The Edinburgh Scots pound the sassenachs. Edinburgh vs London, 1826  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0 Captain Evans and his great discovery. Captain Evans vs McDonnell, 1825  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 "A Gift of the Gods to a Languishing Chess World"?! Florid. Captain Evans vs McDonnell, 1829  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 McDonnell's take on the King's Gambit. McDonnell vs NN, 1830  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0 And here against stronger opposition. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0 Those damned Frogs nearly ruined chess with this one... London vs Paris, 1834  (C01) French, Exchange, 30 moves, 0-1 Here's how Staunton took on the Dutch Defense. Staunton vs Horwitz, 1846  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 56 moves, 1-0 The ultimate devil-may-care speculator meets the Petrov. Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1848  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0 Staunton: thanks to him, 1. c4 is the English Opening. Staunton vs Horwitz, 1851   (A13) English, 46 moves, 1-0 Staunton's contribution to the Petrov Defense. E Williams vs Staunton, 1851  (C42) Petrov Defense, 30 moves, 0-1 Kieseritsky's Revenge! Kieseritzky vs Anderssen, 1851  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0 Harrwitz could defeat the best with his QGD variant. Harrwitz vs Morphy, 1858   (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 55 moves, 1-0 Morphy uncorks 3. ... a6 (the Morphy Defense), in the Ruy Lopez T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1 Morphy often tried 2. d4 (Morphy gambit) against the Sicilian. Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858   (B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0 The 19th Century's counterpart to Karpov-Miles. Morphy vs Owen, 1858  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1 The Steinitz Gambit (a.k.a. The Jackass Gambit). Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0 The Bird-Brain. Bird vs Englisch, 1878  (A03) Bird's Opening, 37 moves, 1-0 A coffee-house gambit? Or just underestimated? A E Blackmar vs A Lapeyre, 1882  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0 Winawer gives chess an eternal headache. J Mortimer vs Winawer, 1883  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 51 moves, 0-1 The founder of positional chess. Oh, and a new variation also. Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0 The Caro Can! J Mieses vs M Kann, 1885  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 24 moves, 0-1 The McCutcheon KO's the world champ in its first outing. Steinitz vs McCutcheon, 1885  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 28 moves, 0-1 Much later, Tarrasch rejected 3. Nd2. Ironic. Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0 Chigorin's _weird_ second move in the French. Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0 The conservative Amos Burn tries something new. G Marco vs Burn, 1895   (C11) French, 31 moves, 0-1 Pillsbury's famous attack in the QGD. Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 52 moves, 1-0 Death knell of Romantics: Lasker's defense to the Evans Gambit Chigorin vs Lasker, 1895  (C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1 Steinitz adopts 3. d4 against the Petrov. What a battle! Steinitz vs Pillsbury, 1895  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 60 moves, 1-0 Prelude to the Chigorin Defense. Lasker vs Chigorin, 1895   (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 57 moves, 0-1 Chig's weird, ugly, and wonderful defense to the Queen's Gambit Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1896  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 38 moves, 0-1 Traxler boldly enters the labyrinth. B Mikyska vs Traxler, 1896  (C57) Two Knights, 18 moves, 0-1 Steinitz's best contribution to opening theory. Lasker vs Steinitz, 1896  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1 The most popular anti-Sicilian sees the light of day. Alapin vs Schiffers, 1898  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 44 moves, 1-0 Albin couldn't beat Lasker, but weaker foes lost to his gambit. A Schwarz vs Albin, 1899  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 40 moves, 0-1 Marshall's _other_ famous gambit. Marshall vs Schlechter, 1902  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0 Still today one of the best defenses to the Ruy Lopez. Duras vs Chigorin, 1906  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 57 moves, 0-1 Mieses found white's best continuation in the Scotch. J Mieses vs O Bernstein, 1907 (C45) Scotch Game, 42 moves, 1-0 Exchange pieces, reduce cramp, what could be easier? Marshall vs Lasker, 1907   (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1 The Four Knights is boring? Rubinstein didn't think so... Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1912   (C48) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1 Rubinstein didn't like the closed French pawn center. P Johner vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C10) French, 27 moves, 0-1 The Doctor's famous defense. Burn vs Tarrasch, 1912  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1 And here is the Doctor's proudest Tarrasch Defense moment. Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 Alekhine tries out a new gambit against the French. Alekhine vs H Fahrni, 1914   (C13) French, 23 moves, 1-0 Ok, Marshall lost. But what a debut! Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0 First use of the Budapest at GM level. Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1918  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1 Nimzo annotates--his own new first move for black. Spielmann vs Nimzowitsch, 1920   (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 28 moves, 0-1 A new opening on move one. Only Alekhine... E Steiner vs Alekhine, 1921  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 62 moves, 0-1 Victory for the Gruenfeld, and Alekhine "lets fly" as a bonus. Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922  (D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1 It _should_ be named the Rubinstein Defense, not the Meran. Gruenfeld vs Rubinstein, 1924  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 36 moves, 0-1 Colle's cure-all and be-all. Colle vs Euwe, 1924  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0 The Reti Trilogy, part I. Watch Reti's last move. Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924   (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0 The Reti Trilogy, part II. Capa's first defeat since 1916. Reti vs Capablanca, 1924  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0 The Reti Trilogy, part III. A great endgame also. Reti vs P Romanovsky, 1925  (A15) English, 47 moves, 1-0 Not to be outdone, Bogo wanted his own defense to 1. d4. Gruenfeld vs Bogoljubov, 1925  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 24 moves, 0-1 The Torre Attack claims its greatest victim. Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0 Samisch liked formations with the f3 pawn, apparently. Saemisch vs Koltanowski, 1926  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Nimzo's masterpiece. Enough said. P Johner vs Nimzowitsch, 1926  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1 Samisch: "Hmm. Why not play 4. a3?! immediately?" Saemisch vs Reti, 1928  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 69 moves, 1-0 For the Nimzoindian, know how to use your knights! H Mattison vs Nimzowitsch, 1929   (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1 The best white 4th move against the Nimzoindian? Rubinstein vs Maroczy, 1930  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 25 moves, 1-0 Alekhine's pet line in the QGD. Alekhine vs Colle, 1931  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0 In the old days, it was called the Richter attack... K Richter vs H Wagner, 1932  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 18 moves, 1-0 The Botvinnik part of the Panov-Botvinnik attack. Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1933  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 Tartakower defeats the world champ with his new defense. Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1933  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 74 moves, 0-1 Tromp Tromp Tromp! Trompowsky vs L Endzelins, 1936  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0 An early example of Don Miguel's big idea. L Steiner vs Najdorf, 1937  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 33 moves, 0-1 Marshall introduces the best continuation to his gambit. J Battell vs Marshall, 1938  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 28 moves, 0-1 Levenfish was no fish (sorry). Levenfish vs I Rabinovich, 1939  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 45 moves, 1-0 Bot grabs a pawn...and a whole new chapter in opening theory. Ragozin vs Botvinnik, 1941  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 Keres' 5. g4 would have shocked the classicists! Keres vs Bogoljubov, 1943  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 32 moves, 1-0 The Botvinnik in all its misshapen glory. Lilienthal vs Botvinnik, 1944  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 57 moves, 0-1 Boleslavsky decides he likes that backward d-pawn... Stoltz vs Boleslavsky, 1946  (B58) Sicilian, 46 moves, 0-1 Doubled f-pawns? No king-side castling? Great, says Bronstein. N Kopaev vs Bronstein, 1946  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 33 moves, 0-1 The Rossolimo. What a great name... Rossolimo vs H Mueller, 1948  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 Veresov, a dyslexic, tries to play the Ruy Lopez ;-) Veresov vs Suetin, 1953 (D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 30 moves, 1-0 Averbakh knew about openings as well as endgames. Averbakh vs Boleslavsky, 1953  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 75 moves, 1-0 Even in its youth, the Najdorf = mind-boggling battle. Bronstein vs Najdorf, 1954  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 43 moves, 0-1 Panno piper... J H Donner vs Panno, 1955  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 25 moves, 0-1 A heavy opening with a heavy name. J Durao vs Robatsch, 1960  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 38 moves, 0-1 Polugaevsky gets revenge, with his own variation. R Nezhmetdinov vs Polugaevsky, 1961  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 0-1 Pirc's best victory with his opening. Szabo vs Pirc, 1962  (B07) Pirc, 56 moves, 0-1 Hungarian? It should be the Benko Opening, dammit... Benko vs Fischer, 1962  (B07) Pirc, 40 moves, 1-0 A big victory in Fischer's pet Sicilian line. Fischer vs Geller, 1962  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 43 moves, 1-0 A fierce win by the Taimanov's founder. V Mikenas vs Taimanov, 1962  (B49) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 42 moves, 0-1 The attention Grobber (har har). Grob vs Wiedemeier, 1965  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 16 moves, 1-0 The Benkoni was too whimsical a name ;-) M Vukic vs Benko, 1967  (A58) Benko Gambit, 39 moves, 0-1 QID 4. a3: modest and indestructible, like Petrosian himself. Petrosian vs Larsen, 1968  (E12) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0 Against Velimirovic, play 1. e4 e5, not the Sicilian! Velimirovic vs Stein, 1970  (B89) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0 Larsen becomes the eternal champion of 1. b3. Larsen vs Andersson, 1972  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 45 moves, 1-0 A whole new way of playing the Sicilian, courtesy of Sveshnikov Geller vs Sveshnikov, 1978  (B33) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1 It only drew, but it's one of the few sacs Korchnoi declined. Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 1. ... a6 against the world champion? What was Miles smoking? Karpov vs Miles, 1980   (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1 Ok, he lost, but Murey's insane 4th move hasn't been refuted. Timman vs Murey, 1993  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 54 moves, 1-0 The Zvjaginsev variation? Too hard to pronounce... Zvjaginsev vs Khalifman, 2005  (B20) Sicilian, 37 moves, 1-0 94 games