The Most Famous Final Position in the History of Chess.
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
The Opera Game, History's Most Famous Game
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
The Evergreen Game
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Double Queen Sacrifice Mating Combination
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
McDonnell's Famous Two-Knight Checkmate
La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 39 moves, 0-1
Lasker's Double Bishop Sacrifice, "Emanuel's Labor"
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
Steinitz's Two Rook Sacrifice Against Chigorin
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
"Il Calabrese" Testament to the Italian School
NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1
The James Bond Attack, Russia vs. Rest of the World - Board One
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Traxler's Immortal
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
The Last Round
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1893  (C21) Center Game, 19 moves, 1-0
The First American Chess Congress, American Beauty
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
The Golden Piece Game
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (C10) French, 23 moves, 0-1
Rubinstein's Immortal
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
The Return of the King
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 50 moves, 1-0
The Game of the Century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Considered the Greatest game of Postal Chess ever played.
Y Estrin vs H Berliner, 1965  (C57) Two Knights, 42 moves, 0-1
Fischer's Last Great Masterpiece
Fischer vs Spassky, 1992  (B31) Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
Smyslov's Masterpiece
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
The Purely Intuitive Knight Sacrifice
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
Petrosian's Spanks Spassky
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Petrosian's Great Queen Sacrifice
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Petrosian's Dancing King - The Great Defender
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1
Petrosian's Pawn Storm
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1966  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
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