EducationalChessGames

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White Black Location Year Theme Reference Repetition
Tal Lisitsin 1956 ActiveKing Exeter **
Kasparov Karpov NewYork/Lyonsg20 1990 Attack UnderstandingChess
Paulsen Morphy NewYork 1857 Attack:QueenSacrifice BestLessons
Bondarevsky Smyslov Moscow 1946 BishopPair 64MostInstructive
Rosenthal Steinitz Vienna 1873 BishopPair ReassessyourChess ****
Rubinstein Nimzowich Berlin 1928 BishopPairinclosedposition Exeter *
Botvinnik Reshevsky AVRO 1938 BishopPairinopenposition ModernChessStrategy **
Botvinnik Bronstein WorldCh. 1951 BishopPair,IQP ReassessyourChess *
Botvinnik Flohr Moscow 1936 BishopversusKnight ReassessyourChess
Najdorf Stahlberg Zurich 1953 BishopversusKnight ModernChessStrategy *
Vesely Pachman Prague 1951 Blockade ModernStrategy *
Rubinstein Schlechter SanSebastian 1912 Centralization 64MostInstructive *
Tarrasch Alekhine BadenBaden 1925 Centralization ModernChessStrategy
Steinitz Lasker London 1899 Coordination Exeter
Nimzowich Lasker St.Petersburg 1914 Defense ModernStrategy
Tarrasch Lasker Dusseldorf 1904 Defense Exeter
Petrosian smyslov Moscow 1961 DestructiveSacrifice 64MostInstructive
Euwe Riemin Leningrad 1934 Development ModernStrategy
Botvinnik Vidmar Groningen 1946 ExchangeSacrifice 64MostInstructive
Tal Simagin 1956 Initiative Exeter
Lasker Tarrasch St.Petersburg 1914 IQP 64MostInstructive
Smyslov Lilenthal Moscow 1942 IQP ModernChessStrategy
Alekhine Capablanca NewYork 1927 KnightOutposts BestLessons *
Boleslavsky Lissitzin Moscow 1956 KnightOutposts BestLessons
Smyslov Rudakovsky Moscow 1945 KnightOutposts ReassessyourChess **
Capablanca Lasker Havana 1921 MinorityAttack ModernStrategy
Smyslov Keres 1948 MinorityAttack ModernChessStrategy *
Morphy Meek 1857 OpenLines Exeter
Tal Bronstein Tibilis 1959 Outposts Stean
Alekhine Yates London 1922 Outposts/DarkSquareControl BestLessons **
Tal Bronstein 1956 Overprotection Exeter
Euwe Najdorf Zurich 1953 PassedPawns ModernChessStrategy
Fischer H.Berliner NewYork 1960 PassedPawns 64MostInstructive
Marshall Capablanca NewYork 1909 PawnRoller 64MostInstructive
Reti Borovski London 1922 PositionalSacrifice ModernChessStrategy
Capablanca Tartakower NewYork 1924 Rook&PawnEndgame 64MostInstructive *
Rubinstein Duras Vienna 1908 Simplification 64MostInstructive
Petrosian Portisch g5 1974 Space Stean
Tarrasch Showalter Vienna 1898 Space 64MostInstructive
Taimanov Euwe Zurich 1953 StrongKnights ReassessyourChess
Tarrasch Vogel Nuremberg 1910 StrongKnights 64MostInstructive
Porges Lasker Nuremberg 1896 ThreateningMoves 64MostInstructive
Petrosian Pachman Bled 1961 TwoWeaknesses 64MostInstructive
Capablanca Yates NewYork 1929 WeakColorComplex Exeter
Kasparov Shirov Horgen 1994 WeakColorComplex UnderstandingChess
Taimanov Najdorf Zurich 1953 WeakColorComplex BestLessons
Glicoric Keres Zurich 1953 WeakPawns Exeter
Euwe Flohr Amsterdam 1939 WeakSquares ModernChessStrategy
Mattison Nimzowich Carlsbad 1929 WeakSquares,Outposts,WeakPawns 64MostInstructive
Steinitz Blackburne Vienna 1882 AccumulationTheory Exeter
Smyslov Sax Tilburg 1979 ActiveKing UnderstandingChess
Anderssen Dufresne 1852 Attack Exeter
Kasparov Marjanovic Malta 1980 Attack Exeter
Kovacs Korchonoi 1995 Attack Exeter
Tal Smyslov 1959 Attack
Keres Smyslov Zurich 1953 Attack&Counterattack BestLessons
Kasparov Larsen 1982 Attack:QueensideAttack
Anderssen Morphy 1858 Attackonlywhenready Exeter
Morphy Anderssen Paris 1858 Attackwhendeveloped(Initiative) Exeter
Fischer O.Andersson 1970 Attack:Longdiagonal Exeter
Janowsky Capablanca NewYork 1916 BeautifulPlay 64MostInstructive
Rubinstein Tarrasch Hastings 1922 BeautifulPlay
Bronstein Golombek Moscow 1953 BishopPair Exeter
Nunn Tal WijkAanZee 1986 BishopPair Exeter
Alekhine Junge Warsaw 1942 BishopversusKnight ReassessyourChess
Botvinnik Kan 1939 Bishops Exeter
Beratande Nimzowich 1921 BlockadeofBackwardPawn ModernChessStrategy
Capablanca Lilenthal Moscow 1936 Center
Kopylov Taimanov Moscow 1941 Center
Bronstein Botvinnik Moscowg22 1951 Center?
Alekhine Nimzowich 1927 Centralization Exeter
Capablanca Levenfish Moscow 1935 Centralization Exeter
Kasparov Gheorgiv Moscow 1982 Centralization BestLessons
Stolberg Botvinnik USSR 1940 Centralization Exeter
Botvinnik Robatsch Amsterdam 1966 Coordination Exeter
Rotlewi Rubinstein Lodz 1907 Coordination BestLessons
Petrosian Korchonoi Leningrad 1946 CrampingGame 64MostInstructive
Capablanca Rubinstein St.Petersburg 1914 Defense ModernStrategy
Short Kasparov 1988 Defense
Petrosian Fischer 1970 Defense:Counterplay
Timman Kasparov Bugonjo 1982 Defense:Counterplay
Bogolyubov Reti MahrischOstrau 1923 DefenseandAttack 64MostInstructive
Byrne Fischer NewYork 1963 DestructiveSacrifice BestLessons
Karpov Korchonoi Wch. 1978 DestructiveSacrifice Exeter
Lasker Bauer Amsterdam 1889 DestructiveSacrifice BestLessons
Bird Morphy 1858 Development Exeter
Larsen Spassky Belgrade 1970 Development BestLessons
Morphy Medley 1858 Development Exeter
Morphy CountIsouard 1858 Development BestLessons
Nimzowich Alapin St.Petersburg 1913 Development BestLessons
Reti Capablanca Berlin 1928 Development Exeter
Tarrasch Rubinstein SanSebastian 1912 Endgame:Bishopendgame
Alekhine Wolf Pistyan 1922 Initiative Exeter
Steinitz C.VonBardelsen Hastings 1895 Initiative BestLessons
Botvinnik Euwe Leningrad 1934 IntroductiontoStrategy Exeter
Fischer Spassky Reyjkavic 1992 IQP ReassessyourChess
Kamsky Karpov Elistag4 1996 IQP UnderstandingChess
Karpov Illescas Leon 1993 IQP ModernStrategy
Najdorf Polugaevsky 1971 IQP Exeter
Pillsbury Steinitz 1896 IQP
Lasker Reshevsky Nottingham 1936 IQP,weakpawns Exeter
Petrosian Spassky Moscow 1966 Knight&QueenCoordination BestLessons
Ahues Alekhine BadNauheim 1936 KnightOutposts ModernChessStrategy
Botvinnik Tartakower Nottingham 1936 KnightOutposts BestLessons
Karpov Kavalek Caracas 1970 KnightOutposts ReassessyourChess
Capablanca Kupchik Havana 1913 Manuvering
Evans Opsahl 1950 MinorityAttack Exeter
Steinitz Lee 1899 MinorityAttack Exeter
Short Timman Tilburg 1991 OpenLines UnderstandingChess
Euwe Reshevsky Moscow 1948 OpeningDevelopment JudgementandPlanning
Botvinnik Donner Holland 1963 Otuposts Stean
Piket Smirin Biel 1993 Outposts UnderstandingChess
Botvinnik Kan Sverdlovsk 1943 PassedPawns 64MostInstructive
Kasparov Karpov Londong19 1986 PassedPawns ModernStrategy
Kramnik Svidler Dortmund 1998 PassedPawns UnderstandingChess
Reti Rubinstein Karlsbad 1923 PassedPawns ModernChessStrategy
Spassky Petrosian Wch. 1969 PassedPawns ReassessyourChess
Paulsen Tarrasch PawnChains
Samisch Nimzowich 1923 PawnRestraint(Blockade) Exeter
Bronstein Rojahn 1956 PawnRoller Exeter
Karpov Miles 1981 PawnRoller Exeter
Petrosian Kozali Montevideo 1954 PawnRoller 64MostInstructive
Spassky Fischer ReyjkjavicWch.11 1972 PawnSacrifice
Kasparov Sokolov 1996 PawnStructure UnderstandingChess
Monticelli Alekhine SanRemo 1930 PawnStructure ModernStrategy
Marshall Tarrasch 1905 Pin Exeter
Euwe Alekhine TheHague 1937 PoisonedPawns
Lautier Shirov Manila 1990 PositionalSacrifice UnderstandingChess
Smyslov Reshevsky Moscow 1948 Rook&PawnEndgame 64MostInstructive
Pillsbury Showalter Brooklyn 1897 RookEndgame 64MostInstructive
Barcza Filip Bucharest 1953 RooksandOpenFiles ModernChessStrategy
Alekhine Kmoch SanRemo 1930 RooksinClosedPositions ModernChessStrategy
Fischer Najdorf Varna 1962 SacrificefortheInitiative BestLessons
Capablana Treybal Karlsbad 1929 Space ReassessyourChess
Fischer Gheorgiv BuenosAires 1970 Space Stean
Karpov Ribili Dubai 1986 SpaceAdvantage UnderstandingChess
Alekhine Nimzowich St.Petersburg 1914 StrongKing ModernStrategy
Levenfish Dubinin Leningrad 1934 StrongKnights ModernStrategy
Botvinnik Szilagyi Amsterdam 1966 WeakColorComplex Stean
Karpov Shirov Biel 1992 WeakColorComplex BestLessons
Karpov Vlastimil Budapest 1973 WeakColorComplex Exeter
Nimzowich Menchik Karlsbad 1929 WeakColorComplex Exeter
Petrosian Mecking PalmadeMallorca 1969 WeakColorComplex Exeter
Tarrasch Teichman SanSebastian 1912 WeakColorComplex Stean
Fischer Spassky Wch. 1972 WeakPawns Exeter
Fischer Petrosian BuenosAiresg7 1977 WeakPawns Stean
Karpov Spassky Spartakiad 1975 WeakPawns Stean
Marshall Kline NewYork 1913 WeakPawns Exeter
Smyslov Denker 1946 WeakPawns ReassessyourChess
Makogonov Botvinnik Sverdlovsk 1943 WeakenedOutpost BestLessons
Tarrasch Mieses 1916 WeakeningDefense Exeter
Marshall Capablanca NewYork 1918 Zugzwang 64MostInstructive
Pillsbury Tarrasch ???