1800's Game of the Decade
G Atwood vs J Wilson, 1801  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 32 moves, 1-0
1810's Game of the Decade
J Cazenove vs O Tomalin, 1819  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
1820's Game of the Decade
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1833  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
1830's Game of the Decade
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
1840's Game of the Decade
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
1850's Game of the Decade
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
1860's Game of the Decade
Blackburne vs NN, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
1870's Game of the Decade
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
1880's Game of the Decade
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
1890's Game of the Decade
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
J Caldas Vianna vs A S Paes de Barros, 1900  (C52) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
Teichmann vs Allies, 1905  (C56) Two Knights, 35 moves, 1-0
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1904  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Janowski vs Tarrasch, 1905  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 1-0
J Perlis vs Salwe, 1906  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Muller vs Bayer, 1908  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909  (C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0
E MacDonald vs Burn, 1910  (C41) Philidor Defense, 49 moves, 0-1
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 37 moves, 1-0
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
J Mieses vs Alekhine, 1913  (C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 0-1
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
J Smyth vs H Helms, 1915  (A80) Dutch, 23 moves, 0-1
N Banks vs Kupchik, 1916  (C41) Philidor Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
Breyer vs J Esser, 1917  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
H Wagner vs W Schoenmann, 1919  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1921  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 36 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
D Przepiorka vs G Patay, 1926  (B06) Robatsch, 26 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs R L'hermet, 1927  (C10) French, 24 moves, 1-0
1928* - See Footnote #2
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Najdorf vs Gliksberg, 1929  (C10) French, 21 moves, 1-0
H Geiger vs W Wurm, 1926  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 39 moves, 0-1
Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931  (A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
C Kottnauer vs Bogoljubov, 1932  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
N Tegelman (Johansson) vs R Rey Ardid, 1933  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 47 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
Lilienthal vs Ragozin, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 47 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Bogoljubov, 1936  (A14) English, 39 moves, 1-0
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
V Kahn vs R Blanco Estera, 1939  (A84) Dutch, 18 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Keres, 1940  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1
V Mikenas vs S F Lebedev, 1941  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
F Rada vs Kostal, 1942  (B58) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1
A Sokolsky vs Navrodsky, 1944  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
V A Vasiliev vs Tolush, 1945  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1
Y Gusev vs E Auerbach, 1946  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 37 moves, 1-0
P Dubinin vs Aronin, 1947  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 50 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
R Nezhmetdinov vs N Novotelnov, 1949  (B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
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