500 Master Games of Chess

by Savielly Tartakower, J. Du Mont

This compilation of 500 master games is the greatest standard collection of chess games ever published. Ranging over 150 years of master play, these games include masterpieces of every kind by such master players as Anderssen, Morphy, Blackburne, Pillsbury, Lasker, Marshall, Steinitz, Tarrasch, Alekhine, Capablanca, Spielmann, Tartakower, Rubinstein, Réti, Nimzowitsch, Euwe, Botvinnik, and many more. There are also once-in-a-lifetime matches, such as Franz-Mayet (1858) and Bowdler-Conway (1788), and other interesting examples. Fully annotated, arranged by opening for easier study.

Genres: Chess, Nonfiction, Games

720 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1952

Reviews

[Bobsie67 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the chess book to take with you when you plan to get stranded on a deserted island! Games from the greats galore.

[Erik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Masterful wonder! A great way to increase your memorizing openings and combinations.

[Alberto · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a remarkable game collection. I really really really wanted to give it 5 stars. But ultimately it has far too many errors in the analysis for 5* to be warranted. I reluctanctly had to go with 4* as the more accurate rating.

[Barry · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like what you are good at, this book is a keeper because it is very enjoyable. Tartakower and DuMont have instruction applicable to most any skill level. A fine work, written in a sometimes humorous fashion. As Tom Dorsch said, a good student gets more from an average book than a lesser student from a masterpiece. As Dr. Popel said, chess is one-percent inspiration, and ninety-nine percent perspiration. As Tartakower said, “I err, therefore I am.”

[Takipsilim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful collection of masterly games from the dawn of great recorded games to the 1930s. Lavishly annotated with many diagrams. Essential for any enthusiast and student of Caissa.