Can anyone recommend a source of Annotated Master Games?

Hey, so my coach told me to go over master games.. I know basically any chess book can fit this bill more or less, but I was wondering if there is another source.

For example I really enjoyed going over this Alekhine game;
www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013477

which I stumbled across because I couldn't understand the finishing tactic which was featured on some app.

I really like this type of Annotation because the format is the explanations are inside the game text, they are very concise and to the point, and they were made by the player himself, so I that feels more meaningful than some other authors perspective and analysis.

In contrast, I found Kasparov's writing in "My Great Predecessors" a bit overwhelming because he includes a large amount of engine analysis and many many variations so it's hard for me as a beginner to understand even what I can skip and what is important... Let alone to set it all up on the board and go back and forth between endless positions... Holding a position in my head and actually understanding variations just by reading is completely beyond my ability for now :)

Upon googling "Master Games with Annotations" you don't really find that many results,
so this is why I'm writing here.

Thx!

So why isn't your coach going over them with you? ;) I hope you're not paying him too much (just to tell you to go look at master games)...

But yeah, stay away from guys like Kasparov for now. You might consider Modern Chess Strategy by Pachman and Pawn Structure Chess by Soltis (general introductions to positional play). I think those might possibly be of more help to you (rather than just going over some more or less random master games).

@MrPushwood said in #2:
> So why isn't your coach going over them with you? ;) I hope you're not paying him too much (just to tell you to go look at master games)...
>
> But yeah, stay away from guys like Kasparov for now. You might consider Modern Chess Strategy by Pachman and Pawn Structure Chess by Soltis (general introductions to positional play). I think those might possibly be of more help to you (rather than just going over some more or less random master games).

hey appreciate for the reply!
I pay him alot less than he deserves, tbh! like about 30%.... he's a friendly guy!

He does go over games with me but I don't meet him regularly it's just a few lessons type thing..
He told me I should go over master games like more regularly (every day, or every other day) and I meet him about once a month.. As for random/not random... He said go over Alekhine and Capablanca.
I just wanted a source for games they played and annotated themselves, not criticism on my coach or my question itself haha
Thank you :)

> Hey, so my coach told me to go over master games
that's a very vague and general recommendation. Did he tell that without any context? Are you sure, that he meant "annotated games"? Because then he should recommend you a specific book.

Well You said u liked Alekhine's comments & yes it was the Last move of many of his combinations that would carry the sting ! So go over some of his games with his comments in My Best Games Of Chess by Alexander Alekhine World Chess Champion ... No need to play over EVERY game but yes go over say 50 or 75 or so , I see no problem with this because i was just watching you Play Chess & see you have MANY games Played so yes Play & Study Study Play Play Study Play also TRY 125 Selected Games by V Smyslov ... World Chess Champion with many reccomendations within this book especially the Forward which is essential reading Then you can read a modern reccollection of Games by Boris Gelfand Positional Descion Making in Chess @thesonics where boris Gelfand relates alot of what he learned all the way back to Akiba Rubenstein ... If at any point u feel overwhelmed there is a book of collected annotated games 60 of them in an ecxellent work called Capablanca's Best Chess Endings in 60 Complete Games by Irving Chernev who loves explaining ... @thesonics BTW I see you playing 3 Bc4 while also 3 d4 can be played in your Scotch for variety sake'

@thesonics said in #1:
> Hey, so my coach told me to go over master games.. I know basically any chess book can fit this bill more or less, but I was wondering if there is another source.

The site you were on has many annotated games: www.chessgames.com/perl/ezsearch.pl?search=annotations

Both this site and chess.com have bloggers who annotate games. (I sometimes post games annotated by Edward Lasker: lichess.org/@/CaseyReese/blog/the-other-laskers-notes/rSHd0NaN )

Chess Life has had a game of the month column for decades, and their archives are free and online: new.uschess.org/chess-life-digital-archives

Considering your rating, which is similar to mine, I just watch powerplay chess on YouTube. He goes over the games with just the right amount of depth for me.

For now, at our level we really don't need to go into the deep intricacies of master games. Just the general ideas, and hopefully we learn something by osmosis.

I'm planning to really go deeper with master games when I get to 2300. But for now, a shallow understanding of the games should be sufficient.

My friend Jimmy Quon (NM RIP was 2300+) used to Study Lajos Portisch (Games of) ... There are some nice game collections like Pal Benko's Book though I haven't seen that one that have more than complete games only Benkp Composed problems / Studies as well there is a new work on L Kavelek & One on Mamendrov @thesonics

Search any chess database for master level games and you will find plenty.

I like the 'Everyman Chess' 'move by move' series. Mainly, I like it because you can buy pgn's rather than ebooks.

I read a Capablanc collection and enjoyed it. The books follow a question and answer format.

They have one on Alakine too...

Good luck