The Immortal Game or how to construct a mating net 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 Great miniature Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 The cost of 1 opening mistake Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 Perplexing complexities Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907   (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1 Get an advantage, keep it and convert in endgame. Brilliant! Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0 Pawn Strom J Esser vs Marshall, 1911  (C15) French, Winawer, 37 moves, 0-1 Double bishop sac attack Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 The art of defence Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0 Rook battery E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Weak pawn that matters Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921   (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1 Dutch crashes K-side Maroczy vs Tartakower, 1922  (A84) Dutch, 35 moves, 0-1 In the search of initiative Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1 Capablanca's Rook endgame Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924   (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0 Windmill Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0 Nf3 fluid Reti vs Capablanca, 1924  (A15) English, 31 moves, 1-0 Rubinstein's positional masterpiece Rubinstein vs S Takacs, 1926  (D65) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, Main line, 53 moves, 1-0 The passed pawn Rubinstein vs Alekhine, 1926  (E16) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1 The immortal overprtection game Nimzowitsch vs Systemsson, 1927   (C00) French Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 Creating a passed pawn Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1927  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 Matting pattern Alekhine vs Maroczy, 1931  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 Opening novelty and sticking to its plan V Rauzer vs Botvinnik, 1933  (B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 29 moves, 0-1 Winawer of Botvinnik Ragozin vs Botvinnik, 1935  (C18) French, Winawer, 39 moves, 0-1 Sac to counterattack Geller vs Euwe, 1953  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 0-1 The destruction of defence Euwe vs Najdorf, 1953  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0 KID potential Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1 The deadly mixture of KIA and open lines Smyslov vs Botvinnik, 1955  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1-0 The opening of H-file by Tal with mind bogging complications Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 The imporance of piece mobility Tal vs Fischer, 1959  (E93) King's Indian, Petrosian System, 34 moves, 1-0 "Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine" - Tal Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1 Botvinnik's French Robatsch vs Botvinnik, 1962   (C18) French, Winawer, 45 moves, 0-1 Great foresight R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963   (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1 The importance of pawn structure Smyslov vs Tal, 1964  (A36) English, 72 moves, 0-1 The invisible barrier Tal vs Larsen, 1965   (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0 Initiative, sticking to a plan Geller vs Smyslov, 1965  (D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 The search for initiative Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0 THE decoy Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 Maneuverer from losing endgame to deadly checkmate Spassky vs Tal, 1973  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 38 moves, 0-1 Getting into Winning endgame Smejkal vs Karpov, 1973  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 72 moves, 0-1 Naked king Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0 End at the end of tunnel Karpov vs Kasparov, 1984  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 70 moves, 1-0 Limit opponent and plan ahead Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 The famous rook sac Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0 Piket vs Kasparov, 1989  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 28 moves, 0-1 Kasparov's Najdorf Adams vs Kasparov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 0-1 Queen Sac Bobotsov vs Tal, 1958  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1 Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935  (A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0 Flexible ending Botvinnik vs Boleslavsky, 1941  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1-0 IQP Botvinnik vs Vidmar, 1936   (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0 ending Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0 Famous Double Bishop Sac Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0 Leading the development Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Game of the Centrury D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956   (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1 Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1 55 games