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Reti Perfects The Double Rook Sacrifice! – Best of the 20s – Reti vs. Euwe, 1920

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’s Spectacular Queen Sacrifice! – Best of the 20s – Torres vs. Banks, 1924

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

The Perfect Chess Combination? – Best of the 30s – Tylkowski vs. Wojchiehowski, 1931

It's hard to think of a more beloved and bedeviled chess combination than that played in my number one best game of the 1930s. The finishing combination has been reprinted a nearly infinite number of times, but WHERE was the game played? Mostly it is known as "Ortueta vs. Sanz, 1933", but the game "Tylkowski vs. Wojciehowski, 1931" predates it, and BOTH games have questions … [Read more...] about The Perfect Chess Combination? – Best of the 30s – Tylkowski vs. Wojchiehowski, 1931