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26 Dec '09 21:47

~~Ropespierre~~
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26 Dec '09 21:47
Post your favorite games here. Anyone is allowed to show up to three games.
At the end, we can vote on the greatest game of chess ever played. They can be tactical fireworks, hard fought positional battles, or anything else. You can post GM games, or the games of your friends, etc. No offence, but if you are lower rated, (like myself) you probably haven't played the greatest game of chess ever played.
Enjoy!

I'll start:

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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7
12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6
17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4
22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6
26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7
Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2
35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8
Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0

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Kasparov - Topalov, Wijk Aan Zee 1999

EVENT Hastings
SITE Hastings
DATE 1922.??.??
ROUND ?
WHITE Efim Bogoljubov
BLACK Alexander Alekhine
RESULT 0-1
WHITEELO ?
BLACKELO ?
ECO A90
EVENTDATE ?
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[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

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=Q+ 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=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7
51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ 0-1

EVENT Havana
SITE Havana
DATE 1901.??.??
ROUND 11
WHITE Jose Raul Capablanca
BLACK Juan Corzo
RESULT 1-0
WHITEELO ?
BLACKELO ?
ECO D02
EVENTDATE ?
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[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Juan Corzo"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4
Bd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ne5 Nf6 12.f4 Bxe5 13.fxe5
Ng4 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.Nf3 Bd7 16.a3 Kh8 17.h3 Nh6 18.Qf2 Nf7
19.Kg2 g5 20.g4 Ne7 21.Qe3 Rg8 22.Rae1 Ng6 23.gxf5 Nf4+ 24.Kh2
Nxd3 25.Qxd3 exf5 26.c4 Qe6 27.cxd5 Qxd5 28.e6 Bb5 29.Qxb5
Qxb5 30.d5+ Rg7 31.exf7 h6 32.Nd4 Qxf1 33.Rxf1 Rxf7 34.Rxf5
Rxf5 35.Nxf5+ Kh7 36.Ne7 Rf8 37.Kg2 h5 38.d6 g4 39.hxg4 hxg4
40.Be5 Kh6 41.d7 Rd8 42.Ng8+ Rxg8 43.Bf6 Kg6 44.d8=Q Rxd8
45.Bxd8 b5 46.Kf2 Kf5 47.Ke3 Ke5 48.Kd3 Kd5 49.Kc3 g3 50.Bh4
g2 51.Bf2 a5 52.b4 Ke4 53.Bb6 Kd5 54.Kd3 Kc6 55.Bg1 Kd5 56.Bh2
Kc6 57.Kd4 a4 58.Ke5 Kb6 59.Kd5 Ka6 60.Kc5 1-0
Ajuin
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26 Dec '09 23:02
An impossible task!But let's go for it 🙂
3 games that impressed me:

EVENT St. Petersburg
SITE ?
DATE 1914.??.??
ROUND ?
WHITE Aron Nimzowitsch
BLACK Siegbert Tarrasch
RESULT 0-1
WHITEELO ?
BLACKELO ?
ECO D30
EVENTDATE ?
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[Event "St. Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O
8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6
13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19. exd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2
22. f3 Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+
32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1

EVENT SWZ ct
SITE SWZ ct
DATE 1953.??.??
ROUND ?
WHITE Max Euwe
BLACK Miguel Najdorf
RESULT 1-0
WHITEELO ?
BLACKELO ?
ECO E60
EVENTDATE ?
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[Event "SWZ ct"]
[Site "SWZ ct"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. d6 Nc6 10. e3 b6 11. Bd5 Kh8 12. Ne4 Qd8
13. h4 f5 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. g4 e4 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Nf4 Qf6 18. gxf5 Bxa1 19. Nxg6+ Kg7 20. Nxe4 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Qxf5 22. Nf4 Kh8
23. Nxc3 Rae8 24. Nce2 Rg8 25. h5 Rg5 26. Ng3 Rxg3 27. fxg3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Kg7 31. Qe8 Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+
33. Kh2 Qc2+ 34. Ng2 Qf5 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ 1-0

EVENT Copenhagen, Denmark
SITE Copenhagen, Denmark
DATE 1966.??.??
ROUND ?
WHITE Salomon Flohr
BLACK Bent Larsen
RESULT 0-1
WHITEELO ?
BLACKELO ?
ECO A56
EVENTDATE ?
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[Event "Copenhagen, Denmark"]
[Site "Copenhagen, Denmark"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.h3 a6 9.Be3 Nh5 10.Qd2 O-O 11.g4 Nf4 12.Nxf4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5
14.Be2 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 Ra4 17.Nc3 Rd4 18.Qe3 Re8 19.Qg3 g5 20.Be3 Ng6 21.Bb5 R8xe4 22.Nxe4 Rxe4 23.O-O Rb4 24.Bd3 Be5
25.Qf3 Nh4 26.Qd1 Qf6 27.a3 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 Bxg4 29.axb4 Nh4+ 30.Kg1 Bxd1 31.Rfxd1 cxb4 32.Be4 Bxb2 33.Ra8+ Kg7 34.Rb8 Bc3 35.Rxb4 Nf3+
36.Bxf3 Qxf3 37.Rd3 Be5 38.Rg4 h6 39.Rd2 Qxh3 40.Rg2 f6 0-1
dzhafner
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27 Dec '09 00:213 edits
Invert Board PGN
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 cxd4
7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 g6
12.Rc1 Bg7 13.f4 O-O 14.Ke1 e5 15.Kf2 exf4 16.gxf4 Be6 17.b3
Rad8 18.Ne4 Bd4 19.Nc5 Bxe3+ 20.Kxe3 Rfe8 21.Kf2 Nb4 22.a3 Nd5
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.e3 Re7 25.Rhd1 Red7 26.Rd4 Kf7 27.Bf3 b6
28.Bxd5 exd5 29.h4 Rd6 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.b4 b5 32.Rc5 a6 33.Rd2 h6
34.Kg4 R8d7 35.Rd3 Re7 36.Kf3 Red7 37.Rd1 Rd8 38.Rd2 R8d7
39.Rdc2 Re7 40.Rc8 Rde6 41.R2c3 Rd6 42.Rd3 Kf7 43.Rc5 Red7
44.Rc2 Kf6 45.Rd1 g5 46.fxg5+ hxg5 47.hxg5+ Kxg5 48.Ke2 Kf5
49.Kd3 Rh7 50.Rg1 Rhh6 51.Rc7 Ke6 52.Rgg7 Ke5 53.Rg5+ Kf6
54.Rcg7 Rc6 55.Kd4 Rc4+ 56.Kxd5 Rc3 57.e4 Rd3+ 58.Kc5 Rxa3
59.Rg8 Ke6 60.Kb6 Kf7 61.Kb7 Re3 62.R5g7+ Kf6+ 63.Rg4 Ke5
64.Rd8 Rb3 65.Rd5+ Ke6 66.Kc6 Rc3+ 67.Rc5 Rd3 68.Kb7 Ke7
69.Re5+ Kf6 70.Rgg5 Rd4 71.Rgf5+ Kg7 72.Re7+ Kg8 73.e5 Re4
74.Kc8 Rc6+ 75.Kd7 Rcc4 76.Rg5+ Kf8 77.Rf5+ Kg8 78.Rg5+ Kf8
79.Re8+ Kf7 80.Rf5+ Kg7 81.Rg5+ Kh6 82.Rg1 Red4+ 83.Ke6 Rg4
84.Rh1+ Kg5 85.Rg8+ Kf4 86.Rxg4+ Kxg4 87.Kd5 Rxb4 88.e6 Rb2
89.Re1 Rd2+ 90.Kc6 Rc2+ 91.Kb7 1-0

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6
6. Qc2 Qe7 7. Ba3 c5 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4
Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qb7+ 13. Kg1 Qa6 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Rfd1
Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 Nc4 18. Bc1 a6 19. bxa6 Rxa6
20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Ng2 Nd5 22. Rd3 Rfa8 23. e4
Ne5 0-1

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Qxd4 a6
7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.c4 e6 11.Nc3 Rc8 12.Kh1
h5 13.a4 h4 14.h3 Be7 15.b4 a5 16.b5 Qc7 17.Nd2 Qc5 18.Qd3 Rg8
19.Rae1 Qg5 20.Rg1 Qf4 21.Ref1 b6 22.Ne2 Qh6 23.c5 Rxc5 24.Nc4
Kf8 25.Nxb6 Be8 26.f4 f5 27.exf5 Rxf5 28.Rc1 Kg7 29.g4 Rc5
30.Rxc5 dxc5 31.Nc8 Bf8 32.Qd8 Qg6 33.f5 Qh6 34.g5 Qh5 35.Rg4
exf5 36.Nf4 Qh8 37.Qf6+ Kh7 38.Rxh4+ 1-0
clandarkfire
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27 Dec '09 01:41
Originally posted by dzhafner
[pgn]1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 cxd4
7.Nxd4 Ndb4 8.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 Nxc6 10.Nc3 Bd7 11.Be3 g6
12.Rc1 Bg7 13.f4 O-O 14.Ke1 e5 15.Kf2 exf4 16.gxf4 Be6 17.b3
Rad8 18.Ne4 Bd4 19.Nc5 Bxe3+ 20.Kxe3 Rfe8 21.Kf2 Nb4 22.a3 Nd5
23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.e3 Re7 25.Rhd1 Red7 26.Rd4 Kf7 27.Bf3 b6
28.Bxd5 exd5 29.h4 Rd6 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.b4 b5 32.Rc5 a6 ...[text shortened]... 31.Nc8 Bf8 32.Qd8 Qg6 33.f5 Qh6 34.g5 Qh5 35.Rg4
exf5 36.Nf4 Qh8 37.Qf6+ Kh7 38.Rxh4+ 1-0[/pgn]
Game one: Andersson - Leko, Ter Apel 1996
Game two: ??? - Please Post
Game three: Ivanchuk - Kasparov Linares 1991

Jasen777

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27 Dec '09 02:39

The aged former champion teaches the future great a lesson.

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Eladar
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27 Dec '09 03:09
What lesson was that?
DawgHaus
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27 Dec '09 10:03
Originally posted by clandarkfire
Game one: Andersson - Leko, Ter Apel 1996
Game two: ??? - Please Post
Game three: Ivanchuk - Kasparov Linares 1991
Game two - I think it's a Nimzowich game. Maybe Reti was White.

This thread has been interesting - trying to guess the game just from the moves.

Here's another:

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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 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qe7 11.Ba3 e4 12.Ng5 e3 13.f4 Nf8
14.b4 Bf5 15.Qb3 h6 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.b5 g5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5
gxf4 20.Nxc6 Qg5 21.Bxd6 Ng6 22.Nd5 Qh5 23.h4 Nxh4 24.gxh4
Qxh4 25.Nde7+ Kh8 26.Nxf5 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Re6 28.Qb7 Rg6 29.Qxa8+
Kh7 30.Qg8+ Kxg8 31.Nce7+ Kh7 32.Nxg6 fxg6 33.Nxg7 Nf2 34.Bxf4
Qxf4 35.Ne6 Qh2 36.Rdb1 Nh3 37.Rb7+ Kg8 38.Rb8+ Qxb8 39.Bxh3
Qg3 0-1
dzhafner
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27 Dec '09 15:22
yes, the second game was mattison-nimzowitch. White is about to lose the exchange at best.
mjolnir
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27 Dec '09 16:52
The Ivanchuk-Kasparov game was extremely interesting. Maybe the tactics weren't ferocious but the players seemed both pretty astute! Ivanchuk (if he was white) played very well, loving the build-up. Definitely a contender, to put Kasparov in that end position is certainly something. 🙂
~~Ropespierre~~
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27 Dec '09 17:34
Originally posted by DawgHaus
Game two - I think it's a Nimzowich game. Maybe Reti was White.

This thread has been interesting - trying to guess the game just from the moves.

Here's another:

[pgn] 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 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qe7 11.Ba3 e4 12.Ng5 e3 13.f4 Nf8
14.b4 Bf5 15.Qb3 h6 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.b5 g5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19. ...[text shortened]... Nxg7 Nf2 34.Bxf4
Qxf4 35.Ne6 Qh2 36.Rdb1 Nh3 37.Rb7+ Kg8 38.Rb8+ Qxb8 39.Bxh3
Qg3 0-1 [/pgn]
What a game! I think I've seen it before. Chucky is white right?
dzhafner
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27 Dec '09 18:001 edit
yes ivanchuk is white; one of the three brutal games in which he dispaches kasparov.

EVENT	Hastings
SITE	Hastings
DATE	1922.??.??
ROUND	?
WHITE	Efim Bogoljubov
BLACK	Alexander Alekhine
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	?
BLACKELO	?
ECO	A90
EVENTDATE	?

EVENT	Havana
SITE	Havana
DATE	1901.??.??
ROUND	11
WHITE	Jose Raul Capablanca
BLACK	Juan Corzo
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	?
BLACKELO	?
ECO	D02
EVENTDATE	?

EVENT	St. Petersburg
SITE	?
DATE	1914.??.??
ROUND	?
WHITE	Aron Nimzowitsch
BLACK	Siegbert Tarrasch
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	?
BLACKELO	?
ECO	D30
EVENTDATE	?

EVENT	SWZ ct
SITE	SWZ ct
DATE	1953.??.??
ROUND	?
WHITE	Max Euwe
BLACK	Miguel Najdorf
RESULT	1-0
WHITEELO	?
BLACKELO	?
ECO	E60
EVENTDATE	?

EVENT	Copenhagen, Denmark
SITE	Copenhagen, Denmark
DATE	1966.??.??
ROUND	?
WHITE	Salomon Flohr
BLACK	Bent Larsen
RESULT	0-1
WHITEELO	?
BLACKELO	?
ECO	A56
EVENTDATE	?

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