1.
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1
2*
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
3* The Immortal Game.
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
4* The Evergreen Game.
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
5.
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
6. The Opera Game.
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
7* Zukertort's Immortal Game. an electrifying combination
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
8.
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
9.
Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 52 moves, 1-0
10* Steinitz's Immortal Game
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
11* missing moves: 31. Ka5 Bd8+ 32. Qb6 axb6 0-1
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
12. Capa was 13 at the time.
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
13* the loser, Napier, rated this his best-ever game.
Lasker vs W E Napier, 1904  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
14* Rubinstein's Immortal-26. Bd4 Bd4 27.Rf2 Bf2
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
15. last move has been described as the most beautiful ever
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (C10) French, 23 moves, 0-1
16* last move is one of the most famous in chess history
O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
17.
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
18* perhaps Tarrasch's best game
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
19. greatest masterpiece ever created on a chessboard-Chernev
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
20.
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
21* a marvellous intuitive sacrifice
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
22* concludes with a great combination
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
23* The Immortal Zugzwang Game
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
24* classic rook/pawn endgame. Capa's most famous ending
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
25* voted top of the pops by BCM readers in the sixties
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0
26* remarkable combination from Black's 26th move to the end
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
27. Lasker's most famous loss.
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
28* illustrates Nim's theory of blockade
P Johner vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1
29. The OTHER Immortal Zugzwang-Capa uses Nims' own system
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
30. moves on chessgames don't match the book???
S Khan vs Capablanca, 1930  (E12) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 1-0
31. king hunt
Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935  (A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0
32. The Pearl of Zandvoort
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
33.
Keres vs Alekhine, 1937  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 23 moves, 1-0
34.
Fine vs Flohr, 1938  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 28 moves, 1-0
35* Botvinnik's Greatest
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
36. Botvinnik is considered one of the all-time greats
Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, 1948  (E29) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 42 moves, 0-1
37* amazing queen sacrifice. (# moves in book is 51, not 49???)
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
38* A modern masterpiece, one of the most profound games ever
Bronstein vs Keres, 1955  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
39* Game of the Century w/a remarkable queen sacrifice
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
40* From Russia With Love movie/look at White's 15th move!
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
41.
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959  (B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
42.
Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 32 moves, 1-0
43* One of Korchnoi's greatest games
Korchnoi vs Tal, 1962  (A62) Benoni, Fianchetto Variation, 54 moves, 1-0
44* The Brilliancy Prize
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
45* Exchange sacrifices are the trademark of Soviet players
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
46* one the "games of the decade"
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0
47* one of the best known games of recent years
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
48* an instructive positional masterpiece
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 1-0
49* the best game of the Fisher-Spassky match
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
50. look for Karpov's 24th move-quiet yet deadly.
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
51*
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 27 moves, 1-0
52* one of Karpov's best games
Karpov vs Dorfman, 1976  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 50 moves, 1-0
53. an eccentric opening by Miles
Karpov vs Miles, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
54. Kasporov risks unfathomable complications in victory
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982  (A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1
55* one of the most brilliant games of recent years
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
56. a cascade of sacrifices enroute to victory
Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 41 moves, 1-0
57* one of Nunn's best
A Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 27 moves, 0-1
58* a stunning (unsound?) pawn sacrifice on move 8 by Kasporov
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
59* best game of the 1986 match-Kasporov
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
60. only the 4th time this century a Brit beat a World Champion
Short vs Kasparov, 1986  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 45 moves, 1-0
61.
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 44 moves, 1-0
62* one of the most spectacular games on record
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
63* Short stages an extraordinary finish
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
64* Return of the King-Bobby plays as if he's never been away.
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 50 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's Immortal Game
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
The Chinese Immortal
W Liu vs J H Donner, 1978  (B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0
Loyd was born in Phila/originator of chess puzzles
Fitzgerald vs S F Loyd, 1877  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1
maybe the oldest recorded game of chess.
F de Castellvi vs N Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs D Letterman, 1989  (B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0
Karl Marx Plays Chess/Soltis/p.236
M Marks vs H Meyer, 1871  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
Prisoner and Grob affectionado
C Bloodgood vs K Stevens, 1960  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 1-0
How not to play chess...
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
Boggie a chess player???
H Bogart vs L Bacall, 1951  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0
2001 A Space Odessey
Roesch vs W Schlage, 1910  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 15 moves, 0-1
ChessCafe.com: Polgar on Chess-"A look back at 2008"
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
ChessCafe.com: Polgar on Chess-"best of 2008"
V Akopian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
favorite game/ChessCafe-March09/Pandolfini
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
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