Notable Chess Games of All Time

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ALL TIME

D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956
"The Game of the Century"
Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard, 1858
"A Night at the Opera"
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999
"Kasparov's Immortal"
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851
"The Immortal Game"
Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, 1907
"Rubinstein's Immortal"
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963
"The Brilliancy Prize"
Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852
"The Evergreen Partie"
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985
"The Brisbane Bombshell"
Steinitz vs von Bardeleben, 1895
"The Battle of Hastings"
Capablanca vs Tartakower, 1924
"Rook Before you Leap"

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