Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852  (C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Of course, "the game of the century" must be considered.
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
When will computers catch up with Nezhmetdinov's inspired play?
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1
US Champ vs. Soviet Champ
Fischer vs Stein, 1967  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 56 moves, 1-0
Fischer vs Spassky, 1972  (D59) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower, 41 moves, 1-0
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (B44) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1
The Readers' choice in a Chess Informant Contest
Ivanchuk vs A Yusupov, 1991  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 39 moves, 0-1
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
My top choice in an Informant Readers' contest
Topalov vs Anand, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 52 moves, 1-0
Voted the best of Informant 102
Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2008  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 49 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Karjakin, 2014  (E15) Queen's Indian, 61 moves, 1-0
J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 32 moves, 0-1
Nepo's position was more difficult
Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2021  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 136 moves, 1-0
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