The Immortal Game: Adolf Anderssen vs Kieseritzky [C33] London, 1851 The Immortal Game was a chess game played by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky in 1851 in London. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 [4...d6] 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.d3 Nh...
Alexander Alekhine vs M Apel Lodz simul 1928 Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation (D37) 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qd8 8. e4 de4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ng3 Rfe...
Lev Milman vs Joseph Fang "Defanged" (game of the day Jul-26-2009) 7th Foxwoods Open (2005), Connecticut, rd 6, Mar-26 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B19) 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 de4 4. Ne4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7...
Erlingur Þorsteinsson: Thank you for your interesting vid. Perhaps you are interested in game played in training match with Icelandic champion Hilmar Karlsson that was a preparing his match for 1984. My opponent and friend has died, but we played...
Mikhail Tal vs Vasily Smyslov Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 22, Oct-18 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Scheveningen Variation (B84) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4...
Albert Whiting Fox vs H E Bauer "Crazy Like a Fox" (game of the day Apr-28-2004) Antwerp (1901), Antwerp BEL Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Rio Gambit Accepted (C67) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ne4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Ne5 Be7 7. Bf1 O-O 8. d4 ...
Fernando Visier Segovia vs Juan Betancort Curbelo ESP-ch (1968), Reus ESP Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Qc7 12. Kb1 Nc6 1...
Wei Yi vs Lazaro Bruzon Batista "Prepare Yi the Wei" (game of the day Feb-13-2016) 6th Hainan Danzhou (2015), Danzhou CHN, rd 2, Jul-03 Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cd4 6. Nd4 Qc7 7. O-O N...
Check out Darren Brown's Simul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evZmpsl3jI0 Jonathan David Tisdall vs Graham Lee London (1981) Sicilian Defense: Pin. Koch Variation (B40) 1. d4 e6 2. e4 c5 3. Nf3 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qg4 Nc3 8...
Check out the entire Sorcery Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu5hMy_CIUI&list=PLDnx7w_xuguE11t9ANtd2sJ2ol7ECu67f Check out the article about the game: http://tartajubow.blogspot.com/2012/09/queen-sac.html Check out Planinc's mini...
Bai Jinshi vs Ding Liren Chinses Chess League Round 18 11/4/2017 Nimzo-Indian Defense (E21) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Qc2 d4 14. Nf3 e5 15....
Also check out the Carlsen game I mention in the video :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRo1fM_TMqk Vincent Rothuis vs Henk Karssen Club Competition (2008), Reti Opening (A04) 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 e5 4. d3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. ...
Check out Nezhy vs Tal, USSR Championship 1961b (1961), Baku URS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnwzOV_PEY “I am both sad and pleased that in his last tournament, Rashid Gibiatovich came to my home in Latvia. He did not take first place, but th...
#agadmator “I am both sad and pleased that in his last tournament, Rashid Gibiatovich came to my home in Latvia. He did not take first place, but the prize for beauty, as always, he took with him. Players die, tournaments are forgotten, but the wo...
"Brussels Routs" (game of the day Aug-10-2016) Brussel (1991), Brussels BEL, rd 9, Aug-?? King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation. Classical Fianchetto (E67) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Re8 ...
Check out some other Nezhmetdinov games here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDnx7w_xuguEp6SoxMSneptFu4G3noM7q Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich Lilienthal (May 5, 1911 – May 8, 2010) was a Soviet-born Hungarian chess Grandmaster. I...
This team match was held between March 29th and April 4th, 1970. Participants for the Soviet Team were, in board order: Boris Spassky, Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi, Lev Polugaevsky, Efim Geller, Vasily Smyslov, Mark Taimanov, Mikhail Botvinni...
Efim Korchmar vs Abram Borisovich Poliak "The Ukrainian Immortal" (game of the day Aug-21-2017) Ukraine (1931) Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense (C62) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Nd4 7. Bd7 Qd7 8. Nd4 ed4 9. Qd4 Be7 10...
Alekander Alekhine: Isaac Kashdan will most likely be the Next World Champion! Boris Siff vs Isaac Kashdan "Kashdan's Immortal" (game of the day Sep-24-2009) New York (1948), rd 5 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Noa Variation (E36) 1. d4 Nf6 2...
Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard "A Night at the Opera" (game of the day Dec-02-2007) Paris (1858), Paris FRA Philidor Defense: General 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. ...
I beat Nezhmetdinov a dozen times, but I would trade all my wins against him to win a game like this one. Lev Polugaevsky. Nezhmetdinov won a number of games against world champions such as Tal, against whom he had a lifetime plus score, and Spas...
Mikhail Tal vs Alfredo Olivera Havana (1966), 05, rd 5, Oct-30 Spanish Game: Closed Variations (C84) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. d4 Bf3 11. Qf3 ed4 12. Qg3 Kf8 13. Qd3 dc3 14. ...
Mikhail Tal vs Robert Forbis "Forbis Better or Worse" (game of the day Jul-26-2004) Chicago (1988), Chicago, IL USA Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Yugoslav Attack Sosonko Variation (B77) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7....
Check out all the games from this match here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGlP886yZDg&list=PLDnx7w_xuguE1eCcqzUHAHWHdBkK_843T Check out the 1959. Can...