The Most Beautiful Finish Ever
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
Who Doesn't Like Opera? . . . . . (The Opera Game)
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
St. George, Pray for Us!
Karpov vs Miles, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
Petrosian Ends Fischer's Streak
Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 32 moves, 1-0
Traxler's Immortal
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1
Larsen just HAD to play on Board One
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
The American Legend (1st American Chess Congress)
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Crystal Clear Positional Masterpiece
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1971  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 34 moves, 1-0
When Humans Ruled the Earth. . . .
Bronstein vs M20, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
The Magician From Riga
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
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