I read so many times that every chess player should study the "Classical Games of Chess", but I have no idea how to define those games. Any advice please!
Everyone has some other idea what those classics are.
For me, those are instructive games mostly from the pre-computer era (or where computers were not that strong), probably ending somewhere around the Kasparov era. There is no point in picking a certain start date. Most will probably be from the 19th century, but there are quite some fun games before.
In 20 years, maybe the games of today are considered classics...
Basically, pick some book with chess classics (like The Most Instructive Games of Chess ever Played by Chernev), and problem solved. ;-) If you want a deep dive, then Kasparovs "My Predecessors" comes to mind.
Often, these games show ideas much clearer than current Super-GM games.
For me, those are instructive games mostly from the pre-computer era (or where computers were not that strong), probably ending somewhere around the Kasparov era. There is no point in picking a certain start date. Most will probably be from the 19th century, but there are quite some fun games before.
In 20 years, maybe the games of today are considered classics...
Basically, pick some book with chess classics (like The Most Instructive Games of Chess ever Played by Chernev), and problem solved. ;-) If you want a deep dive, then Kasparovs "My Predecessors" comes to mind.
Often, these games show ideas much clearer than current Super-GM games.
Google “most famous chess games of all time” and then study those.
I highly recommend Alekhine's two books, 'My best games of chess' Volume 1 1908-1923 ,and Volume 2 1924-1937.
You can go further back in time but Alekhine was the first world champion to emphasize dynamic move by move play. So, although his writing may be a century ago, it is modern in style and easy to read. And of course Alekhine was fantastic in his combinatorial vision.
Nigel Short said Kasparov's 'My great predecessors' is the chess equivalent of Stephen Hawking's 'A brief history of time' - a book that many own but have never read.
You can go further back in time but Alekhine was the first world champion to emphasize dynamic move by move play. So, although his writing may be a century ago, it is modern in style and easy to read. And of course Alekhine was fantastic in his combinatorial vision.
Nigel Short said Kasparov's 'My great predecessors' is the chess equivalent of Stephen Hawking's 'A brief history of time' - a book that many own but have never read.
I A Horowitz' The Golden Treasury of Chess has a lot of em (although unfortunately unannotated).
"... Irving Chernev’s The Most Instructive Games of Chess Every Played was ... originally published ... in 1965. It contains sixty-two well analyzed games, each one possessing both artistic and educational value. Now Batsford has republished Chernev’s book in algebraic format, ..."
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Try looking at this list:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_games
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_games
There are many but in nearly every chess book you pick up there will be : the opera box game (morphy) , the evergreen game ( anderssen) and Rubensteins immortal game once you find these it will lead you onto others , happy chessing xxx
Then there was Anderssen's Immortal Game.
@PTX187 said in #7:
> Try looking at this list:
> en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_games
It's weird the linked page isn't mentioning en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1978, of which game 32 is broadly known for being the deciding one:
> Try looking at this list:
> en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_games
It's weird the linked page isn't mentioning en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1978, of which game 32 is broadly known for being the deciding one: