Gruenfeld
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Why the Pirc isn't played at the highest level
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
The Opera-House Game
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Fearful Symmetry
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Evergreen
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Never go in against the Sicilian when death is an the line!
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
The (second) Game of the Century
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Spasky, Bronstein, King's Gambit . . . what more do you want?
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
Don't try this at home
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
What else can I sacrifice? -- The desperate Semi-Slav
Kasparov vs Kramnik, 1996  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Fischer, Nadjorf
Unzicker vs Fischer, 1962  (B92) Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation, 26 moves, 0-1
Dragon, Game effectively over at move 9 (1-0)
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Positional queen sac, followed by sac'ing most everything else
R Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov, 1962  (B32) Sicilian, 33 moves, 1-0
A great modern windmill
T Gelashvili vs M Gagunashvili, 2001  (B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Rg3!!! Who saw it coming?!
Keene vs Miles, 1976  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 26 moves, 1-0
Its the tactics, stupid!
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Miles KID -- famous underpromotion
S Atalik vs Miles, 1993  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 30 moves, 0-1
The Famous Knight Sac
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
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