We've all seen this one, right? It's still great. Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 History's best player at his best Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 History's second best player at his best. Karpov vs Topalov, 1994  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 39 moves, 1-0 Just beautifully played by Akiba Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 Where is that white monarch off to? R Cifuentes vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 Who doesn't have this in their collection? S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1 The white monarch attacks. Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0 Vishy sacs a boxful of pieces Anand vs I Sokolov, 1992  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 26 moves, 1-0 "V" for victory is taken literally (move 39). Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0 Black is down two rooks, all pieces en prise... 0-1! B Molinari vs L Roux Cabral, 1943  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 33 moves, 0-1 25. c5!! A fantastic finish! I Ivanov vs Kudrin, 1989  (A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0 This game is so pretty, it'll make you cry (moves 24 or so...) G Agzamov vs G Tringov, 1983  (E73) King's Indian, 34 moves, 1-0 Ivanchuk makes the chessboard sing. Ivanchuk vs Morozevich, 1996  (C11) French, 34 moves, 1-0 Who says chess isn't a great specator sport? A Dgebuadze vs D Svetushkin, 2008  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 67 moves, 1-0 Anand! My son's name! This is a work of art. Karjakin vs Anand, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 37 moves, 0-1 Karpov takes out a whole army with a bishop move. Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0 Nakamura's best to date Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1 Man, that 19th move was stunning. S Sunyasakta vs S Gour, 2008  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 36 moves, 1-0 Take the queen, I said... take the queen! E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 I don't know how Marshall won this game. Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0 Having two rooks is highly overrated. Pachman vs Eckert, 1940  (C13) French, 24 moves, 1-0 Having two rooks and a queen is highly overrated. Maczynski vs W H Pratten, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 22 moves, 0-1 If we had to pick just one game by Tal... Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0 You have to check out white's 30th move. Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 Kramnik shows us all how to play an endgame Kramnik vs Ponomariov, 2009  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 81 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik shows us all how to play an endgame Kotov vs Botvinnik, 1955  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 65 moves, 0-1 Did you know Geller had a plus score against Bobby? I didn't. Fischer vs Geller, 1967  (B89) Sicilian, 23 moves, 0-1 Two immortals provide a masterpiece Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1 Painful to be on the other end of zugzwang. Ivanchuk vs Y Wang, 2009  (C42) Petrov Defense, 51 moves, 0-1 An outrageous king walk H Geiger vs W Wurm, 1926  (D48) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 39 moves, 0-1 Lev goes deep Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0 King... 8th rank... middle game... mindboggling... V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2010  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 0-1 Unreal game. Just unreal. Sadvakasov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2006  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 38 moves, 0-1 57. black to play and win. Paoli got it. B Pantebre Martinez vs E Paoli, 1976  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 72 moves, 0-1 Sick combo. That's what kids call it. So do I. Anand vs Lautier, 1997  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0 Marshall's gambit. One of my favorites. Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0 The chess equivalent of Joyce's Ulysses (complex) Anand vs Kramnik, 2008  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 47 moves, 1-0 22. Bd5 is not a move but a brush stroke B Kovanova vs N Pogonina, 2010  (B50) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0 Anand hits the bigtime Kasparov vs Anand, 1991  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 49 moves, 0-1 Great combination starting at move 16 Kaidanov vs W J Donaldson, 1992  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0 Josh Waitzkin's best game of chess M Zlotnikov vs J Waitzkin, 1988  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 48 moves, 0-1 The ultimate forced mate Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0 Pretty Combo by Mecking Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 1-0 22.Qh5!! Alekhine vs M Prat, 1913  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0 Korchnoi faces mate in a move.... for a lot of moves. Ivkov vs Korchnoi, 1957  (C16) French, Winawer, 94 moves, 0-1 Skip to move 37. If you don't smile, you're not human. Bronstein vs K Darga, 1964  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1-0 46 games