some believed black had abandoned
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
octopussy
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
time is money
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
best rapid game ever
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
ever grin andi
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
minor pieces great mate
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
strategy+tactics
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
dobell team or the early bird mates with a pawn
Bird vs Steinitz, 1868  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
double exclams party (black moves 13 15 19 20)
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
happy hunting
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
alexander the great once again
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
his name is spassky, boris spassky
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
refuting the cooking
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
best postal game ever (or at least the most famous)
Y Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965  (C57) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1
kings in oposite flanks model
Karjakin vs Anand, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1
great king hunt in the queen flank
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
pearl of zandvoort and amsterdam
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
last gem from the old champion
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
its raining gold
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
three pieces worth more than a queen
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
its instructive when a pro crushes an am
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
damsel in distress
Botvinnik vs Spielmann, 1935  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 12 moves, 1-0
petrosian at his best
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
another morphy brilliancy
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
rubinstein ending skills
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
20th century hoax
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
blocking finale
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
nez brilliancy
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
close encounters on the first kind
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
tactics in the endgame
Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
lasker comeback
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
spassky rising star
Spassky vs Geller, 1968  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 32 moves, 1-0
masterchef
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
young garry uses and old idea (2 bishop sacrifice)
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
morphy black miniature
T Lichtenhein vs Morphy, 1857  (C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 0-1
when a drawing master attacks
B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1
another ct1959 brilliancy
Fischer vs Benko, 1959  (B57) Sicilian, 27 moves, 1-0
karpov-5 kasparov-0
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 59 moves, 1-0
little soldiers
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
you give me a pawn, I give you two
Spielmann vs Colle, 1928  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 27 moves, 0-1
another nice king hunt
Steinitz vs Rock, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
25dxe5!! 30Re6!!
Schlechter vs Salwe, 1909  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
doble bishop sacrifice
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
king in the center+open lines
G Ravinsky vs Panov, 1943  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 36 moves, 1-0
young gari and his incredible sacrifices
Kasparov vs Larsen, 1982  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 39 moves, 1-0
brave king
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
highway encounter
Lasker vs W E Napier, 1904  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
Last great win by great Tolya
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
wizard vishi
Kramnik vs Anand, 2008  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 41 moves, 0-1
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