Build Smooth Attacks
Keres games often show how natural development becomes direct pressure. Look for improving moves that also sharpen threats.
Study Keres games through interactive Guess the Move training. Play through Paul Keres's wins, practice elegant attacking play, opening initiative, and technical conversion, and track your score and accuracy.

Choose a Keres game, play through the winning side's moves, and return here to review your score and accuracy. This table is built for players who want to study Keres games actively instead of replaying them passively.
| Game | Event | Year | Moves | Played | Current move | Score | Correct | Accuracy | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A Karu - Paul Keres 0-1 | corr, corr | 1931 | 27 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Paul Keres - Alexander Alekhine 1-0 | Margate, Margate ENG | 1937 | 23 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Paul Keres - Jose Raul Capablanca 1-0 | AVRO, The Netherlands | 1938 | 38 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Max Euwe - Paul Keres 0-1 | Euwe - Keres 1939/40, Rotterdam NED | 1940 | 34 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Paul Keres - Boris Spassky 1-0 | Gothenburg Interzonal, Gothenburg SWE | 1955 | 30 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Paul Keres - Laszlo Szabo 1-0 | HUN-URS, Budapest HUN | 1955 | 23 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Paul Keres - Lajos Portisch 1-0 | Bled, Bled YUG | 1961 | 38 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Paul Keres - Efim Geller 1-0 | Keres - Geller 2nd place Candidates Playoff, Moscow URS | 1962 | 28 | No | - | - | - | - | Start |
Keres games often show how natural development becomes direct pressure. Look for improving moves that also sharpen threats.
Notice how early central control and piece activity shape later tactics. Keres's wins often flow from strong opening choices.
After winning material or structure, keep calculating. Keres's technique shows how initiative turns into a stable advantage.
Study Keres games slowly. Write down your candidate moves, choose one move, and only then compare your decision with the game. The value comes from noticing why a great player preferred one plan over another.
This page is a focused entry point for players looking for Keres games, ways to study Keres games, world champion game study, and online Guess the Move chess practice.
Keres Games are interactive Guess the Move lessons built from Paul Keres's games. Instead of replaying the moves passively, you study Keres games by choosing the move you think the player played.
Choose a game from the table, calculate candidate moves before each turn, play your move on the board, and then compare it with the historical game move, engine feedback, score, and accuracy.
Yes. The table shows completed games, resumable games, current move, score, correct moves, and accuracy when progress data is available.
Start from the Keres games table above, or use the main Guess the Move trainer to choose a master game and begin move-by-move training.