The Mammoth Book Of The World's Greatest Chess Games

by Burgess, Graham

• ISBN13: 9780786714117
• ISBN10: 0786714115
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-20
• Publisher: Running Pr Book Pub

Summary

This new and expanded edition of The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games contains the 112 greatest chess games of all timeselected, analyzed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of experts and illustrated with more than 900 diagrams. Among the highlights are Kasparov vs. Topalov; Kasparov vs. Wijk aan Zee; the super-computer Deep Blue's historic first win over Kasparov; Boris Spassky's "James Bond" Mating Combination; and Bobby Fischer's "Game of the Century." Study these games and learn about defense and counterattack, logical opening play, endgame strategy, psychological warfare, and how great players think.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Vishy Anand	6	(1)
Introduction	7	(1)
Symbols	8	(545)
1 McDonnell - Labourdonnais,
Match (16), London 1834	9	(5)
2 Anderssen - Kieseritzky,
London 1851	14	(5)
3 Anderssen - Dufresne,
Berlin 1852	19	(6)
4 Zukertort - Blackburne,
London 1883	25	(5)
5 Steinitz - Chigorin,
World Ch. (4), Havana 1892	30	(6)
6 Steinitz - von Bardeleben,
Hastings 1895	36	(5)
7 Pillsbury - Em.Lasker,
St Petersburg 1895/6	41	(6)
8 Steinitz - Em.Lasker,
St Petersburg 1895/6	47	(5)
9 Pillsbury - Em.Lasker,
Nuremberg 1896	52	(5)
10 Em.Lasker - Napier,
Cambridge Springs 1904	57	(6)
11 Rotlewi - Rubinstein,	63	(5)
Lodz 1907/8
12 Rubinstein - Em.Lasker,
St Petersburg 1909	68	(5)
13 O. Bernstein - Capablanca,
Moscow 1914	73	(6)
14 Nimzowitsch - Tarrasch,
St Petersburg 1914	79	(6)
15 Capablanca - Marshall,
New York 1918	85	(6)
16 E.Adams - C.Torre,
New Orleans 1920	91	(5)
17 Em.Lasker - Capablanca,
World Ch. (10), Havana 1921	96	(8)
18 Maróczy - Tartakower,
Teplitz-Schonau 1922	104	(7)
19 Sämisch - Nimzowitsch,
Copenhagen 1923	111	(5)
20 Grünfeld - Alekhine,
Karlsbad 1923	116	(6)
21 Capablanca - Tartakower,
New York 1924	122	(5)
22 Réti - Bogoljubow,
New York 1924	127	(6)
23 Réti - Alekhine,
Baden-Baden 1925	133	(6)
24 Rubinstein - Alekhine,
Semmering 1926	139	(4)
25 P. Johner - Nimzowitsch,
Dresden 1926	143	(6)
26 Capablanca - Spielmann,
New York 1927	149	(4)
27 Alekhine - Maróczy,
Bled 1931	153	(5)
28 Rauzer - Botvinnik,
USSR Ch., Leningrad 1933	158	(6)
29 Botvinnik - Capablanca,
AVRO, Rotterdam 1938	164	(6)
30 Euwe - Keres,
Match (9), Rotterdam 1939/40	170	(6)
31 Geller - Euwe,
Candidates, Zurich 1953	176	(4)
32 Euwe - Najdorf,
Candidates, Zurich 1953	180	(7)
33 Averbakh - Kotov,
Candidates, Zurich 1953	187	(6)
34 Keres - Smyslov,
Candidates, Zurich 1953	193	(6)
35 Botvinnik - Smyslov,
World Ch. (14), Moscow 1954	199	(5)
36 Keres - Szabo,
USSR - Hungary, Budapest 1955	204	(4)
37 Bronstein - Keres,
Interzonal, Gothenburg 1955	208	(5)
38 D.Byrne - Fischer,
Rosenwald, New York 1956	213	(4)
39 Tal - Koblencs,
Training game, Riga 1957	217	(7)
40 Polugaevsky - Nezhmetdinov,
RSFSR Ch., Sochi 1958	224	(6)
41 Tal - Fischer,
Candidates, Zagreb 1959	230	(5)
42 Spassky - Bronstein,
USSR Ch., Leningrad 1960	235	(5)
43 Botvinnik - Tal,
World Ch. (6), Moscow 1960	240	(6)
44 Krogius - Stein,
Russia - Ukraine, Kiev 1960	246	(8)
45 Fischer - Tal,
Leipzig Olympiad 1960	254	(4)
46 Rubezov - Borisenko,
USSR Corr. Ch. 1960-3	258	(6)
47 Gufeld - Kavalek,
Student 01., Marianske Lazne 1962	264	(5)
48 Tal - Hecht,
Varna 01. 1962	269	(6)
49 Korchnoi - Tal,
USSR Ch., Erevan 1962	275	(6)
50 R.Byrne - Fischer,
USA Ch., New York 1963/4	281	(6)
51 Smyslov - Tal,
USSR Team Ch., Moscow 1964	287	(6)
52 Kholmov - Bronstein,
USSR Ch., Kiev 1964	293	(5)
53 Geller - Smyslov,
Candidates (5), Moscow 1965	298	(4)
54 Tal - Larsen,
Candidates (10), Bled 1965	302	(7)
55 Estrin - Berliner,
5th Corr. World Ch. 1965-8	309	(7)
56 Petrosian - Spassky,
World Ch. (10),
Moscow 1966	316	(6)
57 Botvinnik - Portisch,
Monte Carlo 1968	322
58 Polugaevsky - Tal,
USSR Ch., Moscow 1969	326	(5)
59 Larsen - Spassky,
USSR vs R.o.W, Belgrade 1970	331	(4)
60 Fischer - Panno,
Buenos Aires 1970	335	(4)
61 Fischer - Larsen,
Candidates (1), Denver 1971	339	(5)
62 Fischer - Petrosian,
Candidates (7), Buenos Aires 1971	344	(6)
63 Velimirovic - Ljubojevic,
Yugoslav Ch., Umag 1972	350	(6)
64 Fischer - Spassky,
World Ch. (6), Reykjavik 1972	356	(6)
65 Spassky - Tal,
Tallinn 1973	362	(5)
66 Bagirov - Gufeld,
Kirovabad 1973	367	(6)
67 Karpov - Korchnoi,
Candidates (2), Moscow 1974	373	(7)
68 Minis - Planinc,
Rovinj/Zagreb 1975	380	(4)
69 Ljubojevic - Andersson,
Wijk aan Zee 1976	384	(7)
70 Reshevsky - Vaganian,
Skopje 1976	391	(4)
71 Lputian - Kasparov,
Tbilisi 1976	395	(7)
72 Karpov - Dorfman,
USSR Ch., Moscow 1976	402	(6)
73 Timman - Karpov,
Montreal 1979	408	(4)
74 Polugaevsky - E.Torre,
Moscow 1981	412	(5)
75 Kopylov - S.Koroliov,
USSR Corr. Ch. 1981-3	417	(5)
76 Kasparov - Portisch,
Niksic 1983	422	(5)
77 Karpov - Kasparov,
World Ch. (9), Moscow 1984/5	427	(7)
78 Beliavsky - Nunn,
Wijk aan Zee 1985	434	(6)
79 Karpov - Kasparov,
World Ch. (16), Moscow 1985	440	(7)
80 Kasparov - Karpov,
World Ch. (16), Leningrad 1986	447	(9)
81 Miles - Beliavsky,
Tilburg 1986	456	(4)
82 Tal - Hjartarson,
Reykjavik 1987	460	(5)
83 Piket - Kasparov,
Tilburg 1989	465	(6)
84 Smirin - Beliavsky,
USSR Ch., Odessa 1989	471	(4)
85 Ivanchuk - Yusupov,
Candidates (9), Brussels 1991	475	(6)
86 Short - Timman,
Tilburg 1991	481	(6)
87 Fischer - Spassky,
Match (1), Sveti Stefan 1992	487	(6)
88 Gelfand - Anand,
Linares 1993	493	(6)
89 Kamsky - Shirov,
World Team Ch., Lucerne 1993	499	(6)
90 Karpov - Topalov,
Linares 1994	505	(5)
91 Shirov - J. Polgar,
Buenos Aires 1994	510	(5)
92 Cifuentes - Zviagintsev,
Wijk aan Zee 1995	515	(5)
93 Kasparov - Anand,
PCA World Ch. (10), New York 1995	520	(6)
94 Topalov - Kramnik,
Belgrade 1995	526	(6)
95 Ivanchuk - Shirov,
Wijk aan Zee 1996	532	(4)
96 Deep Blue - Kasparov,
Match (I), Philadelphia 1996	536	(4)
97 Ivanchuk - Kramnik,
Dos Hermanas 1996	540	(4)
98 Topalov - Kramnik,
Dortmund 1996	544	(4)
99 Anand - Karpov,
Las Palmas 1996	548	(5)
100 Anand - Lautier,
Biel 1997	553	(4)
101 Atalik - Sax,
Szeged 1997	557	(4)
102 Gelfand - Shirov,
Polanica Zdroj 1998	561	(6)
103 Veingold - Fridman,
Zonal tournament, Tallinn 1998	567	(4)
104 Nunn - Nataf,
French Team Ch. 1998/9	571	(6)
105 Kasparov - Topalov,
Wijk aan Zee 1999	577	(6)
106 Topalov - Anand,
Linares 1999	583	(7)
107 Topalov - Ivanchuk,
Linares 1999	590	(4)
108 Svidler - Adams,
Neum 2000	594	(5)
109 I. Sokolov - Dreev,
Dos Hermanas 2001	599	(5)
110 Gelfand - Kantsler,
Israel 2001	604	(6)
111 Kramnik - Anand,
Dortmund 2001	610	(5)
112 Sutovsky - Smirin,
Israeli Ch., Tel Aviv 2002	615	(6)
Index of Players	621	(2)
Index of Openings	623	(1)
About the Authors	624