Savielly Tartakower's Best Games
There have been many times where Savielly Tartakower had nominated certain games that he had played as his "best games". Here, I've summarized the various choices made.
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On page 221 of the first volume of his Best Games collection, published in 1953, Tartakower wrote:
‘An investigation carried out some years ago by the eminent editors of the Cahiers de l’Echiquier Français (MM Gaston Legrain and then François Le Lionnais) dealt with the presentation to the public, in so far as the leading contemporary players were concerned, of the games they were most proud of.
As for me, it is usually my victory with White against Schlechter at St Petersburg, 1909, or else that with Black against Maróczy at Teplitz-Schönau, 1922, that writers think fit to commend most to the attention of their readers.
Nevertheless, I derive most pleasure from the present short but expressive game’ (Tartakower v Przepiórka, Budapest, 1929).’
On a number of other occasions Tartakower picked out his best/favorite, etc. game:
In Marshall’s Chess Masterpieces (pages 41-47) he stated that his win over Maróczy at Teplitz-Schönau, 1922 was his best game.;
On pages 241-244 of CHESS, 14 March 1939 he gave his draw against Capablanca at London, 1922, calling it ‘the most terribly pulse-stirring flight [sic] of my whole chess career’;
In Chess Review, June 1951 (pages 170-171) he wrote that his favorite game was his win over Vidmar at Vienna, 1905. (The score was given on pages 4-6 of his first Best Games book.)
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Savielly Tartakower vs Milan Vidmar (1905)
Savielly Tartakower vs Carl Schlechter (1909)
Jose Raul Capablanca vs Savielly Tartakower (1922)
Geza Maroczy vs Savielly Tartakower (1922)
Savielly Tartakower vs David Przepiorka (1929)
SOURCE: https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/bestgames.html
