Philidor's Legacy in an odds game. Morphy was something else!
Morphy vs T Bryan, 1859  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
Grob Opening (A00) White is down a N & his K stuck in middle
M Basman vs Miles, 1981  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 21 moves, 0-1
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW quote
Ribli vs Unzicker, 1985  (A15) English, 35 moves, 1-0
Little known gem
Botvinnik vs O Benkner, 1956  (A20) English, 27 moves, 1-0
Donner's Revenge
J H Donner vs T Krabbe, 1971  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1-0
White to play and win 31. ?
F Beeckmans vs J Renet, 1998  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 31 moves, 1-0
Hook wrote a book because he was hooked on chess.
W Hook vs J Meyer, 1979  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Chapter 10 Queen Pawn Chess Movies
Denker vs H Feit, 1929  (A80) Dutch, 23 moves, 1-0
Both nervous, meeting after nine years, first place at stake
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936  (A92) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0
Game #1, p. 9
Wojtaszek vs S Williams, 2011  (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 20 moves, 0-1
Game #19, p. 171
S Kojima vs S Williams, 2012 (A96) Dutch, Classical Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's Defense
Karpov vs Bagirov, 1970  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 46 moves, 1-0
2.b3
Short vs B Thorfinnsson, 2000  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0
Philidor's Legacy Nf7#
V Disawal vs M Anshuman, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 21 moves, 1-0
Nd4, NxNd4
T Gelashvili vs G Grigorov, 2006 (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 50 moves, 1-0
Nd4, NxNd4
R Mallett vs F Street, 1964 (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 26 moves, 1-0
Game 99 in Modern Chess Brilliancies by Larry Melvyn Evans
I Bilek vs Gheorghiu, 1968  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 19 moves, 1-0
Game 1
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
B33
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
B45 1-0 42
Spielmann vs J Mieses, 1910  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 42 moves, 1-0
Exchange the c-pawn instead
P Michel vs J T Iliesco, 1943  (B50) Sicilian, 5 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Delayed Alapin (B50) 1-0 Common unpin trap, else Bb5+
L Rellstab vs Butzbach, 1968  (B50) Sicilian, 7 moves, 1-0
User Honza slays the Dragon with dynamic display
J Cervenka vs Z Mladek, 1994  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 16 moves, 1-0
Blindfold Rapid
Kamsky vs Carlsen, 2009  (B73) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 49 moves, 1-0
Happiest moment of Tal's life; beautiful chess!
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
Wooly
J Nogueiras vs J Tarjan, 1979  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 35 moves, 0-1
Wow!
R Nezhmetdinov vs Romanov, 1950  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Stein had a plus score against Tal and Spassky!!
Stein vs Tal, 1961  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 32 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Najdorf. Main Line (B99) 1-0 Thematic Bxb5 sacrifice
Velimirovic vs R Al-Qazzaz, 1974  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 28 moves, 1-0
Sicilian Najdorf Main Line (B99) 1-0 En prise Ns for dinner
J R Gascon del Nogal vs Sidi Mohamed Tajedine, 2016  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 19 moves, 1-0
Classical French
Areshchenko vs R Svane, 2016 (C11) French, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 33 in Starting Out : The French by Byron Jacobs
J Polgar vs Shirov, 1999  (C11) French, 50 moves, 0-1
French, Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Spielmann (C13) 1-0Deflections
Sax vs J H Donner, 1976  (C13) French, 18 moves, 1-0
wow Krejcik's Masterpiece wow
J Krejcik vs K Krobot, 1908  (C22) Center Game, 27 moves, 1-0
K walk
H Weenink vs L Gans, 1923  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
KGA by transposition
W Adams vs H Steiner, 1947  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
Soviet Mini
J Meister vs A Aleksandrov, 1991 (C28) Vienna Game, 24 moves, 0-1
Vienna Gambit (C26) 1-0 Longer, more elegant Legall's Mate
Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Reinfeld Checkmate Puzzle
K Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1859  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
KG Declined. Classical (C30) 1-0 Coordinate the heavy pieces
Spassky vs J J Martinez, 1991  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
Berlin
NN vs C Jaenisch, 1842  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
KGA Bonsch-Osmolovsky Var (C34) 1-0Rob the pin that no longer D
Morant vs A de Feuquieres, 1680  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 10 moves, 1-0
KGA. Kieseritsky Gambit. Rice G. (C39)1-0 Esthetically pleasing
Marshall vs von Scheve, 1904  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Game 48 in The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev
Koblents vs Lilienthal, 1945  (C45) Scotch Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Check out the rest of Casey's games (he's Sheroff on this site)
M Craven vs K Casey, 1994  (C45) Scotch Game, 18 moves, 0-1
Three Knights, Classical 3...Bc5 (C46) 1-0 Mighty Q Mate!
Capablanca vs E B Adams, 1909  (C46) Three Knights, 9 moves, 1-0
"Twas the Knight Before Christmas"
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit
Morphy vs G Salmon, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 48 moves, 1-0
Evans Gambit
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1849  (C51) Evans Gambit, 15 moves, 1-0
Italian Game: Classical. Greco Gambit (C53) 0-1 The Prom
Jobava vs Kamsky, 2012  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 58 moves, 0-1
To play the BEST line known to theory, or a SURPRISE line?
Albin vs Tarrasch, 1892  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 35 moves, 1-0
Line Clearing Sacrifices
W Pollock vs S Langleben / F Colson, 1893  (C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0
Two Knts Def Ponziani-Steinitz Gambit (C57) 0-1 Q sac, Greco #
Edelman vs I Mazel, 1928  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Game #90
Janowski vs Steinitz, 1899  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 0-1
Spanish Game: Exchange. Gligoric Var (C69) 1-0 N vs B ending
Fischer vs Unzicker, 1970  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 42 moves, 1-0
Spanish Morphy Def. Modern Steinitz (C73) 1-0 Castle nabs Rook
O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 13 moves, 1-0
Spanish, Marshall Attk. Modern (C89) 1/2-Is there another way?
Anand vs Kamsky, 1992  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
How Nezhmetdinov was never awarded the GM title is puzzling
R Nezhmetdinov vs Lengyel, 1963  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 51 moves, 1-0
Chapter 1, Strategy and Planning
Fischer vs Ivkov, 1965  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 53 moves, 0-1
Now this is teamwork!
S Kuemin vs R Staechelin, 2005  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 20 moves, 1-0
Game 100 in Three Hundred Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1888  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 43 moves, 0-1
Kamikaze Pawn, Game 6
Tal vs Z Milev, 1958  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1-0
D44 1-0 35
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Soviet Mini
Lisitsin vs Tolush, 1944  (D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 24 moves, 1-0
Neo-Grünfeld Def Ultra-delayed Exchange (D79) 0-1Co-wrote books
Reshevsky vs F Reinfeld, 1932  (D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 31 moves, 0-1
TK
C Groeneveld vs J H Donner, 1947  (D85) Grunfeld, 19 moves, 1-0
Game 29 in Understanding Chess: Move by Move by John Nunn
Kramnik vs Svidler, 1998  (D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 30 moves, 1-0
Game 122
Anand vs Topalov, 2010  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 32 moves, 1-0
Soviet Mini
Sakaev vs K Lerner, 1991 (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 23 moves, 0-1
Tired Queens, 115
Tolush vs Keres, 1939  (E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 37 moves, 0-1
Nimzo-Indian Def: Classical (E32) 1-0 Great attack, uncommon #
C Holt vs L Milman, 2011  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
E67 0-1 39
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
MKD's Favourite Games Compiled by MKD
Mecking vs Larsen, 1970  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 43 moves, 0-1
Secrets of the Russian Chess Masters Volume II, Chapter 5
Letelier vs Fischer, 1960  (E70) King's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1
Perfect Game - "Fireside Book of Chess," Reinfeld and Chernev
F Parr vs G Wheatcroft, 1938  (D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 30 moves, 1-0
KID 1-0 SPELA!!!
Y Zimmerman vs Z Erdelyi, 2001  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Queen vs 2 Rooks
Dreev vs Shirov, 1996  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 56 moves, 1-0
G46: The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games, 2006
Gufeld vs Kavalek, 1962  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 32 moves, 0-1
White holds off # w/a +...but cannot stop Suffocation #
Mandolfo vs Kolisch, 1858  (000) Chess variants, 19 moves, 0-1
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