#263 - Illegal move scores the win
J Mason vs Winawer, 1883  (C13) French, 43 moves, 0-1
#264 - Steiner wins by accident
E Steiner vs Colle, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
#265- Benko picks up the pieces - and loses
Keres vs Benko, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
#267 - Oldest known chess game
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
#275 - Plays blindfold chess at eight
Reshevsky vs R C Griffith, 1920  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0
#277 - The defenceless king takes a walk
R Krogius vs A Ojanen, 1944  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 14 moves, 1-0
#279 - A strange perpetual check
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
#282 - Tartakower takes time in miniature
Tartakower vs G Fuster, 1948  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 13 moves, 1-0
#283 - Fischer wins in a few moments
Fischer vs P Dely, 1967  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 17 moves, 1-0
#285 - All the pawns stay on the board
Flohr vs Sultan Khan, 1932  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
#287 - Anderssen and Kolisch first to use time limit
Kolisch vs Anderssen, 1861  (B40) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
#289 - Two long-distance long-range mates announced
Gossip vs E E Gilbert, 1879  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 0-1
#290 - Schlechter fails to draw crucial game
Lasker vs Schlechter, 1910  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 71 moves, 1-0
#291 - Devastating knight fork
Tal vs K Klaman, 1957  (B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 34 moves, 1-0
#292 - Knight threatens everything in sight
M Aaron vs Filip, 1962  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 25 moves, 0-1
#294 - Rook is interested spectator in rook ending
Schlechter vs A Kaufmann, 1916  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 49 moves, 1-0
#296 - Tarrasch holds onto his pawns
Von Gottschall vs Tarrasch, 1888  (C16) French, Winawer, 100 moves, 0-1
#299 - Reti gives up four rooks in two successive games
Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
#299 - Reti gives up four rooks in two successive games
Reti vs Euwe, 1920  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
#300 - Bronstein dreams up a game
NN vs Bronstein, 1961  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 19 moves, 0-1
#301 - Canal sacrifices on a grand scale
E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0
#303 - Pawn becomes knight in seven moves
Wiede vs A Goetz, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 7 moves, 0-1
#304 - Journoud's mighty little pawn
Chapelle vs P Journoud, 1860  (B20) Sicilian, 15 moves, 0-1
#305 - White's queen is cornered
NN vs A Koch, 1931  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 15 moves, 0-1
#307 - Blindfold artistry at 12
Morphy vs E Morphy, 1849  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0
#310 - Rubinstein, the endgame magician
H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
#311 - Four queens in world championship game
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
#312 - Capablanca gets queen odds
R Iglesias vs Capablanca, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 38 moves, 0-1
#315 - Masters play blindfold match
Schlechter vs J Mieses, 1909  (B01) Scandinavian, 44 moves, 0-1
#316 - One mate in a million
G Gundersen vs A H Faul, 1928  (C02) French, Advance, 15 moves, 1-0
#318 - Curious castling coup
O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
#319 - First game to be awarded brilliancy prize
Bird vs J Mason, 1876  (C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
#321 - Alekhine wins most brilliancy prizes
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
#322 - Botvinnik plays longest chess combination
Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935  (A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0
#324 - Death comes at the chessboard
Olland vs A Hamming, 1933  (B83) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1
#325 - Smyslov blitzes Reshevsky
Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1945  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 41 moves, 1-0
#326 - Breakthrough only by a sacrifice
Bronstein vs Pilnik, 1954  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 69 moves, 1-0
#327- Disdains four different perpetual checks against Capa
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1911  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 66 moves, 1-0
#328 - Both black and white sacrifice freely
Panov vs M Yudovich Sr., 1937  (C13) French, 26 moves, 0-1
#329 - Capablanca is contemptous of traps
Euwe vs Capablanca, 1931  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Keres vs Alekhine, 1937  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Keres vs Capablanca, 1938  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 38 moves, 1-0
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Keres vs Smyslov, 1939  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Euwe vs Keres, 1940  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Keres vs Petrosian, 1949  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Tal vs Keres, 1954  (E92) King's Indian, 43 moves, 0-1
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Keres vs Botvinnik, 1956  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Keres vs Spassky, 1955  (E14) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
#330 - Keres beats nine world champions
Fischer vs Keres, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 30 moves, 0-1
#342 - Tal's imprisoned bishop
Fischer vs Tal, 1961  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
#344 - Capa's knight wheels around
Capablanca vs Yates, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0
#346 - Undeveloped pieces win game
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1944  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 64 moves, 1-0
#347 - Twenty-one moves with pieces, ten with pawns
E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
#349 - Keres's rare brilliancy appears on two other boards
Keres vs Najdorf, 1955  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 25 moves, 1-0
#350 - Chernev experiences psychic phenomenon
F Young vs L Dore, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 22 moves, 1-0
#353 - Sacrifice of three pieces on one square
P Dubinin vs D Petrov, 1936  (C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0
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