The Game of the Century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's Genius
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Morphy Magic
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
The Catastrophic Combination
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
The Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
The Wizard of Riga
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Master of Disaster
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Fischer's Immortal
Robert E Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
The King March
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Clash of the Titans
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's Artwork
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
The Hunt
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
The Queen Sacrifice
Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
From Russia With Love
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
True Talent
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
The Polish Immortal
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Swordplay
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Man vs. Machine
Kasparov vs X3D Fritz, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Celebrated Sagacity
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
The Father of Modern Chess
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Fireworks
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
The Coup
Ivanchuk vs Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
In a Word, Brilliance
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Calculation Extraordinare
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
The Time-Stopping Twenty-Ninth
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
The New World Champion
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Zugzwang Game
Saemisch vs Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
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