The English Immortal Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 Possibly the best game of chess in the world? Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1 The ultimate positional game Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1928  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 0-1 The funniest ever final position - the pawn roller McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 The Immortal Zugzwang Game Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923   (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1 The monstrous centralised octopus Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 A very near miss! J E Littlewood vs Botvinnik, 1961  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 28 moves, 0-1 The Polish Immortal Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1 The Immortal Game Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Rubinsten's Immortal Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 The most famous / instructive game ever played Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 The Evergreen Game Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 The shortest "real" grandmaster game Z Djordjevic vs M Kovacevic, 1984  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 3 moves, 0-1 The hungriest knights ever Bogoljubov vs L Schmid, 1949  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1 The En Passant Mate G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0 The Pawn least likely to succeed A Dunkelblum vs Keres, 1937  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1 The ultimate pawn chain Szabo vs C H Alexander, 1954  (A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 36 moves, 0-1 King hunt and futile Knight tour Furman vs I Lipnitsky, 1951  (E46) Nimzo-Indian, 38 moves, 0-1 Heffalump trapping Bisguier vs J E Littlewood, 1962  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 23 moves, 0-1 A modern masterpiece D Gormally vs Sutovsky, 2005  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 36 moves, 0-1 Living on the knife edge Aronian vs Caruana, 2015  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0 A true battle A Matanovic vs Rossolimo, 1951  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 70 moves, 0-1 Why you shouldn't always trust books and bulletins A Zapata vs Anand, 1988  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0 23 games