"Horse Racing"
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Famous loser, unknown winner, fascinating game!
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1845  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
"8-Ball in the Corner Pocket"
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Another Morphy classic
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
Double queen vs minor pieces
R Franz vs Mayet, 1858  (C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1
Another Anderssen classic
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Knights to Remember
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Another Charousek comet
Charousek vs Englander, 1894  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 1-0
The King's Expedition to d5
Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0
The Young Lion
Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1
Endgame Excellency
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Another Triumvirate of Pawns
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Polish Immortal
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Zugzwang Game revisited
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
"The Long and Winding Road"
H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
The Ukrainian Immortal
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
"Rags to Riches"
Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 47 moves, 0-1
A stunning attack
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
The Dutch Evergreen
C de Ronde vs H Kamstra, 1938  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
The Uruguayan Immortal
B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1
Kavalanche of pawns
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
"King of Sorrow"
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
"Nezly Done"
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
The second brilliancy Byrne vs Fischer
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
"Per-fect"
P Ofstad vs Uhlmann, 1963  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 19 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Correspondence Game
A Sundin vs Erik Andersson, 1964  (C16) French, Winawer, 29 moves, 1-0
A bold pawn and a skillful team of minor pieces
Tal vs Sviridov, 1969  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
The Iraqi Immortal
Browne vs A Taha, 1972  (C14) French, Classical, 30 moves, 0-1
The Chinese Immortal
Liu Wenzhe vs J H Donner, 1978  (B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice"
Bronstein vs Ljubojevic, 1973  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
The Argentinian Immortal
G Mahia vs Quinteros, 1980  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1-0
"Wild Horses"
Stanishevsky vs Nikonov, 1981  (B30) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
"Rated G"
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1
"Grin and Bareev It"
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994  (C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
Italian Queens
Kasparov vs Lautier, 1994  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 0-1
"Who Let the Pawns Out"
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0
The Pearl of Wijk aan Zee
R Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Lasker vs W Napier, 1904  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
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