Franklin Young may have been the worst chess author ever to put pen to paper, but he played a pretty good game of chess, occasionally scoring wins against some of the best players of his day. Here, in a correspondence game, he scored a fine victory featuring a double rook sacrifice and a remarkably trapped queen.
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You’ve Never Seen This Brilliant Chess Game – Best of the 1900s – Toupalik vs. Ort, 1907
This insane chess game was played by two virtually unknown chess players in a correspondence match in 1907. White offers both rooks to trap the black king in the center and break through with a scintillating attack.
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Capablanca Explains His “Most Accurate” Game – Best of the 1900s – Marshall vs. Capablanca, 1909
When future World Chess Champion Jose Capablanca touts one of his "most accurate" games, one should definitely pay attention. His game against many-time US Champion Frank Marshall was just such a performance. Capablanca smoothly and inexorably demonstrated the power of the queenside majority, scoring perhaps the model game demonstrating the majority's power.
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Janowski Trashes Tarrasch – Best of the 1900s – Janowski vs. Tarrasch, 1908
David Janowski loved to attack, and against Seigbert Tarrasch he got the chance to play one of his finest attacking games. Watch him decimate the kingside as Tarrasch huddles his pieces on the queenside.
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An Unforgettable Chess Move! – Best of the 1900s – Krejcik vs. Krobst, 1908
Krejcik and Krobst (or Krobot) are two players forgotten by chess history, but in this game, they produced a move that won't be forgotten, possibly the finest blockading sacrifice ever played to conclude a strong attack and finish with a delightful king hunt.
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