Adolf Anderssen - Kieseritzky
Immortal Game (Immortal Game), 1851

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6 7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg6 13.h5 Qg5 14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Bd6 Bxg1 19.e5 Qxa1+ 20.Ke2 Na6 21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6 23.Be7#
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Louis Paulsen - Paul Morphy
**Rd--()-, New York (**Rd--()-, New York), 1857

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.Nxe5 Re8 7.Nxc6 dxc6 8.Bc4 b5 9.Be2 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Rxe4 11.Bf3 Re6 12.c3 Qd3 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Qxa4 Bd7 16.Ra2 Rae8 17.Qa6 Qxf3 18.gxf3 Rg6+ 19.Kh1 Bh3 20.Rd1 {Not 20 Rg1 Rxg1+ 21 Kxg1 Re1+} 20...Bg2+ 21.Kg1 Bxf3+ 22.Kf1 Bg2+ {The "quiet" 22...Rg2! would have won more quickly: 23.Qd3 Rxf2+ 24.Kg1 Rg2+ 25.Kh1 Rg1 -- Zukertort} 23.Kg1 Bh3+ 24.Kh1 Bxf2 25.Qf1 {Absolutely forced.} 25...Bxf1 26.Rxf1 Re2 27.Ra1 Rh6 28.d4 Be3
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Johannes Zukertort - Joseph Henry Blackburne
Tnmt, London (Tnmt, London), 1883

1.c4 e6 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Be2 Bb7 5.O-O d5 6.d4 Bd6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.Nb5 Ne4 11.Nxd6 cxd6 12.Nd2 Ndf6 13.f3 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 dxc4 15.Bxc4 d5 16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.Rae1 Rc7 18.e4 Rac8 19.e5 Ne8 20.f4 g6 21.Re3 f5 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.f5 Ne4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.fxg6 Rc2 26.gxh7+ Kh8 27.d5+ e5 28.Qb4 R8c5 29.Rf8+ Kxh7 30.Qxe4+ Kg7 31.Bxe5+ Kxf8 32.Bg7+ Kg8 33.Qxe7
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Harry Nelson Pillsbury - Emanuel Lasker
10, St Petersburg (10, St Petersburg), 1895

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qh4 Be7 8.O-O-O Qa5 9.e3 Bd7 10.Kb1 h6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nd4 O-O 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qh5 Nxd4 15.exd4 Be6 16.f4 Rac8 17.f5 Rxc3 18.fxe6 Ra3 19.exf7+ Rxf7 20.bxa3 Qb6+ 21.Bb5 Qxb5+ 22.Ka1 Rc7 23.Rd2 Rc4 24.Rhd1 Rc3 25.Qf5 Qc4 26.Kb2 Rxa3 27.Qe6+ Kh7 28.Kxa3 Qc3+ 29.Ka4 b5+ 30.Kxb5 Qc4+
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Ossip Bernstein - Jose Raul Capablanca
Moscow, 1914

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qa4 Bb7 10.Ba6 Bxa6 11.Qxa6 c5 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.O-O Qb6 15.Qe2 c4 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bb4 18.b3 Rac8 19.bxc4 dxc4 20.Rc2 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Nd5 22.Rc2 c3 23.Rdc1 Rc5 24.Nb3 Rc6 25.Nd4 Rc7 26.Nb5 Rc5 27.Nxc3 Nxc3 28.Rxc3 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Qb2
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Efim Bogoljubov - Alexander Alekhine
Hastings (Hastings), 1922

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 Nc6 7.Ngf3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Qb3 Kh8 10.Qc3 e5 11.e3 a5 12.b3 Qe8 13.a3 Qh5 14.h4 Ng4 15.Ng5 Bd7 16.f3 Nf6 17.f4 e4 18.Rfd1 h6 19.Nh3 d5 20.Nf1 Ne7 21.a4 Nc6 22.Rd2 Nb4 23.Bh1 Qe8 24.Rg2 dxc4 25.bxc4 Bxa4 26.Nf2 Bd7 27.Nd2 b5 28.Nd1 Nd3 29.Rxa5 b4 30.Rxa8 bxc3 31.Rxe8 c2 32.Rxf8+ Kh7 33.Nf2 c1=Q+ 34.Nf1 Ne1 35.Rh2 Qxc4 36.Rb8 Bb5 37.Rxb5 Qxb5 38.g4 Nf3+ 39.Bxf3 exf3 40.gxf5 Qe2 41.d5 Kg8 42.h5 Kh7 43.e4 Nxe4 44.Nxe4 Qxe4 45.d6 cxd6 46.f6 gxf6 47.Rd2 Qe2 48.Rxe2 fxe2 49.Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50.Kxf1 Kg7 51.Ke2 Kf7 52.Ke3 Ke6 53.Ke4 d5+
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Friedrich Samisch - Aron Nimzowitsch
Copenhagen (Copenhagen), 1923

1.d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.Ne5 c6 {Safeguards the position} 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bf4 a6 {Protects the oupost station c4, i.e., by ...a6 and ...b5.} 11.Rc1 b5 12.Qb3 Nc6 {The ghost! With noiseless steps he presses on towards c4.} 13.Nxc6 {Samisch sacrifices two tempi (exchange of the tempo-eating Knight on e5 for the Knight which is almost undeveloped) merely to be rid of the ghost.} 13...Bxc6 14.h3 Qd7 15.Kh2 Nh5 {I could have supplied him with as yet a second ghost by ...Qe7 and ...Knight-d7-b6-c4, but I wished to turn my attention to the King's side.} 16.Bd2 f5 {!} 17.Qd1 b4 {!} 18.Nb1 Bb5 19.Rg1 Bd6 20.e4 fxe4 {! This sacrifice, which has a quite surprising affect, is based upon the following sober calculation: two Pawns and the 7th rank and an enemy Queen's wing which cannot be disentangled - all this for only one piece!} 21.Qxh5 Rxf2 22.Qg5 Raf8 23.Kh1 R8f5 24.Qe3 Bd3 25.Rce1 h6 {!! A brilliant move which announces the Zugzwang. White has not a move left. If, e.g., Kh2 or g4, then R5f3. Black can now make waiting moves with his King, and White must, willy-nilly, eventually throw himself upon the sword.}
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Robert James Fischer - Boris Spassky
Reykjavik WCh (Reykjavik WCh), 1972

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 Be6 12.Qa4 c5 13.Qa3 Rc8 14.Bb5 a6 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.O-O Ra7 17.Be2 Nd7 18.Nd4 Qf8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.e4 d4 21.f4 Qe7 22.e5 Rb8 23.Bc4 Kh8 24.Qh3 Nf8 25.b3 a5 26.f5 exf5 27.Rxf5 Nh7 28.Rcf1 Qd8 29.Qg3 Re7 30.h4 Rbb7 31.e6 Rbc7 32.Qe5 Qe8 33.a4 Qd8 34.R1f2 Qe8 35.R2f3 Qd8 36.Bd3 Qe8 37.Qe4 Nf6 38.Rxf6 gxf6 39.Rxf6 Kg8 40.Bc4 Kh8 41.Qf4
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Anatoli Karpov - Boris Spassky
Leningrad csf ;CAND (Leningrad csf ;CAND), 1974

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O Bg4 8.d5 Nbd7 9.Bg5 a6 10.a4 Qc7 11.Qd2 Rae8 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 e6 14.b3 Kh8 15.Be3 Ng8 16.Be2 e5 17.g4 Qd8 18.Kg2 Qh4 19.f3 Bh6 20.g5 Bg7 21.Bf2 Qf4 22.Be3 Qh4 23.Qe1 Qxe1 24.Rfxe1 h6 25.h4 hxg5 26.hxg5 Ne7 27.a5 f6 28.Reb1 fxg5 29.b4 Nf5 30.Bxg5 Nd4 31.bxc5 Nxc5 32.Rb6 Bf6 33.Rh1+ Kg7 34.Bh6+ Kg8 35.Bxf8 Rxf8 36.Rxd6 Kg7 37.Bd1 Be7 38.Rb6 Bd8 39.Rb1 Rf7 40.Na4 Nd3 41.Nb6 g5 42.Nc8 Nc5 43.Nd6 Rd7 44.Nf5+ Nxf5 45.exf5 e4 46.fxe4 Nxe4 47.Ba4 Re7 48.Rbe1 Nc5 49.Rxe7+ Bxe7 50.Bc2 Bd8 51.Ra1 Kf6 52.d6 Nd7 53.Rb1 Ke5 54.Rd1 Kf4 55.Re1
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V Korchnoi - G Kasparov
Ol/Luzern (Fenton Chess Club), 2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Na3 Nh5 15.e4 Rf8 16.Kh2 f5 17.f4 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Naxb5 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Bd7 21.Qe2 Qb6 22.Na3 Rbe8 23.Bd2 Qxb2 24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Nc4 Nxg3 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Qe1 Nxe4+ 28.Kg2 Qc2 29.Nxe5 Rf2+ 30.Qxf2 Nxf2 31.Ra2 Qf5 32.Nxd7 Nd3 33.Bh6 Qxd7 34.Ra8+ Kf7 35.Rh8 Kf6 36.Kf3 Qxh3+
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G Kasparov - J Pribyl
EU-TC/Skara, 1980

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bb5+ c6 9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Bg5 Qb7 14.Rfe1 e6 15.Rab1 c5 16.d5 Bxc3 17.Red1 exd5 18.exd5 Bg7 19.d6 f6 20.d7 fxg5 21.Qc4+ Kh8 22.Nxg5 Bf6 23.Ne6 Nc7 24.Nxf8 Rxf8 25.Rd6 Be7 26.d8=Q Bxd8 27.Qc3+ Kg8 28.Rd7 Bf6 29.Qc4+ Kh8 30.Qf4 Qa6 31.Qh6
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A Karpov - G Kasparov
W Ch 11/Moscow, 1985

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Be2 Bc5 12.O-O O-O 13.Bf3 Bf5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Qd2 b5 16.Rad1 Nd3 17.Nab1 h6 18.Bh4 b4 19.Na4 Bd6 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.b3 g5 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.g3 Nd7 24.Bg2 Qf6 25.a3 a5 26.axb4 axb4 27.Qa2 Bg6 28.d6 g4 29.Qd2 Kg7 30.f3 Qxd6 31.fxg4 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Nf6 33.Rf4 Ne4 34.Qxd3 Nf2+ 35.Rxf2 Bxd3 36.Rfd2 Qe3 37.Rxd3 Rc1 38.Nb2 Qf2 39.Nd2 Rxd1+ 40.Nxd1 Re1+
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