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Tridel's Collectivity
Compiled by Tridel
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Here are my top favorite games. Outstanding play by some of the best players of all time!

Free Queen? Another Free Queen??
Tal vs J Miller, 1988 
(C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0

Ara Made an Error
T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0

Game of the Century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1

Anand vs Topalov, 2005 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Tal: GrandMaster of Tactics
Tal vs Sviridov, 1969 
(B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0

Kasparov vs Adams, 2004 
(E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

American Beauty
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
(B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1

Never Give Up, Never Surrender
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

Fischer is Fine Now..
Fischer vs Fine, 1963 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0

Bye Bye Birdie
Bird vs Morphy, 1858 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Bent it Like Larsen
Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0

Which Pawn Gets Promoted???
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Courage of the Black King
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981 
(D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1

Keres One
Keres vs Verbac, 1933 
(C00) French Defense, 16 moves, 1-0

New Knight in Town
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994 
(E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1

All Out War
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
(B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1

Amazing Accuracy
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0

Mighty Morphy!
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  
(C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1

Night at the Opera
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Novelty Gift
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918 
(C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0

Smother Sac
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859 
(C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

Discovered Chexx
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1

The Man at the Altar
B Alterman vs R Lev, 1994 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 1-0

SACrilegious
L Hazai vs W Schmidt, 1975 
(C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0

U.S. Marshall
E M Jackson vs Marshall, 1899 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Bent Pin
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  
(B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0

Scheve Creamed
Marshall vs Von Scheve, 1904 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

Rubinstein's Immortal
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1

Take No Prisoners
Van Wely vs Morozevich, 2001 
(D16) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 21 moves, 0-1

Havana Knights
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1

Rook Before You Leap
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0

Immortal Zugzwang
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923  
(E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1

Immortal Zugzwang II
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927  
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1

Phi Beta Capa
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

When Pawns Attack
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970 
(A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1

V-Victorious
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0

Knights on Broadway
Tal vs P Kampenuss, 1953 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0

Power of Defense
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909 
(D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1

8 Pawn Gambit
W R Ballard vs J Fagan, 1884  
(000) Chess variants, 30 moves, 1-0

Capablanca's Notes
Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1913 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 64 moves, 0-1

Casino Royale
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007 
(A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1

Queen en Prise
J Mieses vs Janowski, 1900 
(C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0

Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

Old Kentucky
NN vs Blackburne, 1884  
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Dunaev vs Petrosian, 1946 
(B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 0-1

J G Colbourne vs Blackburne, 1894  
(C22) Center Game, 17 moves, 0-1

The Tomb Game
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971 
(E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1

Final Fantasy
Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010 
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

Supersymmetry Theory
Rotlewi vs M Elyashiv, 1909 
(C49) Four Knights, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2

J Main vs A F Mackenzie, 1880 
(B20) Sicilian, 16 moves, 0-1

A Knight to Remember
Reshevsky vs G N Treysman, 1938 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0

Capa's Way
Capablanca vs Yates, 1929 
(A15) English, 32 moves, 1-0

Tarrasch vs Janowski, 1895  
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0

Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0

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