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World's Best Chess Miniatures

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Overview

Explore a comprehensive compilation of the world's best chess miniatures spanning over a century of play. Delve into 12 hours of captivating short games, featuring famous openings, brilliant tactics, and stunning sacrifices. Analyze classic miniatures from renowned players like Morphy, Alekhine, and Kasparov, as well as lesser-known gems. Study a wide variety of openings including the King's Gambit, Sicilian Defense, French Defense, and many more. Learn from both sides of the board as you examine crushing attacks, clever defenses, and unexpected blunders. Improve your understanding of chess strategy, tactics, and opening theory through these concise, action-packed games. Perfect for players of all levels looking to sharpen their skills and appreciate the beauty of chess at its most efficient and spectacular.

Syllabus

The King Hunt: Lanal vs NN - Belgium1929.
The King Hunt: Johnston v Marshal - Chicago 1899.
The King Hunt: Lewis vs Dayton - USA 1942.
The king Hunt: Vogel v Stoppe - 1932.
The King Hunt: Mardle vs Gaprindashvili -UK 1965.
Ruben Felgaer vs Alejandro Bauza - Argentina 2001.
The King Hunt: Ferenc Chalupetzky vs Sandor Renyi.
Chess Olympiad 2014: Bader Al Hajiri vs Manish Hamal.
Winning by pinning: Morphy vs Meek.
Ruy Lopez Mosionzik vs Nikolaievsky.
Ruy Lopez: Linden vs Behrmann.
Giuoco Pianissimo: Brown vs Brightman.
Giuoco Piano: Brychta vs Botur.
Four Knights Game: Dusek vs Nepustil.
Scotch Game: Ruger vs Herold.
French Defence: Viswanathan Anand vs Nenad Sulava.
Scotch Game: Distl vs Rossipal.
Gambit play that pays off: Roll vs Mason.
Petroff Defence: Kopetzky vs Engert.
Philidor Defense: Nielsen B vs Ottosen.
Short and sweet Vienna Game: NielsenB vs Jensen.
Amazing Vienna Game:Horowitz I vs NN.
Bishops opening: Prokes vs Zander.
French Defence miniature: Hoffmann A vs Mednis E.
Incredible French Defence miniature: Perez vs Fernandez.
Greek gift: Bosco vs Rawlings.
French Defense: McConnell L vs Morphy P.
French Defense: McConnell L vs Morphy P.
The worst disaster of all time in French Defense Opening: Serov - Gorbunov.
Attacking the castled King: Key ingredients for sacrificing Bishop on h7.
Briliant French Defence Miniature Blom K -- Jensen N.
Brilliant Scandinavian Defence Miniature: Carlson -Keller.
Short and sweet Petroff Defense miniature: Taylor vs Dreyer.
Briliant King's Gambit Game: Efimov - Bronstein.
Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit: Wood vs Mease.
King's Gambit: Lifanov vs Veselov.
Chaos on board: King's Gambit: Itze vs Reinle.
King's Gambit MacDonell vs Tissen.
Amazing and entertaining chess game.
Queen Trap in Sicilian Opening.
Breaking the rules and winning the game.
Evans Gambit declined-Brilliant Queen sacrifice.
Blind Simul - Spectacular Chess Game.
Attacking chess: Black plays aggressively.
Playing risky and winning brilliantly.
Brilliant Scotch Game.
Two Knights Game - Brilliant Miniature.
Elephant Gambit - Extremely sharp chess game.
Amazing and entertaining chess game.
Queen Trap in Sicilian Opening.
Chess Game known as "Sucker Punch".
Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.
Mission Impossible - Centre Game.
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Counter Gambit.
Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.
Hungarian Beauty.
When Fried Liver Meets Traxler There Is A Fire On Board.
English Tragedy.
Petroff Defence Disaster: Taube vs Finotti.
Colle Opening: Bogoljubov E vs Andersen.
Brilliant Attack on the castled King.
Briliancy by Alekhine.
Boden checkmate.
Beautiful Vienna Game.
Pirc Defence: Feigin vs Halvorsen.
Crushing Attack against French Defense.
Beauty from Paris.
Sicilian Najdorf 6.g3.
Sicilian Kan Variation.
Razor Sharp Najdorf Game.
Philidor Defence smashed.
Game of extraordinary beauty - Slav Defence.
Brilliant Giuoco Pianissimo.
Bishop's Opening.
Awesome Scotch Game: Shoup vs Marshall F.
Amazing Caro Kann Game.
Scandinavian Beauty.
Game of extreme beauty - Danish Gambit.
Dutch Beauty.
Caro-Kann.
Four Knights Game C48.
Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit.
Vienna game C25.
Theme: Sacrifice on h7(Incorrect sacrifice).
Theme: Sacrifice on g6.
Queens Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence.
Nimzo Indian Rubinstein Variation.
Dutch Defence: Distler Konrad vs Eriksen Dagfinn.
Tarash Defence: Brinkmann A vs NN.
Brilliant miniature from 12th EU Individual chess Championship 2011.
Funny Chess Game.
Budapest Defense A51.
Albin Counter Gambit.
Crashing counter attack against Fried Liver Attack.
Russian Defense (Petroff Defense).
Spanish Opening: Benko P. vs Sawyer.
The best variation against Scotch game.
How To Play The Queens Gambit.
Is Bobby Fischer the best chess player of all times?.
Thunder from the clear sky.
Unusual 3rd move.
Opening: King's Gambit Accepted: Orsini Gambit.
Opening: French Defense: Rubinstein Variation: Blackburne Defense.
Center Game: Paulsen Attack Variation.
Nimzo Indian Defense: Rubinstein Variation.
Scandinavian Defense: Ilundain variation.
Scotch Game; Scotch Gambit.
Vienna game: Vienna gambit.
Amazing chess game known as: The skewer lure.
Brilliancy by Greco.
Naval intelligence.
You must see Hungarian defense.
Crashing attack by Bill Wall.
Brilliant Scotch Miniature.
Brilliant French Miniature.
Alekhine Defense.
French Defense: Advance variation.
Modern Defense Miniature 2.
Morra Gambit.
French Defense: Winawer Variation - Spectacular game.
Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky | When Pawns Attack | Spassky's 1970 Immortal.
Grob's Attack - is it bad?.
Tal crushes French Defence: Tal vs M Strelkov.
Scandinavian Defence.
Damiano Defence.
Catalan Opening.
Tal Crushes Modern Defense.
Briliant Miniature by Garry Kasparov: Garry Kasparov vs Guy West.
Trompovski Attack: in betwen move.
Slav Defence Miniature.
Reti Opening Miniature.
Sicilian: Kalashnikov Variation.
Queens Gambit Miniature.
Chess Thriller-Nimzowitsch Defence.
Blackmar Diemer Gambit.
Caro Kann.
Budapest Gambit King's Adventures.
Game of extraordinary beauty - Slav Defence.
Brilliant Giuoco Pianissimo.
Bishop's Opening.
Awesome Scotch Game: Shoup vs Marshall F.
Amazing Caro Kann Game.
Scandinavian Beauty.
Game of extreme beauty - Danish Gambit.
Dutch Beauty.
Caro-Kann.
Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.
Mission Impossible - Centre Game.
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Counter Gambit.
Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo.
Hungarian Beauty.
When Fried Liver Meets Traxler There Is A Fire On Board.
English Tragedy.
Stonewall Disaster.
Spanish Beauty.
Petroff Defence Miniature.
King's Indian Four Pawns Attack.
King's Gambit Declined C30.
Italian Beauty.
Stunning Vienna Game.
Sicilian Richter Rauzer.
Queens Gambit Declined Exchange Variation D35.
Kings Gambit Accepted C36.
Brilliant Vienna Game.
Brilliant French Miniature French Defence C10.
Torre Opening A46.
Torre London and Colle Systems.
Philidor defence C41.
Finding impossible move Nimzowitsch Defence B00.
Brilliant defence against Ruy Lopez Ruy Lopez C64 3...BC5 Variation.
Beautiful Sicilian Miniature Sicilian B40.
Ruy Lopez Archangelsk and Moller Defences.wmv.
Queen's Gambit Symmetrical and Baltic defences.wmv.
Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation.
Queen's Gambit D06.
Amazing Danish Gambit Game.
When Alekhine attacks.
English Opening.
Caro-Kann B19 4...Bf5 Line.
Caro Kann B15.
Bird's Opening.
Dutch Defence crushed.
Queens Gambit Symmetrical and Baltic Defences D06.
Four Knights Game C48.
Dutch Defence: Staunton Gambit.
Vienna game C25.
Theme: Sacrifice on h7(Incorrect sacrifice).
Theme: Sacrifice on g6.
Queens Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence.
Nimzo Indian Rubinstein Variation.
Dutch Defence: Distler Konrad vs Eriksen Dagfinn.
Tarash Defence: Brinkmann A vs NN.
Petroff Defence Disaster: Taube vs Finotti.
Colle Opening: Bogoljubov E vs Andersen.
Brilliant Attack on the castled King.
Briliancy by Alekhine.
Boden checkmate.
Beautiful Vienna Game.
Pirc Defence: Feigin vs Halvorsen.
Crushing Attack against French Defense.
Beauty from Paris.
Sicilian Najdorf 6.g3.
Sicilian Kan Variation.
Razor Sharp Najdorf Game.
Philidor Defence smashed.

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