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Imbaud and Strumilo may not be chess names you'll know, but this king hunt certainly makes an impression! Check out Imbaud's fine king hunt with many subtle mating variations! ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend:  https://www.chess.com/member/samcopeland #chess #bestchessgames #correspondencechess … [Read more...] about A Fantastic Correspondence King Hunt! – Best of the 20s – Imbaud vs. Strumilo, 1922

The hypermodern chess master, Richard Reti, had defeated the great World Chess Champion, Jose Capablanca, with his new system. Could he now defeat the previous champion, Emanuel Lasker?! ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend:  https://www.chess.com/member/samcopeland #chess #bestchessgames #hypermodernchess … [Read more...] about Lasker’s Greatest Tournament Victory?! – Best of the 20s – Reti vs. Lasker, 1924

Two-time U.S. Chess Champion, Arnold Denker, was known as the Dean of American chess, a title well-earned for many reasons. One of those reasons was his contributions to scholastic chess including founding the Denker Tournament of State High School Champions. In this game, we see Denker as a young scholastic player himself, and even at the age of 15, he produced what he … [Read more...] about 15-Year-Old Denker Crushes Dutch Defense – Best of the 20s – Denker vs. Feit, 1929

My #9 best chess game of the 1920s is a cheat—plain and simple. I'm going with two victories by Richard Reti over a young Max Euwe from their 4-game 1920 match. Astonishingly, Reti TWICE offered the ultra-rare double-rook sacrifice in the match, winning beautiful miniatures in both cases. One has to think that Euwe was stunned to realize he was falling victim to the same theme … [Read more...] about Reti Perfects The Double Rook Sacrifice! – Best of the 20s – Reti vs. Euwe, 1920

Carlos Torre was one of the finest and most promising chess masters in the 1920s and had not mental illness limited his career, who knows what he might have achieved?! Here is one of his spectacular victories, a great queen sacrifice against checkers champion Newell Banks! ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend: … [Read more...] about Carlos Torre’s Spectacular Queen Sacrifice! – Best of the 20s – Torres vs. Banks, 1924