Oldest known modern chess game
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
Morphy losing to 1. a3???
Anderssen vs Morphy, 1858  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 77 moves, 1-0
What would YOU do for a -Klondike Bar- Pawn?
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1876  (C45) Scotch Game, 66 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein talks a little smack
H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1907  (C10) French, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
One of the most instructional endgames of all time.
E Cohn vs Rubinstein, 1909  (D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
One of the best Skittles games since Anderssen-Dufresne
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Wildest game in a dull match
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Immortal Draw
Alekhine vs Reti, 1922  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Torre's Windmill Combination
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
One World Champ beats another in a simul
Capablanca vs Botvinnik, 1925  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
A boring Danish?
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1926  (C21) Center Game, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Doomsday Defense
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 86 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spoiled brilliancy
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
A cardiac draw
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1928  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2
Last time a World Champ lost to an Evans?
I Kan vs Botvinnik, 1929  (C51) Evans Gambit, 19 moves, 1-0
Winter loses his nerve
Botvinnik vs W Winter, 1936  (D95) Grunfeld, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Capa, Tartakover and Chess Review miss an easy win?
Capablanca vs Fine, 1938  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
Highway Robbery
Reshevsky vs Denker, 1942  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 45 moves, 1-0
Great Stalemate Swindle
C Pilnick vs Reshevsky, 1942  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 93 moves, 1/2-1/2
Denker's Greatest Day
Denker vs Fine, 1944  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
An offense against nature!
Petrosian vs Dzaparidze, 1945  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
Isn't a Rook usually enough to win?
Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (A91) Dutch Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
0-0: The rarest result
E Hearst vs E Mednis, 1956  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Infamous Queen Hang
Petrosian vs Bronstein, 1956  (E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 36 moves, 0-1
The one American who could beat Bobby Fischer
A Turner vs Fischer, 1956  (E68) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4, 53 moves, 1-0
The one American who could beat Bobby Fischer
A Turner vs Fischer, 1956  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
Rules Lawyer's Delight
D Byrne vs Reshevsky, 1957  (A14) English, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer's last loss to an American for 3½ years
C Kalme vs Fischer, 1957  (A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 45 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Mutual Fear Game!
Averbakh vs Fischer, 1958  (E73) King's Indian, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Most famous upset in Interzonal history
R Cardoso vs Bronstein, 1958  (B06) Robatsch, 42 moves, 1-0
Revenge on Tal, taken out on Korchnoi!
Korchnoi vs Tolush, 1958  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 0-1
An underwhelming game [? or game 15?]
Keres vs Fischer, 1959  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 53 moves, 0-1
The Royal Fork
M Aaron vs Filip, 1962  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 25 moves, 0-1
Geller writes down a winner, plays a loser
Fischer vs Geller, 1962  (B88) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 43 moves, 1-0
Keres falls short, Episode 4
Benko vs Keres, 1962  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 47 moves, 1-0
Illegal Grandmaster Draw, but so what?
Uhlmann vs Fischer, 1962  (E79) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, Main line, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bisguier finds yet another way to lose to Fischer
Fischer vs A Bisguier, 1963  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
The Swindle of the Century
L Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Windmill Combination spoiled
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Polish Defense in a World Championship??
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Hot Poisoned Pawn Action!
Kavalek vs Fischer, 1967  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian in Tal's clothing
Petrosian vs Y Estrin, 1968  (A21) English, 26 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky finally gets the US Championship back.
L Evans vs Reshevsky, 1969  (E12) Queen's Indian, 47 moves, 0-1
Grind, Grind, Grind...
Geller vs Fischer, 1970  (D79) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line, 72 moves, 0-1
Just when it was getting interesting, too...
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (C11) French, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
Petrosian's only loss in Olympic Play
Huebner vs Petrosian, 1972  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 37 moves, 1-0
Reshevsky gets Byrned
Reshevsky vs R Byrne, 1973  (E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1
Bard the Bowman has got nothing on Karpov
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
Karpov blown off the board in 19 moves??
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974  (E17) Queen's Indian, 19 moves, 1-0
Petrosian forgets a rule, Korchnoi talks smack
O H Castro Rojas vs Petrosian, 1976  (C00) French Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
Houdini, eat your heart out
Huebner vs Petrosian, 1976  (A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1
A rare Grandmaster checkmate
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1977  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0
That game won't win itself, ya know!
Spassky vs Hort, 1977  (E14) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
An incredible double blunder
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977  (A13) English, 33 moves, 0-1
Byrne gets Byrned
J Bradford vs R Byrne, 1980  (A14) English, 34 moves, 1-0
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