The most famous game of all time.
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
21...Qd7! A win in every variation.
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
The Game of the Century.
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Squeeze a win from nothing.
Topalov vs Aronian, 2006  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 76 moves, 1-0
A very nice combination.
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
33. Qxd6! Clearing the way for the passed pawn.
Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's Immortal Game
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
38...Rxa5! A very nice combination.
Kramnik vs Bareev, 2005  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 0-1
Very tactical game.
Karpov vs Topalov, 2002  (A57) Benko Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
21. Rxf7! An amazing combination.
Keene vs Robatsch, 1971  (E08) Catalan, Closed, 27 moves, 1-0
A zugzwang in the middle game!
Korchnoi vs O Renet, 1990  (A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0
Black is in zugzwang!
Ponomariov vs Topalov, 2005  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
Cool Endgame
Aronian vs Ivanchuk, 2006  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 45 moves, 0-1
The Immortal Deflection Game
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Rooks aren't always better than bishops.
Topalov vs Aronian, 2006  (E15) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
One of the Greatest Attacks Ever
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
The Immortal King
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Bishop promotion sets up mate in 1.
D Tomic vs F Winzbeck, 1993  (B83) Sicilian, 44 moves, 1-0
23..Qg3!!! Three exclamation marks.
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
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