The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
The Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
The Soul of Chess
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
A Night at the Opera
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Meta-Morphysis
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0
The oldest Recorded Game
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
Legal's mate
De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs Bird, 1866  (C10) French, 12 moves, 1-0
The Battle of Hastings
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Sucker Punch
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Paris Defense
J Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
The Triple Queen Sacrifice
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
The Immortal Losing Game
Sliwa vs Bronstein, 1957  (A81) Dutch, 29 moves, 1-0
The Polish Immortal, Sacrifice of all minor pieces
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
The Peruvian Immortal
E Canal vs Horvath, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein's Immortal
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
The Game of the Century, 17...Be6!!
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Octopus Knight
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Kasparov's Immortal
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Sacre Blue!
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 1-0
Sitting on Top of the World
Kasparov vs The World, 1999  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 62 moves, 1-0
American Beauty
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Novelty Gift
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
Rage Against the Machine
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
Havana Knights
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
Original Double Bishop Sacrifice
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
A Thing of the Passed, AVRO
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
James Bond
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
A Long Walk Off a Short Peer
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Zugzwang Game
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Rook Before you Leap
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Bxb5!
Bronstein vs Najdorf, 1954  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 42 moves, 1-0
When Pawns Attack
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Zukertort's Immortal 28.Qb4!!
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Take my wife. Please!
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
smother mate, or material advantage
Capablanca vs H Mattison, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
A Beliavsky vs Kasparov, 1988  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 29 moves, 0-1
Anand vs Lautier, 1997  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
Everyone except Fischer was considering Byrne was winning
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
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