Best game by a 4-year-old? R Iglesias vs Capablanca, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1 Best game by an 8-year-old? Polgar vs Szendrei, 1984  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 21 moves, 1-0 Best game by an 11-year-old? Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 Best game by a 12-year-old? Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0 Best game by a 13-year-old? Smyslov vs Bacrot, 1996  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 62 moves, 0-1 No, THIS is the best game by a 13-year-old! D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956   (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1 Best game by a 14-year-old? Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0 Or is this the best game by a 14-year-old? Karjakin vs Kramnik, 2004  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 90 moves, 1-0 Crushing Blindfold Win for Capa Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0 Gorgeous finish! Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0 Let's see how many pieces I can sacrifice and still win! Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 One of Kasparov's finest hours. Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 So what if this is rapid! It's awesome! Shirov vs Morozevich, 2004  (C11) French, 40 moves, 1-0 Bet you'll take my queen this time! Sutovsky vs D Sermek, 1993  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 65 moves, 1-0 Gorgeous combination! J Saksis vs Shirov, 1985  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 37 moves, 0-1 Typical Tal Tal vs Larsen, 1965   (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0 Stunning Simul! Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 Wonderful Complications! Tal vs Smyslov, 1959  (B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0 More Typical Tal Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0 Excellent and Entertaining! Spielmann vs J Mieses, 1910  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 1-0 Hurrah Ivanchuk! Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1991  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 38 moves, 1-0 Kasparov's Immortal? Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 Taking the king for a long walk! Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 A glorious finish! Shabalov vs Aronian, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 47 moves, 0-1 Kasparov serves up a crushing finish seemingly out of nowhere Adams vs Kasparov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 0-1 Fantastic Finish Harikrishna vs Shabalov, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 Elegant slaughter! Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 A somewhat unheralded masterpiece! Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0 One of my all-time favorite miniatures Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1 Steinitz' immortal? Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 Fantastic comeback Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 A fantastic swindle! S Bouaziz vs Miles, 1979  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 49 moves, 0-1 Stunning sacrificial attack! S Savchenko vs Savon, 1999  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 19 moves, 1-0 Inspired play from one of the grand old men of chess! Staunton vs NN, 1840  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 Complex and well fought Ponomariov vs Polgar, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 56 moves, 1-0 Fireworks all over the board! Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0 One of the Best Draws I've Ever Seen Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Pushing the king all over the board! Schiffers vs Nolde, 1872  (C51) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0 14. Rxd5! E Torre vs B Ivanovic, 1977  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 25 moves, 1-0 19. dxe6!! Maroczy vs Schiffers, 1898  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 1-0 Amazing finish! Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2 Preview of the later masterpiece G Marco vs Marshall, 1902  (C63) Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 Fantastic Rook and Pawn Ending! Great for Study! Chernin vs M Drasko, 1988  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0 Excellent Game All the Way Around! Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0 Another Great Performance From My New Favorite Topalov vs Kasparov, 1996  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 66 moves, 1-0 Marshall Forks Over Another Masterpiece! S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 Fantastic Ending Combination! Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 Tactical Genius! Kupreichik vs Tal, 1970  (B57) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1-0 Another tactical masterpiece! Kupreichik vs G Danner, 1966  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 27 moves, 1-0 Awesome Chaos!! Belov vs V Prohorov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 82 moves, 0-1 Knightmare in South Wales! R Ziatdinov vs Mikhalevski, 2005  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 91 moves, 1/2-1/2 Awesome finish! Tal vs R Forbis, 1988  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 Another Tal Masterpiece! Fischer vs Tal, 1959  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 52 moves, 0-1 Highly Unusualy Underpromotion! A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0 Worthy of deep study! Reshevsky vs Mecking, 1967  (E96) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line, 71 moves, 1-0 Gorgeous finish! A Skripchenko vs Fressinet, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0 Obliterated! Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 M Mitso vs T Gelashvili, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 Wild attacking game! Jobava vs Bareev, 2003  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0 Killer combination! C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 Another great finish! Fedorov vs N Miezis, 2000  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 33 moves, 0-1 Wish these two played every single day! Topalov vs Morozevich, 1996  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 66 moves, 1-0 Make these two play every day also! Zvjaginsev vs Topalov, 1995  (A57) Benko Gambit, 48 moves, 1-0 Who said draws are boring? Zvjaginsev vs Morozevich, 1995  (E92) King's Indian, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 Simply amazing! Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 Abandon all defense, full speed ahead! Marshall vs Moreau, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0 Supreme Endgame Study! Smyslov vs Filip, 1958  (A14) English, 109 moves, 1-0 Great old-fashioned fun! Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Super unbalanced game! L Shytaj vs R S Jones, 2006  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 62 moves, 0-1 Gorgeous draw! I Nataf vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2006  (B50) Sicilian, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2 Sadvakasov vs T Luther, 2007  (C11) French, 53 moves, 1-0 Nijboer vs V Gashimov, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 82 moves, 1-0 Fedorov vs A Yashtylov, 2000  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 0-1 Excellent finish! V Pina vs D Duarte, 2001  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 32 moves, 1-0 Unusual and brilliant! Zvjaginsev vs P Zhang, 2006  (C00) French Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 Run-of-the-mill Morphy magic! Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0 Two sluggers go for broke! Morozevich vs Topalov, 1999  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 75 moves, 0-1 Exciting and tactical Petrov! Svidler vs Topalov, 2004  (C42) Petrov Defense, 31 moves, 1-0 Marshall Arts! Marshall vs P S Leonhardt, 1912  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0 Deep, Wild Finish! T Catalan vs N Saeed, 1983  (E77) King's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0 Great fun! Unbalanced material throughout H Pusch vs V Gassmann, 2001  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 68 moves, 1-0 Weird, Wild Stuff! R Tiggelman vs G Welling, 1989  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 0-1 Fighting, scratching, clawing, biting chess! K Shirazi vs Kamsky, 1989  (A25) English, 105 moves, 0-1 More wild stuff! Shirov vs T Thorhallsson, 1992  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 More amazing finishes! Baburin vs Adianto, 1993  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1 Highly unusual Morozevich vs Ivanchuk, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 30 moves, 0-1 Strange! A Lehtinen vs J Sietio, 1996  (A04) Reti Opening, 47 moves, 1-0 Another unbalanced epic! V Yandemirov vs A Feoktistov, 2003  (B07) Pirc, 74 moves, 1-0 Queens, schmeens. Watch this! Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1994  (E12) Queen's Indian, 72 moves, 0-1 WOW!! Tal vs W R Chandler, 1974  (B01) Scandinavian, 22 moves, 1-0 Bar-room Brawl of a Chess Game! Gelfand vs Shabalov, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0 Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Sacrifice, sacrifice, sacrifice! Landa vs E Shaposhnikov, 2005  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0 Unusual as usual from Z-man! Zvjaginsev vs Seirawan, 1997  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0 Aronian vs Morozevich, 2006  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 R Hewitt vs B Copley, 1949  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0 Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1 Brass Pelotas! Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0 P H Nielsen vs Larsen, 1997  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 38 moves, 0-1 What a fantastic ending! V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0 Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0 Timman vs C van Wijgerden, 1977  (A56) Benoni Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 102 games