game of the century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
the immortal game-I need say more
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
bitter end for boris
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1
A Mona Lisa-sacrifices to the max!!
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
the great swindle
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
The famous "last round" game
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0
one hundred three move marathon
Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2
gold piece game
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Nimzo's great bind-25 moves to a straitjacket
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
A great series of sacrifices and forced moves
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Morphy's Paris Opera House game
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
A great attack sequence for nineteen moves!
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Morphy's answer to Marshall gold pieces
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Evergreen game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
a nice minature-thanks,poodle
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
A great draw!! Nineteen moves of mastery
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Morphy gets kayoed early
Morphy vs Maurian, 1855  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1
GOTD on Micah's 13th
Bologan vs Vaganian, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0
puzzle on Micah's 13th BD
J Gluckie vs M Moran-Venegas, 2009  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi's version of g.p.game
Averbakh vs Korchnoi, 1965  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 39 moves, 0-1
The immortal pipe game
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
one of the greatest swindles of all time!!!
I A Horowitz vs M Pavey, 1951  (E17) Queen's Indian, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
great champion swindled
C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2
Double check and mate by author
A Miller vs Chernev, 1928  (C45) Scotch Game, 9 moves, 0-1
Flohr gets floored
Flohr vs Grob, 1933  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1
never lead with the king!
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
rook harassment
E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
a very good one-tartar sauce
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
five knights at once!!
Szabo vs Ivkov, 1964  (A57) Benko Gambit, 93 moves, 0-1
a castle of pawns
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
an elegant cross-pin
Stein vs Smyslov, 1972  (A17) English, 35 moves, 1-0
another kevin!!!
K Spraggett vs S Lacroix, 1979  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 22 moves, 1-0
Aussie open unusually,ends strong
C Depasquale vs Kudrin, 1986  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
a great game from a to z
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
Krum's taking odd sacrifice sets off deadly attack
Kotronias vs K Georgiev, 1994  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
capa's miracle 29th! what a showstopper!
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
kotov's masterpiece
G Stoltz vs Kotov, 1952  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 42 moves, 0-1
a very modern version of rook vs 5 pawns
Bareev vs Fressinet, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 65 moves, 1-0
Spraggett offers queen,then has brilliant mate
K Spraggett vs Suba, 1994  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 35 moves, 1-0
one of fischer's best
Fischer vs Tal, 1961  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
bernstein finishes brilliantly with intermezzo
Barcza vs Bronstein, 1949  (A20) English, 36 moves, 0-1
another gold piece ending
Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0
pawn race
Vidmar vs Yates, 1930  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 59 moves, 0-1
the name is not James,but he's still good
Lobron vs Chandler, 1986  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 26 moves, 1-0
Flohr 2-black resigns a won game
Von Popiel vs G Marco, 1902  (C41) Philidor Defense, 36 moves, 1-0
cruz in for a bruisin'
Alekhine vs A Cruz, 1941  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 20 moves, 1-0
Tiger gets boris
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
early fischer gem
Fischer vs C Witte, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 1-0
neat mating combination
Santasiere vs E B Adams, 1926  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
what a flurry!! sacs everywhere!
Reti vs Lasker, 1908  (C56) Two Knights, 15 moves, 0-1
fox hounds opponent with sacs
A W Fox vs H E Bauer, 1900  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0
akiba's immortal
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
chigorin wins another exciting game
Chigorin vs J Mortimer, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
the pawns march on
A Mikhalchishin vs D Pavasovic, 1999  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
a simple lesson in tactics
Maroczy vs Rubinstein, 1908  (C01) French, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0
another victim of the tiger trap
Petrosian vs Simagin, 1956  (A53) Old Indian, 48 moves, 1-0
an expected queen sac
B Enklaar vs Timman, 1972  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 30 moves, 0-1
watch fischer's pieces sweep the board
Fischer vs T Hartwell, 1964  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 42 moves, 1-0
a variation of adams-torre
V Mikenas vs Bronstein, 1965  (A53) Old Indian, 24 moves, 0-1
a fine minature/queen sac leads to death on king side
T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1
a neat,but flawed,queen sac
Torre vs N Banks, 1924  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
a rare legal mete with black in charge
NN vs G Geshev, 1935  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 9 moves, 0-1
The LEGAL mate-often imitated
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
a capa gem
Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0
Amos Burn turns into PAC-MAN
Burn vs Marshall, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
a brilliant miniture-variation of legal
H Buckle vs NN, 1840  (B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0
white is lost by move four
Biegler vs Peperle, 1952  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 11 moves, 0-1
clear the tracks for the super chief!!
M Brody vs L Banya, 1901  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
a quaint triangle of queen and knight-mate by triad
Nunn vs E Bhend, 1978  (B33) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0
a nice win by sozin
V Nenarokov vs V Sozin, 1925  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
keres koughs up the ending
Keres vs Portisch, 1967  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 90 moves, 0-1
alekhine has an elegant queen sac
Von Bardeleben vs Alekhine, 1908  (C41) Philidor Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
bonderevsky's classic-minor pieces take all!
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
Another Fischer masterpiece!
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
a variation of smothered mate-pawns kill white
Saemisch vs A Medina Garcia, 1943  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1
a fine queen sac
Letelier vs Fischer, 1960  (E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1
Horowitz wins with lightning
I A Horowitz vs NN, 1940  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
two great blows decide this one.
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
a tulip evergreen
C de Ronde vs H Kamstra, 1938  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
back rank bonanza
Larsen vs Ljubojevic, 1975  (A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 27 moves, 0-1
sudden death
Uhlmann vs H Liebert, 1976  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1
Nimzo plays endgame to a T
G Stoltz vs Nimzowitsch, 1928  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 61 moves, 0-1
white sacs queen at h5 and h7
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929  (B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
nice queen sac ends it
H Dinser vs D Mione, 1996  (D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 24 moves, 0-1
hit the sac
Polugaevsky vs Ftacnik, 1982  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 29 moves, 0-1
black falls into trap-queen overworked
Romanishin vs Plaskett, 1977  (A15) English, 14 moves, 1-0
good k-side attack from Caro-Kann
E Bhend vs Hort, 1964  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 26 moves, 0-1
another Marshall swindle-and tripled pawns
Chigorin vs Marshall, 1903  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 57 moves, 0-1
Santa delivers
Santasiere vs B Blumin, 1939  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Nappy wins elegant one
Napoleon Bonaparte vs General Bertrand, 1820  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
three pieces gang up against the king
O W Field vs O Tenner, 1922  (C58) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1
Immortal Zwischenspiel
Svidler vs Topalov, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 46 moves, 1-0
a very modern eppy mate
Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
Stangl strikes out!
W N Watson vs M Stangl, 1998  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
4 piece king trap (on KF's BD)
S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
Variation of Reti-Tartokower theme
N Kosolapov vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1936  (C46) Three Knights, 24 moves, 0-1
two quaint forks are the show in this one.
Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2004  (D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 41 moves, 1-0
pawn race,game won by black
R Haring vs P Cramling, 1981  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 37 moves, 0-1
en passant cap adds spice to this one
J Sajtar vs M Dietze, 1943  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 42 moves, 1-0
interesting dynamics involving the sq b8
Granda Zuniga vs L Rojas Keim, 2004  (D78) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6, 32 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's 5 queen game-hoax though it may be
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
Akiba's masterpiece #2
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
an opportunity for art was missed by black-loss soon after
Y Lapshun vs W Paschall, 2003  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
karpov plays a masterpiece-a ballet of minor pieces
Karpov vs Gulko, 1996  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0
a circus of forks and advanced pawns
Ragozin vs Bondarevsky, 1946  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 58 moves, 1-0
nice sac of queen and both rooks!!!
NN vs E Diemer, 1978  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 15 moves, 0-1
The case of the nervous knight:eight moves in 16
NN vs E Diemer, 1984  (A04) Reti Opening, 16 moves, 0-1
black is without his Q,but not without winning play
P Nikolic vs Y Habu, 2007  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1
Carlsen vs Karjakin, 2016  (B54) Sicilian, 50 moves, 1-0
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