Falkbeer - founder of the countergambits
Falkbeer vs Anderssen, 1851  (C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Loewenthal - early greats
Lowenthal vs Morphy, 1858  (C42) Petrov Defense, 70 moves, 1-0
Steinitz - father of the modern school of chess
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Tarrasch - made great contributions to chess theory
Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0
Zukertort - greatest attacking player of his day
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Tartakower - one of the founders of the hypermodern school
Tartakower vs Schlechter, 1909  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Lasker - son of a cantor and grandson of a rabbi
Lasker vs W E Napier, 1904  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein - son of a rabbi - greaest endgame player ever
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch - of the fathers of hypermodernism
A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
Breyer - one of the founders of the hypermodern school
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
Spielmann - the last real romantic player
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
Reti - one of the founders of hypermodern
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik - patriarch of the soviet chess school
Botvinnik vs Alekhine, 1938  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 51 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky - orthodox Jew - refused to play on the sabbath
Reshevsky vs A Vasconcellos, 1944  (C02) French, Advance, 26 moves, 1-0
Fine - former vice champion
Fine vs Najdorf, 1948  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 44 moves, 1-0
Horowitz - founder of "chess review"
I A Horowitz vs NN, 1940  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0
Boleslavsky - made great contributions to openings theory
Boleslavsky vs Smyslov, 1950  (D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
Bronstein - of the most influential theoreticians of all time
Bronstein vs Keres, 1955  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Averbakh - one of the best in his time - famous chess author
Korchnoi vs Averbakh, 1959  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 43 moves, 0-1
Najdorf - an all time great
Najdorf vs NN, 1942  (C26) Vienna, 20 moves, 1-0
Smyslov - one of the most brilliant of chess champions
Smyslov vs V Liberzon, 1968  (A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0
Polugaevsky - of the most influential theoreticians of his day
Polugaevsky vs Petrosian, 1960  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 24 moves, 1-0
Tal - greatest tactician ever
Tal vs Karpov, 1987  (B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
Geller - one of the best in his time
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0
Fisher - the greatest chess legend - jewish mother
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
Timanov - one of the best in his time
Taimanov vs A Shashin, 1978  (A04) Reti Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi - one of the all time greats - jewish mother
Korchnoi vs M Udovcic, 1967  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 1-0
Stein - one of the leading players in his time
Stein vs Smyslov, 1972  (A17) English, 35 moves, 1-0
Kasparov - greatest player ever - jewish father
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Polgar - greatest female player ever
J Polgar vs Anand, 1999  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Aronion - one of the highest rated players in our time
Aronian vs Anand, 2011  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
Svidler - one of the highest rated players in our time
Svidler vs Topalov, 2004  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 46 moves, 1-0
Gelfand - one of the highest rated players in our time
Gelfand vs Anand, 1993  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
Radjabov - one of the highest rated players in our time
Anand vs Radjabov, 2003  (B32) Sicilian, 39 moves, 0-1
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