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Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the ChessMasters
Compiled by SirIvanhoe
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From the book by Fred Reinfeld. From the back cover:

"Brilliancy prizes have been awarded since 1876 for match or tournament games that contain especially original and imaginative combinations. The first brilliancy prize for a tournament game was awarded during a competition in New York in 1876, while the first brilliancy prize for a match game was given to Wilhelm Steinitz for the eighth game of his world championship match against Chigorin in 1889.

"In this fascinating collection, noted chess writer Fred Reinfeld annotates and analyzes 50 brilliancy prize games from nearly 70 years of chess competition."

One-Shot Brilliancy
Schiffers vs M Harmonist, 1887 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 28 moves, 1-0

A Cat May Look at a King
M Weiss vs W Pollock, 1889 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 0-1

One Way to Resign
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

The Appearance of Simplicity
Steinitz vs Lasker, 1899 
(C29) Vienna Gambit, 30 moves, 0-1

The Untouchable Queen
J Mieses vs Janowski, 1900 
(C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0

Something Out of Nothing
J Mieses vs Mason, 1901 
(C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 1-0

A Slightly Flawed Gem
Schlechter vs G Marco, 1904 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

A Cloud No Bigger Than a Man's Hand
J F Barry vs W E Napier, 1904 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 57 moves, 0-1

The Eternal Gambiteer
Marshall vs Burn, 1905 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves

Good and Evil
E Cohn vs Chigorin, 1907 
(A53) Old Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

An Exciting Duel
Duras vs Spielmann, 1907 
(B01) Scandinavian, 26 moves, 1-0

Poetic Justice
L Forgacs vs Tartakower, 1909 
(C13) French, 28 moves, 1-0

Immortal Duel
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0

Spielmann's Favorite
Spielmann vs Rubinstein, 1911  
(C49) Four Knights, 37 moves, 1-0

When the Chips Are Down
Teichmann vs Schlechter, 1911 
(C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Old Age and Youth
Tartakower vs Burn, 1911 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1

Hatfield and McCoy
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1

Which King Move?
Janowski vs O Chajes, 1916 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

What Might Have Been
Capablanca vs A Schroeder, 1916 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 1-0

Chess Is an Easy Game?
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1918 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

The Book and the Board
Tarrasch vs Tartakower, 1920 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 39 moves, 1-0

Too Much of a Good Thing
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0

The Perils of Imitation
Alekhine vs H Wolf, 1922 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0

Two Theorists
Reti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922 
(D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

Once in a Lifetime
Reti vs H Wolf, 1922 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 0-1

A Brilliant Endgame
Tarrasch vs Reti, 1922 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0

A Cold-Blooded Sacrifice
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922 
(A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1

Save the Pieces
Alekhine vs Yates, 1923 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 50 moves, 0-1

Bit by Bit
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923 
(D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1

Psychological Puzzle
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923 
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0

The Heights of Chess Artistry
Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924  
(A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0

Maneuvering with a Purpose
J Davidson vs Alekhine, 1926 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 52 moves, 0-1

Behind the Scenes
P Johner vs A Nimzowitsch, 1926 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 40 moves, 0-1

Strategy and Tactics
Colle vs Gruenfeld, 1926 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

The Classic Capablanca Game
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0

Plan and Purpose
Alekhine vs Marshall, 1927 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

The Long View
Alekhine vs L Asztalos, 1927 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1-0

Sacrifices on Spec
A Brinckmann vs Kmoch, 1927 
(A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 0-1

An Attack Without Queens
S Takacs vs Rubinstein, 1929 
(A34) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0

Sauce for the Goose
E Steiner vs Tartakower, 1929 
(C00) French Defense, 34 moves, 1-0

The Old Order Changeth
Flohr vs S Landau, 1930 
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0

Dog Eat Dog
R Krogius vs I Niemela, 1934 
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

The King Bishop File
Botvinnik vs Tartakower, 1936  
(A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0

Combinations That Look Like Oversights
Alekhine vs C H Alexander, 1936  
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 27 moves, 1-0

Improvisation or Calculation?
S Landau vs E Book, 1937 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0

One Long Combination
Pilnik vs Najdorf, 1942 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 32 moves, 1-0

Hedgehog Transformation
T van Scheltinga vs Euwe, 1946 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 0-1

Crossed Wires
Kotov vs Barcza, 1952 
(E72) King's Indian, 31 moves, 1-0

Anything But Grandfatherly
O Bernstein vs Najdorf, 1954 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 37 moves, 1-0

Originality Pays Off
G Idigoras vs Panno, 1955 
(E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 41 moves, 1-0

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