Games played by demonstrably skilled players such as FIDE IMs and GMs, or those of similar strength pre-FIDE.
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Where can i find a free list of a strong GM (2575+) annotated games?
Where can i find a free list of a strong GM (2575+) annotated games
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Why isn't there a big advantage in this position for black?
I was browsing some interesting games, and found this one "Jerzy Lewi vs Jan Adamski" (1969):
[fen "r1b2r1k/1pq3bp/8/3Qp2n/1P1n1pp1/2NP2P1/3BPPBP/1R2NRK1 b - - 0 0"]
1... Qxc3 2. Bxc3 Nxe2+ 3. Kh1 ...
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Best book with several annotated games by top GMs with the Dutch
I'm looking for annotated games by top GMs featuring the Dutch defense. These could be in a book with lots of other non-Dutch games. Unfortunately Botvinnik's "Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games" ...
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Why did Black resign this game?
This is a game between Jose Raul Capablanca and Viacheslav Ragozin, Moscow 1935:
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e4 e5 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne7? 11.f3 Nd7 ...
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Annotated games in the Makogonov Grünfeld?
I would appreciate references to sources, be they books or any other sort of media, that contain annotated games in the Makogonov Variation of the Grünfeld Defense (two possible move-orders for which ...
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Did Reinfeld make a mistake?
One of the illustrative games featured in Fred Reinfeld's The Complete Chessplayer is a game between A. Muffang - P. Devos, France-Belgium 1948:
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. ...
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Are there any examples of high-level games in which the game was resigned or drawn without any captures?
Are there examples of high-level games which were resigned or drawn before any captures were made? Along similar lines, what game had the most moves before a capture was made?
Edit: I'm especially ...
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Why 8…Na6 was played in the immortal draw?
From the other question: Is there a "perfect" game? , an interesting game came up:
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1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Na4 Bxf2+ 4.Kxf2 Qh4+ 5.Ke3 Qf4+ 6.Kd3 d5 7.Kc3 Qxe4
8.Kb3 Na6 9.a3 Qxa4+ ...
