The 100 Most Beautiful chess endgames of All Time

Rosario Turco

Nel seguito presentiamo i 100 finali di scacchi più belli di tutti i tempi, ripercorrendo tutti i giocatori famosi: campioni nazionali, internazionali e campioni del mondo.

Un finale negli scacchi è la parte finale di una partita, dove sono coinvolti circa la metà dei pezzi o anche meno. Il risultato di un finale è aperto a tre possibilità: matto, stallo,abbandono del re.

Essendo la lista limitata a solo 100 finali da reperire solo su Internet, in modo da renderla facilmente fruibile ai non vedenti rispetto a immagini scacchistiche , chiediamo scusa a chi non fosse in tale elenco. Vi assicuro che per tale argomento si potrebbe compilare una lunghissima lista.

La lista riporterà in italiano i seguenti campi:

  1. numero di sequenza del finale della lista trovata
  2. titolo del finale
  3. chi ha la mossa (bianco o nero)
  4. la posizione fen

La posizione fen aiuta a non riferirsi ad una immagine e potreste usare il nostro programma fenpos (vedi pagina di download - parte a linea di comando), col quale potreste generarvi il file del problema per risolverlo col nostro applicativo scacchi (Vedi pagina download- parte grafica C++).

Se digitate fenpos seguito da return otterrrete lo usage per capire come dare i campi in input a fenpos.

Col programma scacchi potreste sia risolvere il finale da soli (CntrlP), sia farlo risolvere dal computer (CntrlJ).

Una avvertenza doverosa: se sottola directory problemi avete già il problema di default (problema1.txt) o altri problemi che avete aggiunto, dato che fenpos vi genera file col nome prob.txt dovreste eventualmente rinominare il file che vi ha generato . Ad esempio se fenpos vi genera nella directory il file prob3.txt e sotto la directory problemi ne esiste uno con lo stesso nome, potrestte rinominarlo finale.txt prima di metterlo sotto la directory. Per rinominarlo avete due modi: con "Esplora File", seguito da Fn+"Menu contestuale"+rinomina oppure con comandi DOS: Fate Alt-c per aprire la console (prompt dei comandi) cd rename prob.txt finale.txt copy finale.txt finale.txt

Elenco dei finali trovati

# Finale Mossa FEN
1 Capablanca vs Yates, 1924 Bianco r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/4p3/2B1P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 4 4
2 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1985 Bianco 6k1/5pp1/2p5/3p4/3P4/1P3PPp/P6P/6K1 w - - 0 1
3 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/8/3K4/8/7R b - - 0 1
4 Tal vs Smyslov, 1959 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
5 Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974 Nero 8/pp6/8/2p5/2P5/1P6/8/6K1 b - - 0 1
6 Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954 Bianco 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 w - - 0 1
7 Anand vs Giri, 2013 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
8 Carlsen vs Caruana, 2018 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 w - - 0 1
9 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 Nero 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 b - - 0 1
10 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
11 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 b - - 0 1
12 Petrosian vs Stein, 1966 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
13 Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
14 Giri vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 1
15 Radjabov vs Caruana, 2019 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
16 Kasparov vs Anand, 2000 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
17 Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2014 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 b - - 0 1
18 So vs Caruana, 2016 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
19 Topalov vs Kasparov, 1999 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
20 Shirov vs Kasparov, 1997 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 1
21 Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
22 Vishyananand vs Grischuk, 2012 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
23 Dominguez vs Caruana, 2015 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
24 Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
25 Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana, 2018 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
26 Giri vs Caruana, 2017 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
27 Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2011 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
28 Navara vs Caruana, 2014 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
29 Vachier-Lagrave vs Kasparov, 2013 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
30 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2015 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
31 Nepomniachtchi vs Giri, 2019 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
32 Salem vs Caruana, 2017 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
33 Radjabov vs Giri, 2018 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
34 Aronian vs Caruana, 2014 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
35 Giri vs Nakamura, 2016 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
36 Caruana vs Giri, 2018 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
37 Mamedyarov vs Nakamura, 2015 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
38 Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2016 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
39 Navara vs Giri, 2017 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
40 Caruana vs Aronian, 2019 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
41 Giri vs Radjabov, 2019 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
42 Nakamura vs Caruana, 2018 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
43 Aronian vs Giri, 2017 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
44 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2019 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
45 Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura, 2017 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
46 Giri vs Aronian, 2018 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
47 Radjabov vs Nakamura, 2019 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
48 Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2017 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
49 Caruana vs Giri, 2019 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
50 Navara vs Nakamura, 2018 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
51 Giri vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
52 Aronian vs Nakamura, 2017 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
53 Caruana vs Radjabov, 2018 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
54 Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2017 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
55 Vachier-Lagrave vs Giri, 2018 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
56 Nakamura vs Giri, 2019 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
57 Radjabov vs Caruana, 2017 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
58 Aronian vs Caruana, 2018 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
59 Giri vs Nakamura, 2018 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
60 Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
61 Mamedyarov vs Nakamura, 2018 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
62 Vachier-Lagrave vs Aronian, 2017 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
63 Nakamura vs Radjabov, 2019 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
64 Aronian vs Giri, 2019 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
65 Caruana vs Mamedyarov, 2018 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
66 Giri vs Caruana, 2019 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
67 Radjabov vs Aronian, 2018 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
68 Mamedyarov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
69 Vachier-Lagrave vs Nakamura, 2018 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
70 Nakamura vs Aronian, 2019 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
71 Aronian vs Radjabov, 2017 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
72 Caruana vs Giri, 2018 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
73 Giri vs Mamedyarov, 2019 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
74 Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana, 2019 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
75 Radjabov vs Giri, 2019 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
76 Mamedyarov vs Aronian, 2018 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
77 Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
78 Aronian vs Caruana, 2019 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
79 Caruana vs Radjabov, 2019 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
80 Giri vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2018 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
81 Vachier-Lagrave vs Mamedyarov, 2017 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
82 Mamedyarov vs Giri, 2018 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
83 Aronian vs Nakamura, 2018 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
84 Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2018 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
85 Giri vs Radjabov, 2018 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
86 Radjabov vs Mamedyarov, 2019 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
87 Nakamura vs Caruana, 2019 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
88 Vachier-Lagrave vs Giri, 2019 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
89 Aronian vs Mamedyarov, 2019 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
90 Mamedyarov vs Caruana, 2018 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
91 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2018 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
92 Giri vs Aronian, 2019 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
93 Radjabov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2018 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
94 Nakamura vs Giri, 2018 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
95 Vachier-Lagrave vs Radjabov, 2019 Nero 8/8/8/4k3/4p3/3K1P2/8/8 b - - 0 1
96 Aronian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019 Bianco 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/6R1/8/8 w - - 0 1
97 Mamedyarov vs Radjabov, 2018 Nero 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1
98 Caruana vs Aronian, 2018 Bianco 8/8/8/3k4/3K4/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1
99 Giri vs Nakamura, 2019 Nero 8/8/3k4/8/3K4/5R2/8/8 b - - 0 1
100 Radjabov vs Caruana, 2018 Bianco 8/8/4k3/3p4/3P4/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1