1851: The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
1852: The Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
1853: Behind enemy lines
J Matschego vs Falkbeer, 1853  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 0-1
1854: A powerful attack
Cochrane vs Mohishunder, 1854  (C41) Philidor Defense, 25 moves, 1-0
1855: Dubious? No, Dubois!
W Budzinski vs Dubois, 1855  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 38 moves, 0-1
1856: Not a perfect game by any means, but still an epic fight
Staunton vs Loewenthal, 1856  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 79 moves, 1-0
1857: A new star on the horizon
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
1858: The new sheriff in town
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
1859: Max Lange's immortal
Anderssen vs M Lange, 1859  (C61) Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense, 19 moves, 0-1
1860: The Austrian Morphy
Steinitz vs Meitner, 1860  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 26 moves, 1-0
1861: Nice play by Kolisch
Kolisch vs Paulsen, 1861  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0
1862: The London 1862 brilliancy prize winner
Steinitz vs A Mongredien, 1862  (B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0
1863: Anderssen demolishes poor Rosanes
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
1864: A bit of positional play amidst all the tactics back then
G Neumann vs Paulsen, 1864  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 56 moves, 0-1
1865: The student surpasses the teacher
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
1866: Steinitz finally defeated Anderssen
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1866  (C51) Evans Gambit, 44 moves, 0-1
1867: There's no wasting time in recapturing
G Neumann vs Blackburne, 1867  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 0-1
1868: Anderssen can still bite
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1868 (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 43 moves, 1-0
1869: Vintage Anderssen
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1869  (C51) Evans Gambit, 29 moves, 1-0
1870: The Steinitz Gambit
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0
1871: These two again?
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1871  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 31 moves, 0-1
1872: The Immortal Draw
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
1873: The dawning of a new wra
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1873  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1
1874: A nice queen sacrifice by Bird
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
1875: A great attack
E E Gilbert vs W Berry, 1875  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 24 moves, 1-0
1876: Bird's Magnum Opus
Bird vs J Mason, 1876  (C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
1877: It's important to retain a sense of humour
C T Goering vs Anderssen, 1877  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 37 moves, 1-0
1878: A beautiful attack by Zukertort
Zukertort vs J Mason, 1878  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
1879: "Mate in 35!"
Gossip vs E E Gilbert, 1879  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 0-1
1880: Three is more than one
Steinitz / Hirschfeld / Mason vs Zukertort / Bird / Hoffer, 1880  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 0-1
1881: Savage destruction of black's defences
Blackburne vs J Schwarz, 1881  (C01) French, Exchange, 28 moves, 1-0
1882: A most brilliant finish
J Mason vs Winawer, 1882  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 56 moves, 1-0
1883: Zukertort's Immortal from the tournament of his life
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
1884: The original double bishop sac gone wrong
Burn vs Owen, 1884  (A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
1885: The father of positional play
Steinitz vs A Sellman, 1885  (C11) French, 35 moves, 1-0
1886: The first king
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1
1887: The doctor
Tarrasch vs Gunsberg, 1887  (C10) French, 40 moves, 1-0
1888: A masterful ending by Tarrasch
Von Gottschall vs Tarrasch, 1888  (C16) French, Winawer, 100 moves, 0-1
1889: The blow no one expected
Blackburne vs Lipschutz, 1889  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
1890: A brilliant win by Chigorin
Gunsberg vs Chigorin, 1890  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1
1891: A superb double rook sacrifice
M Kuerschner vs Tarrasch, 1891  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1
1892: Steinitz didn't forget how to attack
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
1893: The roots of hypermodernism
Chigorin vs Tarrasch, 1893  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
1894: The new king
Lasker vs Steinitz, 1894  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
1895: Lasker's best
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
1896: A great game by Pillsbury
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0
1897: A sneaky queen trap
Charousek vs Maroczy, 1897  (C13) French, 26 moves, 0-1
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