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Alekhine, Adams (C89), Anand, Anderssen, Averbakh, Botvinnik, Bronstein, Capablanca, Chigorin, Euwe, Fischer, Geller, Karpov, Kasparov, Keres, Khalifman, Kortschnoj, Kramnik, Larsen, Emanuel Lasker, Morozevich, Morphy, Najdorf, Nunn, Nezhmetdinov, Nimzowitsch, Oim, Panno, Petrosian, Zsuzsa Polgar, Reti, Rubinstein, Schlechter, Shirov, Spassky, Smyslov, Steinitz, Tal,Tarrasch, Tartakower, Topalov, Xie Jun Znosko-Borovsky

Annofritzed Game Collections of Famous Players

nunn.htm A special page devoted to the British Grandmaster and famous chess writer John Nunn, who is a "learned" mathematician as I am! (26/Sep/2001)
averbakh.zip More than 900 annofritzed Games of Yuri Averbakh, the only grandmaster who invited me to play some game with him! (06/Jun/2001)
larsen.zip More than 2150 annofritzed Games of Bent Larsen, one of the strongest in the second half of the 20th century! With best congratulations to his 65th birthday in March 2000! (16/Aug/2000)
ivanchuk.zip More than 1400 annofritzed Games of Vassily Ivanchuk, one of the top 10 players today! (17/Jul/2000)
chigorin.zip Games of Mikhail Chigorin, one of the late heroes of the 19th century! (27/Jun/2000)
anders.zip +900 Games of Adolf Anderssen, top player 150 years ago! (26/Jun/2000)
kramnik.zip Games of Wladimir Kramnik, challenger of Gary Kasparov! (19/Jun/2000)
rubin.zip +930 Games of Akiba Rubinstein! (18/Jun/2000)
tarrasch.zip 960 Games of Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch, the "Praeceptor Germaniae" at the beginning of the 20th century! (12/Jun/2000)
topalov.zip 980 Games of Veselin Topalov, one of the shooting stars of the last decade of the 20th century! (03/Jun/2000)
reti.zip 730 Games of Richard Reti, one of the leading figures of hypermodern Chess in the 1920ies. (25/May/2000)
znosko.zip Eugene Znosko-Borovskygames collection annofritzed! (11/May/2000)
panno.zip Oscar Panno ! Enjoy this collection of 2233 annofritzed games from 1950 until 2000, annofritzed with Hiacrcs 7.32 engine by Silcan. Many thanks for this great contribution! (16/Mar/2000)
kor.zip Viktor Kortschnoj Games Collection! See incredible 4199 (!) annofritzed games from 1945 until 1999. Viktor can look back to what is probably the longest chess-career of the 20th century! I don't know any other player who stayed so long among the world class in chess! (02/Feb/2000)
morphy.zip Expanded! Paul Morphy Games Collection - now with all +400 known games of the 19th century chess wizard annofritzed! In about half of the games Morphy offered his opponents some odds (a pawn, a Knight or even a rook). In the Player dossier you can see some facts about Morphy's chess:
- playing white he opened exclusively with 1e4.
- Not a single quick draw game (draw in less than 20 moves) has been recorded in his whole career.
- At the end of his career he played only games (with odds) against (his friend) Maurian. Since Maurian won a considerable number of this odds games, he is the only player who has a positive score against Morphy.
- Against N.N. Morphy scored 16/16.
- Moreover you will find a bunch of Morphy's fabulous mating combinations, like the famous 17 moves game that he won against the Duke Karl and Count Isouard in the Opera House of Paris in 1858.
Thanks to Chris Taylor for this great contribution! (16/Jan/2000)
najdorf.zip This Miguel Najdorfcollection with + 2300 games was annofritzed by José Mariano Acosta from Mar del Plata. Thanks for this great contribution! (12/Jan/2000)
spassky.zip Boris Spassky is the last World Champion missing in my list of annofritzed games. His match against Bobby Fischer in Reykjavik 1972 was probably the chess event with the highest public attention ever! See +2600 games annotated with Fritz5 and Fritz6, including player dossier! (04/Jan/2000)
smyslov.zip Vassily Smyslov was the first who threw Mikhail Botwinnik from the throne of a chess world champion in 1957. Like Tal, he lost the re-match one year later. Smyslov is active in Veterans events until our days. (17/Dec/1999)
alekhine.htm NEW! Alexander Alekhine site with annofritzed games collections! More than 2700 annotated games, player dossier with Alekhines openings repertoire and much more! I have included links to Alekhine-related chessbooks, too.(18/Nov/1999(
nunn.htm John Nunn site with annofritzed games collections and book references! John Nunn is one of the most renown chess writers and editors of the present days. See a collection of his best books described at this site.(18/Nov/1999(
fischer.htm ExpandedBobby Fischer site with annofritzed games collections and book references! Bobby Fischer most probably the most extraordinary chess genius of the 20th century. (20/Oct/1999(
nimzo.zip Aaron Nimzowitsch games collection with +600 games. Nimzowitsch was one of the most influental chess-writers of the 20th century.
- My System [Amazon.UK/DE] is the most famous book of Aaron Nimzowitsch. This is one of the most influental chess-books of the 20th century.
(09/Oct/1999)
xie_jun.zip Chinese chesslady Xie Jun re-won the title of a FIDE- Woman World Champion in a match against Alisya Galliamova in late Summer 1999. Congratulations to her despite of the dubious circumstances of that match! Here is an annofritzed collection of her games! (27/Sep/1999)
khalifm.zip Alexander Khalifman games collection. With heartily congratulations for winning the title of a FIDE world champion at the Las Vegas KO championship. This format (with no seeded finalist like in first Fide KO-WC at Groningen/Lausanne 1997/1998) might be esteemed to be the hardest-to-win chess event of the 20th century. It took Khalifman six(!) games (including two blitz quickies!) to survive even the first "two games" round against Barua! Alexander Khalifman is founder and director of the Grandmaster Chess School at St. Petersburg (Russia).
karpov.zip Anatoli Karpov: A collection of +3100 games of the Ex-FIDE-WC! Includes a player dossier! The games span from his earliest beginnings in 1960 and 1961 up to his appearance in Spring 2000. Here is a collection of Karpov-related chess books:
- How Karpov Wins [Amazon.de] (by Edmar Mednis); German: So gewinnt Karpow is my personal favorite book about Karpov.
- Disney's Chess Guide is not a joke, but one of the best-selling chessbooks for kids worldwide (available at Amazon.co.uk or in German as Disney's Schachbuch)
(07/Sep/99)
shirov.zip Alexei Shirov: More than 1100 games annofritzed, including his appearance at the FIDE WC 1999 in Las Vegas! Database includes Dossier. In his fabulous book
- Fire on Board [Amazon.UK/DE] Alexei explains his highly creative style of playing and thinking. Randy Bauer rated Fire on Board in his review as book of the year 1997! The games of this book are in the CBH-file fob.zip.
(16/Aug/99)
gk.zip Gary Kasparov: More than 2100 games of the best player worldwide; from his earliest beginnings to his great appearances in the first half of 1999! Database includes a Dossier in English and German. A part of this collection was annofritzed by Carl Tillotson - thanks! Books of resp. about Kasparov are:
- Garry Kasparov's Chess Puzzle Book [Amazon.UK/DE]
- Lessons in Chess [Amazon.UK/DE]
- A New Era; How Garry Kasparov Changed the World of Chess [Amazon.UK/DE]
- The Test of Time [Amazon.UK] is already a higliy praised rarity, containing games with Garry's own annotations. It was also published under ISBN 0080340431.
(replaces file gk1.zip -- 01/Aug/99)
jc.zip Jose Capablanca Games (about +700 games)! The best book of Capablancas games that is still in print is Fred Reinfeld's The Immortal Games of Capablanca [Amazon.de] . You may download the cbh-file igcap.zip with the games of this book for easier use. My Chess Career is Capablancas autobiography. In his book Chess Fundamentals [Amazon.de] (in German: Grundzüge der Schachstrategie) Capablanca explains the basics of his great strategical view of chess.
keres.zip Paul Keres: He was one of the greatest not earning the WC title! The best biography of Keres is the two-volume autobiography The Road to the Top [Amazon.de] and The Quest for Perfection [Amazon.de] , both edited by John Nunn. Paul Keres was also an renown chess writer. Of his many books The Art of the Middle Game [Amazon.de] and Power Chess [Amazon.de] are still in print. (25/Jul/99)
st.zip Saviely Tartakower was a top player and chess writer of the first half of the 20th century. Most famous is his classic 500 Master Games of Chess [Amazon.de] , which is considered one of the greatest collections of annotated games in the history of chess writing. His autobiography My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954 [Amazon.de] is absolutely worth reading. (I own the german version Tartakowers Glanzpartien). His classical theory-work Die hypermoderne Schachpartie (in German) is out of print. Still available (in german) is Moderne Schachstrategie.
Tartakower was also a great gentleman: see Hans Ree's article "Revenge and Forgiveness" with an episode showing Tartakower's character. See also Hans Kmoch's article "Grandmasters I have known", available at chess cafe. (01/Jul/99)
lp.zip Ludek Pachman celebrated his 75th birthday on 11. May 1999. Congratulations! More than 1600 annfritzed games! Player Dossier included!
Pachman is also a well-known chess writer. Many of his books are out-of-print. The few exceptions are the Dover paperbacks Decisive Games in Chess History [Amazon.de] and Modern Chess Strategy [Amazon.de] . The latter book is also available in German: Moderne Schachstrategie, Bd. 2 und Bd 3.
oim.zip Tõnu Õim (or Yim) became on 24.Feb. 1999 (that is also the Independence Day of his home-country Estonia) 15th CC-World Champion. He is the first person in chess history, who became twice Correspondence Chess World Champion. Congratulations! Soon I will present the few games (some CC, some OTB) of Õim I could find in my databases - of course annofritzed! Doing so would put a bit of shame on me: in a recent interview in the german magazine Schach Õim said explicitely that he never owned a computer and would not know what a computer might be good for him as a CC-player! --- At Chess-Mail you can find a web-page devoted to this little-known chess hero from the land of Paul Keres!
geller.zip Efim Geller was a world class player with a remarkable record against chess world champions. He died in 1998. See Lev Khariton's articles gellera.txt and gellerb.txt at Chess Cafe!
adamsc89.zip A tribute to Mickey Adams, great winner of the Dos Hermanas 1999 tournament! See him playing the Marshall attack (C89). Thanks to Ignacio Derecho for this contribution! Annofritzed with Hiarcs 6.0 engine and 30 sec/move setting on a 400 MHz machine!
zp.zip Zsuzsa Polgar: Here is a game collection of women's (Ex-?) Chess World Champion! More than 1300 games annofritzed! With my best wishes to the birth of her son Tom on 6th Mar, 1999 (for details see http://www.polgarchess.com/).
bronst.zip David Bronstein: +2200 annofritzed games with congratulations to 75th birthday of the great chess artist and gentleman ! Bronstein got in the 1951 World Championship match against Botvinnik a 12-12 draw, leading after 22 of 24 games 11.5 - 10.5. Bronstein is not only one of most brilliant players of all time, he is also a man of outstanding sportsmanship and character. He made many chess innovations popular (rapid play, no adjournments, electronical chess clocks, rules for proposing a draw...). Bronstein is also a brilliant chess writer and (less known) an incredible successful chess teacher. (See also Lev Kharitons laudatio at Chess Cafe or another article of Khariton about Bronstein at Internetchess.com !)
Bronstein's autobiography The Sorcerer's Apprentice [Amazon.de] (In German: Der Zauberlehrling), written together with Tom Furstenberg, gives a rich insight into his life and the sorroundings of his chess career. Even more famous is his tournament book of the Zuerich 1953 candidate tournament [Amazon.de] (In German: Sternstunden des Schachs. Zürich 1953). These two books are among the five I appreciate most in my personal collection of chess books. Both offer a view behind the stages of world class chess; and Bronstein's respectful style is very sympathical to me.
Bronstein also wrote the outstanding teaching book The Modern Chess Self-Tutor [Amazon.de] .
tal.zip Mischa Tal: Games collection of the fabulous chess wizard from Riga. More than 2700 games = 1.2MB zip-File! Some books about Mikhail Tal:
- The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal [Amazon.de] is the greatest book about Tal I know. This book is one of my five favorite chess books on my shelf! Even more than Tal's witty annotations of 100 selected (and many additional) games I like his humorous style to describe various events of his career. See also a number of quite impressive reviews at Amazon.com or at Amazon.de. The games of this book are available in my collection lgtal.zip.
- Attack with Mikhail Tal by Tal/Damsky is an out-of-print classic.
- The Mammoth Book ofWorld's greatest chess games [Amazon.de] of Burgess/Nunn/Emms. This anthology of 100 highly annotated games contains not less than eleven gems of Mischa's oevre. See 100gcg.zip.
me.zip Dr. Max Euwe: Games collection (about 1300 games). The Dutch maths professor Euwe was the only one who won a WC match against Alekhine (1935). He was World Champion just for two years, then Alekhine regained the title. From 1970-1978 Euwe was a highly renown FIDE - President. Best known is Euwe until today as a chess writer. He has probably the broadest oevre of all chess-writers of the 20th century. Most of his books (both in german and english) are now out of print. His +700 pages classic
- The middle game [Amazon.de] (german: Das Mittelspiel) is one of my absolute favorite books. The english version of Euwe/Kramer's middlegame classic has been republished 1994 by Hays Publications; the german edition (Ed. Rattmann, ISBN 3-88086-55-6) is still available at some specialized chess-dealers (like http://www.niggemann.com), but no longer among the german "Verzeichnis lieferbarer Bücher" (books in print). The +450 games/positions of Euwe/Kramer are available in my collection eukra.zip
- The developement of Chess Style [Amazon.de] /ed. J. Nunn); German: Feldherrenkunst im Schach
- Judgment and Planning in Chess [Amazon.de]; in German Urteil und Plan im Schach
- Chess Master Vs. Chess Amateur [Amazon.de]; in German Meister gegen Amateur
- A Guide to Chess Endings [Amazon.de]; in German Endspieltheorie und Endspielpraxis.
- Positions- und Kombinationsspiel im Schach: This book teached me 25 years ago the basics of chess strategiy and tactics. It was the best chessbook available for me at that time.
cs.zip Carl Schlechter: More than 770 Games as a tribute to the 125th birthday of the other "Co-World Champion" of Vienna. Schlechter played 1910 in a World Championship match against WC Em. Lasker 5 - 5, leading after 9 of 10 games 5 - 4. In the last game he refused a simple draw (this seemed for him below the standard of a coming WC) and finally lost that decisive game. Warren Goldmann's book Carl Schlechter! : Life & Times of the Austrian Chess Wizard is the best biography of Schlechter. See John Elburg's review for details.
va.zip Vishy Anand: Game collection of the top player of 1998 and Gary's Kasparov's challenger in 1999! His book My Best Games of Chess (in German Meine besten Schachpartien) is a highly appreciated game collection of arguably one of the best players of our days. David Norwood's older biography Vishy Anand : Chess Super-Talent seems to be out of print.
rn.zip Rashid Nezhmetdinov: A fine collection of the "secret hero" (Richard Forster in Chess Cafe) from Kazan, Tartar SSSR. Nezmehtdinov is a not so well known chess wizard, who played some really fantastic games (including 3 wins against Mischa Tal!). Some people say that his win with black against Lev Polugajevsky at Sochi 1958 is the best chess game ever played (see Sunil Weeramantry's Chess Cafe column of Dec. 1998).
am.zip Alexander Morozevich: A collection of 400+ games of 1998's shooting star !
pet.zip Tigran Petrosian: More than 2200 games of, the World Champion of Defence! Books about Petrosian:
- Die Schachuniversität is a nice collection of Tigrans chess-lessons at Soviet chess schools.
- Tigran Petrosjan, a nice german biography by Konikowski/Schulenburg that I own myself.
- Tigran Petrosjan, another german biography written by Petrosians GM-colleague Alexei Suetin.
mb.zip Michail Botvinnik: Games collection of , first chess world champion after WW 2! Over 1200 games! And as a bonus: Read Lev Khariton's "Memoirs of Botvinnik"! Some books of Botvinnik are still in print:
- One Hundred Selected Games [Amazon.de]
- Botvinnik on the Endgame
- Half a Century of Chess is Botvinniks autobiography (out of stock).
- Botvinnik wrote also about computer chess programming. Meine neuen Ideen zur Schachprogrammierung is still available; Computers, Chess and Long-Range Planning is out of print.
- Das Schachgenie Botwinnik is a compact biography, written by Botvinniks GM-colleague Alexei Suetin
el.zip Dr. Emanuel Lasker: Games collection of the mathematician and long-time Chess World Champion! +1400 Games (probably some of Ed. Lasker, too... sorry!) See a nice Lasker biography (in German) by Erhard Frolik! Another interesting insights are given in a very personal article of Hans Kmoch, published in the March 24 edition of Chess Cafe's Skittles Room. Emanuel Lasker-related chess books are:
- Lasker's Manual of Chess [Amazon.de] is Lasker's great chess teaching classic.
- Common Sense in Chess [Amazon.de] is a cheap Dover paperback about Laskers early chess teachings. A new german version of this classic is about to be repulished under the title Gesunder Menschenverstand im Schach at Beyer's Schachverlag.
- Das Schachgenie Lasker is a german Lasker biography by I. & W. Lindner
- Die Schachwettkämpfe Lasker-Tarrasch um die Weltmeisterschaft 1908 und 1916
- Emanuel Lasker : The Life of a Chess Master [Amazon.de]: an english translation of this famous Lasker-biography of J. Hannak is still available as a Dover paperback!
ws.zip Wilhelm Steinitz: Games collection of the first official world champion! More than 850 games!
aa.zip Alexander Alekhine Games Collection (about 2100 games) Here you find a very personal article about Alexander Alekhine, written by Hans Kmoch; available in the Archives of Chess Cafe!
He was one of the most productive chess-writers of the 20th century. Books about Alekhine at Amazon.com [Amazon.de] !

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