A famous Greco game - one of many.
Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Legal's mate: if you don't know it, you should.
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
LaBourdannais's immortal pawn game.
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
The original, the one, the only...Immortal Game!!!
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
The Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Morphy's Opera House classic
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
The "Immortal Draw"
K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Rotlewi-Rubinstein!!! Need I say more?
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's Five Queens Game - is it a fake?
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
First modern Alekhine's Defense?
Saemisch vs Alekhine, 1921  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Immortal Zugzwang Game!
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Reti vs. Capablanca, New York 1924
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
The Game of the Century!!!
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
If it's good enough for James Bond...
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
The other Byrne-Fischer.
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
The "supreme creative achievement" of Kasparov.
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Considered by some to be the greatest game ever.
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
The famed "Alterman Wall" game
B Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0
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