Steinitz's earliest recorded game (age 23)
Steinitz vs Lenhof, 1859  (C52) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Lasker's first win against a master (age 21)
J Mieses vs Lasker, 1889  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 0-1
Young Capablanca sacs his queen vs. Cuba's top player (age 13)
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
A correspondence immortal from the young Alekhine (age 15)
Viakhirev vs Alekhine, 1906  (C28) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 0-1
Euwe's convincing attack and endgmae play (age 18)
Euwe vs G Kroone, 1919  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 43 moves, 1-0
Teenage Botvinnik's first brilliancy (age 16)
I Rabinovich vs Botvinnik, 1927  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 42 moves, 0-1
Smyslov's first known game, with a brilliant finish (age 14)
K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Tal crushes strong Soviet master Kholmov in a simul (age 12)
Kholmov vs Tal, 1949  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 0-1
Petrosian convincingly defeats a top player (age 13)
Petrosian vs Flohr, 1942  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 45 moves, 1-0
Spassky arrives on the scene (age 11)
Spassky vs S Avtonomov, 1949  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 21 moves, 1-0
Fischer's Game of the Century (age 13)
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Karpov already effective at his trademark grind (age 10)
Karpov vs Maksimov, 1961  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 60 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's first win vs. a GM (age 13)
Kasparov vs Lputian, 1976  (B15) Caro-Kann, 34 moves, 1-0
Kramnik needed a win with Black in the final round (age 8)
A Oganyan vs Kramnik, 1984  (B89) Sicilian, 31 moves, 0-1
Nice win by teenage Anand vs. a future super-GM (age 14)
Piket vs Anand, 1984  (A48) King's Indian, 44 moves, 0-1
Magnus Carlsen is the Mozart of chess (age 13)
Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
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