Best game prize
Evans vs Rossolimo, 1965  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 71 moves, 0-1
Breaking the bind
Larsen vs Suba, 1982  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 27 moves, 0-1
Karpov vs Chandler, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0
Chandler vs M Hebden, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 37 moves, 1-0
Worst bishop ever
Kasparov vs Sting, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
Suffocation
Reshevsky vs G N Treysman, 1938  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 42 moves, 1-0
Macieja vs M Bezold, 2001  (B06) Robatsch, 22 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs K Treybal, 1930  (A80) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
J L Watson vs I Ivanov, 1983  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1
L Christiansen vs Korchnoi, 1983  (E16) Queen's Indian, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Korchnoi vs D Gurevich, 1983  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 22 moves, 1-0
Korchnoi vs Seirawan, 1983  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk dragon
Ivanchuk vs R Felgaer, 2005  (B32) Sicilian, 38 moves, 1-0
karpov gets bishop pair, then trades it away for better pawns
Spassky vs Karpov, 1979  (E12) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
mysterious rook move by Kasparov
Kasparov vs Anand, 1996  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0
Legend of the Black Forest
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0
The bad bishop's revenge
Lputian vs Salov, 1987 (A90) Dutch, 40 moves, 0-1
reversed benoni
Petrosian vs Aronin, 1961  (A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
Check, please!
Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1956  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1-0
kasparov's quickest win over karpov
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1993  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 27 moves, 0-1
classic ending by alehkine
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1933  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 55 moves, 0-1
Q+N v. 2R
Ivkov vs Korchnoi, 1957  (C16) French, Winawer, 94 moves, 0-1
Zvjaginsev vs A Shariyazdanov, 2005  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 31 moves, 1-0
Come and get me!
Larsen vs J Betancort Curbelo, 1976  (A36) English, 53 moves, 1-0
link to Fischer-Benko
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik's positional exchange sacrifice in the winawer
Tolush vs Botvinnik, 1945  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 41 moves, 0-1
9 Ne2!
Ivanchuk vs Timman, 2003  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 21 moves, 1-0
Young Gary
Huebner vs Kasparov, 1981  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 49 moves, 0-1
Kasparov crushes Karpov's Caro-Kann
Kasparov vs Karpov, 2001  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
The Exchange Variation
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 55 moves, 1-0
early Kasparov sicilian
A Nikitin vs Kasparov, 1981  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
Ivanchuk vs V Georgiev, 2001  (B07) Pirc, 26 moves, 1-0
Counterattack
Y Quesada Perez vs Ivanchuk, 2004  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Watson's knights
Harikrishna vs Ivanchuk, 2004  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 25 moves, 0-1
exchange sac
Seirawan vs Z Kozul, 1991  (E77) King's Indian, 42 moves, 1-0
Rook mobility
Karpov vs Miles, 1985  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 65 moves, 1-0
Karpov with a space advantage
Karpov vs Miles, 1992  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
karpov r+p ending from berlin defense
Karpov vs Miles, 1990  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0
A rook and pawn ending for the ages
Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 73 moves, 1-0
never give up!
Topalov vs Morozevich, 2005  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
great fight by both players, wonderful resource from Topalov
Kasimdzhanov vs Topalov, 2005  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
great defense by topalov
Adams vs Topalov, 2005  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tartakower tribute
Kharlov vs Topalov, 2004  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 53 moves, 0-1
The "positional" rook sacrifice
Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1
Hort vs Chandler, 1982  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0
chandler sacs
Chandler vs Short, 1981  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0
Chandler vs R Henley, 1982  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0
underpromotion
Chandler vs Karpov, 1983  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 0-1
Chandler vs I Rogers, 1984  (B01) Scandinavian, 25 moves, 1-0
nice deflection sac
Chandler vs Vaganian, 1984  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
rook v. two minor pieces
Chandler vs Short, 1986  (C01) French, Exchange, 58 moves, 1-0
pillar to post
Chandler vs K Hulak, 1986 (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 41 moves, 1-0
another nice reversed benoni from larsen
Larsen vs Chandler, 1987  (A09) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 1-0
J Sherwin vs Fischer, 1958  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 72 moves, 0-1
Karpov's calling card
Karpov vs Spassky, 1974  (B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
The back rank
Karpov vs Spassky, 1975  (E17) Queen's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Capablanca for the defense
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 0-1
Creativity masquerading as technique
H E Atkins vs Capablanca, 1922  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 67 moves, 0-1
Tartakower vs Botvinnik, 1946  (C01) French, Exchange, 54 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1946  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
IQP Attack
Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs Maroczy, 1900  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 30 moves, 1-0
harbinger
Lasker vs Janowski, 1895  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Making R+P look easy
Short vs D Liu, 2004  (B01) Scandinavian, 53 moves, 1-0
not THE Tartakower-Bogo game
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1929  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 43 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs Bogoljubov, 1927  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 49 moves, 1-0
Originality plus tactics
J Piket vs G Welling, 1985  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Positional knight sacrifice
Ivanchuk vs S Volkov, 2005  (C11) French, 41 moves, 1-0
Fitting tribute
Petrosian vs P M Nielsen, 1960  (A80) Dutch, 25 moves, 1-0
petrosian's queen moves
B Andersen vs Petrosian, 1960  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 29 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Larsen, 1960  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 34 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Euwe, 1953  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 62 moves, 1-0
Petrosian vs Stahlberg, 1953  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 67 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs K Kulaots, 2002  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 62 moves, 1-0
Queen sacrifice
L Prins vs Rellstab, 1951  (C27) Vienna Game, 41 moves, 1-0
Capablanca tribute
Ljubojevic vs Anand, 1997  (D23) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 0-1
Infiltration
Shirov vs Karpov, 1994  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
Overprotection
Botvinnik vs Uhlmann, 1956  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 41 moves, 1-0
Keene vs M Basman, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
A world of chess
Shen Yang vs J Zhou, 2005  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 114 moves, 0-1
Smothered mate with a twist
Sveshnikov vs I Ivanov, 1976  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Reversed Benoni
Capablanca vs Janowski, 1924  (A08) King's Indian Attack, 46 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
rook v. two bishops ending
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 2000  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
The long march
L Bruzon Batista vs Ivanchuk, 2005  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 77 moves, 0-1
pre-Nimzowitsch
Winawer vs G Neumann, 1867  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 48 moves, 1-0
gipslis
A Zaitsev vs Gipslis, 1969  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 41 moves, 0-1
Gipslis vs Savon, 1961  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Gipslis vs Botvinnik, 1963  (B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 0-1
Gipslis vs Y Rusakov, 1966 (B68) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7, 36 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Gipslis, 1972  (B07) Pirc, 35 moves, 0-1
Pawns beat queen
I Ivanov vs V Zaltsman, 1983  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 44 moves, 1-0
odds
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
tsunami
Miles vs Spassky, 1978  (E12) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0
Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs Lasker, 1925  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 38 moves, 0-1
J Kruek vs Vasiukov, 2001  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 37 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
A tale of two knights
Vasiukov vs Vaganian, 1980  (C00) French Defense, 44 moves, 1-0
b v. n ending
Spielmann vs Lasker, 1909  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2
R+P ending
Lasker vs Spielmann, 1925  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1-0
B+R v. N+R ending
Lasker vs Bogoljubov, 1923  (C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0
N+ R v. R+B
Bogoljubov vs Lasker, 1924  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 71 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch plays Alekhine
Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1923  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
as featured in My System
Lasker vs Salwe, 1909  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 65 moves, 1-0
Double exchange sacrifice
Tartakower vs R Broadbent, 1946  (B20) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
alekhine's four pawns, queen sac
S Abu Sufian vs C Garma, 2001  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Capablanca loses to Evans
J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901  (C52) Evans Gambit, 27 moves, 1-0
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Lasker vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (C99) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd, 103 moves, 1/2-1/2
classic R+P ending
Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0
knight wheel
Capablanca vs Yates, 1924  (A48) King's Indian, 77 moves, 1-0
Implacable
Capablanca vs Kostic, 1919  (C42) Petrov Defense, 86 moves, 1-0
Tartakower vs H E Atkins, 1922  (C46) Three Knights, 42 moves, 0-1
Who was Atkins again?
H E Atkins vs Rubinstein, 1922  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
endless attack
G A Thomas vs Rubinstein, 1922  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1
rubinstein brilliancy prize
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0
double queen sac
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Rook beats 2N endgame
Horwitz vs Bird, 1851  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 55 moves, 1-0
Swindle
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
reculier pour mieux sauter
Petrosian vs Keres, 1952  (E53) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 36 moves, 1-0
Two queens lose against none
M Thinius vs V Beim, 1993  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 35 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Petrosian, 1950  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 0-1
Keres vs Petrosian, 1959  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1
Nimzowitsch gets clobbered by bishop pair
Vidmar vs Nimzowitsch, 1927  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch vs Pirc, 1931  (A12) English with b3, 28 moves, 0-1
A Rodriguez Vila vs Granda Zuniga, 2005  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 54 moves, 0-1
Seirawan vs I Ivanov, 1991  (E12) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 0-1
Sustained attack by Burn after draw refused?
Burn vs O Bernstein, 1906  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 1-0
Fischer makes a lot out of very little
Fischer vs J Rubinetti, 1970  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
A bishop is stronger than a knight
V Chekhover vs Lasker, 1935  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
stunning underpromotion
S Atalik vs Miles, 1993  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
striking exchange sacrifice
T Gelashvili vs Marjanovic, 2001  (B20) Sicilian, 66 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Kamsky, 1992  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 54 moves, 1-0
Four Pawns Attack
Kupreichik vs Gipslis, 1972  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 47 moves, 0-1
Alekhine Four pawns -- Ljubo var.
Korneev vs T Luther, 2003 (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
What a bishop!
R Nezhmetdinov vs Kasparian, 1955  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 47 moves, 1-0
One of Seirawan's finest games
J Peters vs Seirawan, 1984  (B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 39 moves, 0-1
see annotations
Andersson vs Beliavsky, 1990  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 62 moves, 1-0
Karpov plays Tal
Karpov vs Larsen, 1979  (B15) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 1-0
Polgar vs Morozevich, 1999  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 0-1
stellar positional rook ending
Charousek vs Pillsbury, 1896  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 66 moves, 1-0
L. Day at his most unusual
M Schoeneberg vs L Day, 1972  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 42 moves, 0-1
A forgotten combination?
Tarrasch vs K Walbrodt, 1895  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0
queen sacrifice
Petrosian vs Psakhis, 1982  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 34 moves, 1-0
bishop ending
Karpov vs C Hansen, 1995  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 58 moves, 1-0
an imposing ending
Rubinstein vs S Takacs, 1926  (D65) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line, 53 moves, 1-0
good bishop ending
Rubinstein vs P Johner, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 56 moves, 1-0
opposite colored bishop ending
Rubinstein vs K Treybal, 1929  (C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 64 moves, 1-0
Rosenthal, not Steinitz, but still a classic
Paulsen vs S Rosenthal, 1873  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk's Alekhine
A Volokitin vs Ivanchuk, 2006  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 51 moves, 0-1
the mysterious P. Schmidt
Keres vs P Schmidt, 1936  (A25) English, 30 moves, 0-1
Brilliancy prize
L Day vs T Koliada, 1994  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 48 moves, 1-0
nice interference sacrifice
Wojtkiewicz vs S Skembris, 1990  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
the normal position
Schlechter vs Meitner, 1898  (C51) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 1-0
Morozevich on the attack
Morozevich vs Pelletier, 2006  (C10) French, 34 moves, 1-0
Man bites dog
Tarrasch vs Capablanca, 1928  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 0-1
Greatest rapid game ever?
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 41 moves, 1-0
extraordinary ending
Kramnik vs Z Zhang, 2004  (A17) English, 78 moves, 1-0
Resigning a won game!
Stellwagen vs Yusupov, 2006  (C18) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1
A long, unhappy story
Short vs Alburt, 1985  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 60 moves, 1-0
sustained attack
Karpov vs Larsen, 1982  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 45 moves, 1-0
snyder attack
T Gelashvili vs B Valensi, 2003 (B20) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0
12....a5?, 13...Bg5
Shamkovich vs M Vukic, 1976  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 40 moves, 1-0
Karpov squashes the Pirc
Karpov vs Nunn, 1982  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
Four Pawns (Counter-)Attack
H Kokkoris vs D Marovic, 1970  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 25 moves, 0-1
another Lasker bishop on d2
Lasker vs Showalter, 1893  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 1-0
study positional play
Karpov vs Ribli, 1986  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 56 moves, 1-0
speechless
Kotov vs Bronstein, 1972  (A13) English, 43 moves, 0-1
two knights
Radjabov vs Naiditsch, 2005  (C59) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs V Malaniuk, 1988  (A87) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation, 35 moves, 1-0
K-K 94
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 40 moves, 1-0
anderssen's defensive immortal
Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1866  (B20) Sicilian, 55 moves, 0-1
combinations
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
early rubinstein kg
Rubinstein vs Rotlewi, 1906  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
for notes to Tarrasch-Lasker 4
K Mokry vs F Schuh, 1991 (C66) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 1-0
positional brilliancy
Rubinstein vs J Perlis, 1906  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik vs B Goldenov, 1952  (A13) English, 35 moves, 1-0
3.d3
Keres vs D Allan, 1975  (C42) Petrov Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
g3-g4 and Nc2
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2014  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
Desperate Dutch
Anand vs Carlsen, 2015  (A90) Dutch, 36 moves, 0-1
Wei Yi immortal
Wei Yi vs L Bruzon Batista, 2015  (B40) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
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