Short Games to Memorize

A selection of short games to memorize, for both colors. MOST games feature at least one Master level or higher player (I'm going MOSTLY for modern players most of us have heard of), end in a win, and are no more than 20 moves. A few outliers are included because I thought they were particularly worthwhile. Games are grouped by color of the winning side, and then by white's 1st move. I wanted to start memorizing short games so that I could practice and improve my visualization via replaying the games in my head before going to sleep, or while performing mundane tasks at work. This is the result of my search for games worthy of memorization. These miniatures often feature opening blunders which often appear natural but, once learned, can be immediately recognized and punished (or avoided if playing from the other side), as well as a few well-executed traps here and there. I'm not trying to explain any moves here, as I primarily made this as an exercise in memorization rather than to learn opening theory. If you get to the end of a game that doesn't end in checkmate and it doesn't immediately make sense to you why one side is winning, I recommend looking at the game not in the "learn" mode so you can turn on the engine evaluation lines to see why one side is winning. I also recommend starting with the shortest games first, especially in the openings you like, and moving up to longer games later. Since this repertoire is for both sides, you have the option to learn a variation from either side: in my opinion, it would make more sense to choose to study from the winning side.
This book has games from players including: Baadur Jobava, Dmitry Andreikin, Sergey Karjakin, Alexander Grischuk, Mark Hebden, Simon Williams, Alexi Shirov, Viktor Korchnoi, Eric Rosen, Maurice Ashley, Hikaru Nakamura, Walter Browne, Larry Christensen, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Judit Polgar, and many others.