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Games from Grandmasters of Chess by H. Schonberg
Compiled by CambridgeSprings1904
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I have been reading Schonberg's attempt at providing a historical survey of various famous players through history (through Fischer). I have compiled a collection of the games from that book that are interspersed throughout the text.

A Smith vs Philidor, 1790 
(C24) Bishop's Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0

La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834 
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1

Saint-Amant vs Staunton, 1843 
(B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 39 moves, 0-1

The Immortal Game
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0

The Evergreen Partie (Game)
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Burn vs Blackburne, 1889  
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 33 moves, 0-1

Morphy vs E Morphy, 1849 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 1-0

Bird vs Morphy, 1858 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

A Night at the Opera
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896 
(D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1

Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 42 moves, 1-0

Pillsbury vs Tarrasch, 1895 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 52 moves, 1-0

Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907  
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 25 moves, 0-1

The Gold Coin Game
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912 
(C10) French, 23 moves, 0-1

A Nimzowitsch vs Salwe, 1911  
(C02) French, Advance, 39 moves, 1-0

J Corzo vs Capablanca, 1901 
(C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 0-1

O Bernstein vs Capablanca, 1914 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Reti vs Alekhine, 1925 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935 
(A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0

Reti vs T Gruber, 1923 
(A15) English, 27 moves, 1-0

Keres vs Botvinnik, 1941 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 22 moves, 0-1

Keres vs Smyslov, 1953 
(A17) English, 28 moves, 0-1

Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954 
(D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0

Tal vs Barcza, 1962 
(C11) French, 25 moves, 1-0

Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963 
(D94) Grunfeld, 48 moves, 1-0

Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960 
(C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

The Game of the Century
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  
(D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1

Spassky vs Fischer, 1972 
(A61) Benoni, 41 moves, 0-1

Updated edition only.
Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1978 
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 39 moves, 0-1

Updated edition only.
Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1978 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0

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