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I like Morphy, Alekhine and Kasparov the most

Based on that, of which other GM's would you recommend me to study games?
<Based on that, of which other GM's would you recommend me to study games?>
It changes. If you are a positional player,then look to Karpov's games.If you are an attack player,look to Murphy and Alekhine's games.
If you are a defensive player,look to Tigran Petrosian's games
@DylanLi did that too

I should add that Magnus and Fischer are too complex for me for now. They play highly logical and accurate. I need something more... playing attacking creative like Tal, but not like Tal bcs he blunders all the time lol. I would be very interested in games from not that well known masters like the top chessplayers like Nakamura or Magnus or Fischer, but more unknown ones with similar styles as Smyslow, Alekhine or Kasparov. Also looked at Kramnik but he basically combines Kasparov and Karpov so no..

Any recommendations?

@AOOP09 I search for rather attacking players like Alekhine
@Leux_OW very good! thx! that's exactly what I was searching for :D Evan's Gambit nice! The hanging rook wow. Will study this!
Can I suggest Paul Keres? Great player with entertaining attacking style but less speculative than Tal. Korchnoi viewed him to be the best attacking player. His two volumes self annotated games collections (The Road to the Top and The Quest for Perfection) are both great as is the Reinfeld's Keres Best Games of Chess 1931-48. Keres himself was an excellent annotator. The two volume games collection is now out of print, as is the Reinfeld volume, but not difficult to get second hand. The earlier three volume descriptive notation versions are even cheaper. The two volume Best Games collection by Varnusz is available and a good collection but the notes aren't as good as Keres' own. Zenon Franco's Paul Keres Move by Move is largely based upon Keres' notes and is an excellent view of his career.
@ashtonp6 good recommendation thanks! Of course I know about Keres (he has his own opening, I think it was sth with g4 in the sicilian, but not sure).
If you want an attacking player, may I suggest Judit Polgar?

"if to 'play like a girl' meant anything in chess, it would mean relentless aggression." - Kasparov

Although she was strong all the way around, she particularly excelled at tactics and pursued aggressive play, right from the opening.
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