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Blasts from the past!

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Yeah, the last move in Levitzky-Marshall is breathtaking, I first read about it 30+ years ago. Marshall was known for devastating combinations that no one else would see over the board.

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Anderssen - Wyvill,London 1851.
What struck me in this game is Anderssen's 'modern' approach of allowing 5.....,Nxc4.In 1851!!
And of course the nice tactics to finish the job.

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Emanuel Lasker - Johann Hermann Bauer,Amsterdam 1889.
Lasker's famous double bishop sacrifice.

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Capablanca-Corzo,Havana 1901.
The 11th match game for the Cuban title.The 12 year old!! Capablanca sacrifices his queen to reach a favorable endgame.

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Janowski-Alapin,Barmen 1905.
"Undoubtedly the most beautiful game Janowski ever played" - Irving Chernev.

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Soldatenkov - N.N.
"How famous would the following game have become had it been played by Morphy?" - Edward Winter.

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Excellent thread. Any more? had ti se the Marhall move up on the board- wow.

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people should recognize this one

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McDonnell - De La Bourdonnais,London 1834.
Pawn power!

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Petrosian takes out Fischer in 1971 and ends his run of 19 consecutive victories:



Of course, Fischer went on to win their Candidate's Final match, in which this game occurred (6.5 - 2.5), and went on to become World Champion the following year. Coming into this match, Fischer had beaten Taimanov 6-0 in the quarter-final round, then Larsen 6-0 in the semi-final, while Petrosian had defeated Hubner 4-3, then Korchnoi 5.5-4.5.

Petrosian is one of my very favourite players - a true master of subtlety. This is game 55 from 'Petrosian vs the Elite: 71 Victories by the Master of Manouevre 1946-1983'.

It's still a good idea to castle most of the time, even if your name is Bobby Fischer.

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Bogoljubow - Alekhine,Hastings 1922.
"The greatest game of chess ever played" - Irving Chernev.
Extraordinary game indeed!

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