Bernstein missed an earlier chance to beat Capa!
Capablanca vs O Bernstein, 1911  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 34 moves, 1-0
Already up a knight, not even a deep queen sac.
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (C10) French, 23 moves, 0-1
The most overrated game in the history of the game.
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Nimzo was victim to zugzwang too against Capa!
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
Boring draw. Botvinnik might've even been able to win!
Alekhine vs Botvinnik, 1936  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Not really a brilliant queen sac if it was adjourned.
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
Overrated in a comparison similar with Bogoljubov-Alekhine.
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Poorly played draw by two anxious rivals.
Fischer vs Tal, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Not a true double bishop sacrifice according to many kibitzers.
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Cruelly portraying the Winawer unsound with repetitive checks.
Oll vs M Ulybin, 1989  (C18) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0
Carlsen had other games that could be his true immortal.
Carlsen vs S Ernst, 2004  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
Vastly overpraised game. Basically prepared by computers.
Kramnik vs Leko, 2004  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 32 moves, 0-1
An enormously flawed game showing the KID's true unsoundness.
Anand vs Nakamura, 2011  (E97) King's Indian, 49 moves, 0-1
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