"Blows gaining tempo... a sparkling finish." (Euwe)
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
Stunning sacrifices... smother mate...
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859  (C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0
Early rook sacrifice... gaining a queen... insane precision...
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Fischer... 13 years old... queen sacrifice...
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
"God of the gods"
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
The Fischer trap!
Fischer vs Reshevsky, 1958  (B32) Sicilian, 42 moves, 1-0
Young Fischers brilliancy!
Fischer vs J Sherwin, 1957  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 36 moves, 1-0
Fischer with his Kings Indian.
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1
Instructive game... precise endgame...
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1-0
Invention of the Marshall gambit... but the adversary...
Capablanca vs Marshall, 1918  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 36 moves, 1-0
A strategic masterpiece!
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 68 moves, 0-1
"Was this a human?!"
Capablanca vs O Bernstein, 1914  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 46 moves, 1-0
"The Triple Queen Sacrifice"
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Imaginative genius.
Reti vs Alekhine, 1925  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1
Imortal blindfold game!
Alekhine vs Von Feldt, 1916  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
"Avian double bishop sacrifice"
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
"Double a3 rook sacrifice!"
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
A higher league to all the adversary!
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Bishop decoy.
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
"King invader."
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Ancient classic.
Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Beyond time.
NN vs Greco, 1625  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 18 moves, 0-1
..finsh..one of the most remarkable positions in the 19th cent.
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
The game lasted 14 hours!
Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 66 moves, 0-1
"An unusually elegant finish..." (Euwe)
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
A brilliant combination!
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
A beautifull mate!
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
The famous queen sacrifice.
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
"Fury of a Tiger"
Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 30 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Ftacnik vs O Cvitan, 1997  (E97) King's Indian, 26 moves, 0-1
Duras vs E Cohn, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch vs Alapin, 1914  (C11) French, 18 moves, 1-0
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927  (B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1937  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 23 moves, 1-0
Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
Fine vs Fischer, 1963  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 28 moves, 0-1
Keene vs E Fielder, 1964  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0
Spielmann vs B Hoenlinger, 1929  (B15) Caro-Kann, 25 moves, 1-0
A Reshko vs O Kaminsky, 1972  (A29) English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto, 71 moves, 1-0
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs J Bednarski, 1966  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 22 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Anand, 2013  (D47) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 0-1
Gelfand vs Shirov, 1998  (D85) Grunfeld, 39 moves, 1-0
Carlsen vs Gelfand, 2014  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 37 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Aronian, 2014  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 66 moves, 1-0
G Chandler vs R Kynoch, 1981  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Caruana vs Aronian, 2014  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 50 moves, 1-0
Gufeld vs B Ivanovic, 1979  (B33) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
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