A game from Round 5 of the 2010 Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess tournament, between Magnus Carlsen and Veselin Topalov featuring a closed Ruy Lopez. Other Resources: Wikipedia – Ruy Lopez Chessgames.com – Ruy Lopez Wikibooks – Ruy Lopez VN:F [1.1.8_518]please wait…Rating: 8.3/10 (3 votes cast)
Rubinstein’s “Immortal” game from 1907, where he plays black against Georg Rotlewi, and rounds it off with a brilliant queen sacrifice. Other resources:
Mikhail Tal plays Strelkov in Riga in 1949. The game was a French Defence. Other resources: Wikipedia – French Defence Chessgames.com – French Defence Wikibooks – French Defence VN:F [1.1.8_518]please wait…Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
Part 2 of 2, here Mikhail Tal plays Bobby Fischer in the Candidates Tournament of 1959. The game was a Kings Indian. Series: Tal vs Fischer, Candidates 1959, Part 1 Other resources: Wikipedia – King’s Indian Defence Wikibooks – King’s Indian Defence Chessgames.com – King’s Indian Defence VN:F [1.1.8_518]please wait…Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
Part 1 of 2, here Mikhail Tal plays Bobby Fischer in the Candidates Tournament of 1959. The game was a Kings Indian. Series: Tal vs Fischer, Candidates 1959, Part 2 Other resources: Wikipedia – King’s Indian Defence Wikibooks – King’s Indian Defence Chessgames.com – King’s Indian Defence VN:F [1.1.8_518]please wait…Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
An introduction to the themes behind the sharp Yugoslav Attack version of the Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation. It also features a game between Anand and Kasparov from 1995 at the 14:30 min mark. Other resources: Wikipedia – Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation Wikibooks – Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation chessgames.com – Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation VN:F [1.1.8_518]please [...]
Part 2 of 2 of a game from Round 1 of the 2010 Corus Chess tournament, held from the 15th to the 31st of January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, between Loek van Wely and Nigel Short featuring the Queen’s Gambit Declined. Series: van Wely vs Short, Corus 2010, Part 1 Other resources: Wikipedia – [...]
Part 1 of 2 of a game from Round 1 of the 2010 Corus Chess tournament, held from the 15th to the 31st of January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, between Loek van Wely and Nigel Short featuring the Queen’s Gambit Declined. Series: van Wely vs Short, Corus 2010, Part 2 Other resources: Wikipedia – [...]
Part 2 of 2 of a game from Round 2 of the 2010 Corus Chess tournament, held from the 15th to the 31st of January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, between Hikaru Nakamura and Loek van Wely featuring the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation. Series: Nakamura vs van Wely, Corus 2010, Part 1 Other resources Wikipedia [...]
Part 1 of 2 of a game from Round 2 of the 2010 Corus Chess tournament, held from the 15th to the 31st of January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, between Hikaru Nakamura and Loek van Wely featuring the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation. Series: Nakamura vs van Wely, Corus 2010, Part 2 Other resources Wikipedia [...]
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