One of the greatest games of all times
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
A fantastic queenless attack
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
A "coup de grace"
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Thunderbolt from a clear sky
Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926  (E16) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1
Precise endgame technique
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 82 moves, 1-0
Tactical firestorm
Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
Smothered
Alekhine vs NN, 1911  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
Surprise!
Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
Down a queen, up a king
P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1
Zugzwanging the zugzwanger
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1930  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 30 moves, 1-0
Destroying the immortal
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
Trapped!
Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1931  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
The art of calculation
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 44 moves, 0-1
A nice miniature
Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 19 moves, 1-0
Pawn nail on the 6th rank
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 36 moves, 1-0
First the insult, then the injury
Alekhine vs A Fletcher, 1928  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 32 moves, 1-0
Master of the ruy
Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
"Old wine in a new bottle" as Fischer would say
Alekhine vs Supico, 1941  (C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Four queens!
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
Capa finds himself in a death grip
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1938  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1-0
Immortalized
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
Blindfold magic
Alekhine vs Von Feldt, 1916  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Alekhine the artist
Alekhine vs A Frieman, 1924  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
Queen storm
Ed. Lasker vs Alekhine, 1913  (A80) Dutch, 46 moves, 0-1
The sting
Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Sacrifices galore!
Alekhine vs Mendelevic, 1930  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
Bolt from the blue
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927  (B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
A minor piece waylay
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
Seize the day!
J Mieses vs Alekhine, 1913  (C22) Center Game, 33 moves, 0-1
Well coordinated pieces and pawns win
Tarrasch vs Alekhine, 1922  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
Maneuvering
K Vygodchikov vs Alekhine, 1910  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1
Breakout
Alekhine vs A Asgeirsson, 1931  (C13) French, 25 moves, 1-0
Brilliant intermezzo
Alekhine vs E Lundin, 1935  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 1-0
Sheer will
Yates vs Alekhine, 1927  (C11) French, 75 moves, 0-1
A "supreme creative achievement"
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Combinational genius
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Storming the castle
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
A funny escape ;-)
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1991  (E97) King's Indian, 114 moves, 1/2-1/2
Positional masterpiece
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2001  (E14) Queen's Indian, 55 moves, 0-1
Homemade goodness
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Kaspy style mayhem!
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 42 moves, 0-1
Flattened on the 8th rank
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1
"...and the game will be short."
Kasparov vs Short, 1993  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
Retribution
Kasparov vs Deep Junior, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 1-0
This game reminds me of toasted marshmallows...
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
A classic Ruy Lopez
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0
Thunderstruck!
Piket vs Kasparov, 1989  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 28 moves, 0-1
The big picture
Lputian vs Kasparov, 1976  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
Pyrotechnics leading to a near hit
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1988  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Lofty bishops
Kasparov vs Grischuk, 2003  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 63 moves, 1-0
Endgame precision
Morozevich vs Kasparov, 2001  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 57 moves, 0-1
In the trenches
Anand vs Kasparov, 1996  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 55 moves, 0-1
An intricate Petrosian-like struggle
Deep Junior vs Kasparov, 2003  (B44) Sicilian, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Literally cornered
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0
Fire extinguisher on the board ;-)
Shirov vs Kasparov, 2002  (B33) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1
Pawn screen
Kasparov vs Timman, 1985  (E12) Queen's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
Sea of complications
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov's minor pieces start a terrific onslaught
Kasparov vs Piket, 1997  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0
Moving the immovable
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1983  (A93) Dutch, Stonewall, Botvinnik Variation, 51 moves, 1-0
Anand's attack gets frozen in its tracks
Anand vs Kasparov, 1992  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 33 moves, 0-1
Morphy revisited
Morozevich vs Kasparov, 1995  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
The magician's legacy
Kasparov vs Anand, 1995  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 1-0
Kramnik's Berlin wall crumbles
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2001  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0
Locked inside the castle
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981  (E12) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk gets utterly routed
Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1999  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 0-1
A pair of nimble knights put the squeeze on Palatnik
Kasparov vs S Palatnik, 1978  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 1-0
Endgame luft
Svidler vs Kasparov, 1999  (B53) Sicilian, 42 moves, 0-1
Accurate exchange sack for the draw
Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2
The game of the year according to '64'
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
Paralysis
Kasparov vs Chiburdanidze, 1980  (E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 1-0
Dark infiltration
Kavalek vs Kasparov, 1982  (E90) King's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
Poisoned pieces
Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1982  (A64) Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8, 36 moves, 0-1
Early years
Kasparov vs Browne, 1979  (E12) Queen's Indian, 39 moves, 1-0
Color complexes
Smyslov vs Kasparov, 1981  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1
The unexpected
Huebner vs Kasparov, 1985  (A21) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Triumph of the absurd
Kasparov vs Marjanovic, 1980  (E17) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0
A beautiful finish
Kasparov vs Csom, 1980  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 29 moves, 1-0
Precise defensive technique wins the game
Anand vs Kasparov, 1999  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 50 moves, 0-1
Seems like a symphony of sacrifices
Kasparov vs Anand, 1991  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Zugzwang! :-)
Yusupov vs Kasparov, 1990  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 63 moves, 0-1
An expensive queen...
K Georgiev vs Kasparov, 1995  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 58 moves, 0-1
A great attack in the Sveshnikov
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
Melody on the open lines
Kasparov vs Gavrikov, 1981  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0
A hedgehog gets run over by a speeding car (aka Kaspy) :)
Kasparov vs Salov, 1989  (A15) English, 29 moves, 1-0
A miniature from Kasparov's childhood
Kasparov vs S Begun, 1978  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 24 moves, 1-0
Nice combination from afar
Kasparov vs Vaganian, 1995  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 24 moves, 1-0
Nimzo slayer
Kasparov vs V Chuchelov, 2003  (E39) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation, 27 moves, 1-0
12...a6!! is a cute trick
F Behrhorst vs Kasparov, 1985  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 50 moves, 0-1
Vintage Kasparov KID
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1995  (E92) King's Indian, 65 moves, 0-1
French rout
Kasparov vs Short, 1994  (C11) French, 32 moves, 1-0
Mighty knights
Kasparov vs Shirov, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
A well timed pawn sac breaks open the flood of black pieces
Huebner vs Kasparov, 1981  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 49 moves, 0-1
A fine line between brilliancy and blunder
Beliavsky vs Kasparov, 1981  (E83) King's Indian, Samisch, 40 moves, 0-1
Interesting "queen sac"
Alburt vs Kasparov, 1982  (E73) King's Indian, 57 moves, 0-1
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