Genius.
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
The "Opera House Game"
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
"The Game to End All Games"
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0
Technique Outlasts Position
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C45) Scotch Game, 102 moves, 1-0
Heavyweights in Havana
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
Turning Point
Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1946  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
Elegant Deconstruction
S J Hutchings vs Keene, 1973  (A16) English, 22 moves, 0-1
Kasparov's Immortal
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
"Karpov the Magnificent"
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
"Bait at B2"
Anand vs Kasparov, 1991  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 29 moves, 1-0
"The Will to Win"
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
The Psychology of Sacrifice
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
Ahead of His Time
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
The "Backbreaker"
Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 136 moves, 1-0
The Beautiful Game
Fischer vs Benko, 1963  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs von Feldt, 1916  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 42 moves, 0-1
Tug the Thread
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 39 moves, 0-1
Epic Endgame
Smyslov vs Tal, 1964  (A36) English, 72 moves, 0-1
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1
Colle vs Gruenfeld, 1926  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
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