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The Nemesis – Geller’s Greatest Games by Efim Geller (1925-1998) was one of the giants of Soviet chess.
Over his lifetime he beat the World Champions more often than he lost, and had healthy plus scores over
Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Botvinnik among others.
The Nemesis – Geller’s Greatest Games
Geller never became World Champion but he won everything else – two Soviet titles, seven Olympiad
team gold medals and three Olympiad golds for individual performance are just a few of his
accomplishments.
Efim Geller
Geller crowned his long career by becoming World Senior Champion in 1992. Geller was also noted for
his ability to share his wisdom – he coached World Champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov.
In The Nemesis, Geller annotates over 130 of his greatest games with wit and insight.
The Nemesis – Geller’s Greatest Games
Contents
Publisher’s Preface 7
Editor’s Note 8
Dogged Determination by Jacob Aagaard 9
Biographical Data & Key to symbols used 20
1 In search of adventure, Geller – Efim Kogan, Odessa 1946 21
2 Is a queen sacrifice always worth it? Samuel Kotlerman – Geller, Odessa 1949 25
3 A bishop transformed, Tigran Petrosian – Geller, Moscow 1949 29
4 Miniature monograph, Geller – Josif Vatnikov, Kiev 1950 31
5 Equilibrium disturbed, Mikhail Botvinnik – Geller, Moscow 1951 35
6 Blockading the flank, Mikhail Botvinnik – Geller, Budapest 1952 40
7 A step towards the truth, Geller – Wolfgang Unzicker, Stockholm 1952 44
8 The cost of a wasted move, Harry Golombek – Geller, Stockholm 1952 47
9 Insufficient compensation? Geller – Herman Pilnik, Stockholm 1952 49
10 Black needs a plan… Geller – Robert Wade, Stockholm 1952 51
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11 White wants a draw, Luis Sanchez – Geller, Stockholm 1952 53
12 Sufferings for nothing, Geller – Gideon Stahlberg, Stockholm 1952 55
13 A strong queen, Geller – Gedeon Barcza, Stockholm 1952 58
14 The horrors of time trouble, Geller – Laszlo Szabo, Stockholm 1952 60
15 Seizing the moment, Geller – Paul Keres, Moscow 1952 62
16 Strength in movement, Geller – Miguel Najdorf, Zurich 1953 66
17 Second and last… Max Euwe – Geller, Zurich 1953 70
18 Whose weakness is weaker? Mikhail Botvinnik – Geller, Moscow 1955 74
19 All decided by tactics, Vasily Smyslov – Geller, Moscow (7) 1955 78
20 Three in one, Geller – Oscar Panno, Gothenburg 1955 81
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21 Check equals mate, Geller – Andrija Fuderer, Gothenburg 1955 84
22 A needless provocation, Geller – Gideon Stahlberg, Gothenburg 1955 88
23 Blockade or breakthrough? Geller – Tigran Petrosian, Amsterdam 1956 90
24 A Spanish experiment, Geller – Miroslav Filip, Amsterdam 1956 94
25 A proverb loses its force, Boris Spassky – Geller, Amsterdam 1956 96
26 Re-enacting the past, Geller – Ratmir Kholmov, Vilnius 1957 101
27 Playing ad hominem, Mikhail Tal – Geller, Riga 1958 106
28 Premature activity, Geller – Paul Keres, Tbilisi 1959 110
29 Seizing the initiative, Wolfgang Uhlmann – Geller, Dresden 1959 113
30 The Achilles’ heel of the black king, Geller – Lev Polugaevsky, Moscow 1961 116
Geller’s Greatest Games
31 A surprise… to whom? Tigran Petrosian – Geller, Moscow 1961 120
32 Is an extra tempo harmful? Vasily Smyslov – Geller, Moscow 1961 125
33 Blockade breached, Geller – Robert Fischer, Curacao 1962 129
34 Passion isn’t always an ally… Robert Fischer – Geller, Curacao 1962 134
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