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65-Year-Old Lasker Defeats World-Champion-To-Be Euwe – Best Of The 30s – Euwe Vs. Lasker, 1934

I'm not sure if you could collect social security at age 65 in 1934... FDR was just getting things rolling, but evidently, you COULD defeat the player that would become World Chess Champion in the next year! Lasker demonstrates his renowned defensive skills and turns around a difficult opening, using a queen sac to overcome Euwe! ✔ Subscribe: … [Read more...] about 65-Year-Old Lasker Defeats World-Champion-To-Be Euwe – Best Of The 30s – Euwe Vs. Lasker, 1934

The Chess Game Immortalized In Tapestry – Best Of The 30s – Parr vs. Wheatcroft, 1938

Have you ever played a combination so brilliant you wish you could frame it in your home? That's what four-time British Correspondence Chess Champion Frank Parr did with his immortal attacking game against George Wheatcroft! ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend:  https://www.chess.com/member/samcopeland #chess … [Read more...] about The Chess Game Immortalized In Tapestry – Best Of The 30s – Parr vs. Wheatcroft, 1938

“The Uruguayan Immortal” – Best Of The 40s – Molinari vs. Roux Cabral, 1943

Is this the best chess game you have never seen? Molinari vs. Roux Cabral, 1943 is a true gem of amateur chess. In the 1943 Uruguayan Championship, Roux Cabral dazzles with a sequence of gorgeous attacking moves that culminate in a beautiful forced checkmate. ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend: … [Read more...] about “The Uruguayan Immortal” – Best Of The 40s – Molinari vs. Roux Cabral, 1943

The Spectacular Winning Queen Sacrifice Chess Computers Don’t Understand – Gusev vs. Auerbach, 1946

It's not often that humans outperform chess computers these days, but it DOES happen. Check out the incredible 23.Qxe5!! from Gusev vs. Auerbach, 1946. This queen sac proves to be the only forced win available, but chess engines don't see it! ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend: … [Read more...] about The Spectacular Winning Queen Sacrifice Chess Computers Don’t Understand – Gusev vs. Auerbach, 1946