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larryjapan's favorite games 1
Compiled by larryjapan
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Another one of those Guess the Move games where you're way ahead by the middle, then free fall into hell by the end!

28 of 48
K Aseev vs N Rashkovsky, 1998 
(B06) Robatsch, 38 moves, 1-0

24 of 25
Morphy vs Bird, 1858 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0

45 of 42 How did white let this one slip away?
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1903 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1-0

15 of 19
M Shereshevsky vs Kupreichik, 1976 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1

42 of 52
Rubinstein vs Saemisch, 1925 
(A20) English, 29 moves, 1-0

20 of 30
Capablanca vs D W Pomeroy, 1909 
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 0-1

13 of 19
G Tringov vs Fischer, 1965 
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 0-1

33 of 35
E Diemer vs K Locher, 1948 
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0

30 of 50
Anand vs Svidler, 2009 
(D85) Grunfeld, 32 moves, 1-0

20 of 28
Sax vs D Minic, 1975 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 24 moves, 1-0

32 of 34
Alekhine vs Duras, 1913 
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0

15 of 19
Khalifman vs Bareev, 2002 
(C10) French, 20 moves, 1-0

38 of 42
Stein vs E Book, 1969 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 1-0

30 of 42
Chigorin vs Janowski, 1900 
(C56) Two Knights, 27 moves, 1-0

33 of 46
A Nimzowitsch vs C Ahues, 1930 
(A06) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1-0

30 of 27
D Berczes vs A Kulago, 2008
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 22 moves, 1-0

36 of 40
Petrosian vs Korchnoi, 1946 
(A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 23 moves, 1-0

37 of 38
Ljubojevic vs Kasparov, 1983 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 25 moves, 0-1

29 of 40
Tarrasch vs Schlechter, 1897 
(C26) Vienna, 29 moves, 1-0

45 of 51
Petrosian vs I Kan, 1955 
(A08) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0

28 of 43
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

18 of 28
Alekhine vs Lasker, 1934 
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 26 moves, 1-0

41 of 40
Miles vs A Beliavsky, 1986 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 29 moves, 1-0

17 of 15
Shamkovich vs M Yudovich Jr, 1959 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 20 moves, 1-0

65 of 61
Karpov vs Topalov, 1994 
(A43) Old Benoni, 36 moves, 1-0

70 of 76
Z Klaric vs K Spraggett, 1991
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 37 moves, 0-1

17 of 32
A Azemati vs S Bogner, 2005 
(E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0

40 of 52
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0

39 of 39
Kasparov vs Speelman, 1989 
(B06) Robatsch, 25 moves, 1-0

39 of 30
Alekhine vs Marshall, 1927 
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

7 of 13
E Canal vs Horvath, 1934 
(B01) Scandinavian, 13 moves, 1-0

34 of 36
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857 
(C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

42 of 53
Kasparov vs Ponomariov, 2002 
(C10) French, 38 moves, 1-0

55 of 59
Rubinstein vs Reti, 1926 
(D71) Neo-Grunfeld, 38 moves, 1-0

52 of 58
Karpov vs Lutikov, 1979 
(B01) Scandinavian, 29 moves, 1-0

10 of 25
Leko vs G Bakhtadze, 1995 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 22 moves, 1-0

17 of 27
E Korchmar vs Y Polyak, 1937 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

34 of 33
Dolmatov vs Kasparov, 1977 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 22 moves, 0-1

25 of 20
Kotronias vs Adianto, 1997
(B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

32 of 27
Van der Wiel vs Y Gruenfeld, 1982
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 1-0

50 of 55
C Bauer vs Alekhine, 1926 
(C42) Petrov Defense, 32 moves, 0-1

24 of 29
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

66 of 58
O Bernstein vs Duras, 1938 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

31 of 34
V Gashimov vs Grischuk, 2008 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 33 moves, 1-0

41 of 73
P Chan vs G Kabera, 2006
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0

23 of 33
Ponomariov vs I Sokolov, 2007 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

31 of 39
Kamsky vs A Beliavsky, 1994 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 31 moves, 1-0

9 of 13
F J Perez vs Alekhine, 1943 
(C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0

28 of 47
G Ravinsky vs Panov, 1943 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 36 moves, 1-0

43 of 40
Negi vs N Mamedov, 2004 
(B57) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

48 of 56
Harrwitz vs E Williams, 1852 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1-0

48 of 55
Kasparov vs Ivanchuk, 1995  
(C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 0-1

30 of 44
Smyslov vs I Rudakovsky, 1945 
(B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0

32 of 37
V Ciocaltea vs N Gaprindashvili, 1969
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 1-0

38 of 37
V Timofeev vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1970 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 29 moves, 0-1

21 of 29
S Conquest vs U Capo Vidal, 2008
(D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 1-0

36 of 30
Yermolinsky vs P Wolff, 1990 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 26 moves, 1-0

21 of 27
Mamedyarov vs I Kurnosov, 2009 
(D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

35 of 37
Mackenzie vs Mason, 1878 
(C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0

19 of 39
Kasparov vs Timman, 2000 
(C45) Scotch Game, 36 moves, 1-0

35 of 29
Sengupta vs Nakamura, 2001 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 25 moves, 0-1

46 of 57
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857 
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1

12 of 17
Topalov vs M Illescas, 1995 
(B33) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0

21 of 21
J Mieses vs Tarrasch, 1920 
(B20) Sicilian, 14 moves, 0-1

53 of 52
J Aagaard vs K Urban, 1998 
(C20) King's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0

25 of 32
A Rotstein vs Leko, 1993 
(B27) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0

21 of 26
Topalov vs Anand, 2008 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 25 moves, 1-0

o of 15
G Kuzmin vs Sveshnikov, 1973 
(B47) Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation, 21 moves, 1-0

56 of 60
Kasparov vs Anand, 1996 
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 36 moves, 1-0

48 of 46
Uhlmann vs Pirc, 1961
(A53) Old Indian, 36 moves, 1-0

31 of 39
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0

41 of 46
Carlsen vs Ponomariov, 2009 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 31 moves, 1-0

24 of 20
Fischer vs H Ree, 1968 
(C81) Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack, 25 moves, 1-0

26 of 20
von Scheve vs Tarrasch, 1880 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 15 moves, 0-1

31 of ?
L Gonzalez vs G Perrine, 1943 
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1

45 of 46
I Szabo vs Ivkov, 1959
(B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 33 moves, 0-1

40 of 41
Greco vs NN, 1620 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0

21 of 33
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0

12 of 21
Bird vs Lasker, 1892 
(C21) Center Game, 12 moves, 1-0

39 of 32
A Ramirez Alvarez vs J Kleiman, 2008
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1-0

22 of 16
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865 
(C60) Ruy Lopez, 12 moves, 1-0

37 of 44
M Porges vs Lasker, 1896  
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

34 of 45
Fischer vs Larsen, 1958 
(B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

19 of 20
I A Horowitz vs NN, 1940 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 14 moves, 1-0

24 of 35
von Bardeleben vs Lasker, 1890 
(D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 0-1

16 of 23
G Kuzmin vs M Mukhin, 1972 
(B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 19 moves, 1-0

40 of 46
Kharlov vs Sakaev, 2004 
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0

25 of 46
Capablanca vs C Jaffe, 1913 
(C49) Four Knights, 31 moves, 0-1

20 of 21
NN vs S Dubois, 1850 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 18 moves, 0-1

19 of 22
J Polgar vs Smirin, 2000 
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 22 moves, 1-0

26 of 33
P Dubinin vs D Petrov, 1936 
(C10) French, 28 moves, 1-0

42 of 35
Keres vs Lutikov, 1971 
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 28 moves, 1-0

44 of 46
C van Oosterom vs P Hulshof, 2009 
(B06) Robatsch, 23 moves, 1-0

31 of 46
Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970 
(C15) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 0-1

24 of 25
Harikrishna vs B T Murali Krishnan, 2002 
(D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 24 moves, 1-0

37 of 43
Karpov vs K Maeder, 1967 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

25 of 26
V Buerger vs Fine, 1937 
(D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 20 moves, 0-1

22 of 24
Adams vs Kasparov, 1992 
(D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 22 moves, 0-1

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