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, 24 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 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  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 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 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 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. Carlos Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0 28* illustrates Nim's theory of blockade P F Johner vs 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 Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1927   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1 30. moves on chessgames don't match the book??? Sultan Khan vs Capablanca, 1930  (E12) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 1-0 31. king hunt Botvinnik vs 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 Robert E 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 I D 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 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 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 Liu Wenzhe vs J H Donner, 1978  (B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1-0 Loyd was born in Phila/originator of chess puzzles Fitzgerald vs Loyd, 1898  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1 maybe the oldest recorded game of chess. Castellvi vs Vinyoles, 1475  (B01) Scandinavian, 21 moves, 1-0 Kasparov vs D Letterman, 1990  (B01) Scandinavian, 23 moves, 1-0 Karl Marx Plays Chess/Soltis/p.236 K Marx vs Meyer, 1867  (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" Akopian vs M Vachier-Lagrave, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0 favorite game/ChessCafe-March09/Pandolfini Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1 77 games