de la Bourdonnais was one of the best and this really shows it McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1 The great Staunton! Staunton vs Horwitz, 1851   (A13) English, 46 moves, 1-0 Staunton makes (dare I say it) mince meat of Anderssen Anderssen / Horwitz / Kling vs Staunton / Boden / Kipping, 1857  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 53 moves, 0-1 Anderssen's attacking and sacrificial style is truly shown here Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 Adolf Anderssen and his well known "Immortal Game" Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Moprhy was truly ahead of his time Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857   (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1 Mophy's Brilliant "Opera Game" Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 Morphy dominated everyone Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 More Morphy Magic! Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849  (000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0 "The King is a fighting piece!" - Steinitz Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0 Steinitz most celebrated brilliancy, "The Battle at Hastings" Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 Wilhelm Steinitz, The Father of Modern Chess Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1873  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 0-1 Zukertort's Immortal Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0 The Opening Enthusiast Chigorin vs H Caro, 1898  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0 Chigorin's unique style Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1890  (C52) Evans Gambit, 38 moves, 1-0 A Brilliant game by Bird NN vs Bird, 1888  (C45) Scotch Game, 15 moves, 0-1 Henry Bird's Masterpiece Bird vs Mason, 1876  (C11) French, 50 moves, 1-0 Blackburne's Brilliancy NN vs Blackburne, 1884   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1 Mate in three?? It looks as if JB mistook the position! Blackburne vs NN, 1863   (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0 "So many Knights jumping everywhere! (Give me room!)"-WhiteKing NN vs Blackburne, 1871   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1 Crash and Burn E MacDonald vs Burn, 1910  (C41) Philidor Defense, 49 moves, 0-1 21 games