Perhaps the oldest recorded game of chess Castellvi vs Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0 "Place the board so that the sun is in your opponent's eyes." Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0 A famous Greco game - one of many. Q sacrifice for Fool's Mate Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0 The strange coincidence between Grecos's SMOTHERED MATE and NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1 The Original Legall's # (altered move order) De Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750  (C41) Philidor Defense, 7 moves, 1-0 LaBourdannais's Immortal pawn game. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 How sweet! MacDonnell gives up two Qs to mate with two Rs La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0 Well-known Legall's Mate against the Sicilian Defense H Buckle vs NN, 1840  (B50) Sicilian, 10 moves, 1-0 "Petrov's Immortal" (game of the day Mar-19-2017) F A Hoffmann vs Alexander Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1 A Queen sacrifice for double check combination, Reti/Opera Mate J Schulten vs Horwitz, 1846  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 17 moves, 0-1 Scotch Gambit (C44) 1-0 Legall's Mate in 10 moves! Falkbeer vs NN, 1847  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 10 moves, 1-0 "The Immortal Game" original Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Evans Gambit. Pierce Def (C52) 1-0 Famous amazing rebuttal Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 The original Boden's Mate by Boden: Q sac w/criss-crossed Bs R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1 Odds less Ra1 / Evans Gambit (000) 1-0 Famous Q sac for K walk Morphy vs NN, 1857  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0 "A Night at the Opera" (game of the day Dec-02-2007) Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 The so-called Max Lange Mate!! Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1 Scandi, Ilundain Var (B01) 1-0 London 1862 Brilliancy prize win Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862  (B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0 Queen sacrifice for Reti's Mate well before Richard Reti Maczuski vs Kolisch, 1863  (C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 1-0 Danish Double Attack in Paris, FR Lindehn vs Maczuski, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 16 moves, 1-0 Adolf Anderssen is to King's Gambit what Fischer is to Najdorf. J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1 Zukertort sacs the Queen for Boden's mate in 12 moves Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0 The "Immortal Draw" Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2 Liverpool 1874 "Fiddling While Burn Roams" (GOTD) Burn vs Owen, 1874  (B07) Pirc, 14 moves, 1-0 Game61 The Art of the Checkmate by Georges Renaud & Victor Kahn Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881  (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0 The jam-packed debut of the French Tarrasch. Tarrasch vs K Eckart, 1889  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 17 moves, 1-0 The original "Double Bishop Sacrifice" Game. Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 "Gossip's Immortal" Showalter vs Gossip, 1889   (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1 Lasker gets scorched when he brings out his queen Bird vs Lasker, 1892  (C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0 "Schlechter's Immortal" (game of the day Nov-13-2010) B Fleissig vs Schlechter, 1893  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 18 moves, 0-1 Game 251 of Three Hundred Chess Games (Tarrasch) Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0 "The Battle of Hastings" (game of the day Feb-23-2016) Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 The REAL "Immortal Zugzwang Game." Greco Gambit ML, 0-1 Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 39 moves, 0-1 13 year-old Capa teaches the endgame from Colle Zukertort Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0 "Rubinstein's Immortal" (game of the day Jan-06-2009) Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 Game 27 Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess Rubinstein vs Marshall, 1908   (C49) Four Knights, 38 moves, 1-0 Famous off-hand C-K mini: Q sac, Dble Check for Reti's Mate!! Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0 Schilling-Kostic Gambit, or Blackburne-Shilling Gambit Muhlock vs Kostic, 1911  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 7 moves, 0-1 "Fatal Attraction" (game of the day Apr-10-2016) Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 "The Gold Coin Game" (game of the day Jul-25-2012) S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 G25'The Greatest Ever Chess Opening Ideas'by Christoph Scheerer Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1912   (C48) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1 "The Wayward Queen" (game of the day Oct-21-2011) Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1 Game 21 in 'Modern Ideas in Chess' by Richard Reti Capablanca vs R B Estera, 1913  (C10) French, 33 moves, 1-0 "Black Magic Meets Witsch Craft" (game of the day Oct-31-2019) Blackburne vs Nimzowitsch, 1914  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 42 moves, 1-0 Alekhine's Five Queens Game - is it a fake? Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0 "Max Out" (game of the day Apr-18-2009) Double Rook Sacrifice!! Euwe vs Reti, 1920  (C56) Two Knights, 20 moves, 0-1 Another Greek Gift followed by an Absolute Pin! Marshall vs Stodie, 1920  (B20) Sicilian, 13 moves, 1-0 G324 of '500 Master Games of Chess' by Tartakower & du Mont Tarrasch vs J Mieses, 1920  (B01) Scandinavian, 41 moves, 1-0 First modern Alekhine's Defense? Saemisch vs Alekhine, 1921  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2 Triple Q sac? One of greatest games ever!! Remarkable Zugzwang! Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1 How to punish unwarranted P advances. Also illustrates the art Alekhine vs Yates, 1922   (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0 Sicilian Def: Marshall Counterattack (B40) 1-0 A Perfect Game Reti vs Kostic, 1922  (B40) Sicilian, 58 moves, 1-0 The Immortal Zugzwang Game! Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923   (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1 Reti's Mate - Shades of Reti vs. Tartakower, 1910 Koltanowski vs A Dunkelblum, 1923  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 15 moves, 1-0 The epitome of Hypermodernism. Reti vs Capablanca, 1924  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0 The Immortal Miniature: Smothered Q + Checkmate Threat =Resign! A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1 Irving Chernev dubbed this game "the Immortal Zwischenzug Game" Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1924  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1 "The Immortal Overprotection Game" (game of the day Apr-01-2009 Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927   (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 French Winawer. Bogoljubow Var (C17) 1-0Pin, Alekhine's GUN, Zw Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0 "The Classic Bishop Sacrifice" in Vukovic's "The Art of Attack" Colle vs J J O'Hanlon, 1930  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1-0 Boden's Mate, Peruvian style -- The Peruvian Immortal E Canal vs NN, 1934  (B01) Scandinavian, 14 moves, 1-0 Les Prix de Beauté aux Echecs (Beauty Prize in Chess) Rellstab vs Petrov, 1937  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 0-1 "The Blossoming Brilliance of Botvinnik" (game of the day Sep-1 Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 Batter me, fry me and serve me w/a side of chips - Baltic style Keres vs Petrov, 1940  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0 "The Baton of Generations" (game of the day Jun-03-2017) Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1 Exceptional EG is one of "Ten Greatest R+P endings of all time" Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0 The English Immortal Maczynski vs W Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 Game 150 Chess Highlights of the 20th Century by Graham Burgess Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1 THE Game of the Century!! D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956   (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1 Tal laughs, and Fischer doesn't play 22.Rae1! Fischer vs Tal, 1959  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 52 moves, 0-1 If it's good enough for James Bond... Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 The other brother Byrne-Fischer. R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963   (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 "A Fine Line" (game of the day Apr-03-2018) Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0 "Horse Drawn" (game of the day Oct-03-2004) I A Zaitsev vs Karpov, 1966  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2 The Danish Immortal Larsen vs Petrosian, 1966  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 30 moves, 1-0 Boris Spassky's famous 17-move crusher w/the Black pieces Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 Fischer's win that made Spassky applaud him! Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0 Game30 in The Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time by John Emms Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1 "Careful Planinc" (game of the day Dec-26-2008) - Spectacular! Vaganian vs A Planinc, 1975  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 22 moves, 0-1 The "supreme creative achievement" of Kasparov. Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 a splendid example of "Yusupov's Gun" Ivanchuk vs Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1 KID Saemisch (E86) 0-1 GK's most dominating victory over Karpov Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1 Kasparov's knight play is just spectacular, as is the Q sac!! Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1 "The Evans Gambit Revisited" (game of the day Sep-15-2018) Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C51) Evans Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0 "The Pearl of Wijk aan Zee" - "A modern Evergreen" Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 "Kasparov's Immortal" Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 The famed "Alterman Wall" game Alterman vs Deep Fritz, 2000  (A03) Bird's Opening, 87 moves, 1-0 Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Def (A04) 0-1 Anastasia's mate J L Hammer vs Carlsen, 2003  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 0-1 Endgame mastery: Sacrificing the Q for B+R and a passed pawn Leko vs Kramnik, 2004   (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 0-1 Norway 2020: end of a 125 game streak without a loss Duda vs Carlsen, 2020  (B15) Caro-Kann, 63 moves, 1-0 "That is really awesome. Wow." says the champ. L P Supi vs Carlsen, 2020  (B01) Scandinavian, 18 moves, 1-0 Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 39 moves, 1-0 Game 5 of 99 Schonheitspreise (Steinkohl) Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 GM Valeri Beim's book "Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective" Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858   (B44) Sicilian, 17 moves, 1-0 Morphy's only loss: to Paulsen/at the American Chess Congress Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C46) Three Knights, 34 moves, 1-0 Philidor vs NN, 1790  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0 Andrew Smith vs Philidor, 1790  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1 Cochrane vs Staunton, 1841  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 20 moves, 0-1 Staunton vs Horwitz, 1851   (A13) English, 46 moves, 1-0 Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857   (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1 Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0 Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0 Schlechter vs Meitner, 1899  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0 Rubinstein vs Salwe, 1908   (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 38 moves, 1-0 Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0 model example of ending that can arise in the Classical French Tarrasch vs Teichmann, 1912  (C14) French, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 Games like this can be used to suck the student in. Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0 Extreme Efficiency, A Beautiful Mating Combination Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0 Alekhine-Yates had been played 3 1/2 months earlier Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922  (B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0 his best game, 'from the artistic point of view.' Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 This one belongs in every "favorite" collection. Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1 112 games