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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