"The Evergreen Partie"
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Famous opera game
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Fantastic combination for rooks and bishops cooperation
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Sack a pawn, stop the castling, disable counterplay...win in 17
Morphy vs T Hampton, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
"The Immortal Game"
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Excellent piece activity enables sacks and crushing attack
Morphy vs G W Medley, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
Great positional play by Morphy
Harrwitz vs Morphy, 1858  (A84) Dutch, 54 moves, 0-1
Minor pieces mate after the queen sac
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1
Morphy's attack in King's Gambit
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
"Zukertort's Immortal"
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Wild game ends with queen intrusion
Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1866  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1
Queen sac leads to massive king hunt
J Matschego vs Falkbeer, 1853  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 0-1
Max Lange's miniature
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
Kingside pawn storm ensures owerhelming compensation for queen
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
Ruling and using the G-file
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
Morphy's tactics strikes again
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Black king gets mated in the centre after a prepared attack
Kieseritzky vs I Calvi, 1842  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
Grabbing h-pawn turns back on black
G Neumann vs Dufresne, 1863  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0
Wild play where no king feels safe
R Steel vs Blackburne, 1881  (C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Morphy orchestrates an interesting attack against white king
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Victory in 17 against Anderssen
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0
A couple of sacks + undeveloped queenside --> interesting mate
Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Restricting d6 pawn enables mating attack
Dubois vs Moore, 1845  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Quick kingside attack
Bird vs Blackburne, 1886  (A02) Bird's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1
The windmill combination
Falkbeer vs Anderssen, 1851  (C27) Vienna Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Amazing sacks and attack by Anderssen
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Another tactical masterpiece by Morphy
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 0-1
One crazy draw
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Beware the light squares
T Lichtenhein vs Morphy, 1857  (C45) Scotch Game, 19 moves, 0-1
White develops while black runs with his queen
Morphy vs de Riviere, 1863  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Superb development leads to attack that leaves white a piece up
Anderssen vs Mayet, 1851  (C52) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Kingside action ends with smothered mate
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
King hunt ends on white's back row
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
The importance of development
Morphy vs J McConnell, 1849  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 23 moves, 1-0
Open G-file to mate
Anderssen vs B Suhle, 1860  (C51) Evans Gambit, 23 moves, 1-0
Quite an interesting mating picture after 13 moves
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Who counts the material
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Knight windmill
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
G7 Summit
Paulsen vs Owen, 1862  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
White army sacked in order for rook to mate
Morphy vs A Reif, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 24 moves, 1-0
Sacking the rook for an attack
T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1
Nice combination by Anderssen
F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1
Model Advance French game for Black
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1
Reckless play backfires
de Riviere vs P Journoud, 1860  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Pawn grabbing in the opening ends badly
de Riviere vs Dubois, 1855  (B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 0-1
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