I always liked Morphy's games, a man who hasn't been mentioned here. One I really like in particular (mainly because of the story surrounding it), is the game he played against two opponents that wouldn't quit pestering him at the opera. I forget the names of the opponents (they were patzers), but if you search for "Morphy at the Opera," you should find the game. He tears them a new one, and goes back to watching the show 🙂
Originally posted by AlphaAlekhinehttp://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1233404
I always liked Morphy's games, a man who hasn't been mentioned here. One I really like in particular (mainly because of the story surrounding it), is the game he played against two opponents that wouldn't quit pestering him at the opera. I forget the names of the opponents (they were patzers), but if you search for "Morphy at the Opera," you should find the game. He tears them a new one, and goes back to watching the show 🙂
Originally posted by !~TONY~!As a KG player I've always given Bronstein plenty of credit. And Lasker is another one of my favorites, they just aren't quite as high up on my list as the others I mentioned.
Why does noone ever mention Larsen or Bronstein!? The two best along with Korchnoi to never win the title!
Originally posted by RegicidalAh thank you, yeah that's pretty amazing endgame play.
My impression is that 48..g5 cripples white's two kingside pawns, mostly the a3 pawn. It also constricts f4 and aids a trap scheme by Capa which Lasker kept avoiding by playing 51.Kf1. If Lasker had played 51.Kf3 (or even Ke3), then ..Rb2 to threaten Rf2 mate, 52.Ne2 Nd2ch 53.Kf2 Nb3! (threatens ...Nc1 winning the white knight and if white plays Rd3 then e ...[text shortened]... r setting up f6 and e5.
Hence Lasker relegated his king to the back rank and the knight on g1.
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Originally posted by AlphaAlekhineHaha, yes I've seen that game. Doesn't the story go that they interrupted him, and he wanted to beat them quickly? 🙂
I always liked Morphy's games, a man who hasn't been mentioned here. One I really like in particular (mainly because of the story surrounding it), is the game he played against two opponents that wouldn't quit pestering him at the opera. I forget the names of the opponents (they were patzers), but if you search for "Morphy at the Opera," you should find the game. He tears them a new one, and goes back to watching the show 🙂
BTW:Yeah, Morphy's great, I should probably look through some of his too.
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Originally posted by !~TONY~!I was just about to post something similar!
Why does noone ever mention Larsen or Bronstein!? The two best along with Korchnoi to never win the title!
Very nice, !~TONY~!
Larsen was undoubtedly one of the very best players in the world in the late sixties/early seventies. The "problem" with Larsen is that when you study his games you miss the psychological side of his game. He certainly didn't always chose the move as it would be suggested by a modern engine. But he very often chose the right move to push his opponent over the edge in the psychological battle that he loved to turn the OTB game in to...
Of course he was technically very solidly founded, but to him the game was far more an emotional encounter than cool calculations and that may have cost him success in Candidate tournaments at that time (especially the 0-6 defeat against Fischer hurt), because his opponents were very strong both mentally and technically.
But in tournaments his uncompromising style of play earned him loads of great successes...
