Fantastic and resourceful struggle
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
"The Immortal Zugzwang Game" by Nimzo
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Endgame lessons by Capablanca (notations by Alekhine & Reti)
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Marshall - THE tactician
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Development and piece activity beat material
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Instructive game, great struggle worthy of WC game
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
Attack in old romantic style
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Spielmann's attack plan looks so simple, and yet effective
Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 0-1
Great attack against Queen's Gambit
V Vukovic vs A Vajda, 1925  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Interesting pawn chain and nice attack by White
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909  (C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Napier the Wild and Lasker the Wilder
Lasker vs W E Napier, 1904  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
When great attacker gets under attack
J Mieses vs Marshall, 1903  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
The birth of Grunfeld Defence
Alekhine vs Gruenfeld, 1922  (D80) Grunfeld, 55 moves, 0-1
Famous double rook sacrifice by Reti
Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
"Rubinstein's Immortal"
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
White rapidly develops while Black pawn-grabbs - and gets mated
A Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Great WC game featuring 4 queens
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
Very instructive game (annotated by Nimzo)
L van Vliet vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1907  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Spielmann - master of Vienna Game
Spielmann vs Flamberg, 1914  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov creatively handles the Stonewall
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0
Nice defence & counterattack by Duras
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0
"Sämisch's Immortal" - kingside attack
Saemisch vs F Herzog, 1924  (C10) French, 36 moves, 1-0
Just when it looked like White is going to get mated...
Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
Fine positional play - using lots of weak dark squares
Schlechter vs W John, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0
Famous double bishop sacrifice
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Chigorin - mastery of sharp and double-edged position
Chigorin vs J Mortimer, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
Great example of Nimzo's blockade - Black's position is locked
A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
"The Triple Queen Sacrifice"
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Lasker dismantles Alekhine with positional & tactical play
Lasker vs Alekhine, 1914  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 35 moves, 1-0
Famous queen sac by Ed. Lasker
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Mieses really wanted to get rid of his queen
J Mieses vs Janowski, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
Trench warfare in ultra-closed position
O Chajes vs Gruenfeld, 1923  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 120 moves, 0-1
Fun and famous miniature
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
Spielmann - the last romantic player
Spielmann vs M Elyashiv, 1903  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Great win against Capablanca
O Chajes vs Capablanca, 1916  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 66 moves, 1-0
Good game with instructive annotations by Alekhine
Bogoljubov vs Ed Lasker, 1924  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 57 moves, 1-0
Black running out of space
Alekhine vs A Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
Exciting mutual attack - and Black's is faster
Teichmann vs G Marco, 1903  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 0-1
Even in simplified position - lead in development matters
Euwe vs G Thomas, 1934  (D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 26 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury rips Lakser's defence apart
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1904  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
"The Pipe Game"
Marshall vs Burn, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1-0
Interesting game with good annotations
Tartakower vs Schlechter, 1909  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
Amazing combination by Capablanca
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
One of Nimzo's best games
A Nimzowitsch vs Rubinstein, 1926  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 46 moves, 1-0
Deep and complex combination - bold play by Tartakower
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Exemplary opening and endgame play by Rubinstein
Rubinstein vs Duras, 1908  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 39 moves, 1-0
Played very much in Nimzo's style
Maroczy vs H Suechting, 1905  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
Short and exciting game
J Mieses vs Chigorin, 1906  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 15 moves, 1-0
Not castling and getting attacked by Marshall isn't a good idea
Janowski vs Marshall, 1912  (C42) Petrov Defense, 22 moves, 0-1
Unexpected miniature
G Marco vs Maroczy, 1905  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 13 moves, 1-0
Brilliant attack by Spielmann (with annotations)
Rubinstein vs Spielmann, 1912  (A84) Dutch, 42 moves, 0-1
Another exemplary game by Rubinstein
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
Knight manuevres - well played game by Vidmar
Alekhine vs Vidmar, 1926  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 0-1
Inspired attack by Yates the KID
Alekhine vs Yates, 1923  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 50 moves, 0-1
"Rage Against the Machine" starring Em. Lasker
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
Tactical awarness - two "Jans" deliver mate
Janowski vs W Michel, 1926  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 15 moves, 1-0
Famous Vidmar's win in Budapest Gambit
Rubinstein vs Vidmar, 1918  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 24 moves, 0-1
Excellent attacking play by Grunfeld
Gruenfeld vs Maroczy, 1922  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Reti's win got brilliancy prize
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein demonstrates power of piece activity
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1
Great play by Samisch
Saemisch vs Reti, 1928  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 69 moves, 1-0
Pressing and disabling counterplay
O Bernstein vs Spielmann, 1906  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Fine win by Marshall
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
"The Immortal Overprotection Game" created by Koch
A Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
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