"The Immortal Draw"
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Alekhine vs Reti, 1922  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
Capablanca vs Nimzowitsch, 1928  (E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres considered this to be his best postal effort
Keres vs E Dyckhoff, 1935  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik refutes Alekhine's preparation over the board
Alekhine vs Botvinnik, 1936  (B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Szabo vs Botvinnik, 1952  (A94) Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3, 78 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keres vs Reshevsky, 1953  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
"Best draw of the 20th century" -Soltis
Tal vs Aronin, 1957  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
Four Queens
Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959  (B11) Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Fischer vs Tal, 1960  (C18) French, Winawer, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gligoric vs Fischer, 1961  (E98) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
The only clash between these two giants
Botvinnik vs Fischer, 1962  (D98) Grunfeld, Russian, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
"The Swindle of the Century"
Evans vs Reshevsky, 1963  (E55) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation, 50 moves, 1/2-1/2
Portisch vs Kavalek, 1975  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Brilliancy prize in perhaps the highest quality match ever
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1986  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Short vs Kasparov, 1993  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Topalov vs Kramnik, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kasparov makes a miraculous escape
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 2000  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2
Leko vs Kramnik, 2004  (A61) Benoni, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
"23rd Century Chess"
Anand vs Topalov, 2005  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kramnik vs Carlsen, 2011  (A20) English, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Vitiugov vs Kramnik, 2013  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
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