Game 45
The Galloping Knight
Tarrasch - Vogel
The Galloping Knight
Tarrasch - Vogel
Nuremberg 1910
Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
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Nov 21, 2022
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#63
Game 46
The Roving Rook
Pillsbury - Showalter
The Roving Rook
Pillsbury - Showalter
Brooklyn 1897
Queen's Gambit Declined
Once again, comment for more. Thanks
Are you learning anything from this?
Way back in the first game you had the computer marking moves with a double blunder, and you had a comment from Alekine that after the exchange of rooks, White wins easily. Do you know which one is right?
Nov 22, 2022
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#65
aggressivesociopath wrote:
Are you learning anything from this?
Way back in the first game you had the computer marking moves with a double blunder, and you had a comment from Alekine that after the exchange of rooks, White wins easily. Do you know which one is right?
It is a good question. Here's are my thoughts.
If the rooks are traded then the resulting king and pawn endgame is winning for white.
However the the computer is correct in terms of how the computer evaluates the positions. Assuming best moves from both sides then black can trade rooks and hold out a bit longer before checkmate. However, black has better practical chances against most humans by keeping the rooks on the board. However, he was playing against Capablanca so black's chances were extremely slim there no matter what he did.
Nov 22, 2022
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#66
Game 47
Web of Black Squares
Schlecter - John
Web of Black Squares
Schlecter - John
Barmen 1905
Queen's Gambit Declined
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/5c5Hf41r78
This features the Stonewall Defense, and serves as an instructive example of how to beat it.
This game is also featured in Richard Reti's book "Masters of the Chessboard" (which I don't have, but will check out sometime)
At the time of writing this video only has 8 views but is worth watching and giving a like.
From this guy's channel I learned that the book is available for free (because the copyright expired). I found a PDF of this book hosted on Google here:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxILtRDcxKmeYzM4YTI0OWItMWFjMy00ZmRkLWJiN2UtNmZlYTc1MTE1OWRk/edit?resourcekey=0-FEPwA_0skOAPEHiO7EXQ8g
Nov 22, 2022
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#67
Game 48
Endgame Arithmetic
Mieses - Reshevsky
Endgame Arithmetic
Mieses - Reshevsky
Margate 1935
Caro-Kann Defense
Computer analysis: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/3phqeSGTGa
85% white, 91% black
1 blunder from white: 29.Nd4?? - Kg2 is best
1 mistake from black
1 great move from white
5 great moves from black including 30.Bxd4! taking advantage of White's blunder
By modern day standard this game is poorly played by White beginning with the weak and passive opening move 5.Ng3?! which lets black equalize too easily.
Black's move 8...Bb4 wastes a tempo as white gets to play 9.c3 for free.
Chernev included this game in the book due to the endgame (move 36 onwards).
Reshevsky is a pawn up but by move 39 the material is even and White's pawns are more advanced.
However crucially Black has the more active king.
Chernev applauds Reshevsky's move 40...axb4 saying "Simpler than trying to gain two pawns by 40...a6. After 41.Kd3 Kb5 42.Kd4 Kxa5 43.Kc5 it would require all of black's skill to avoid losing.
Nov 22, 2022
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#68
Game 49
In The Grand Manner
Janowski - Capablanca
In The Grand Manner
Janowski - Capablanca
New York 1916
Slav Defense
Annotations by GM Marovic
Stockfish prefers 10...f6 to Capablanca's backward bishop move 10...Bd7 but it shows there is often more than one way to win.
Nov 22, 2022
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#69
Game 50
March of the Little Pawns
Pillsbury - Gunsberg
March of the Little Pawns
Pillsbury - Gunsberg
Hastings 1895
Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defense
I like Yermolinsky's annotations to that Janowski -- Capablanca game. Don't let the moves 4...Bf5, and 21. e5 pass without comment.
Also you computer is misconfigured or something. In that first game, the reason that the computer was calling g6 a blunder is that after Black captures the pawn, it had White avoiding the exchange of rooks. Which is a blunder.
Aug 29, 2023
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#71
i have read all of them in 2 days! 12 games missing but thanks you
Aug 29, 2023
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#72
Game 51
Irresistable Pawn-Roller
Marshall - Capablanca
Marshall - Capablanca
New York 1909
Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch Defense
Aug 29, 2023
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#73
Game 52
Quiet, Like a Tiger
Botvinnik - Kan
Botvinnik - Kan
Moscow 1931
Dutch Defense: Classical Variation
Aug 29, 2023
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#74
Game 53
Cornucopia of Ideas
Zagoryansky - Romanovsky
Zagoryansky - Romanovsky
Moscow 1943
Nimzo-Indian Defense: St Petersburg Variation
Aug 29, 2023
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#75
Game 54
Endgame Duel - Knight against Rook
Botvinnik - Vidmar
Botvinnik - Vidmar
Groningen 1946
Catalan System
Aug 29, 2023
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#76
Game 55
Perrenial Favorite
Bogolyubov - Reti
Bogolyubov - Reti
Mahrisch-Ostrau 1923
French Defense
Up to 5 consecutive posts again so please comment for more.
Aug 29, 2023
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#78
Game 56
Command of the board
Rubinstein - Schlecter
Rubinstein - Schlecter
San-Sebastian 1912
Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
Aug 29, 2023
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#79
Game 57
The King Takes a Walk
Botvinnik - Kan
Botvinnik - Kan
Sverdlovsk 1943
Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen, Classical Variation
The Pillsbury Bind
Chekhover - Rudakovsky