Most Instructive chessgames

First idea is making the opponent's pieces ineffective

Second idea is the blockade

Very good idea. Would you provide links, please? Sometimes it is hard to find the particular game in question on chessgames.com...or if there are annotated versions available that's great....

You really are the laziest dude ever.  

Morphy's opera game is excellent for beginners to teach about development.

Also Morphy v Cochrane is a good follow up game to teach ideas such as sacrifices, while still keeping to the development theme.

Well, thank you Hole.

Sometimes A plays B a plurality of times in one city, and it can be difficult to locate a particular game of interest insofar as the parties are concerned. Dude. Not having the year can make matters worse.

I just always see you asking for other people to locate information in THEIR threads lol.  It just cracks me up 

It's not like I'm asking him to prepare a Power Point presentation or anything.

Actually, now that I think about it, that would be extremely useful. One Power Point in reverse chronological order, and the other organized by opening. Hole will help.

Go buy Chernev's - Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played.  There's 62 games in there.

Capablanca - Tartakower is my favorite from that book.  Really made an impression on me.

@Phoenix: Where did you get the annotated version? Thanks for posting.

I made it quickly.

Please post inspiring games here to all. Much appreciayted. What do you think of the above game? Apparently Capablanca was ill according to his wife.