An example of perfect endgame technique H Mattison vs Rubinstein, 1929  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1 What else could be said about Rubinstein's immortal game? Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 Kramnik as a master of defense Anand vs Kramnik, 2004  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Blindfolded Capa produces a great combinative masterpiece Capablanca vs J Baca Arus, 1912  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0 Black's g-file plays an important role! J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1913  (A53) Old Indian, 37 moves, 0-1 Some surprising decisions and deep understanding of chess Rubinstein vs Gruenfeld, 1929  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 70 moves, 1-0 Kramnik is a real magician Topalov vs Kramnik, 2001  (A17) English, 47 moves, 0-1 Godlike endgame play by Karpov! Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0 This game shows Kramnik's deep understanding of chess Kramnik vs Morozevich, 2001  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 Stunningly beautiful miniature by Petrosian Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961   (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 Subtle positional play and a queen sacrifice by Capa! Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0 A great endgame and an exciting draw! Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1928  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1/2-1/2 Watch this if you want to learn how to use knights Capablanca vs Yates, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0 Topalov proves his defensive abilities in this epic struggle Morozevich vs Topalov, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 0-1 Get inspired by Karpov's prophylactic psychological style Karpov vs P Ricardi, 2001  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 1-0 One of the greatest game ever played! Kramnik vs Leko, 2004   (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 How to cut pieces off the rest of the board W Winter vs Capablanca, 1919  (C49) Four Knights, 29 moves, 0-1 Kramnik destroys Kasparov with a brutal attack Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1996  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1 A surprisingly romantic game by Bareev! Bareev vs Piket, 2000  (A25) English, 40 moves, 1-0 Kramnik's makes winning against Moro look easy Morozevich vs Kramnik, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1 Polgar plays an interesting line against caro-kann Polgar vs K Asrian, 2001  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 Kramnik reduces Leko to helplessness and finishes him off Kramnik vs Leko, 2001  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 51 moves, 1-0 A masterly example of how to use pins B Gamback vs R Nevanlinna, 2001  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 32 moves, 0-1 Rubinstein dominates Schlechter - another Masterpiece by Akiba Rubinstein vs Schlechter, 1912  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1-0 34.kf1! a perfect example of a calm move during a wild attack Polgar vs I Sokolov, 2005  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 40 moves, 1-0 Cold blooded masterpiece! Hodgson vs M Godena, 2000  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 0-1 Capa's fearless king L Merenyi vs Capablanca, 1928  (B27) Sicilian, 38 moves, 0-1 "V" for Victory! Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0 Exquisite endgame play by Dr. Lasker Marshall vs Lasker, 1907  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 50 moves, 0-1 Capa chokes Vera Menchik Capablanca vs Menchik, 1935  (E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 32 moves, 1-0 Rubinstein outplays Bogo with great tactics Rubinstein vs Bogoljubov, 1922  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 30 moves, 1-0 The outcome of playing for a draw against Capa Menchik vs Capablanca, 1931  (A47) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1 korchnoi shows that space advantage doesn't necessarily win Csom vs Korchnoi, 1965  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 16 moves, 0-1 Petrosian's subtle positional play - found it thanks to darook Petrosian vs W Schmidt, 1972  (A16) English, 38 moves, 1-0 An amazing struggle! Polgar vs Kasparov, 2001  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2 Capa comes up with clever attacking chess! Tartakower vs Capablanca, 1924  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1 Kramnik crushes Anand! Kramnik vs Anand, 2001  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0 It was his only win in the tournament but a very nice one! D Marotti vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1922   (C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 1-0 Capa shows great attacking chess once more Capablanca vs Blackburne, 1914  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 31 moves, 1-0 Gufeld's immortal game Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1 Karpov demonstrates flawless endgame technique one more Karpov vs Polgar, 2001  (E15) Queen's Indian, 75 moves, 1-0 Karpov traps Milos G Milos vs Karpov, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 59 moves, 0-1 Peter Leko - a hardcore tactician! Leko vs Grischuk, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 1-0 Rubinstein plays like a machine. Rubinstein vs S Takacs, 1926  (D65) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line, 53 moves, 1-0 Wonderful miniature by Polgar Polgar vs Shirov, 1995  (B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 1-0 karpov demonstrates how to play against an isolated pawn Kamsky vs Karpov, 1996  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 45 moves, 0-1 an amazing game! Shirov vs Grischuk, 2000  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 49 moves, 1-0 46.bf6!! an amazing move! Kramnik vs Bareev, 2003  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 48 moves, 1-0 Polgar demonstrates the weakness of black's king's side Polgar vs G Milos, 2000  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0 Petrosian on rampage - exchange sacrifice of course not missing Petrosian vs C Guimard, 1955  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0 Wild attacking game with a queen sacrifice involved Ivanchuk vs Kramnik, 1993  (B57) Sicilian, 33 moves, 0-1 Zsofia's immortal S Polgar vs Chernin, 1989  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 35 moves, 1-0 A Fantastic game worth of being studied V Malakhov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2005  (B91) Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation, 50 moves, 1-0 Smashing the king's side Beliavsky vs Gelfand, 1992  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 24 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 35 moves, 1-0 Kramnik sacrifices his queen! Kramnik vs Anand, 1996  (A14) English, 41 moves, 1-0 how to play the dutch Janowski vs Albin, 1895  (A84) Dutch, 28 moves, 0-1 Castle, uncastle, recastle Tomashevsky vs Kramnik, 2005  (A09) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 0-1 an important game K Georgiev vs Kasparov, 1980  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 63 moves, 1-0 11.Nd5!! a creative game A Kvon vs G Rohit, 2005  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 31 moves, 1-0 knight manoeuvers Morozevich vs Shirov, 2001  (C42) Petrov Defense, 65 moves, 1-0 look at the combination to finish off the game C Lutz vs Ftacnik, 2001  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 35 moves, 1-0 Best game of championship prize Motylev vs Bareev, 2005  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 68 moves, 1-0 zugzwang! Kramnik vs Z Zhang, 2004  (A17) English, 78 moves, 1-0 Simply crushing Adams vs Topalov, 2006  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 42 moves, 1-0 the Bc6 is a real monster Ljubojevic vs Karpov, 1993  (A28) English, 40 moves, 0-1 Queenless combination I Pleci vs L Endzelins, 1939  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1-0 The Comeback Kramnik vs Aronian, 2006  (A15) English, 37 moves, 1-0 Topalov - surely the Greatest ever! Kramnik vs Topalov, 2006  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 0-1 Judit mercilessly crushes Mamedyarov Polgar vs Mamedyarov, 2002  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 23 moves, 1-0 Planinc - A tactical Monster! A Planinc vs Gheorghiu, 1969  (B94) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0 Amazing attack but white sadly lost on time afterwards B Ivanovic vs M Cebalo, 1986  (B89) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1 Benko Gambit Kramnik vs Topalov, 2003  (A58) Benko Gambit, 57 moves, 1-0 And I think to myself, what a wonderful world... The World vs A Nickel, 2006  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 41 moves, 1-0 A wonderful game! Kramnik vs Anand, 2007  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 53 moves, 1-0 Kramnik plays like Capablanca Kramnik vs Karpov, 1997  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0 World of Chesscraft Shulman vs The World, 2007  (E15) Queen's Indian, 46 moves, 0-1 Converting minimal advantages Kramnik vs Gelfand, 2007  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 62 moves, 1-0 Karpov vs Adorjan, 1989  (E15) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0 The power of a passed pawn Gelfand vs Polgar, 2008  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1 How to punish your opponent for playing dirty tricks. Short vs I Cheparinov, 2008  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 72 moves, 1-0 Gelfand sacrifices both rooks. Gelfand vs E Alekseev, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 37 moves, 1-0 Spectacular combination! E Sedina vs S Tkeshelashvili, 2003  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 34 moves, 1-0 Reti: "One great homogeneous whole" Schlechter vs W John, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0 One-sided crush A Aleksandrov vs Polgar, 2008  (E48) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5, 34 moves, 0-1 Queen endgame with machine-like precision Karjakin vs Movsesian, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 68 moves, 1-0 Trademark play McShane vs Polgar, 2012  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 33 moves, 0-1 exchange sacrifices Kramnik vs McShane, 2012  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 49 moves, 1-0 88 games