#1 - Shortest master game
A Gibaud vs F Lazard, 1924  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 4 moves, 0-1
#2 = Longest won game
H Wolf vs Duras, 1907  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 168 moves, 1-0
#10 - A million-dollar move
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
#12 - Unwilling club members
Menchik vs G A Thomas, 1932  (E85) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
#15 - Dazzling exhibition
Capablanca vs P Tarasov, 1922  (D26) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1-0
#20 - Record-breaking blindfold feats
Morphy vs C A Seguin, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 47 moves, 1-0
#20 - Record-breaking blindfold feats
Pillsbury vs H Haeusler, 1900  (C25) Vienna, 27 moves, 1-0
#25 - Englisch looks into the future
Englisch vs Tarrasch, 1885  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 44 moves, 1-0
#26 - Fourteen pawn moves
Marshall vs H Rogosin, 1940  (B20) Sicilian, 26 moves, 1-0
#27 Pawns only
NN vs H Bruening, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 6 moves, 0-1
#28 - Ten in a row
R Kujoth vs J Fashingbauer, 1950  (B20) Sicilian, 28 moves, 1-0
#29 - Eleven out of twelve
S Lyman vs B Greenwald, 1964  (B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0
#30 - The Hungarian gambiteer
Charousek vs Lasker, 1896  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
#31 - Dake beats the book
Dake vs H Mueller, 1933  (A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 21 moves, 1-0
#32 - Chigorin tries a new gambit
Chigorin vs Albin, 1896  (D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 62 moves, 1-0
#34 - The "cook" that failed
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
#36 - Tarrasch springs a trap
Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0
#38 - Torre's double victories
Gruenfeld vs Torre, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 13 moves, 0-1
#38 - Torre's double victories
Torre vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 67 moves, 1-0
#42 - Correspondence quickie
M Warren vs J Selman, 1932  (A51) Budapest Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1
#45 - Victory after 40 years
Marshall vs Lasker, 1900  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 58 moves, 1-0
#45 - Victory after 40 years
Marshall vs Lasker, 1940  (D62) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
#50 - Ruy Lopez at play
Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
#55 - Announced mate longer than rest of game
W Potter vs NN, 1870  (000) Chess variants, 15 moves, 1-0
#62 - Capped knight inflicts mate
M Lange vs J von Schierstedt, 1856  (C25) Vienna, 21 moves, 1-0
#65- Napier picks his best game
Lasker vs W Napier, 1904  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0
#66 - Rubinstein defeats the big three
Rubinstein vs Lasker, 1909  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
#66 - Rubinstein defeats the big three
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1910  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1
#66 - Rubinstein defeats the big three
Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 42 moves, 1-0
#72 - Queen sacrifice downs Lasker and Capa in 26 moves
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934  (D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0
#72 - Queen sacrifice downs Lasker and Capa in 26 moves
Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0
#80 - Grandmaster checked, double checked and mated in eleven
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910  (B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0
#81 - Opportunity knocks twice
Reti vs Hromadka, 1922  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
#90 - Five-fold rook sacrifice
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
#100 - Smothered mate of Queen
Tarrasch vs Burn, 1907  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 30 moves, 1-0
#103 - Three Queens on one diagonal
E Lazarev vs R Ermakov, 1962  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 1-0
#106 - Fischer touches a pawn
Unzicker vs Fischer, 1960  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0
#116 - Holzhausen fast worker
W Von Holzhausen vs Tarrasch, 1912  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
#117 - Allies lose quickly
Bird / Dobell vs Gunsberg / Locock, 1897  (A02) Bird's Opening, 9 moves, 0-1
#118 - Younger octogenarian wins
D van Foreest vs J Mieses, 1949  (B44) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1
#127 - Rubinstein scintillates
H Wolf vs Rubinstein, 1922  (C49) Four Knights, 60 moves, 0-1
#128 - Speed star loses on time limit
N Riumin vs Capablanca, 1935  (E37) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
#130 - Two Queens fail to win game
R Franz vs Mayet, 1858  (C42) Petrov Defense, 69 moves, 0-1
#131 - Simultaneous blindfold at 10 seconds a move
Fine vs R Byrne, 1945  (A48) King's Indian, 38 moves, 1-0
#132 - Smothered mate 500 years old
Capablanca vs H Mattison, 1929  (E38) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5, 20 moves, 1-0
#136 - Remarkable duplication of ideas
L Forgacs vs Maroczy, 1902  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 27 moves, 0-1
#144 - Ten year old in master tournament
Janowski vs Reshevsky, 1922  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 65 moves, 0-1
#145 - Dake mated in nine
Dake vs F R DiPaula, 1935  (C15) French, Winawer, 9 moves, 0-1
#146 - Dake mated in ten
A Powers vs Dake, 1937  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 10 moves, 1-0
#147 - Kmoch loses in eight
Kmoch vs T Ellison, 1948  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 8 moves, 0-1
#148 - Fine resigns in seven
H Borochow vs Fine, 1932  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 11 moves, 1-0
#149 - Morphy mated in 12
Morphy vs Maurian, 1855  (000) Chess variants, 12 moves, 0-1
#150 - Capablanca yields in 13
Capablanca vs A Kevitz, 1924  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 13 moves, 0-1
#151 - Reshevsky mated in nine
Reshevsky vs Z Margalit, 1958  (E42) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein), 9 moves, 0-1
#153 - Fischer gets an early shock
Fischer vs R Burger, 1964  (C57) Two Knights, 14 moves, 0-1
#154 - Morphy plays masters simultaneously
Morphy vs T Barnes, 1859  (C27) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 0-1
#161 - Spielmann's solitary win
Capablanca vs Spielmann, 1928  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 39 moves, 0-1
#163 - Slow win and quick loss
Marshall vs Chigorin, 1902  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
#169 - Capa's only loss in ten years
O Chajes vs Capablanca, 1916  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 66 moves, 1-0
#180 - Checker star upsets chess masters
N Banks vs Kashdan, 1926  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 46 moves, 1-0
#182 - Alapin concedes in five moves
Tarrasch vs Alapin, 1889  (C42) Petrov Defense, 6 moves, 1-0
#186 - Two sea serpents in a row
Schlechter vs Tarrasch, 1911  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 106 moves, 1-0
#186 - Two sea serpents in a row
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1911  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 109 moves, 1-0
#196 - Brilliancy anticipated
V Soldatenkov vs S Durnovo, 1898  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
#197 - Lasker's queen stays at home
Maroczy vs Lasker, 1924  (C11) French, 30 moves, 0-1
#198 - Yates defeats critic
Tarrasch vs Yates, 1910  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 33 moves, 0-1
#208 - The perfect game
M Weiss vs J Schwarz, 1883  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
#211 - Mikenas missed magic moment
V Mikenas vs Kashdan, 1931  (D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
#212 - Extraordinary position anticipated 100 years earlier
Janowski vs Ed. Lasker, 1924  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
#212 - Extraordinary position anticipated 100 years earlier
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
#217 - Six-fold queen sacrifice
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920  (C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
#218 - Alekhine scores in double-quick time
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1934  (A44) Old Benoni Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
#219 - The grandmaster draw
Tarrasch vs A Fritz, 1889  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 8 moves, 1/2-1/2
#224 - Judge meets geniuses
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1850  (C02) French, Advance, 14 moves, 0-1
#226 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene
Capablanca vs A Schroeder, 1916  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 1-0
#227 - Finishes game with opening moves
G Koshnitsky vs Hewitt, 1945  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 17 moves, 1-0
#232 - Marshall forgets himself
Burn vs Marshall, 1906  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 40 moves, 0-1
#235 - Picturesque mate
J Mieses vs Marshall, 1903  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
#237 - Morphy's only blindfold loss
Morphy vs J Kipping, 1858  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1
#242 - Strange duplication
T Drezga vs Baratz, 1929  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
#242 - Strange duplication
Alekhine vs Koehnlein, 1908  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
#244 - Girl chess prodigy
E Pritchard vs H de Beaufort Saunders, 1936  (C51) Evans Gambit, 21 moves, 1-0
#247 - Brilliancy unrewarded
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
#247 - Brilliancy unrewarded
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
#248 - Szabo has a blind spot
Szabo vs Reshevsky, 1953  (D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2
#253 - Error turns into brilliancy
E Cohn vs Chigorin, 1907  (A53) Old Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
#255 - Alekhine sacrifices three queens in one game
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
#256 - Alekhine builds tower of pawns
Alekhine vs V Nenarokov, 1907  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 43 moves, 0-1
#257 - Capablanca creates fantastic design
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
#261 - Only one pawn is captured
O Chajes vs Gruenfeld, 1923  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 120 moves, 0-1
#262 - Lindermann commits sui-mate in three
Lindemann vs Echtermeyer, 1893  (B01) Scandinavian, 3 moves, 0-1
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