Gibraltar Masters 2012 - Best Game

GM Emanuel Berg from Sweden won the best game prize of the tournament (£1000) for his win over GM Maxim Vachier-Legrave. 
Excerpt from the Round 10 live commentary with GM Simon Williams.

Collection of Best Annotated Games

Here is a link to some of the best games of all time

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They are annotated and interactive on the Gameknot site 

These games are like gems

Bobby Fischer database

Bobby Fischer CBV The games are categorized by openings, tactics, strategy, endgames, All of Bobby Fischer´s chess games 953 chess games; 1943-2008

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All Chess Olympiads 1924-2012+Selected Annotated in chessbase format

 

Here is all Chess Olympiads games from 1924 to 2012 in Chessbase format(total 907 games)

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And here is selected annotated Chess Olympiad games in pgn format

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Instructive game 11:- W.Spoelman–C.Vandewalle

Example of the The Max Lange Gambit form the book Dangerous Weapons - 1 e4 e5 by G.M. John Emms

[Event "Hengelo"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "W.Spoelman"] [Black "C.Vandewalle"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [Annotator "John Emms"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] [Source "Everyman Chess"] [SourceDate "2010.04.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 $1 { Being able to play this pawn break is the main idea behind the gambit. Black now has to deal with the threat to e5, and capturing on f4 is of course impossible.} Nc6 $2 {At first sight it looks sensible enough to retreat the knight to defend e5, especially since after 8 fxe5 Nxe5 Black gains a tempo by attacking the c4-bishop. Indeed, some strong players have tried this move. But there is a fatal flaw...} 8. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. Qd5+ {DANGEROUS WEAPON: White regains the piece and reaches an overwhelming position. Black has no time to organize a proper defence around his unsafe king.} Kf8 ({After} 10... Ke8 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 {White should simply take the pawn with} 12. Qxc7 {. In the game K.Czerniecki-D.Shapiro, Chicago 1989, Black restored material parity by grabbing on e4, but after} Nxe4 13. Nc3 Qc5+ 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. Nb5 Ne6 16. Bf4 d5 17. Rae1 {he wasn't able to survive.}) 11. Qxe5 d6 12. Qg3 { White's plan is simple: Bg5, Nc3-d5 and possibly also Rae1 with e4-e5. It's not much of a surprise that Black can do little to stop this.} ({According to my database, the strongest player to fall for this trap in a tournament game is the 2600+ rated Alexej Aleksandrov. In his game White opted for the equally good} 12. Qd4 {, and following} Be6 13. Bg5 c5 14. Qe3 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 (18. Ne4 $1) 18... Bf7 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Rae1+ Kf8 21. Rxf6 {White gained a winning advantage in G.Jacob-A.Aleksandrov, Senden 1999, although the Belarussian GM did manage to salvage a draw against his much lower-rated opponent.}) 12... Qe7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Bg5 Ke8 ({Or} 14... Kf7 15. Rae1 Rhe8 16. e5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 {, and Ne4 is up next.}) 15. Rae1 Rf8 16. Nd5 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Qxe5 {is just as good.}) 16... Qd8 17. e5 {And this is simply crushing!} dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qc8 19. Rxe6+ $1 Kd7 20. Re7+ Kd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 1-0

Instructive game 10:- Karlsson, Lars–Narciso Dublan, Marc

While studying Nimzowitsch–Larsen Attack (A06) i found this position in a game.
Black just played Nd5 and White answered with Rxe4 , was this move justified .

  After thinking check the game and the analysis below at move 28

[Event "Montcada op 18th"] [Site "Montcada"] [Date "2010.06.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Karlsson, Lars"] [Black "Narciso Dublan, Marc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2453"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2010.06.25"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.09.01"] {Houdini 3 Pro x64 (60s): 'A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening '} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 {Another good answer to the Na3. Planning Bd5} 6. Nc4 Be7 7. f4 Nb4 8. Ne5 O-O 9. a3 Nbd5 10. Be2 d6 11. Ng4 Nxg4 12. Bxg4 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bxg4 ({better} 13... Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 {[%cal Gc7c5,Gd6d5,Gd5d4,Gf8e8]}) 14. Qxg4 Bf6 15. Bxf6 {White has a mate threat} Qxf6 16. Rb1 a5 17. Nh3 (17. Ne2 c6 $11) 17... Nb6 18. f5 d5 19. Nf4 Rfd8 {Black plans d4} 20. O-O d4 (20... Rd6 21. d3 $15) 21. Nh5 Qh6 22. f6 g6 23. Ng7 dxe3 24. Nf5 Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. dxe3 Kf8 27. Rf4 {White threatens to win material: Rf4xe4} Nd5 {Black threatens to win material: Nd5xf4} 28. Rxe4 { Sacrifices material} ({Also possible and leads to draw} 28. Rh4 Nxf6 29. Rf1 Ra6 30. Rhf4 Rd2 31. Nh4 Ke7 32. Nf5+ Ke8 33. c4 Rb6 34. Nh6 Ng4 35. Rxe4+ Re6 36. Nxg4 hxg4 37. Rxg4 Rxe3 38. Rg8+ Ke7 39. Rg7 Rxb3 40. Rgxf7+ Kd6 41. R1f6+ Ke5 42. Rf5+ Ke4 43. Rf4+ Ke5) 28... Nc3 {Black threatens to win material: Nc3xe4} 29. Re7 {Praise the rook!} Nxb1 30. Nh6 {White threatens to win material: Nh6xf7} Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Ra6 {Black threatens to win material: Ra6xf6} (32... Nxa3 33. Rxf7+ Ke8 34. Re7+ Kd8 35. Nf7+ Kc8 36. Re8+ Kd7 37. Rxa8 $18) (32... Rxc2 {the weaker alternative} 33. Rxf7+ Ke8 34. Re7+ Kd8 35. Nf7+ Kc8 36. Re8+ Kd7 37. Rxa8 $16) 33. Rxf7+ Ke8 34. Re7+ Kf8 35. Rf7+ Ke8 36. Re7+ {Twofold repetition} Kd8 37. Nf7+ Kc8 38. Re8+ Kd7 {Black threatens to win material: Kd7xe8} 39. Re7+ Kc8 40. Re8+ Kd7 41. Re7+ {Twofold repetition. 'the rook is the rook!'} Kc6 42. e4 $2 (42. Ne5+ Kc5 43. b4+ (43. Rxc7+ $143 Kd6 44. Re7 Rf2 (44... Nxa3 $143 45. Nf7+ Kd5 46. c4+ Kc6 47. Ng5 $11) 45. Nc4+ Kc5 46. Rxb7 Nd2 $17) 43... axb4 44. axb4+ Kb5 $11 (44... Kxb4 45. f7 $11) 45. f7 $11) 42... Rf2 {Black threatens to win material: Rf2xf6} ( 42... Nxa3 $142 {Black has a promising position} 43. Ne5+ Kc5 44. Rxc7+ Kd6 $17 ) 43. Ne5+ $15 Kd6 44. Nc4+ Kc5 45. e5 {White has a new strong pawn: f6} (45. Rxc7+ $2 {doesn't work because of} Rc6 46. Rd7 Rcxf6 47. Rd5+ Kc6 48. Rxh5 Kc7 $19) 45... b5 {Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} (45... Kd5 46. Nb2 $15) 46. Nb2 $11 ({Instead of} 46. Rxc7+ Kd4 47. Rd7+ Ke4 $15) 46... Rf5 (46... Rxc2 47. f7 Ra8 48. Re8 Rxe8 49. Nd3+ Kb6 50. fxe8=Q $18) 47. Nd3+ ({Weaker is} 47. Rxc7+ Kd4 48. f7 Re6 49. Rd7+ Ke4 $15) 47... Kd4 48. f7 (48. Rxh7 $2 {is inferior since it leads to} Nxa3 49. Rd7+ Ke3 $19) 48... Nxa3 49. Nf4 Nxc2 ( 49... Rxf7 $1 50. Rxf7 Kxe5 51. Rxc7 a4 $11) 50. e6 $14 {White has a new strong pawn: f7} Ke5 $4 (50... Rxe6 $142 $1 {would save the game} 51. Nxe6+ Kc3 52. Rxc7+ Kxb3 53. Rxc2 Rxf7 54. Nd4+ Kb4 55. Nc6+ Kb3 $16) 51. Rxc7 $18 Ra8 ( 51... Rxf7 {hoping against hope} 52. exf7 Rf6 53. Nxh5 Rxf7 54. Rxf7 Na1 $18) 52. Rc5+ Kd6 53. Rxf5 (53. Rxc2 $6 {is a weaker possibility} Ke7 $11) 53... Ke7 54. Rg5 (54. Nd5+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kxe6 55. Nc7+ Kxf5 56. Nxa8 Ke4 $18) 54... Rf8 55. Rxb5 Rh8 56. Rb7+ Kf6 57. e7 Kxf7 58. e8=Q+ Kxe8 59. Rb8+ Ke7 60. Rxh8 $18 1-0