My personal favourite.
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Some very inspiring sacrifices
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
One draw that certainly isn't boring!
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1937  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
Beautiful tactics!
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
A good example of an exciting gambit.
Blackburne vs Anderssen, 1862  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
A great king hunt!
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
Cavalry Charge
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Great strategic play!
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Another King march!
Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963  (D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0
Positional Brilliance
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0
A very annoying stalemate!
E Post vs Nimzowitsch, 1905  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 98 moves, 1/2-1/2
On of the best games of the 23rd century!
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
The supposed "Game of the Century"
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Despite some errors, this is still one great game!
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
A great zugzwang!
K Spraggett vs G Glen, 1975  (C02) French, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0
A beautiful ending!
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Some great pins!
Ehlvest vs Kasparov, 1977  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 40 moves, 0-1
In my opinion, the greatest tactical game of all time.
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
Greedy Mikey...
I Kan vs Botvinnik, 1935  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
Once again, Kisieritsy on the wrong side of a brilliant game.
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1845  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
A long slugfest
R Persitz vs R Blumenfeld, 1958  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 45 moves, 1-0
An amazing king hnt!
L Day vs T Koliada, 1994  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
An epic sacrifice!
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
Classic Geller.
Geller vs Karpov, 1976  (C16) French, Winawer, 42 moves, 1-0
Crushing sacrifices.
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Truly amazing calculations!
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
And I thought one queen was the most you could sacrifice...
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Krushing.
Y Dembo vs I Krush, 1996  (B89) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
In Chains.
Morozevich vs Sakaev, 2007  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 59 moves, 1-0
Brilliant Calculation
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Just look at the final position...
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
A brilliant sacrifice and a long king hunt - amazing!
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Great combinations.
Portisch vs Larsen, 1972  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch's Ausome 'Zugzwanging'
N Mannheimer vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C01) French, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1
A brilliant finish.
J Bellon Lopez vs G Garcia, 1976  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 38 moves, 0-1
Fabrication or not, this game is pure brilliance!
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
My favourite 'Old' Game
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
The exchange for a 'pig'.
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1971  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0
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