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Best Chess Game Collections

A Listmania! list by Jennifer C (Thousand Oaks, CA United States)

1. Paul Keres: The Road to the Top by Paul Keres

Jennifer C says:
	"Paul Keres wrote the first really great Best Games collection and it's stil the very best."

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2. Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection (New American Batsford Chess Library) (New American Batsford Chess Library) by Paul Keres

Jennifer C says:
	"The later years of Keres career and the games are more mature -- smooth power under control."

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3. The Test of Time (Russian Chess) by Garry Kasparov

Jennifer C says:
	"Early Kasparov and he really worked hard on the annotations"

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4. Kasparov's Greatest Games by Garry Kasparov

Jennifer C says:
	"Kasparov is great, out of print but worth hunting down"

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5. Kasparov Vs. Karpov, 1990 (Cadogan Chess Books) by Garry K. Kasparov

Jennifer C says:
	"Kasparov digs deep into his WC match with Karpov!!!"

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6. London-Leningrad Championship Games (Pergamon Russian Chess Series) by Garry Kasparov

Jennifer C says:
	"More great Kasparov, another great match with Karpov"

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7. Fire On Board: Shirov's Best Games by Alexei Shirov

Jennifer C says:
	"Fire on the Board is just the right title for this book of Shirov games"

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8. Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 by Mikhail Tal

Jennifer C says:
	"Tal on his great Tal-Botvinnik match, a wonderful book"

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9. John Nunn's Best Games 1985-1993 (Openings) by John Nunn

Jennifer C says:
	"Many feel John Nunn is the best chess writer, here are his games"

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10. Pal Benko: My Life, Games, and Compositions by Pal Benko

Jennifer C says:
	"When a great GM like Benko reviews his life in chess, buy it..."

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11. Alexander Alekhine's Best Games (Batsford Chess Library) by Alexander Alekhine

Jennifer C says:
	"Alekhine's own annotations carefully updated by John Nunn"

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12. Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess by Vishy Anand

Jennifer C says:
	"Vishy Anand is a super talent and his best games show it"

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13. Life & Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal

Jennifer C says:
	"Tal's own book of his best games, fun games to play over"

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14. Secrets of Grandmaster Chess (New American Batsford Chess Library) by John Nunn

Jennifer C says:
	"More of John Nunn's best games, revised edition"

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15. Anatoly Karpov's Best Games by Anatoly Karpov

Jennifer C says:
	"Out of print, but annotated with deep insight by Karpov"

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16. My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer

Jennifer C says:
	"The book is worth hunting down, I'd rate it much higher since as a pure chess book it's among the very best ... but Bobby is a nut case these days ... so sad, really"

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17. Timman's Selected Games: Chess the Adventurous Way by Jan Timman

Jennifer C says:
	"Jan Timman delves deep into the wonders of chess, his best games are masterpieces."

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18. Jon Speelman's Best Games: Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of a Two-Time Candidate for the World Championship by Jon Speelman

Jennifer C says:
	"Jon Speelman sometimes is too deep! Sometimes his analysis of a line can run pages seeking the truth. Is this a bad thing?"

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19. I Play Against Pieces (Batsford Chess Book) by Svetozar Gligoric

Jennifer C says:
	"Gligoric had it all: his King's Indian games are wonderful and the way he beats the Benoni is a crying shame..."

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20. Bent Larsens Best Games of Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) by Bent Larsen

Jennifer C says:
	"Bent Larsen was a big talent and full of unique chess vision"

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21. Chess Champion from China: The Life and Games of Xie Jun (Gambit Chess) by Xie Jun

Jennifer C says:
	"Xie Jun has been the Women's World Champion, she's a big talent and her book is full of her sunny personality."

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22. Mikhail Botvinnik (A Batsford chess book) by M.M. Botvinnik

Jennifer C says:
	"Every chess collection has to have a book by Botvinnik and his best games is the place to start"

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23. The Application of Chess Theory (Pergamon Russian Chess Series) by Efim Petrovich Geller

Jennifer C says:
	"Geller beat all the world champions, even beat Bobby Fischer like a drum in their games. His best games are worth playing through."

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