Best Game by an English Player (the vote)
Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:18 pm
This list is from the games in Neil Hickman's book 'Memorable Games of British Chess' One vote each. A piece fun, not to be taken too seriously. Please do not quote this post as seeing the list over and over again clutters up the page. No need to make a comment just the number of the game and the players will do.
1 Bowdler-Conway London, about 1788
2 Evans-McDonnell London, 1825
3 La Bourdonnais-McDonnell London, 1834
4 Saint-Amant-Staunton Paris, 1843
5 Steinkuhler-Blackburne Manchester, 1863
6 MacDonnell-Boden, London 1865
7 Zukertort-Epoureano ?Berlin ?London, 1875
8 Bird-Mason New York, 1876
9 Mason-Winawer Vienna, 1882
10 Zukertort-Blackburne London, 1883
11 Blackburne-Lipschiitz New York, 1889
12 Showalter-Gossip New York, 1889
13 Weiss-Pollock New York, 1889
14 Bird-Lasker Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1892
15 Jackson-Lawrence London, 1897
16 Lasker-Blackburne London, 1899
17 Marshall-H E Atkins Cable Match, 1902
18 Lasker-Napier Cambridge Springs, 1904
19 Lasker-Murray London, 1908
20 MacDonald-Burn Liverpool, 1910
21 Tartakover-Burn Karlsbad, 1911
22 M G Atkins-Jacobs London, 1915
23 Tartakover-H E Atkins London, 1922
24 Alekhine-Yates Karlsbad, 1923
25 Viney-Gook GPO v HM Customs, 1926
26 Saunders-Tartakover Scarborough, 1929
27 Menchik-Becker Karlsbad, 1929
28 Tylor-Koltanowski Hastings, 1929
29 Abrahams-Thynne Liverpool, 1930
30 Sultan Khan-Capablanca Hastings, 1930
31 Menchik-Thomas London, 1932
32 Alexander-Cross Hastings, 1933
33 Capablanca-Thomas Hastings, 1934
34 Abrahams-Cukierman Nottingham, 1936
35 Silverman-Eliskases Birmingham, 1937
36 Fine-Reynolds Ostend, 1937
37 Parr-Wheatcroft London, 1939
38 Alexander-Botvinnik Radio Match, 1946
39 Crown-Kotov Great Britain v USSR, 1947
40 Charlesworth-Znosko-Borovsky Harrogate, 1947
41 Maczynski-Pratten Portsmouth, 1948
42 NN-Mason London League, 1948
43 Geller-Golombek Budapest, 1952
44 Smith-Morton Corres., 1953-1954.
45 Bronstein-Alexander Hastings, 1954
46 Penrose-Tal Leipzig, 1960
47 Messere-Zagarovsky Corres., 1965
48 Hartston-Gligoric Hastings, 1965
49 Corden-Smyslov Hastings, 1970
50 Markland-Hort Hastings, 1971
51 Adams-Butnaru Comes., 1972-3
52 Keene-Kovacevic Amsterdam, 1973
53 Stean-Mestel Llanelli, 1974
54 Stean-Browne Nice, 1974
55 Kochiev-Miles Manila,1974
56 van der Sterren-Mestel Tjenata, 1975
57 Keene-Mlles Hastings 1976
58 Korchnoi-Montgomery Luton, 1976
59 Rumens-Franklin London, 1976
60 Hollis-Baurabach Comes., 1976
61 Miles-Spassky Montilla Moriles, 1978
62 Miles-Nunn BBC Master Game, 1978
63 Taulbut-Mikhalchishin Mexico, 1978
64 Karpov-Miles Skara, 1980
65 Mestel-Renman Valletta Olympiad,
66 Ligterink-Miles Wijk aan Zee, 1984
67 Beliaysky-Nunn Wijk aan Zee, 1985
68 Plaskett-Miles Lugano, 1986
69 Short-Kasparov Brussels, 1986
70 Speelman-Short London, 1988
71 Gurevich-Short Manila, 1990
72 Short-Timman Tilburg, 1991
73 Neverov-Crouch Hastings, 1992
74 Norwood-Marsh Walsall, 1992
75 Danzanvilliers-Read Comes., 1992
76 Atalik-Miles Heraklion, 1993
77 Adams-Levitt Dublin, 1993
78 Sheldon-Nunn London, 1996
79 Conquest-Hodgson Bundesliga,
80 Rogozenko-Gallagher Bundesliga,
81 Wall-Ippolito Hampstead, 1998
82 Kazimzhdanov-Adams Tripoli, 2004
83 Adams-Topalov Cows Wijk aan Zee,
84 Wells-Shirov Gibraltar, 2006
85 Lopang-Gilbert Turin, 2006
86 Hunt-Muzychuk Stockholm, 2008
87 McShane-Carlsen London, 2010
88 Aronian-McShane Moscow, 2012
89 Gordon-Jones North Shields, 2012
90 Howell-Jumabayev Tallinn, 2016
If you need to familiarise yourself with a game Jon has linked where you can see them; viewtopic.php?f=2&p=305308#p305301
1 Bowdler-Conway London, about 1788
2 Evans-McDonnell London, 1825
3 La Bourdonnais-McDonnell London, 1834
4 Saint-Amant-Staunton Paris, 1843
5 Steinkuhler-Blackburne Manchester, 1863
6 MacDonnell-Boden, London 1865
7 Zukertort-Epoureano ?Berlin ?London, 1875
8 Bird-Mason New York, 1876
9 Mason-Winawer Vienna, 1882
10 Zukertort-Blackburne London, 1883
11 Blackburne-Lipschiitz New York, 1889
12 Showalter-Gossip New York, 1889
13 Weiss-Pollock New York, 1889
14 Bird-Lasker Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1892
15 Jackson-Lawrence London, 1897
16 Lasker-Blackburne London, 1899
17 Marshall-H E Atkins Cable Match, 1902
18 Lasker-Napier Cambridge Springs, 1904
19 Lasker-Murray London, 1908
20 MacDonald-Burn Liverpool, 1910
21 Tartakover-Burn Karlsbad, 1911
22 M G Atkins-Jacobs London, 1915
23 Tartakover-H E Atkins London, 1922
24 Alekhine-Yates Karlsbad, 1923
25 Viney-Gook GPO v HM Customs, 1926
26 Saunders-Tartakover Scarborough, 1929
27 Menchik-Becker Karlsbad, 1929
28 Tylor-Koltanowski Hastings, 1929
29 Abrahams-Thynne Liverpool, 1930
30 Sultan Khan-Capablanca Hastings, 1930
31 Menchik-Thomas London, 1932
32 Alexander-Cross Hastings, 1933
33 Capablanca-Thomas Hastings, 1934
34 Abrahams-Cukierman Nottingham, 1936
35 Silverman-Eliskases Birmingham, 1937
36 Fine-Reynolds Ostend, 1937
37 Parr-Wheatcroft London, 1939
38 Alexander-Botvinnik Radio Match, 1946
39 Crown-Kotov Great Britain v USSR, 1947
40 Charlesworth-Znosko-Borovsky Harrogate, 1947
41 Maczynski-Pratten Portsmouth, 1948
42 NN-Mason London League, 1948
43 Geller-Golombek Budapest, 1952
44 Smith-Morton Corres., 1953-1954.
45 Bronstein-Alexander Hastings, 1954
46 Penrose-Tal Leipzig, 1960
47 Messere-Zagarovsky Corres., 1965
48 Hartston-Gligoric Hastings, 1965
49 Corden-Smyslov Hastings, 1970
50 Markland-Hort Hastings, 1971
51 Adams-Butnaru Comes., 1972-3
52 Keene-Kovacevic Amsterdam, 1973
53 Stean-Mestel Llanelli, 1974
54 Stean-Browne Nice, 1974
55 Kochiev-Miles Manila,1974
56 van der Sterren-Mestel Tjenata, 1975
57 Keene-Mlles Hastings 1976
58 Korchnoi-Montgomery Luton, 1976
59 Rumens-Franklin London, 1976
60 Hollis-Baurabach Comes., 1976
61 Miles-Spassky Montilla Moriles, 1978
62 Miles-Nunn BBC Master Game, 1978
63 Taulbut-Mikhalchishin Mexico, 1978
64 Karpov-Miles Skara, 1980
65 Mestel-Renman Valletta Olympiad,
66 Ligterink-Miles Wijk aan Zee, 1984
67 Beliaysky-Nunn Wijk aan Zee, 1985
68 Plaskett-Miles Lugano, 1986
69 Short-Kasparov Brussels, 1986
70 Speelman-Short London, 1988
71 Gurevich-Short Manila, 1990
72 Short-Timman Tilburg, 1991
73 Neverov-Crouch Hastings, 1992
74 Norwood-Marsh Walsall, 1992
75 Danzanvilliers-Read Comes., 1992
76 Atalik-Miles Heraklion, 1993
77 Adams-Levitt Dublin, 1993
78 Sheldon-Nunn London, 1996
79 Conquest-Hodgson Bundesliga,
80 Rogozenko-Gallagher Bundesliga,
81 Wall-Ippolito Hampstead, 1998
82 Kazimzhdanov-Adams Tripoli, 2004
83 Adams-Topalov Cows Wijk aan Zee,
84 Wells-Shirov Gibraltar, 2006
85 Lopang-Gilbert Turin, 2006
86 Hunt-Muzychuk Stockholm, 2008
87 McShane-Carlsen London, 2010
88 Aronian-McShane Moscow, 2012
89 Gordon-Jones North Shields, 2012
90 Howell-Jumabayev Tallinn, 2016
If you need to familiarise yourself with a game Jon has linked where you can see them; viewtopic.php?f=2&p=305308#p305301