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SJP's Top Ten
Compiled by SJP
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My ten favourite games, arranged chronologically. The titles where in quotes are from the name given in the Game of the Day archive.

"Take my wife. Please!"
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

"Roughin' Reti"
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

"A Thing of the Passed"
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938 
(E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0

"Think like a Grandmaster"
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1

Everyone loves a Queen sac
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958 
(A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1

More of the Iron Man
Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968 
(A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0

World Championship Winner
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972 
(D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0

"The Brisbane Bombshell"
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985 
(B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1

Spanish Fun
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986 
(C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 1-0

"Brussel Routs"
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1

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