Tal vs Strelkov, Riga 1949

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

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Tal vs Fischer, Candidates 1959, Part 2

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

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Tal vs Fischer, Candidates 1959, Part 1

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

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Sicilian Defence – Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack

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

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van Wely vs Short, Corus 2010, Part 2

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 – Queen’s Gambit Declined
Chessgames.com – [...]

van Wely vs Short, Corus 2010, Part 1

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 – Queen’s Gambit Declined
Chessgames.com – [...]

Nakamura vs van Wely, Corus 2010, Part 2

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 – Sicilian Defence
Wikibooks – [...]

Nakamura vs van Wely, Corus 2010, Part 1

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 – Sicilian Defence
Wikibooks – [...]

Tiviakov vs Shirov, Corus 2010, Part 2

Part 2 of 2 of a game from Round 3 of the 2010 Corus Chess tournament, held from the 15th to the 31st of January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, between Sergei Tiviakov and Alexei Shirov featuring the Sicilian Defence.

Series:

Tiviakov vs Shirov, Corus 2010, Part 1

Other resources

Wikipedia – Sicilian Defence
Wikibooks – Sicilian Defence
chessgames.com – Sicilian

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Tiviakov vs Shirov, Corus 2010, Part 1

Part 1 of 2 of a game from Round 3 of the 2010 Corus Chess tournament, held from the 15th to the 31st of January 2010 in Wijk aan Zee, between Sergei Tiviakov and Alexei Shirov featuring the Sicilian Defence.

Series:

Tiviakov vs Shirov, Corus 2010, Part 2

Other resources

Wikipedia – Sicilian Defence
Wikibooks – Sicilian Defence
chessgames.com – Sicilian

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