Inventing the pieces
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
Priests and pawnpushers
Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 9 moves, 1-0
Tactics began
Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Capturing the king
Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Tricks and traps
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 9 moves, 1-0
The first Grandmaster
J Bruehl vs Philidor, 1783  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 47 moves, 0-1
Pawns are the soul of chess
Philidor vs NN, 1749  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
The chessartist
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Romantischen Schach
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
Chessgenius
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Combination rules
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Immortal miniature
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
17...?!! Brilliant, blunder or both
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
The man who taught us chess
Pillsbury vs Steinitz, 1894  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 0-1
The area of positional chess
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1898  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 0-1
The great chessfighter
Lasker vs W Napier, 1904  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Chess becomes a sport
Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
Human chessmachine
Capablanca vs O Bernstein, 1914  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
Lazy vain and invincible
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
Manoevring
Janowski vs Capablanca, 1916  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1
Grandmonster of chess
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927  (B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
Chess becomes science
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937  (A09) Reti Opening, 62 moves, 1-0
11....?!!?
J Mieses vs Alekhine, 1913  (C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 0-1
A mating combination
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
Dutch treat
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
The chessschool
V Lyublinsky vs Botvinnik, 1943  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1
Sorcerer apprentice
Bronstein vs Keres, 1955  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Even an experienced worldchampion needs luck
L A Tan vs Smyslov, 1973  (B07) Pirc, 37 moves, 0-1
The magician
Tal vs B Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Eye of the tiger
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
From Russia with love
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
A prodigy is coming
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
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