Scan & Study
1,000 master chess games, one scan away
A pocket anthology of famous master chess games you can hold—flip to a game, scan the QR, and watch the board replay in your browser. No app, no board to set up. Morphy through Carlsen, including the Immortal Game, the Opera Game, and the Game of the Century.
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How it works
Three quick steps.
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Flip to a game
Browse the printed cards—or use the index to find a player, opening, or year.
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Scan the QR
Open your phone camera. No special app—the game opens in your browser with the board already playing.
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Watch & study
Pause, step a move, flip the board, or turn on spoken notation. Then scan the next game.
Why Scan & Study
Named brilliancies and a path through chess history, already moving on the board—the master games people look up, in one pocket book.
- 1,000 master chess games via QR—Morphy, Anderssen, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tal, Fischer, Kasparov, Anand, and Carlsen
- Famous games included: Immortal Game, Evergreen Game, Opera Game, Game of the Century
- The board is already moving when you scan. Pause, step, or flip to Black
- Optional spoken moves. Autoplay is on; Speak is yours to turn on
- Pocket size (4.25″ × 6.88″)—easy to gift, commute with, or keep by the board
- Indexes by player, opening, and year. Search the full master-game list online before you buy
Famous master games in this book
The named classics people search for are printed here—scan the QR in the book, or open a game from this site to replay it now.
- The Immortal Game — Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, London 1851
- The Evergreen Game — Anderssen vs Dufresne, Berlin 1852
- The Opera Game — Morphy vs the Duke of Brunswick, Paris 1858
- Game of the Century — Byrne vs Fischer, New York 1956
Who is in the collection
Volume 1 is an era-balanced anthology of complete master games.
The printed list runs from the Romantic era through today’s elite: Morphy, Anderssen, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tal, Fischer, Kasparov, Anand, and Carlsen. You get world-championship matches, tournament brilliancies, and the games used to teach attacking chess.
Search the online game list by player, opening, event, or year before you buy—every title in the book is on that list.
- Romantic and classical masters (Anderssen, Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker)
- Hypermodern and mid-century champions (Capablanca, Alekhine, Tal, Fischer)
- Modern world champions (Kasparov, Anand, Carlsen) and their rivals
How to study master games with this book
Pick a master game from the index—or a famous name you already know. Scan the QR. The board autoplays so you can watch the plan unfold, then pause, step a move, flip to Black’s side, or turn on spoken notation.
That is the point of a master-game anthology on paper: you stay in the book, but you never set the pieces up by hand. Use it to learn openings from real games, to review a player’s style, or to replay the brilliancies everyone cites.
FAQ
- Does this need an app?
- No app required. Open your camera, scan a QR code, and the game replays in your browser.
- Will my phone work?
- Any modern iPhone or Android with a camera and browser works. Wi‑Fi or data is needed to load the game.
- Can I see which master games are in the book?
- Yes. The full Volume 1 list of 1,000 master chess games is searchable online by player, opening, event, or year. Scan the cover QR, or open the game list from this page.
- Are famous chess games like the Immortal Game included?
- Yes. Volume 1 includes the Immortal Game, the Evergreen Game, the Opera Game, and the Game of the Century, plus hundreds of other complete master games from Morphy through Carlsen.
- Is this a puzzle book?
- No. It is an anthology of complete master games. You replay them on a live board instead of setting pieces by hand.
- What is a master game?
- A complete tournament or match game between recognized masters—not a composed puzzle. This book is a collection of those games, with a QR on each so you can replay the score on a live chessboard.
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