grateful to you both for taking the same to produce these useful suggestions and am presently further exploring them. Bear in mind any others of you that may be reading this and have more ideas, that I am less interested here in general primers on chess strategy than on collections of games in which stategic ideas are particularly well thought out and executed.

Consider Botvinnik's Collection of his 100 best games. Classic, a must-have. 

Might try Smyslov's too. 

The Neil McDonald book cited is excellent (IMO) - I am currently reading it and think it is one of the most instructive chess books I have ever read on the subject of positional chess and strategy.

I think the following are also worth considering - 

"The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games" by Nunn, Emms & Burgess

https://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Worlds-Greatest-Chess-Games/dp/1849013683/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1470445517&sr=1-1

"Modern Chess Strategy" by Ludek Pachman (Descriptive Notation)

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Chess-Strategy-Ludek-Pachman/dp/0486202909/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470554098&sr=1-2&keywords=modern+chess+strategy+by+pachman

"Chess Strategy: Move By Move" by Adam Hunt

https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Strategy-Move-Adam-Hunt/dp/1857449975/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470554279&sr=1-1&keywords=chess+strategy+move+by+move

Zurich 1953 by Najdorf

http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-106-zurich-1953-by-najdorf

The Mammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games (New Edition) by Burgess, Nunn & Emms

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233403/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review782.pdf

Chess Strategy: Move by Move by Adam Hunt

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093249/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review890.pdf

How to Reassess Your Chess (4th ed.) by Jeremy Silman

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095832/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review769.pdf

Thanks RNA and RussBell for your helpful suggestions.

RNA - I've read through a lot of games by both Botvinnik and Smyslov but don't own collections by either. Time perhaps to amend this situation. I guess their self-annotated collections would be the best unless you or others know better.

RussBell - Thanks for your thumbs up on the McDonald. It's already on its way to me. I'm aware of the 'Mammoth' but don't have it. I supposed, I guess, it largely featured tactical brilliancies of the kind favoured by those who would want to buy a chess coffee table book, but with John Nunn as one of the editors I imagine these would be tempered by a few (at the very least) strategic masterpieces. I don't know the Hunt but thanks for the link. I'll look into it. I've had the Pachman in three volumes for decades and it remains both one of the most instructive books on chess I've ever owned and one of my firm favorite chess reads in general. When I first read it, I devoured as many of the lessons in it as I could and it instantly turned me into a very much stronger and more dangerous opponent. Those interested in acquiring it should know that the abridged Dover edition, while still very useful and somewhat cheaper secondhand than the three volume Batsford set (titled 'Complete Chess Strategy') is likely to be, reduces some of the full games in the latter to key excerpts. (I have both the three volume set and the single volume abridged version.) I don't know whether Pachman is now available in any newer English language editions in the algebraic notation but I firmly believe that this absolute classic just on its own is worth learning the descriptive notation for.

Thanks again to all of you who have responded. Others, feel free to offer more suggestions. Some very thoughtful contributions made so far. This thread, I reckon, is already turning into a useful resource for anyone interested in this topic.

By the way, the links are all to reviews.

Thanks kindofspongey for these suggestions in your last two posts, as well as your earlier ones. (When I last posted on this thread, I hadn't seen your post with the link to the Najdorf review.) I've heard of some of these but read none of them. Thanks also for the useful links to the reviews, which I'll have a good look at. Looks like it's also time to dig out the Kmoch as well! 

There's a book by Naiditsch and Balogh entitled Positional Masterpieces of 2012-2015 you might have interest in. I read the review on Amazon and it seems to be the type of book you're looking for.

Just checked a couple of reviews out, Bustyness21. Looks exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012123

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1271670

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1271259

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1066872

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1279819

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000824

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1378171

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1119705

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1119728

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1258210

Thanks for the games, chessking0152. Know a couple of them, I think. I'm a big fan of Rubenstein and will look forward to his ones in particular. Thanks too MakkeMus for the Andersson collection suggestion. I'll certainly look into that too. To borrow an image from Frank Marshall all these suggestions coming so thick and fast constitute a veritable golden shower! 

Grandmaster Chess Strategy by Jürgen Kaufeld & Guido Kern

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093410/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review812.pdf

Thanks for the helpful link, kindaspongey. Like the idea of arranging the games in the collection thematically.