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Miniature chess games in audio format. Based on a chapter from the famous book "Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games" by László Polgár.

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Miniature chess games in audio format. Based on a chapter from the famous book "Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games" by László Polgár.

    Horowitz — NN. New York, 1939

    Horowitz — NN. New York, 1939

    1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.O-O O-O 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bd5 Nc5 9.bxc3 Ba5 10.Ng5 Ne6 11.Qh5 Nxg5 12.Bxg5 Qe8 {Diagram} 13.Bf6 h6 14.Qg6 1-0

    • 11 min
    MacDonnel — Boden. London, 1865

    MacDonnel — Boden. London, 1865

    1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Kf1 Ba5 8.Qh5d5 9.Bxd5 Qe7 10.Ba3 Nf6 11.Bxf7+ Qxf7 12.Qxa5 Nc6 13.Qa4 Nxe4 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Nbd2 Nxd2+ 16.Nxd2 O-O-O 17.Rb1 Qd5 18.Nf3 Bf5 19.Rd1 Rhe8 20.Bc5 {Diagram} 20...Qxf3 21.gxf3 Bh3+ 22.Kg1 Re6 23.Qc2 Rxd4 24.Bxd4 0-1

    • 19 min
    Denker — Shayne. Rochester, 1945

    Denker — Shayne. Rochester, 1945

    1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.e5 Ne4 8.O-O

    Nxc3 9.Nxc3 dxc3 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd5 Rf8 {Diagram} 12.Bf6 gxf6 13.exf6 Bxf6

    14.Rfe1+ Be7 15.Ng5 c6

      ( 15...d6 16.Nxh7 )

    16.Nxf7 cxd5

      ( 16...Qc7 17.Rxe7+ Kxe7 18.Re1+ Kf6 19.Qg5# )

    17.Nd6# 1-0

    • 14 min
    Kirdetzov — Kahn. Copenhagen, 1918

    Kirdetzov — Kahn. Copenhagen, 1918

    1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd1 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Bg5 Re8 8.Nf3

    Nxe4 9.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 10.Kf1 Bf6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qd3 Nb4 13.Qc4 d5 14.Bxh7+

    Kxh7 15.Qxb4 c5 16.Qxc5 {Diagram} 16...Qxf3 17.gxf3 Bh3+ 18.Kg1 Re6 19.Qc7

    Rae8 20.Rf1 Re1 {White resigns} 0-1

    • 16 min
    Rasovsky — Mikyska. Corr., 1908

    Rasovsky — Mikyska. Corr., 1908

    1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.e5 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.

    Ne2 Ne4 9.O-O Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 O-O 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Qh5 c6 {Diagram}

    14.Nf6+ gxf6 15.Bd3 Re8 16.Qxh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8+ Ke7 18.Qxf6+ Kf8 19.Qh6+ Kg8

      ( 19...Ke7 20.Qd6# )

    20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bg6+ Kg8 22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Qxf7# 1-0

    • 18 min
    Fidlow — Busse. USA, 1952

    Fidlow — Busse. USA, 1952

    1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Ne2 Nxe4 8.

    O-O Nxc3 9.Nxc3 O-O 10.Nd5 Bc5 {Diagram} 11.Nf6+! gxf6 12.Qg4+ Kh8 13.Qh4

    Be7 14.Bd3! 1-0

    • 11 min

Customer Reviews

4.3 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

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Okay

Not a must but good pastime

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Great

Fun games, fun listen

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Fun past time

I like listening to the moves and then finding out for myself if they’re good or bad moves.

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