But not Kasparov's games, which are all about opening prep and brute force calculation and are too hard to understand.
Which Master's Games to Study
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Apr 1, 2017
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I felt like I gained some things from Karpov's games.
But not Kasparov's games, which are all about opening prep and brute force calculation and are too hard to understand.
But not Kasparov's games, which are all about opening prep and brute force calculation and are too hard to understand.
Apr 1, 2017
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After studying Tal's games, my tactical intuition improves a lot. I do not even calculate more than 3 moves deep when sacrificing material. My intuition just tells me to sac and win.
Apr 1, 2017
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It is a good thread yet nobody is commenting on this thread. so sad. I am really interested in knowing more about this topic
Alekhine,
Zurich 1953 David Bronstein
The old masters (maybe from Lasker on) played more understandable and gave better comments. I like the 21st century editions of Alekhines tournament books (New York 1924, 1927 and Rottingham 1936).
kramopolis wrote:
Dover books 500 master games is even arranged by opening style, book 1 is open games, book 2 is semi open, book 3 is closed.
Excellent especially for building middle game understanding and visualization pattern memory bank into your brain
Apr 1, 2017
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I no longer play competitive chess, just pure fun chess. So missing the refutation on the 4th, 5th move is usual for me. I win some, lose some.
MegasAlexandros86 wrote:
bong711 wrote:
After studying Tal's games, my tactical intuition improves a lot. I do not even calculate more than 3 moves deep when sacrificing material. My intuition just tells me to sac and win.
I see you don't calculate more than 3 moves, you are below 1500 :))
"... the games of Rubinstein, Capablanca, Morphy, Siegbert Tarrasch, Harry Pillsbury and Paul Keres are strongly recommended - as well as those of more recent players who have a somewhat classical style, like Fischer, Karpov, Viswanathan Anand and Michael Adams. ..." - GM Andrew Soltis (2010)
I agree on Rubinstein.
Studying masters games have been recommended countless times in chess improvement forums. Which master is ideal for intrrmediate and advance players? Morphy? Capablanca? Nimzovich? Kasparov?