Kieseritzky is on the wrong side of another brilliant game
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1843 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Cambridge Springs Trap
C Mayet vs Harrwitz, 1848
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 8 moves, 0-1
Even though it's not of high quality, it's entertaining
R Franz vs C Mayet, 1858
(C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1
Several repetitions and then a blunder
G Neumann vs Steinitz, 1870
(A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 124 moves, 0-1
Double promotion before move 20
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
How to play a game in protest
Huebner vs K Rogoff, 1972
(A15) English, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2
White sacrifices a king (as in king safety) and queen to win
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983
(C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
21 year old Topalov out-calculates Kasparov
Topalov vs Kasparov, 1996
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 66 moves, 1-0
Kasparov loses his final professional game
Topalov vs Kasparov, 2005
(B30) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
23rd century chess
Anand vs Topalov, 2005
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
A classic from the 2010 Olympiad
Ivanchuk vs Jobava, 2010
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
White leaves a queen "hanging" forces black to resign
Carlsen vs Topalov, 2010
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 1-0
A fighting draw
Nakamura vs Kramnik, 2010
(C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
After move 21, white's entire back rank is cleared
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2011
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0
A nice king walk
J Rousselle vs D Huang, 2012
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Nakamura does a gutsy king walk
Nakamura vs Robson, 2012
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 49 moves, 1-0
Instructive Endgame
Kryvoruchko vs B Esen, 2013
(B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 65 moves, 1-0
Topalov sacrifices a queen and rook in a positional win
Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2014
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 43 moves, 1-0
Two youngsters play a Fried Liver Attack
Wei Yi vs Duda, 2014
(C57) Two Knights, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
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