You are really underrated. You channel deserves more attention.

I was certain that this game would be number 1 or 2. Now I am intrigued to see what you have in store for us next.

I would have expected this one even higher too. I'm fairly sure that the Pearl of Zandvoort ist among the top two (Euwe's famous win against Alekhine in Game 26 from the 1935 World Championship). Alekhine's famous win against Nimzowitsch (San Remo 1930) could have been considered too, but in video #8 Sam said that the faomus game vs. Lasker (Zurich 1934) was his pick out of many Alekhine games. That's why I'm suggesting the little known, but highly underrated game Lilienthal vs. Ragozin from Moscow 1935, in which Raogzin sacrificed two exchanges and repelled an attack to force through his passed pawns against an incredibly strong opponent. Naturally, I'm only guessing too, since nobody but Sam can tell for now who's right ... Great job as always! Keep the excellent work going!

Absolutely spectacular lecture! I can't believe I just discovered your channel. I have a lot of binge watching to do! Botvinnik is one of the past champs that I know very little about and I can see now why he's so highly regarded. I was thinking that when I finish studying Capablanca I would move on to Karpov but maybe I should keep things in chronological order. I'm primarily a tactical player trying to fill a positional knowledge gap and become a NM in the near future. I learned at least a couple of things in this video alone. Cheers!

One of the best games of all time period, played against the Cuban genius

Wow, only #3. Cannot wait to see the top 2. I don't think you've covered the famous Euwe vs Keres PIECE ACTIVITY game so we'll see where that ends up.

As i get better at chess. Watching games of grandmasters with grandmaster analysis gets more and more amazing to me, the average person actually has no idea how incredible these guys are.... Im almost 2000 and i didnt see ANY of these moves.

Hi NM Copeland: I have seen this game before, but not with the interesting suggestion of ...a6 and ...b5. You mention Capablanca was older, true, but the part about him not being motivated is probably false. His burning desire was to get a rematch from Alekhine, which was always denied him. But you don't seem to be aware of his serious health problems with high blood pressure, which led to his early death, just as happened with his father. Besides this tournament taking place in multiple cities (10 cities! some visited twice on separate dates), which can tire any player, especially older ones, Capa himself said he had severe headaches during this tournament and man have had a stroke. Due to his severe headaches he himself stated could not think during later stages of play. He'd go to the bathroom and splash cold water on his aching head, which has been mentioned by a biographer as one of the worst things he could have done. In March 1942 he died from a massive cerebral stroke. This explains Capa's performance in this tournament, although in this game he played quite well (though riskily). Only a super player like Botvinnik would be able to win this game.

Good stuff. 👍🏻 I love Botvinnik and the Russians. A very strong game by Botvinnik through and through and very superb notes by him as always. I like the opposite side struggle line with the queen side play vs. the central/ kingside attack. Those games are my favorite, really, because it’s awesome to see how masters maintain equality by doing something so far away from the opponent. Then, if/when they lose material, they at least have opportunities to get it back. ☝️ 👌 Keep it up. Lovely decade, Teach. o7

This is number three?! I can not wait for the next two. I suspect a game between Euwe and Alekhine will be among them There is also a little-known correspondence game...

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Checkmate, Levy Rozman!

lets goo !!! (avoids tasteless world war 2 joke)

When can you analyze our own brilliant games?