Clichéd choice I know, but you really can't beat it Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Two great players, great match Reti vs Nimzowitsch, 1928  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 57 moves, 0-1 Great game, interesting and with deep ideas involved. Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 One of my favourite defences to 1.d4 thrashed. Still, I love it Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 Brilliant combination play. Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Dragon between two great players. Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0 O Renet vs Taimanov, 1986 (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 30 moves, 0-1 Nice Kside attack by Marshall. 'The Pipe Game'. Marshall vs Burn, 1900   (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0 Nicely won game by Alekhine. Alekhine vs Yates, 1922   (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 Larsen crushed playing his own opening. Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 White should have won but threw it away on move 24... Ljubojevic vs Miles, 1979  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 60 moves, 0-1 A joke game with brilliant annotations from Nizmowitsch. Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927   (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 Kasparov in a clever game against the Queen's Indian Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0 Brilliant Fischer rampage! D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956   (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1 Karpov loses the plot against St George's defense. Karpov vs Miles, 1980   (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1 I love Fischer's play, and this game is no exception!! Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 Nizmowitsch plays 1. b3 to excellent effect. Nimzowitsch vs Saemisch, 1929  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 31 moves, 1-0 Lasker Trap Korody vs Bologh, 1933  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 8 moves, 0-1 Brilliant attack in the Meran system B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1 Capablanca's first loss in 8 years I think... Reti vs Capablanca, 1924  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0 Man vs Machine Deep Junior vs Kasparov, 2003  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2 Clearance! Everything must go! I Cheparinov vs Z Almasi, 2006  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 1-0 Fischer again with another masterpiece R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963   (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 Great match up Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Can't get enough of Andersson J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1 Rc5!! Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0 Evergreen Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 Nice combination C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 Beaten whilst using his own system Fischer vs Najdorf, 1962  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 24 moves, 1-0 A french defense victory! J Cobb vs A Spice, 2007  (C04) French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line, 35 moves, 0-1 I dunno what it is, I just really like this game Benko vs Fischer, 1962  (B07) Pirc, 40 moves, 1-0 Another French, this time White winning with his own system Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0 I've always liked this opening... Rossolimo vs P Reissmann, 1967  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 1-0 Rubenstein's immortal Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 Better development etc for Nizmowitsch Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914   (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0 Pirc played by Pirc. Szabo vs Pirc, 1962  (B07) Pirc, 56 moves, 0-1 Attack then counterattack Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 41 moves, 0-1 Alekhine throws it away Alekhine vs A Love, 1923  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 37 moves, 0-1 Attack in style J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890   (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1 Evan's Gambit La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (C51) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0 Spielmann vs Duras, 1907  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 1-0 Kasparov combination Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 THREE queens sacrificed for a ONE pawn endgame advantage Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1 Another Evan's Blackburne vs NN, 1875  (C52) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0 Kside attack J M de Oliveira Gomes vs J G Caetano Netto, 1942  (C46) Three Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 Queen sac Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1 Sacrifices in order to achieve connected passed pawns Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 47 moves, 0-1 Morozevich vs Bologan, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Mate in 8 with the unmoved queen's rook Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 Attack for an early win J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1 Attack from word go again Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 Confident win from the black side of the Ruy Lopez - impressive Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1 54 games