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Date: 20 Mar 2008 13:54:08
From: Offramp
Subject: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
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[Event "Vienna it"]
[Site "AUT"]
[Date "1882.05.??"]
[EventDate "1882.05.10"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "Simon Winawer"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nbd2 h6
7. Nf1 Nf6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Ng3 c6 10. Bb3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qb6
12. Qd2 a5 13. c3 a4 14. Bd1 Be6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nh4 b5
17. Bc2 c5 18. Ngf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Rxf5 Nd7 21. Raf1
f6 22. Bd1 a3 23. Bh5+ Ke7 24. b3 Rhf8 25. R5f3 Nb6 26. Rg3
Kd8 27. Bg4 Qe7 28. Be2 Kc7 29. d4 c4 30. Rb1 g5 31. bxc4 bxc4
32. Rb4 Qe6 33. d5 Qc8 34. Bxc4 Na4 35. Bb5 Nc5 36. Qe2 f5
37. exf5 e4 38. Bc6 Rb8 39. Qh5 Rf6 40. Rxg5 hxg5 41. Qh7+ Nd7
42. Bxd7 Qg8 43. Rb7+ Kxb7 44. Bc8+ Ka8 45. Qxg8 Rxf5 46. Qd8
Rxd5 47. Qd7 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Rd2 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qxe4 Rbb2
51. Be6 Kc7 52. Qc4+ Kb6 53. Bd5 g4 54. hxg4 Rf2 55. Qc6+ Ka7
56. Qc7+ 1-0
[Event "Monte Carlo it"]
[Site "Monte Carlo it"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "James Mason"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 d6
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.b3 Qb8 11.Bb2 Qb7 12.Re1
O-O-O 13.Qd3 Rhe8 14.b4 Bf8 15.Rab1 d5 16.e5 Ng4 17.Nf3 g6
18.h3 Bf5 19.Qd2 Nh6 20.a3 Ng8 21.Nd4 Be6 22.Na4 Nh6 23.Qc3
Nf5 24.Nxc6 Rd7 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 Bf5 27.Rbc1 Qc6 28.Nc3 h5
29.Ne2 Bh6 30.f4 Bf8 31.Qd2 Be6 32.Nd4 Qb6 33.Rb1 Bf5 34.Bc3
Be4 35.a4 c6 36.a5 Qa7 37.Rb2 Rb7 38.Reb1 Kd7 39.Kh1 Reb8
40.Qe1 Be7 41.Nb3 Rb5 42.Bd4 Qb7 43.Bc5 Bxc5 44.bxc5 Rb4
45.Qh4 Kc8 46.Qf6 Qd7 47.Kh2 Qe6 48.Qh8+ Kd7 49.Nd4 Rxb2
50.Qxb8 Rxb8 51.Rxb8 Kc7 52.Nxe6+ Kxb8 53.Nd4 Kc7 54.g4 h4
55.c3 Kd7 56.Kg1 Kc7 57.Kf2 Kd7 58.f5 gxf5 59.gxf5 Kc7 60.Ke3
Bg2 61.Nf3 Bxh3 62.Nxh4 Bg4 63.Kf4 Be2 64.Nf3 Bxf3 65.Kxf3 1-0
[Event "Berlin-Wch"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.e4 dxe4
7.Nxe4 Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.a3 Nh6 12.b4
Qe5 13.Ncb5 Nf5 14.Rc1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qxe3+ 16.Be2 Be7 17.Rc3
Bh4+ 18.g3 Qe4 19.O-O Bf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Bf3 Qe5 22.Nxa7+ Kc7
23.Naxc6 bxc6 24.Rxc6+ Kb8 25.Rb6+ Kc8 26.Qc1+ Kd7 27.Nxe6
fxe6 28.Rb7+ Ke8 29.Bc6+ 1-0
[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 Ne8 10. h4 Ndf6 11. Qc2 Be6
12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Nd6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. g4 Nfe4
17. g5 h5 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1
Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Kg2 Rc2 24. Rhc1 Rfc8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2
26. Rb1 Kh7 27. Kg3 Kg6 28. f3 f6 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. a4 Kf5
31. a5 Re2 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33. Rc5 Ke6 34. e4 Bxd4 35. Rxd5 Bc3
36. Rxh5 a6 37. Bc7 Be1+ 38. Kg4 Rg2+ 39. Kh3 Rf2 40. Kg4 Rg2+
41. Kh3 Rf2 42. f4 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rf2+
46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Bb6 Rc4 48. Kg2 g6 49. Re5+ Kd7 50. h5 gxh5
51. Kf3 h4 52. Rh5 Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Rc4 54. Kf5 Bxa5 55. Rh7+ Kc6
56. Bxa5 Rc5+ 57. Ke6 Rxa5 58. f5 Ra3 59. f6 Rf3 60. f7 b5
61. Rh5 h3 62. Rf5 Rxf5 63. exf5 1-0
[Event "13, Moscow m"]
[Site "13, Moscow m"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "191"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qd3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rd1 Re8
12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rc8
17. Ng2 h6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Ne4
22. Qf4 Qc6 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nc4 Qa4 26. Rc1 Ng5
27. Qf5 Nxf3+ 28. exf3 Ba6 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Qxc5 d3 31. Qd5 Qb4
32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. Rc6 Qe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Ne4 Bb5 36. Rd6 f5
37. Nc3 Bc4 38. f4 Rc5 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Rb6 Rc8
42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. h4 h5 45. a3 Ba6 46. Kd2 Rc6
47. Rd7 Bc4 48. Nd1 Bb5 49. Ne3 g6 50. Rd5 Rb6 51. Nd1 Kf7
52. Nb2 Ba6 53. Na4 Rc6 54. Rc5 Re6 55. Re5 Rc6 56. Nc5 Bc4
57. Na4 Ba6 58. Rc5 Re6 59. Rc7+ Ke8 60. Nc3 Rb6 61. Nd1 Re6
62. Ne3 Rb6 63. Rc5 Rb2+ 64. Kc3 Rxf2 65. Rxa5 Bb7 66. Kxd3
Rf3 67. Kd4 Kd7 68. Nc4 Rxg3 69. a4 Kc7 70. Rc5+ Kb8 71. Ne5
Be4 72. Rc3 Rg1 73. Kc5 Kc7 74. a5 Ra1 75. Kb5+ Kd6 76. a6
Rb1+ 77. Ka5 Ra1+ 78. Kb6 Rb1+ 79. Ka7 Kd5 80. Rc6 Rf1 81. Kb6
Kd4 82. Rc4+ Ke3 83. Ra4 Ba8 84. Nxg6 Kf3 85. Kc7 Rd1 86. a7
Kg4 87. Ra6 Kg3 88. Ra3+ Kg4 89. Ra5 Rb1 90. Ra6 Rd1 91. Rd6
Ra1 92. Kb8 Be4 93. Rd7 Kf3 94. Rg7 Ra6 95. Kc8 Kg3 96. Kd8
1/2-1/2
[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Lubomir Kavalek"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5
8.e5 Nfd7 9.f4 O-O 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.b3 N8d7 12.a4 bxc4 13.bxc4 c5
14.a5 cxd4 15.Nxd4 dxe5 16.Nc6 Qe8 17.axb6 exf4 18.Nd5 fxe3
19.Nc7 Bc3+ 20.Kf1 Bb7 21.Nxe8 Bxc6 22.Nc7 Rad8 23.Rc1 Bd2
24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Nxb6 26.Rc5 Nxd5 27.g3 Rd6 28.Kg2 Rfd8
29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Bc4 Rf5 31.Qb3 Rf2+ 32.Kh3 Rd6 33.Qb8+ Kg7
34.Qa7 g5 35.Qxe7 g4 36.Kxg4 Rg6+ 37.Kh3 Rh6+ 38.Kg4 Rg6+
1/2-1/2
[Event "Wch29-Baguio City ;MAINB"]
[Site "Wch29-Baguio City ;MAINB"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5
12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 e4 15. Bc2 Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qa6
17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Rxd5 Re5 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rxe5
Qxe5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. O-O Rxc4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. g3 a6 26. Qb3
b5 27. a4 Rb4 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bf8 30. axb5 a5 31. Rd8
Rxb2 32. Ra8 f5 33. Rxa5 Bb4 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Na4 Rb1+ 36. Kg2
Bd6 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. b6 Bb8 39. Ra8 Be5 40. Nc5 Bd6 41. b7 Ke7
42. Rg8 Be5 43. f4 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kf7 45. Rc8 Ke7 46. h3 h5
47. Rg8 Kf7 48. Rd8 g5 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Rg8 fxg4+
52. Kxg4 Kf7 53. Rc8 Bd6 54. e4 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 g4 56. e5 Rf1+
57. Ke4 Re1+ 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Nd3 Rxd3+ 60. Kc4 1-0
[Event "It (cat.19)"]
[Site "Novgorod (Russia)"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8
13.h4 Ne7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Bd3 d5 17.exd5 Qxd5
18.O-O-O e4 19.Be2 Qxa2 20.Qh6 Qe6 21.Nd4 Qb6 22.Rh3 Kh8
23.Bg4 Rg8 24.Ne6 Rg6 25.Qf4 Re8 26.Rd6 Nd5 27.h5 Nxf4 28.hxg6
Qxd6 29.Rxh7+ Kg8 30.gxf7 Kxh7 31.fxe8=Q Nxe6 32.Bf5+ Kg7
33.Qg6+ Kf8 34.Qxf6+ Ke8 35.Bxe6 Qf8 36.Bd7+ 1-0
[Event "BGN Computer Qualifier"]
[Site "Cadaques ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Deep Fritz (Computer)"]
[Black "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6
12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3 h5 15. f5 Qc5 16. Rf1 b4
17. Ne2 e5 18. Nc1 a5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Bc4 a4 21. Nc1 Rg8
22. Qe2 Rg4 23. Bd5 Rc8 24. Rfe1 Bf8 25. h3 Rg3 26. Rd3 h4
27. Rxg3 hxg3 28. Bxc6+ Qxc6 29. Qd3 Bh6 30. Ne2 Ke7 31. Rd1
Qc5 32. Nxg3 a3 33. Ne2 axb2 34. Kxb2 Rc7 35. h4 Rc8 36. g4
Qc6 37. Rg1 Be3 38. Rg2 Qa4 39. Kb1 Ra8 40. Qb3 Qa7 41. Rg3
Bf2 42. Rh3 Qc7 43. Rh2 Ra3 44. Qd5 Ra5 45. Qd2 Qa7 46. Qxb4
Rxa2 47. Rxf2 Ra4 48. Qb3 Ra1+ 49. Kb2 Rh1 50. Qg3 Qa1+
51. Kb3 Rb1+ 52. Kc4 d5+ 53. exd5 Qa6+ 54. Kc3 Qa5+ 55. Kd3
Rd1+ 56. Ke4 Qxd5+ 57. Ke3 Qc5+ 58. Kf3 Qc6+ 59. Ke3 Qb6+
60. Ke4 Qb7+ 61. Ke3 Qa7+ 62. Kf3 Qa8+ 63. Ke3 Qa3+ 64. Ke4
Rd4+ 65. Nxd4 Qxg3 66. Nc6+ Kd6 67. Nxe5 fxe5 68. Rd2+ Kc6
69. Rd8 Qf4+ 0-1
[Event "Corus Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "Round 1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4
17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 23. Qc3 Qa8 24. Bg2 Nc7 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qxe7
Nc4 27. g6 hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ Kh7
31. f8=N+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. Kd3
Qb5+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ 0-1
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Date: 23 Mar 2008 22:55:27
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
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On 23, 7:55 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On 23, 1:51 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
> GM Raymond Keene gives his top 12 in "The Twelve Best Games of
> Chess" (MacMillan 1991). He gives them in chronological order:
>
> 1. Anderssen-Kieseritzky, offhand, London, 1851 ("The Immortal
> Game")
> 2. Morphy-Paulsen, New York 1857
> 3. Zukertort-Blackburne, London 1883
> 4. Steinitz-Chigorin, W Ch match, 4th game, Havavna, 1892
> 5. Pillsbury-Lasker, St. Petersburg 1896
> 6. Bernstein-Capablanca, Moscow, 1914
> 7.Boglyubov-Alekhine, Hastings 1922
> 8. Saemisch-Nimzovitch, Copenhagen 1923 (the "Immortal Zugzwang
> Game")
> 9. Botvinnik-Capablanca, AVRO 1938
> 10. Larsen-Spassky, USSR vs. Rest of World, Belgrade, 1970
> 11. Fischer-Spassky, W Ch match, 6th game, Reykjavik, 1972
> 12. Karpov-Kasparov, W Ch match, 24th game, Moscow, 1985
>My gripe about Keene's selections, aside from the two "immortal"
>games not belonging at all, is that they're mostly very hackneyed,
>trite, over-used. It's clear he didn't bother to do much research, he
>just recycled ready-made games that were already over-anthologized and
>overly familiar, grabbing them off the shelf, so to speak, and shoved
>in some superficial notes.
Definitely a case of 'round up the usual suspects'.
It is like he asked someone not, "What do you think are the 12 best
games of all time?", but "What do you think people will expect me to
have as the 12 best games of all time?"
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Date: 23 Mar 2008 22:43:29
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
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On 23, 9:28 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On 23, 4:30 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Kasparov Topalov is another game that will soon drop out of peoples'
> > Top Tens. It is just a load of HOOEY!
>
> I'd be interested to know what faults you find in it. It's not a
> game I've played through in much depth, so I don't have a strong
> opinion, but it seemed impressive at first blush.
Kasparov:
"For me that was different. Immediately when I went for that long
combination I realized something very special would come onto the
board. When I started to sacrifice all those pieces, the sort of
feeling of large inspiration came over me, something that Big Writers
sometimes experience when they are writing."
Bleuuurrgh!
I think it is okay as a game, about on a par with Bogo v Alekhine
1922, but vastly overpraised, like a Russian tourist on her first walk
at night along an Italian promenade.
I think Kasparov made a mistake - he overhyped this game, so that now
people think this must be his BEST game, and it is not. He played, I
reckon, at least a dozen games more brilliant.
Another game I think is hugely overpraised is Botvinnik v Capablanca,
AVRO 1938. Capablanca was sick and past his very best in 1938.
Botvinnik probably should have knocked him over more easily than he
did.
An odd thing about Bogo v Alekhine 1922, is that it may have been
Chernev's number 1, but it did not appear at all in Nunn, Burgess &
MacLean's 100 Greatest Games.
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Date: 23 Mar 2008 14:28:27
From:
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
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On 23, 4:30=A0pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
>
> Almost all of the games from Soltis & Keene are games where "one
> player plays, the other applauds". I simply do not find that type of
> game interesting - some of them, like B-A Hastings 1922, are
> excruciating to play through.
Interesting. Irving Chernev, who may have played through more chess
games than any man who ever lived, at least up until the advent of
computers, considered it the greatest game of all time. I know
Alekhine could have won more simply and straightforwardly than he did,
but I still find the game quite pleasing.
> Surely there should be an element of
> struggle in a chess game.
Miy gripe about Keene's selections, aside from the two "immortal"
games not belonging at all, is that they're mostly very hackneyed,
trite, over-used. It's clear he didn't bother to do much research, he
just recycled ready-made games that were already over-anthologized and
overly familiar, grabbing them off the shelf, so to speak, and shoved
in some superficial notes.
You and Soltis do agree to some extent. Of your top ten, his top 100
includes Portisch-Kavalek at #60, and Mason-Janowski at #100. BTW, the
score you gave for the latter game is from 1902, not 1901. Ironically,
Mason finished well below Janowski in both events, but still beat him
in each. Here's the 1901 game:
[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mason, James"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid kelowicz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qe2 O-
O 8. h3
Nd4 9. Qd2 Ne6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. g4 a5 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bxc5
Bxc5 15.
Ng3 Be6 16. Ba2 d5 17. g5 Nd7 18. Nh4 Qb6 19. c3 g6 20. Rh2 f6 21. Nf3
f5 22.
exd5 cxd5 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Ne5 25. Nge2 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. O-O-
O Bd7 28.
Qc2 Rae8 29. h4 Bd6 30. Rhh1 Re4 31. h5 Qd8 32. Rdg1 Rg4 33. Qd2 Rxg1+
34. Rxg1
Qe7 35. hxg6 hxg6 36. Nf4 Bxf4 37. Qxf4 Re8 38. Rh1 Bxa4 39. Qh4 Qe5
40. Nf3
Qd6 41. Qxc4+ Kg7 42. Qxa4 Re4 43. Qd1 Qc7 44. Nd4 a4 45. f3 Re7 46.
Qxa4 Qf4+
47. Kb1 Qxg5 48. Qa8 1-0
> Kasparov Topalov is another game that will soon drop out of peoples'
> Top Tens. It is just a load of HOOEY!
I'd be interested to know what faults you find in it. It's not a
game I've played through in much depth, so I don't have a strong
opinion, but it seemed impressive at first blush.
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Date: 23 Mar 2008 13:30:42
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
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On 23, 7:55 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On 23, 1:51 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On 22, 7:12 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > > On 20, 4:54 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Alan, whose opinion is it that these are the 10 greatest games of
> > > all time? Yours alone, or are you basing it on some unnamed
> > > authority?
>
> > No; it is just my own choice - although I think I'll take out Portisch-
> > Kavalek and put in Karpov-Anderson, Milan 1975.
>
> > I really would like to see other peoples' choices. We might even
> > manage to make a rgcm Top 10.
>
> GM Raymond Keene gives his top 12 in "The Twelve Best Games of
> Chess" (MacMillan 1991). He gives them in chronological order:
>
> 1. Anderssen-Kieseritzky, offhand, London, 1851 ("The Immortal
> Game")
> 2. Morphy-Paulsen, New York 1857
> 3. Zukertort-Blackburne, London 1883
> 4. Steinitz-Chigorin, W Ch match, 4th game, Havavna, 1892
> 5. Pillsbury-Lasker, St. Petersburg 1896
> 6. Bernstein-Capablanca, Moscow, 1914
> 7.Boglyubov-Alekhine, Hastings 1922
> 8. Saemisch-Nimzovitch, Copenhagen 1923 (the "Immortal Zugzwang
> Game")
> 9. Botvinnik-Capablanca, AVRO 1938
> 10. Larsen-Spassky, USSR vs. Rest of World, Belgrade, 1970
> 11. Fischer-Spassky, W Ch match, 6th game, Reykjavik, 1972
> 12. Karpov-Kasparov, W Ch match, 24th game, Moscow, 1985
>
> Soltis would strongly disagree with some of these; for example he
> calls Saemisch-Nimzovitch one of the most overrated games of the
> century (due mainly to Nimzovitch's own hyping of it). Of Keene's
> seven choices from the 20th century, only three make it into Soltis'
> book, and of those only one, Bogolyubov-Alekhine, is in the top 10.
> Larsen-Spassky is #18, Botvinnik-Capbalanca is #21. The others don't
> even make Soltis' top 100. I point this out not to say one is right
> and the other wrong, just to show how sharply opinions can differ.
> One game on which I definitely disagree with Keene is Anderssen-
> Kieseritzky, which in my view is perhaps the most overrated game of
> all time. It has several major tactical errors of which Keene seems
> completely unaware; for example he praises 18.Bd6, when in fact it is
> a serious blunder that should have lost the game.
> On the other hand, I very much like the 6th 1972 Fischer-Spassky
> game, which Keene includes but Soltis does not. In fact Soltis does
> not include any Fischer-Spassky games from 1972, preferring instead
> one from the 1992 match, which he puts at #70.
Almost all of the games from Soltis & Keene are games where "one
player plays, the other applauds". I simply do not find that type of
game interesting - some of them, like B-A Hastings 1922, are
excruciating to play through. Surely there should be an element of
struggle in a chess game.
Kasparov Topalov is another game that will soon drop out of peoples'
Top Tens. It is just a load of HOOEY!
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Date: 23 Mar 2008 12:55:41
From:
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
|
On 23, 1:51=A0pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 22, 7:12 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > On 20, 4:54 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
> > =A0 Alan, whose opinion is it that these are the 10 greatest games of
> > all time? Yours alone, or are you basing it on some unnamed
> > authority?
>
> No; it is just my own choice - although I think I'll take out Portisch-
> Kavalek and put in Karpov-Anderson, Milan 1975.
>
> I really would like to see other peoples' choices. We might even
> manage to make a rgcm Top 10.
GM Raymond Keene gives his top 12 in "The Twelve Best Games of
Chess" (MacMillan 1991). He gives them in chronological order:
1. Anderssen-Kieseritzky, offhand, London, 1851 ("The Immortal
Game")
2. Morphy-Paulsen, New York 1857
3. Zukertort-Blackburne, London 1883
4. Steinitz-Chigorin, W Ch match, 4th game, Havavna, 1892
5. Pillsbury-Lasker, St. Petersburg 1896
6. Bernstein-Capablanca, Moscow, 1914
7.Boglyubov-Alekhine, Hastings 1922
8. Saemisch-Nimzovitch, Copenhagen 1923 (the "Immortal Zugzwang
Game")
9. Botvinnik-Capablanca, AVRO 1938
10. Larsen-Spassky, USSR vs. Rest of World, Belgrade, 1970
11. Fischer-Spassky, W Ch match, 6th game, Reykjavik, 1972
12. Karpov-Kasparov, W Ch match, 24th game, Moscow, 1985
Soltis would strongly disagree with some of these; for example he
calls Saemisch-Nimzovitch one of the most overrated games of the
century (due mainly to Nimzovitch's own hyping of it). Of Keene's
seven choices from the 20th century, only three make it into Soltis'
book, and of those only one, Bogolyubov-Alekhine, is in the top 10.
Larsen-Spassky is #18, Botvinnik-Capbalanca is #21. The others don't
even make Soltis' top 100. I point this out not to say one is right
and the other wrong, just to show how sharply opinions can differ.
One game on which I definitely disagree with Keene is Anderssen-
Kieseritzky, which in my view is perhaps the most overrated game of
all time. It has several major tactical errors of which Keene seems
completely unaware; for example he praises 18.Bd6, when in fact it is
a serious blunder that should have lost the game.
On the other hand, I very much like the 6th 1972 Fischer-Spassky
game, which Keene includes but Soltis does not. In fact Soltis does
not include any Fischer-Spassky games from 1972, preferring instead
one from the 1992 match, which he puts at #70.
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Date: 23 Mar 2008 12:09:03
From:
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
|
On 23, 1:51=A0pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> On 22, 7:12 pm, [email protected] wrote:
>
> > On 20, 4:54 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
> > =A0 Alan, whose opinion is it that these are the 10 greatest games of
> > all time? Yours alone, or are you basing it on some unnamed
> > authority?
>
> No; it is just my own choice - although I think I'll take out Portisch-
> Kavalek and put in Karpov-Anderson, Milan 1975.
>
> I really would like to see other peoples' choices. We might even
> manage to make a rgcm Top 10.
Personally, I don't have strong opinions on this. Here are the top
few from GM Andy Soltis' "The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th
Century, Ranked":
1-2. Estrin-Berliner, World Correspondence Championship 1965-1968:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3
Nxd5 8. Ne4 Qh4 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. f3 e4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Bxb5+ Kd8 13. O-
O exf3 14. Rxf3 Rb8 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxg3
18. hxg3 Rb6 19. d3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21. Bg4 h5 22. Bh3 g5 23. Nd2 g4
24. Nc4 Qxg3 25. Nxb6 gxh3 26. Qf3 hxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 cxb6
29. Rf1 Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd6 31. Rf1 Rc8 32. Rxf7 Rc7 33. Rf2 Ke5 34. a4
Kd4 35. a5 Kxd3 36. Rf3+ Kc2 37. b4 b5 38. a6 Rc4 39. Rf7 Rxb4 40. Rb7
Rg4+ 41. Kf3 b4 42. Rxa7 b3 0-1
1-2. Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov, Sochi 1958:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3
Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Ng3 Nge5 12. O-O f5 13. f3
Bh6 14. Qd1 f4 15. Nge2 g5 16. Nd5 g4 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh3 19. f4
Be6 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Kf2 Qh2+ 22. Ke3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1 Rxf4
25. Rxh2 Rf3+ 26. Kd4 Bg7 27. a4 c5+ 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 Nexd3+ 30.
Kc4 d5+ 31. exd5 cxd5+ 32. Kb5 Rb8+ 33. Ka5 Nc6+ 0-1
3. Capablanca-shall, New York 1918:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-
O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. h3
Ng4 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. d4 Nxf2 16. Re2 Bg4 17. hxg4 Bh2+ 18. Kf1 Bg3 19.
Rxf2 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Bxf2 21. Bd2 Bh4 22. Qh3 Rae8+ 23. Kd3 Qf1+ 24. Kc2
Bf2 25. Qf3 Qg1 26. Bd5 c5 27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. b4 Bd6 29. a4 a5 30. axb5
axb4 31. Ra6 bxc3 32. Nxc3 Bb4 33. b6 Bxc3 34. Bxc3 h6 35. b7 Re3 36.
Bxf7+ 1-0
4-5. Bogolyubov-Alekhine, Hastings 1922:
1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7.
Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3
Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5
20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4
Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3 29. Rxa5 b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 31.
Rxe8 c2 32.Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=3DQ+ 34. Nf1 Ne1 35. Rh2 Qxc4 36. Rb8
Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4 Nf3+ 39.Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 41. d5 Kg8 42.
h5 Kh7 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. d6 cxd6 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2
48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=3DQ+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7 51.Kf2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53.
Ke4 d5+ 0-1
4-5. Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
6-8. Lilienthal-Ragozin, Moscow 1935
6-8. Gufeld-Kavalek, ianski Lazne 1962
6-8. Tal-Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1987
Seven games tied for 9-15.
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Date: 23 Mar 2008 10:51:35
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
|
On 22, 7:12 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> On 20, 4:54 pm, Offramp <[email protected]> wrote:
> Alan, whose opinion is it that these are the 10 greatest games of
> all time? Yours alone, or are you basing it on some unnamed
> authority?
No; it is just my own choice - although I think I'll take out Portisch-
Kavalek and put in Karpov-Anderson, Milan 1975.
I really would like to see other peoples' choices. We might even
manage to make a rgcm Top 10.
|
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Date: 22 Mar 2008 12:12:40
From:
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
|
On 20, 4:54=A0pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> [Event "Vienna it"]
> [Site "AUT"]
> [Date "1882.05.??"]
> [EventDate "1882.05.10"]
> [Round "27"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [White "James Mason"]
> [Black "Simon Winawer"]
> [ECO "C50"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "111"]
>
> 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nbd2 h6
> 7. Nf1 Nf6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Ng3 c6 10. Bb3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qb6
> 12. Qd2 a5 13. c3 a4 14. Bd1 Be6 15. O-O Qc7 16. Nh4 b5
> 17. Bc2 c5 18. Ngf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Rxf5 Nd7 21. Raf1
> f6 22. Bd1 a3 23. Bh5+ Ke7 24. b3 Rhf8 25. R5f3 Nb6 26. Rg3
> Kd8 27. Bg4 Qe7 28. Be2 Kc7 29. d4 c4 30. Rb1 g5 31. bxc4 bxc4
> 32. Rb4 Qe6 33. d5 Qc8 34. Bxc4 Na4 35. Bb5 Nc5 36. Qe2 f5
> 37. exf5 e4 38. Bc6 Rb8 39. Qh5 Rf6 40. Rxg5 hxg5 41. Qh7+ Nd7
> 42. Bxd7 Qg8 43. Rb7+ Kxb7 44. Bc8+ Ka8 45. Qxg8 Rxf5 46. Qd8
> Rxd5 47. Qd7 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Rd2 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qxe4 Rbb2
> 51. Be6 Kc7 52. Qc4+ Kb6 53. Bd5 g4 54. hxg4 Rf2 55. Qc6+ Ka7
> 56. Qc7+ 1-0
>
> [Event "Monte Carlo it"]
> [Site "Monte Carlo it"]
> [Date "1901.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "?"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [White "James Mason"]
> [Black "David Janowski"]
> [ECO "C84"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "129"]
>
> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 d6
> 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.b3 Qb8 11.Bb2 Qb7 12.Re1
> O-O-O 13.Qd3 Rhe8 14.b4 Bf8 15.Rab1 d5 16.e5 Ng4 17.Nf3 g6
> 18.h3 Bf5 19.Qd2 Nh6 20.a3 Ng8 21.Nd4 Be6 22.Na4 Nh6 23.Qc3
> Nf5 24.Nxc6 Rd7 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 Bf5 27.Rbc1 Qc6 28.Nc3 h5
> 29.Ne2 Bh6 30.f4 Bf8 31.Qd2 Be6 32.Nd4 Qb6 33.Rb1 Bf5 34.Bc3
> Be4 35.a4 c6 36.a5 Qa7 37.Rb2 Rb7 38.Reb1 Kd7 39.Kh1 Reb8
> 40.Qe1 Be7 41.Nb3 Rb5 42.Bd4 Qb7 43.Bc5 Bxc5 44.bxc5 Rb4
> 45.Qh4 Kc8 46.Qf6 Qd7 47.Kh2 Qe6 48.Qh8+ Kd7 49.Nd4 Rxb2
> 50.Qxb8 Rxb8 51.Rxb8 Kc7 52.Nxe6+ Kxb8 53.Nd4 Kc7 54.g4 h4
> 55.c3 Kd7 56.Kg1 Kc7 57.Kf2 Kd7 58.f5 gxf5 59.gxf5 Kc7 60.Ke3
> Bg2 61.Nf3 Bxh3 62.Nxh4 Bg4 63.Kf4 Be2 64.Nf3 Bxf3 65.Kxf3 1-0
>
> [Event "Berlin-Wch"]
> [Site "05"]
> [Date "1910.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "?"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [White "Emanuel Lasker"]
> [Black "David Janowski"]
> [ECO "D32"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "57"]
>
> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.e4 dxe4
> 7.Nxe4 Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.a3 Nh6 12.b4
> Qe5 13.Ncb5 Nf5 14.Rc1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qxe3+ 16.Be2 Be7 17.Rc3
> Bh4+ 18.g3 Qe4 19.O-O Bf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Bf3 Qe5 22.Nxa7+ Kc7
> 23.Naxc6 bxc6 24.Rxc6+ Kb8 25.Rb6+ Kc8 26.Qc1+ Kd7 27.Nxe6
> fxe6 28.Rb7+ Ke8 29.Bc6+ 1-0
>
> [Event "Buenos Aires"]
> [Site "Buenos Aires"]
> [Date "1927.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "?"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [White "Alexander Alekhine"]
> [Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
> [ECO "D51"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "125"]
>
> 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5
> 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 Ne8 10. h4 Ndf6 11. Qc2 Be6
> 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Nd6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. g4 Nfe4
> 17. g5 h5 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1
> Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Kg2 Rc2 24. Rhc1 Rfc8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2
> 26. Rb1 Kh7 27. Kg3 Kg6 28. f3 f6 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. a4 Kf5
> 31. a5 Re2 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33. Rc5 Ke6 34. e4 Bxd4 35. Rxd5 Bc3
> 36. Rxh5 a6 37. Bc7 Be1+ 38. Kg4 Rg2+ 39. Kh3 Rf2 40. Kg4 Rg2+
> 41. Kh3 Rf2 42. f4 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rf2+
> 46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Bb6 Rc4 48. Kg2 g6 49. Re5+ Kd7 50. h5 gxh5
> 51. Kf3 h4 52. Rh5 Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Rc4 54. Kf5 Bxa5 55. Rh7+ Kc6
> 56. Bxa5 Rc5+ 57. Ke6 Rxa5 58. f5 Ra3 59. f6 Rf3 60. f7 b5
> 61. Rh5 h3 62. Rf5 Rxf5 63. exf5 1-0
>
> [Event "13, Moscow m"]
> [Site "13, Moscow m"]
> [Date "1974.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "?"]
> [Result "1/2-1/2"]
> [White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
> [Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
> [ECO "E17"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "191"]
>
> 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
> 7. Qd3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rd1 Re8
> 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rc8
> 17. Ng2 h6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Ne4
> 22. Qf4 Qc6 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nc4 Qa4 26. Rc1 Ng5
> 27. Qf5 Nxf3+ 28. exf3 Ba6 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Qxc5 d3 31. Qd5 Qb4
> 32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. Rc6 Qe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Ne4 Bb5 36. Rd6 f5
> 37. Nc3 Bc4 38. f4 Rc5 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Rb6 Rc8
> 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. h4 h5 45. a3 Ba6 46. Kd2 Rc6
> 47. Rd7 Bc4 48. Nd1 Bb5 49. Ne3 g6 50. Rd5 Rb6 51. Nd1 Kf7
> 52. Nb2 Ba6 53. Na4 Rc6 54. Rc5 Re6 55. Re5 Rc6 56. Nc5 Bc4
> 57. Na4 Ba6 58. Rc5 Re6 59. Rc7+ Ke8 60. Nc3 Rb6 61. Nd1 Re6
> 62. Ne3 Rb6 63. Rc5 Rb2+ 64. Kc3 Rxf2 65. Rxa5 Bb7 66. Kxd3
> Rf3 67. Kd4 Kd7 68. Nc4 Rxg3 69. a4 Kc7 70. Rc5+ Kb8 71. Ne5
> Be4 72. Rc3 Rg1 73. Kc5 Kc7 74. a5 Ra1 75. Kb5+ Kd6 76. a6
> Rb1+ 77. Ka5 Ra1+ 78. Kb6 Rb1+ 79. Ka7 Kd5 80. Rc6 Rf1 81. Kb6
> Kd4 82. Rc4+ Ke3 83. Ra4 Ba8 84. Nxg6 Kf3 85. Kc7 Rd1 86. a7
> Kg4 87. Ra6 Kg3 88. Ra3+ Kg4 89. Ra5 Rb1 90. Ra6 Rd1 91. Rd6
> Ra1 92. Kb8 Be4 93. Rd7 Kf3 94. Rg7 Ra6 95. Kc8 Kg3 96. Kd8
> 1/2-1/2
>
> [Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
> [Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
> [Date "1975.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "?"]
> [Result "1/2-1/2"]
> [White "Lajos Portisch"]
> [Black "Lubomir Kavalek"]
> [ECO "E80"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "76"]
>
> 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 b5
> 8.e5 Nfd7 9.f4 O-O 10.Nf3 Nb6 11.b3 N8d7 12.a4 bxc4 13.bxc4 c5
> 14.a5 cxd4 15.Nxd4 dxe5 16.Nc6 Qe8 17.axb6 exf4 18.Nd5 fxe3
> 19.Nc7 Bc3+ 20.Kf1 Bb7 21.Nxe8 Bxc6 22.Nc7 Rad8 23.Rc1 Bd2
> 24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.cxd5 Nxb6 26.Rc5 Nxd5 27.g3 Rd6 28.Kg2 Rfd8
> 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Bc4 Rf5 31.Qb3 Rf2+ 32.Kh3 Rd6 33.Qb8+ Kg7
> 34.Qa7 g5 35.Qxe7 g4 36.Kxg4 Rg6+ 37.Kh3 Rh6+ 38.Kg4 Rg6+
> 1/2-1/2
>
> [Event "Wch29-Baguio City ;MAINB"]
> [Site "Wch29-Baguio City ;MAINB"]
> [Date "1978.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "21"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
> [Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
> [ECO "D37"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "119"]
>
> 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5
> 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Re8 11. Nd2 e5
> 12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Qb1 Bf5 14. Bd3 e4 15. Bc2 Nxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qa6
> 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 Bd6 19. Rxd5 Re5 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Rxe5
> Qxe5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. O-O Rxc4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. g3 a6 26. Qb3
> b5 27. a4 Rb4 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Bf8 30. axb5 a5 31. Rd8
> Rxb2 32. Ra8 f5 33. Rxa5 Bb4 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Na4 Rb1+ 36. Kg2
> Bd6 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. b6 Bb8 39. Ra8 Be5 40. Nc5 Bd6 41. b7 Ke7
> 42. Rg8 Be5 43. f4 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kf7 45. Rc8 Ke7 46. h3 h5
> 47. Rg8 Kf7 48. Rd8 g5 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 Ke7 51. Rg8 fxg4+
> 52. Kxg4 Kf7 53. Rc8 Bd6 54. e4 Rg1+ 55. Kf5 g4 56. e5 Rf1+
> 57. Ke4 Re1+ 58. Kd5 Rd1+ 59. Nd3 Rxd3+ 60. Kc4 1-0
>
> [Event "It (cat.19)"]
> [Site "Novgorod (Russia)"]
> [Date "1994.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "4"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [White "Garry Kasparov"]
> [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
> [ECO "B33"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "69"]
>
> 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nge2 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
> 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 O-O 12.Nc2 Rb8
> 13.h4 Ne7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Bd3 d5 17.exd5 Qxd5
> 18.O-O-O e4 19.Be2 Qxa2 20.Qh6 Qe6 21.Nd4 Qb6 22.Rh3 Kh8
> 23.Bg4 Rg8 24.Ne6 Rg6 25.Qf4 Re8 26.Rd6 Nd5 27.h5 Nxf4 28.hxg6
> Qxd6 29.Rxh7+ Kg8 30.gxf7 Kxh7 31.fxe8=3DQ Nxe6 32.Bf5+ Kg7
> 33.Qg6+ Kf8 34.Qxf6+ Ke8 35.Bxe6 Qf8 36.Bd7+ 1-0
>
> [Event "BGN Computer Qualifier"]
> [Site "Cadaques ESP"]
> [Date "2001.04.25"]
> [EventDate "2001.04.24"]
> [Round "3"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [White "Deep Fritz (Computer)"]
> [Black "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
> [ECO "B67"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "138"]
>
> 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
> 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6
> 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bd3 h5 15. f5 Qc5 16. Rf1 b4
> 17. Ne2 e5 18. Nc1 a5 19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Bc4 a4 21. Nc1 Rg8
> 22. Qe2 Rg4 23. Bd5 Rc8 24. Rfe1 Bf8 25. h3 Rg3 26. Rd3 h4
> 27. Rxg3 hxg3 28. Bxc6+ Qxc6 29. Qd3 Bh6 30. Ne2 Ke7 31. Rd1
> Qc5 32. Nxg3 a3 33. Ne2 axb2 34. Kxb2 Rc7 35. h4 Rc8 36. g4
> Qc6 37. Rg1 Be3 38. Rg2 Qa4 39. Kb1 Ra8 40. Qb3 Qa7 41. Rg3
> Bf2 42. Rh3 Qc7 43. Rh2 Ra3 44. Qd5 Ra5 45. Qd2 Qa7 46. Qxb4
> Rxa2 47. Rxf2 Ra4 48. Qb3 Ra1+ 49. Kb2 Rh1 50. Qg3 Qa1+
> 51. Kb3 Rb1+ 52. Kc4 d5+ 53. exd5 Qa6+ 54. Kc3 Qa5+ 55. Kd3
> Rd1+ 56. Ke4 Qxd5+ 57. Ke3 Qc5+ 58. Kf3 Qc6+ 59. Ke3 Qb6+
> 60. Ke4 Qb7+ 61. Ke3 Qa7+ 62. Kf3 Qa8+ 63. Ke3 Qa3+ 64. Ke4
> Rd4+ 65. Nxd4 Qxg3 66. Nc6+ Kd6 67. Nxe5 fxe5 68. Rd2+ Kc6
> 69. Rd8 Qf4+ 0-1
>
> [Event "Corus Wijk aan Zee"]
> [Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
> [Date "2006.01.14"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "Round 1"]
> [Result "0-1"]
> [White "Sergey Karjakin"]
> [Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
> [ECO "B90"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "74"]
>
> 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5
> 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3 Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5
> 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 16. Nbd4 exd4
> 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
> Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 23. Qc3 Qa8 24. Bg2 Nc7 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qxe7
> Nc4 27. g6 hxg6 28. fxg6 Nxa3+ 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. gxf7+ Kh7
> 31. f8=3DN+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 Ra2+ 34. Kc3 Qa5+ 35. Kd3
> Qb5+ 36. Kd4 Ra4+ 37. Kc3 Qc4+ 0-1
Alan, whose opinion is it that these are the 10 greatest games of
all time? Yours alone, or are you basing it on some unnamed
authority?
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Date: 22 Mar 2008 12:05:10
From: Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
Subject: Re: 10 Greatest Games of All Time
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On 20, 1:54 pm, Offramp <[email protected] > wrote:
> [Event "Berlin-Wch"]
> [Site "05"]
> [Date "1910.??.??"]
> [EventDate "?"]
> [Round "?"]
> [Result "1-0"]
> [White "Emanuel Lasker"]
> [Black "David Janowski"]
> [ECO "D32"]
> [WhiteElo "?"]
> [BlackElo "?"]
> [PlyCount "57"]
>
> 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.e4 dxe4
> 7.Nxe4 Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qa5+ 10.Nc3 O-O-O 11.a3 Nh6 12.b4
> Qe5 13.Ncb5 Nf5 14.Rc1 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Qxe3+ 16.Be2 Be7 17.Rc3
> Bh4+ 18.g3 Qe4 19.O-O Bf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Bf3 Qe5 22.Nxa7+ Kc7
> 23.Naxc6 bxc6 24.Rxc6+ Kb8 25.Rb6+ Kc8 26.Qc1+ Kd7 27.Nxe6
> fxe6 28.Rb7+ Ke8 29.Bc6+ 1-0
>
Crazy Lasker! :-)
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Wlod
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