Notable Games
Sultan Khan
15 celebrated games · 99 in the full archive
◈The games that made the legend
Sultan Khan – Menchik · 1930 · 1–0
Scarborough 1930: a 25-move win over reigning Women's World Champion Vera Menchik, from Sultan Khan's very first British Championship season.
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Soultanbeieff – Sultan Khan · 1930 · 0–1
Liege 1930: a crushing 28-move win with Black over Soultanbeieff, one of the sharpest games of his continental breakthrough.
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Sultan Khan – Marshall · 1930 · 1–0
Liege 1930: outplaying the great American Frank Marshall in 26 moves, meeting the veteran's search for a brilliancy with cool defense.
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Sultan Khan – Colle · 1930 · 1–0
Liege 1930: a 60-move win over Edgard Colle, then one of the strongest players on the continent.
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Sultan Khan – Capablanca · 1930 · 1–0
Hastings 1930/31: his most famous game, a 65-move positional squeeze of former World Champion Capablanca, who called Sultan Khan a genius.
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Sultan Khan – Tartakower · 1931 · 1–0
Sultan Khan-Tartakower match 1931: an 87-move French Defence win over Savielly Tartakower in the match Sultan Khan took +4-3=5.
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Tartakower – Sultan Khan · 1931 · 0–1
Sultan Khan-Tartakower match 1931: a 40-move win with Black in the Caro-Kann, defusing Tartakower's pawn sacrifice.
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Sultan Khan – Rubinstein · 1931 · 1–0
Prague Olympiad 1931: a 57-move win over the legendary Akiba Rubinstein, one of several elite scalps he took at the event.
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Sultan Khan – Matisons · 1931 · 1–0
Prague Olympiad 1931: a celebrated 22-move miniature against Hermanis Matisons, punishing an exposed king.
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Sultan Khan – Flohr · 1931 · 1–0
Prague Olympiad 1931: a 31-move win over the young star Salo Flohr, then among the world's rising elite.
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Sultan Khan – Menchik · 1932 · 1–0
London 1932: a 53-move win over Women's World Champion Vera Menchik at the London International Masters.
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Sultan Khan – Flohr · 1932 · 1–0
Flohr-Sultan Khan match 1932: 'Ground Flohr', a 70-move Caro-Kann endgame win over Salo Flohr resolved with resourceful rook play.
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Sultan Khan – Voellmy · 1932 · 1–0
Bern 1932: an instructive win where Sultan Khan left his king in the center to guard key squares, a hallmark of his style.
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Sultan Khan – Bernstein · 1932 · 1–0
Bern 1932: a 54-move win over the veteran master Ossip Bernstein during his strong Swiss tournament run.
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Sultan Khan – Thomas · 1933 · 1–0
Hastings 1932/33: an 18-move win over Sir George Thomas in one of his final competitive seasons before returning to India.
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