The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played

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Bishop and a Half
Game 26
Bondarevsky - Smyslov
Moscow 1946
Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)

 

This video is by chess coach Mahernoz Percy Daruwala teaching his 1200 rated student

I recommend watching at 1.25x speed.

Game starts 2 minutes in and the final move is shown 43 minutes in, followed by a quick review of the game.

 

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Prophetic Strategy
Game 27
Tarrasch/Schottlander/Berdeleben/Scheve - Mieses/Paulsen/Riemann/Gottschall
Leipzig 1888
Slav Defense
 

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Problem-like Finale
Game 28
Foltys - Golombek
London 1947
Sicilian Dragon
 

If someone could please post something (even if it is just hi) that will allow me to post the next game again.
Ziryab

Your devotion inspires me to reread this book.

KevinOSh

Thanks Ziryab! Here's the next game:

A Pawn Is a Pawn Is a Pawn
Game 29
Kashdan - Steiner
Pasadena, USA 1932
Colle System
 

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Board With Excitement
Game 30
P.Keres - A.Tarnowski
Helsinki 1952
Ruy Lopez
 

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Elegant Simplication
Game 31
M.Botvinnik - I.Boleslavsky
Moscow 1941
French Defense
 

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Four Endings In One
Game 32
Joseph.H.Blackburne - Max Weiss
New York 1889
Ruy Lopez
 

 

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Bishop And Pawn Ending Deluxe
Game 33
Max Weiss - Joseph.H.Blackburne
New York 1889
Scandinavian/Center Counter Game
 
11 minute video by Chess School:
 
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Brilliant Career of a Pawn
Game 34
V.Panov - M.Taimanov
Moscow 1952
Sicilian/King's Indian Defense
 

 

I'm getting the "you can't post most than 5 consecutive messages" error again, so posting the next game here:

Dispatching the King's Musketeers
Game 35
T.Petrosian - V.Smyslov
Moscow 1961
Queen's Indian Defense
 




The Sheltering Pawn
Game 36
Schlage - R. Reti
Berlin 1928
Sicilian Defense
 





I don't like posting multiple games in the
same post.

If you would like to see the next game
in the book,

please post a short message below.

I have another dozen games ready to post,
I am just not allowed because of the
stupid community rule.

You can help.
KochMTB

Hey, I know it's been a long time but I'm interested in more games if you're still willing to post them.  Thanks!

KevinOSh

Thank you @strange_meat

Here is Game 37, a Capablanca game.

The Power of Position Play
Capablanca - Germann, Miller and Skillicon
London 1920
Queen's Gambit Declined

 

There is a brilliant move that Capablanca missed and Chernev also missed in his analysis:

19.Nxe6!! with the line 19...fxe620. Qxe6+ Rf721.c6 Raf822. Rxc5

KevinOSh

Game 38
That Old Black Magic
Bernstein - Mieses
Coburg 1904
Sicilian Defense

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Game 39
The Singular Strategy of Steinitz
Steinitz - Sellman
Baltimore 1885
French Defense

 
An important lesson in positional chess. In the final position, the material is equal, but the engine evaluates the position as +6.22
 

IM Sagar Shah begins with a series where he shows you some of the most well-known games of chess that you should know - "The Classics" as they say! The format of the show is simple. Sagar begins with a game and explains it to you along with 10 test questions. Your job is to answer those 10 questions well.

KevinOSh

Game 40
Odyssey of an Isolated Pawn
Burn - Znosko-Borovsky
Ostend 1906
Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Variation

 

 

KevinOSh
Game 41
Zugzwang, the Invincible Weapon
Marshall - Lasker
New York 1907



Once again, I get the 5 consecutive messages error. So when you're ready for more, post below. Cheers.

KochMTB

Thank you!!

zone_chess

Thank you for this motherlode of chess knowledge! Keep posting.

KevinOSh
Game 42
Symphony of Combinations
Eliskases - Grunfeld
Mahrisch-Ostrau 1933
Giuoco Piano

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Game 43
Escorting the Potential Queen
Schlecter - Mason
Monte Carlo 1903
Philidor Defense