A Fantastic Game by Evans
W D Evans vs McDonnell, 1829  (C51) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Deflection!
Aronian vs Svidler, 2006  (D80) Grunfeld, 24 moves, 0-1
Great Sacrifice
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Game of the Century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Great Combo
Leko vs G Bakhtadze, 1995  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 22 moves, 1-0
Kasparov NEARLY Wins, but never gets to give checkmate
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1996  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 37 moves, 1-0
Another Great Deflection
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1994  (B33) Sicilian, 36 moves, 1-0
Stalemate Trap
Kasparov vs N McDonald, 1986  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Surprising Swindle
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 39 moves, 0-1
Swindle!
S Bouaziz vs Miles, 1979  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 49 moves, 0-1
Another Great Swindle
Karpov vs Csom, 1977  (A16) English, 50 moves, 1-0
A Brick Wall
A Petrosian vs L Hazai, 1970  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another Stalemate
A Beliavsky vs L Christiansen, 1987  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
The Power of a Pin
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's Immortal
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Tal, 1961  (B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
Swindle of the Century
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Nice Queen Sacrifice
Tkachiev vs W N Watson, 1993  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
H I McMahon vs Marshall, 1897  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 7 moves, 0-1
Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0
The Battle of Hastings
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Nice Mating Net
Steinitz vs Rock, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
A Fantastic Game
Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1866  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 43 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1961  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 36 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Supico, 1941  (C21) Center Game, 20 moves, 1-0
Chessmaster vs. Webmaster
A Artidiello vs D Freeman, 2001  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0
A Medina Garcia vs Andersson, 1974  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 31 moves, 0-1
Polugaevsky vs E Torre, 1981  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 40 moves, 1-0
K Kokolias vs F Sigalas, 2005  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
A Nimzowitsch vs P Leonhardt, 1911  (C49) Four Knights, 48 moves, 1-0
N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1
A Marshall Swindle
Marshall vs G Marco, 1904  (C45) Scotch Game, 76 moves, 1-0
Another Marshall Swindle
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
NN vs Bird, 1888  (C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs K Richter, 1942  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 46 moves, 1-0
Torre vs Little, 1924  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 17 moves, 1-0
Schlechter vs Maroczy, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 28 moves, 1-0
Can't Dodge Mate
S S Dodge vs J Houghteling, 1905  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 16 moves, 0-1
A Real Problematic Move
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
A Dadian vs Boutourlin, 1883  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
Y Estrin vs R Strand, 1966  (C59) Two Knights, 31 moves, 0-1
T L Petrosian vs A Minasian, 2006  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 1-0
The Great Attack
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Take My Wife, Please!
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Torre vs E B Adams, 1924  (C60) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0
The Windmill Tactic
Torre vs Lasker, 1925  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1
Yet Another Marshall Swindle
Marshall vs von Scheve, 1904  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Castling is Important
Dunbar vs Chawkin, 1925  (C45) Scotch Game, 11 moves, 1-0
The Great Smothered Mate
NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1
Philidor vs NN, 1749  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 40 moves, 1-0
The LONGEST Game In History
I Nikolic vs G Arsovic, 1989  (E95) King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1, 255 moves, 1/2-1/2
A Ramirez Alvarez vs J Bartholomew, 2007 (A57) Benko Gambit, 40 moves, 1-0
Horsing Around
Crafty vs Nakamura, 2007  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 155 moves, 0-1
A Charging King
Short vs Timman, 1991  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
A Powerful Pawn Storm
Fischer vs R Cardoso, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Anderssen vs J Finch, 1851  (C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 0-1
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Keres vs Petrosian, 1959  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
A Great Game
Capablanca vs J Corzo, 1901  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 60 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Zugzwang Game
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Brilliant Sacrifice And Deflection
N Spiridonov vs Tal, 1970  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 36 moves, 0-1
Queen Trap
P H Clarke vs Pachman, 1964  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 21 moves, 0-1
Torre vs M A Schapiro, 1924  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0
Tal vs NN, 1958  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Stein vs Portisch, 1962  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0
Kd7!!!
R Filguth vs Korchnoi, 1979  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 34 moves, 0-1
Overload
Krasenkow vs Karpov, 2003  (E12) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 0-1
A Great Swindle!!
Pachman vs Z Doda, 1965  (A57) Benko Gambit, 37 moves, 1-0
Plachutta
Tarrasch vs Marotti / Napoli / de Simone / del, 1914  (A03) Bird's Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
A Capablanca Brilliancy
Capablanca vs M Fonaroff, 1918  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 22 moves, 1-0
A Max Euwe Symphony
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Lasker's Immortal
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
Amazing game by Traxler
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein's Immortal
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
All Hail Kasparov
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Pure Genius
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
More Kasparov Sacrifices
Movsesian vs Kasparov, 2000  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 32 moves, 0-1
Myagmarsuren Masterpiece
R Nezhmetdinov vs Myagmarsuren, 1965  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1
Great Example of the Triumph of Man over Machine
Fritz vs Kramnik, 2000  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 32 moves, 0-1
Spentacular Knight Sacrifice
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 19 moves, 1-0
Gelfand Brilliancy
Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0
Blackburne Black Death
NN vs Blackburne, 1871  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch Beauty
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Horseless Carriage
Janowski vs NN, 1895  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
A Morphy Classic
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Karpov, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 47 moves, 0-1
Four Knights Mate
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Semi Slav Defence: Meran Variation 4 Queens sub-variation!?!
S Polgar vs V Dimitrov, 1984  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 1-0
QGA:Albin Countergambit Lasker Trap w/ 3rd Knight!?!
W B Wright vs R Finegold, 1990  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1
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