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WizardoftheMind's Must Know Games
Compiled by WizardoftheMind
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This game collection includes games that must be studied in order to achieve chess mastery.

Dangers of castling too early
V Knorre vs Chigorin, 1874 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 14 moves, 0-1

Greco's Mate - Punishing wrong play in Scotch Game
NN vs V Kahn, 1941 
(C47) Four Knights, 13 moves, 0-1

Keeping a King from Castling and Attacking it
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895 
(C54) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0

The Famous Opera Game - Morphy's Most Memorable
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858  
(C41) Philidor Defense, 17 moves, 1-0

The power of open files and open diagonals - Morphy
Paulsen vs Morphy, 1857  
(C48) Four Knights, 28 moves, 0-1

Morphy's Quick Development for Quick Attack - Rooks odds, Nh8#
Morphy vs Le Carpentier, 1849 
(000) Chess variants, 13 moves, 1-0

Attacking from the wing and King Hunt finish!
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892 
(C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

How to Artificial Castle in Style
Steinitz vs Paulsen, 1870 
(C25) Vienna, 36 moves, 1-0

The wild Vienna Gambit!
M Lange vs J von Schierstedt, 1856 
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0

The most famous punishment against Greedy play
Reti vs Tartakower, 1910 
(B15) Caro-Kann, 11 moves, 1-0

Morphy's beautiful smothered mate
Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859 
(C56) Two Knights, 24 moves, 1-0

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

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