Staunton: creator of forms
Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
Anderssen's immortal
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
A night at the opera
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Zukertort's immortal
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
The battle of Hastings
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Pillsbury classic attack
Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
Maroczy music
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein's immortal
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Marshall's american beauty
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch the thought
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
Lasker's rage against the machine
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's russian challenger
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Tartakower's immortal
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
The Nimzowitchean immortal zugzwang game
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
A Reti knight in Capablanca
Reti vs Capablanca, 1924  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0
The other blanca immortal zugzwang
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
The polish immortal
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik's jewel
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Keres and the former dutch champion
Euwe vs Keres, 1940  (E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 34 moves, 0-1
Do not shoot the piano man
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Mikhailovich is refuted
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
Fischer's: Immortal of the history!
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Nezhmet Kismet
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
Spassky's Immortal: popularized in a 007 film!
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Hunter hunted
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
Tal's sacrifice
Tal vs B Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
Petrosian's petra
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk hunts a mouse
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1991  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 38 moves, 1-0
Karpov's immortal
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Anand and the lion
Anand vs Kasparov, 1995  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's immortal
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Kramnik's grip
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0
Topalov's immortal
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Wonder boy
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2008  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 57 moves, 0-1
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