The Infamous Poison Queen
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Opening trap leads to fools mate
F M Teed vs E Delmar, 1896  (A80) Dutch, 8 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
The Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Morphy's Most Famous Game
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Brilliant Kingside Attack
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
"One of the Greatest Saves in Chess History"
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Lasker's Immortal King March
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
The Most Famous Move in History
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Hard fought battle ends with a draw on move 89
Albin vs A Csank, 1890  (C13) French, 89 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bishop sac on h7 and g7
Miles vs Browne, 1982  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 23 moves, 1-0
Bishop sac on h7 and g7
G Kuzmin vs Sveshnikov, 1973  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0
Great king hunt
T Enkhbat vs Shulman, 2002  (E92) King's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Attempted Rook Sac
Hug vs Hort, 1972  (E17) Queen's Indian, 27 moves, 0-1
The "Tomb Game"
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Flight of the Valkyries
H Wagner vs W Schoenmann, 1919  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 25 moves, 1-0
A Great Queen Sac
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
The Original Giuoco Piano Trap
Dubois vs Steinitz, 1862  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 37 moves, 0-1
A Modern Giuoco Piano Trap
T Helin vs J Kiltti, 1996  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 15 moves, 0-1
The Immortal Overprotection Game
Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927  (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Steinitz comments on a brilliant game
Showalter vs Gossip, 1889  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
Sacrifice leads to great kinghunt
E Schiller vs M Arne, 1995  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 1-0
The Polish Immortal
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Early queen sac by Keene
Keene vs E Fielder, 1964  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Early queen sac leads to winning attack
K Spraggett vs F South, 1976  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 19 moves, 1-0
Great combination by Rubinstein
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Fantastic Queen Sacrifice
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
Great Sacrificial Game
Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0
Instructive Capablanca Game
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Good luck analyzing this game!
C van de Loo vs M Hesseling, 1983  (C57) Two Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
Overprotection with a blockade lead to a quick KO
Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922  (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0
Oll's immortal versus the french
Oll vs M Ulybin, 1989  (C18) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0
Don't copy Capablanca!
Capablanca vs NN, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 1-0
Pawn Power!
E J Diemer vs T Heiling, 1984  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
Great Queen sac by Navara
Navara vs J Helbich, 1998  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 27 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's Five Queens
Alekhine vs NN, 1915  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0
Short uses his king like a real man!
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Instructive attack by Steinitz
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
A lesson on attacking by Tarrasch
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Petrosian slaughters Spassky
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
Zukertort's Immortal Game
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
A fantastic draw
L'Ami vs Stellwagen, 2007  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Best Checkmate Ever
S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
The Pearl of Zandvoort
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
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