19th Century brilliance- Morphy's Opera game Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858   (C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0 Morphy vs. Thompson- tough 1st game @ First Am. Chess Congress Morphy vs J Thompson, 1857  (B44) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1-0 Morphy vs. Thompson- 2nd game (less competitive) J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 21 moves, 0-1 Morphy vs. Thompson game 3 (Interesting, modern style) J Thompson vs Morphy, 1857  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 0-1 19th Century brilliance- Morphy Q sac. sets up win (resign) Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857   (C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1 A Morphy masterpiece at age 13 Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0 19th Century brilliance- Morphy awesomeness Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 Nice Morphy miniature Morphy vs T Hampton, 1858  (C51) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0 Morphy wins a positional type game T Barnes vs Morphy, 1858  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 30 moves, 0-1 Morphy wins with a great endgame Morphy vs Harrwitz, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 48 moves, 1-0 Solid Morphy win Morphy vs Lowenthal, 1858  (C01) French, Exchange, 34 moves, 1-0 Another Morphy masterpiece N Marache vs Morphy, 1857  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 0-1 interesting game de Riviere vs Morphy, 1863  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 0-1 Morphy vs Paulsen, 1857  (B40) Sicilian, 64 moves, 1-0 Bird vs Morphy, 1858  (C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1 19th century brilliance- Anderssen's Immortal game Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851   (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0 19th century brilliance- Anderssen's Evergreen game Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0 19th Century brilliance- Tarrasch Tarrasch vs G Marco, 1892  (C66) Ruy Lopez, 18 moves, 1-0 Beautiful win by Tarrasch Tarrasch vs Mendelson, 1879  (C51) Evans Gambit, 33 moves, 1-0 Nice Tarrasch game as black Walbrodt vs Tarrasch, 1894  (D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 64 moves, 0-1 Textbook play in rook and pawn ending Tarrasch vs E Thorold, 1890  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 56 moves, 1-0 A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914   (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1 19th Century brilliance- Zukertort's Immortal Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0 Wonderful game by Bird Bird vs J Wisker, 1873  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0 nice 19th century miniature Blackburne vs G M Day, 1876  (C21) Center Game, 25 moves, 1-0 Wonderful Blackburne game A Vazquez vs Blackburne, 1891   (C50) Giuoco Piano, 33 moves, 0-1 Nice game by 5 time U.S. champion Janowski vs Showalter, 1899  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 39 moves, 0-1 Chigorin vs Blackburne, 1898  (C00) French Defense, 45 moves, 0-1 19th Century brilliance- Steinitz Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 Steinitz capitalizes brilliantly on weak opening by opponent Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0 A tactical gem from young Steinitz K Hamppe vs Steinitz, 1859  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1 An early positional game Steinitz vs Blackburne, 1876  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0 Wonderful game by Steinitz Steinitz vs Lasker, 1896  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 31 moves, 1-0 One of my favorites Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 A great Steinitz game Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870  (C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0 A great Steinitz game Zukertort vs Steinitz, 1886   (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 0-1 Great Middle to endgame play by Steinitz Steinitz vs de Riviere, 1867  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 43 moves, 1-0 cool game where Steinitz slowly builds up a huge advantage Steinitz vs C Brook, 1875  (C01) French, Exchange, 31 moves, 1-0 Spassky dominance Y Estrin vs Spassky, 1951  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1 Wild Spassky game at age 14 Y Gusev vs Spassky, 1951  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 Spassky brilliance Geller vs Spassky, 1955  (E26) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 31 moves, 0-1 More brilliance by Spassky Spassky vs Smyslov, 1953  (E31) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, Main line, 35 moves, 1-0 Yet more Spassky brilliance Spassky vs Pilnik, 1955  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1-0 Tactical masterpiece by Spassky Spassky vs Taimanov, 1955  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 38 moves, 1-0 Nice endgame by Spassky Spassky vs N Krogius, 1958  (E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 50 moves, 1-0 The "From Russia with Love" game Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0 Masterful tactics by Spassky Spassky vs M Shofman, 1962 (C16) French, Winawer, 30 moves, 1-0 Awesome game by Spassky Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1 Nice Spassky endgame worth studying Spassky vs R Byrne, 1974  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 59 moves, 1-0 very solid play in the early middlegame Spassky vs J Pribyl, 1973  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 23 moves, 1-0 Beautiful Spassky win Spassky vs O Averkin, 1973  (B44) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0 Nice positional win A Reshko vs Spassky, 1960  (A16) English, 34 moves, 0-1 super combination to win game Spassky vs A Foguelman, 1960  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 32 moves, 1-0 Marshall stuns Capablanca Marshall vs Capablanca, 1909  (D53) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1-0 A wonderful Nimzowitsch game A Nimzowitsch vs A Hakansson, 1922   (C02) French, Advance, 27 moves, 1-0 Bronstein building small advantages Botvinnik vs Bronstein, 1951  (E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 35 moves, 0-1 One of Bronstein's greatest games Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 31 moves, 0-1 Bronstein shows incredible strategy F Zita vs Bronstein, 1946  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 30 moves, 0-1 Winning strategy in tight quarters G Abrahams vs Bronstein, 1947  (E94) King's Indian, Orthodox, 32 moves, 0-1 Fine with a beautiful win (resign) [e4] Fine vs Botvinnik, 1938   (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 31 moves, 1-0 Simple but beautiful win by Keres Keres vs Szabo, 1955  (B64) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 23 moves, 1-0 A tough win for Keres Hort vs Keres, 1961  (C71) Ruy Lopez, 53 moves, 0-1 Chernev Instructive game Keres vs A Tarnowski, 1952  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 40 moves, 1-0 Solid win by Petrosian [Chernev Instructive game] Petrosian vs Smyslov, 1961  (E12) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0 Positional gem by young Petrosian (age 19) A Kalantar vs Petrosian, 1948   (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 48 moves, 0-1 Petrosian with a positional masterpiece to beat Fischer Petrosian vs Fischer, 1959  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 31 moves, 1-0 Young Smyslov (age 14) K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1 Wonderful strategic game to learn from (Smyslov at 22) Smyslov vs Kotov, 1943  (B25) Sicilian, Closed, 42 moves, 1-0 Very nice game from Smyslov Smyslov vs Reshevsky, 1948  (C75) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 52 moves, 1-0 An instructive win by Smyslov Smyslov vs V Lyublinsky, 1949  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 33 moves, 1-0 One great move after another Smyslov vs Petrosian, 1967  (E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0 Incredible positional game Botvinnik vs P Ostojic, 1969  (A42) Modern Defense, Averbakh System, 46 moves, 1-0 Nice Botvinnik game Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1938  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 41 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik brilliance Botvinnik vs Portisch, 1968  (A22) English, 26 moves, 1-0 Great play by Botvinnik Botvinnik vs Euwe, 1948  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 1-0 Great tactical play earns a solid win (resign) [e4] Geller vs Dreev, 1990  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 1-0 Wonderful game with great tactical play Portisch vs de Firmian, 1990  (E14) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0 A painstaking Pillsbury win showing great skill [d4] Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 52 moves, 1-0 Pillsbury winning a tough one Pillsbury vs Mason, 1895   (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0 Pillsbury dominance Pillsbury vs Winawer, 1896  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 21 moves, 1-0 Great middle to end game play [Chernev Instructive game] Pillsbury vs Gunsberg, 1895  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 40 moves, 1-0 The Pillsbury attack on display Pillsbury vs G Marco, 1900  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 26 moves, 1-0 A masterpiece by 12 year old Kasparov Lputian vs Kasparov, 1976  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 38 moves, 0-1 Young Kasparov Kasparov vs Yurtaev, 1977  (A65) Benoni, 6.e4, 30 moves, 1-0 Beauty from young Kasparov Kasparov vs R Akesson, 1980  (E12) Queen's Indian, 36 moves, 1-0 Complex game that shows his genius Kasparov vs G Hjorth, 1980  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0 Kasparov brilliance Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0 Interesting Kasparov game Kasparov vs D Johnson, 1998 (C53) Giuoco Piano, 29 moves, 1-0 Tal with Ruy Lopez masterpiece Tal vs Averbakh, 1961   (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 32 moves, 1-0 Nice Tal game Tal vs J Pribyl, 1973  (A15) English, 52 moves, 1-0 Interesting game to study Lilienthal vs Aronin, 1948  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 39 moves, 1-0 Great game with some nice tactics M Fette vs B Perenyi, 1985  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 51 moves, 0-1 Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, 1938  (A25) English, 37 moves, 1-0 Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, 1946  (E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 94 games