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Nothing to solve here – here you watch. The collections show how positions turned out: positions that came back in many games, with what the players made of them – the last blows after which the opponent resigned – the quiet wins, where one quiet move was enough – moves that gave material for time – short games decided after a few moves – and the masterpieces of chess history move by move.
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The same position in games decades apart – who found the move and who went past it.
The most frequent of the 288 positionsIn 17 games, 1976–2005 — on the board at the left
14 found the move3 missed it -
The combination after whose last move the opponent resigned in the game.
The last blow – with which piece ♕︎23 % ♖︎32 % ♗︎15 % ♘︎18 % ♙︎10 % ♔︎2 % -
One quiet move – no check, no capture – and soon after the opponent resigned.
Moves until the resignation one move: 22,036two moves: 12,314three and more: 10,286 -
A piece given or simply left standing – for time, an attack or a passed pawn.
The piece … left standing: 3,971given away: 4,615 -
Whole games won in at most 21 moves – against opponents rated at least 2200.
The shortestPeter Leko – Jaan Ehlvest1996 · 10 moves
White won 7,571Black won 4,206 -
The Immortal, the Evergreen, the Opera Game and hundreds more – played through move by move.
Among themThe Immortal Game1851
The Evergreen Game1852
The Opera Game1858
If you would rather calculate yourself: the positions of the other collections still stand as puzzles on the other pages – among the puzzles, in the Apadana, with the motifs and the levels. Only the quiet wins, “time instead of material” and the short games are here alone.