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"J.D. Jones' Favorite Games"
Compiled by PrimusPilus
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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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