A witty queen sac for a mate.
Greco vs NN, 1623  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 8 moves, 1-0
Pawns are the soul of chess!
A Smith vs Philidor, 1790  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1
Frenchman's most famous win.
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1
This game lasted for 9 1/2 hours!
Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 33 moves, 0-1
A relentless king hunt!
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
The immortal game!
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
A lot of sacs(2 pawns, 2 knights, 1 rook, and queen sac!)
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
The Gold Coin Game
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Great victory over a great opponent.
Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0
Extreme example of "weak square complex"
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
Immortal zugzwang game!
Saemisch vs A Nimzowitsch, 1923  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 25 moves, 0-1
wise as anything!
Reti vs K Treybal, 1923  (A14) English, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
a stirring upset againist a future world champion.
C H Alexander vs Botvinnik, 1946  (C18) French, Winawer, 41 moves, 1-0
14-year-old evans at marshall chess club.
Evans vs C Pilnick, 1946  (C13) French, 29 moves, 1-0
bogart lost by a mere pawn.
Koltanowski vs H Bogart, 1952  (C01) French, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
Good defence can be as exiting and exhausting as attack.
Spassky vs D Ciric, 1962  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 29 moves, 1-0
Tal's peice sac on move 15!
Tal vs Gligoric, 1963  (B99) Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line, 43 moves, 1-0
Sustained initiative and a flurry of combinations by Tal.
Tal vs Smyslov, 1959  (B10) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
Famous in intuitive sac by tal.
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 47 moves, 0-1
A nice illustration of how to use the bishops to switch attacks
Smyslov vs Spassky, 1960  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 29 moves, 1-0
One of the games Kasparov won brilliantly.
Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 57 moves, 1-0
Kasparov busted by deep blue in just 19 moves!
Deep Blue vs Kasparov, 1997  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 19 moves, 1-0
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