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generror's favorite games
Compiled by generror
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Just my favourite games. May not even be the best from a technical/theoretical standpoint, but games like these are what makes chess so awesome.

Or maybe they are just so bizarre and absurd or silly.

Classic King Walk
Ed Lasker vs G Thomas, 1912 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0

Hard-earned Draw
Letelier vs K Ojanen, 1953 
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 1 moves, 1/2-1/2

Intense battle with constant surprises
Lasker vs W E Napier, 1904 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 35 moves, 1-0

The Five Queens Problem
Alekhine vs NN, 1915 
(C12) French, McCutcheon, 29 moves, 1-0

Zweig's novel was the first "serious" book I loved
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1922 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Crazy horses & Bogoljubow drunk (?)
Bogoljubov vs L Schmid, 1949 
(C44) King's Pawn Game, 25 moves, 0-1

Frankenstein-Dracula king walk
E Book vs A Hiidenheimo, 1924 
(C27) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0

Michelet's Immortal and Only (poor Kieseritzky)
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1843 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0

The draw that spoiled Capa's perfect simul score
Capablanca vs E Anderson, 1922 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2

Crazy mate
V Malinin vs V Savinov, 1988 
(A58) Benko Gambit, 36 moves, 1-0

Karpov is a demon
Karpov vs Unzicker, 1974 
(C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 44 moves, 1-0

Awesome fight with everything chess has to offer
Granda Zuniga vs Seirawan, 1993 
(A15) English, 56 moves, 1-0

Self-sprung opening trap and lovely discovered pawn mate!
Allgaier vs NN, 1807 
(C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 14 moves, 1-0

The Suicidal Queen :D
E Z Adams vs Torre, 1920 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Irish pawns win!
Miles vs E Keogh, 1978 
(C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 1-0

A dance of kings and knights
Znosko-Borovsky vs J A Seitz, 1931 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 96 moves, 0-1

Youth has triumphed
D van Foreest vs J Mieses, 1949 
(B44) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1

Awesome Steinitz swindle, then swindles himself in the endgame
Anderssen vs Steinitz, 1862 
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 1-0

awesome mating combo
So vs Nakamura, 2015 
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 39 moves, 0-1

Original Traxler Mindf*BEEEP*ck
J Reinisch vs Traxler, 1890  
(C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 0-1

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