Interesting Chess Games

"It has long been held that studying the games of the masters increases your pattern recognition, which in turn increases your positional instinct in your own games. You may not understand the reasoning behind every move being made, but pay close attention and attempt to predict them!"

Curated Selection from Chessgames.com • Compiled by Timothy Glenn Forney
Special thanks to A.J. Goldsby, Bill Wall, Tim Krabbé, Andrew Soltis, John Nunn, Graham Burgess, and John Emms.

⭐ Featured Masterpieces

The most famous, brilliant, and celebrated games in chess history.

📚 Master Games Library

Scroll or search through the complete collection of 30+ legendary chess games.

Kasparov's Immortal

Kasparov vs Topalov (1999) • Robatsch (B06) • 44 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Fischer's Immortal — The Game of the Century

D. Byrne vs Fischer (1956) • Grünfeld (D92) • 41 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Nunn's Immortal

Beliavsky vs Nunn (1985) • King's Indian Samisch (E81) • 27 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Yusupov's Immortal

Ivanchuk vs Yusupov (1991) • King's Indian Fianchetto (E67) • 39 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Rubinstein's Immortal

Rotlewi vs Rubinstein (1907) • Queen's Gambit Declined Tarrasch (D32) • 25 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Nezhmetdinov's Immortal

Polugaevsky vs Nezhmetdinov (1958) • Old Indian (A54) • 33 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Gufeld's Immortal

Bagirov vs Gufeld (1973) • King's Indian Samisch (E84) • 32 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Tal's Immortal

Tal vs Larsen (1965) • Sicilian Scheveningen (B82) • 37 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

The Immortal Nakamura!

M Krasenkow vs Nakamura (2007) • English Opening (A14) • 28 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

The Immortal Game

Anderssen vs Kieseritzky (1851) • King's Gambit Accepted (C33) • 23 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

The Most Famous Game of All Time (Opera Game)

Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard (1858) • Philidor Defense (C41) • 17 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Morphy's Immortal

Morphy vs Anderssen (1858) • King's Gambit Accepted (C39) • 23 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

30.Ba3!! Mind Boggling Game

Botvinnik vs Capablanca (1938) • Nimzo-Indian (E40) • 41 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

The Evergreen Game

Anderssen vs Dufresne (1852) • Evans Gambit (C52) • 24 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Simply Amazing Scandinavian

Nakamura vs J W Loyte (2001) • Scandinavian (B01) • 30 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

36.Rc5!! Amazing Depth

Tal vs Hjartarson (1987) • Ruy Lopez Closed (C97) • 43 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Petrov's Immortal

F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov (1844) • Giuoco Piano (C53) • 20 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Zukertort's Immortal

Zukertort vs Blackburne (1883) • English Opening (A13) • 33 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Smyslov's Immortal

Botvinnik vs Smyslov (1954) • King's Indian Fianchetto (E67) • 33 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Karpov's Immortal

Karpov vs Topalov (1994) • English Symmetrical (A32) • 39 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Anand's Immortal

Karjakin vs Anand (2006) • Sicilian Najdorf (B90) • 37 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Capablanca's Immortal Zugzwang

Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca (1927) • Caro-Kann (B12) • 46 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Double Bishop Sac & King Hunt

Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch (1914) • Queen's Gambit Declined (D30) • 32 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

R. Byrne's Knightmare

Robert E Byrne vs Fischer (1963) • King's Indian Defense (E60) • 21 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Attack on King Stuck in Center

Steinitz vs Von Bardeleben (1895) • Giuoco Piano (C54) • 25 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Najdorf's Immortal

Glucksberg vs Najdorf (1929) • Dutch Defense (A85) • 22 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

A Brilliancy Among Brilliancies

Hoi vs Gulko (1988) • Queen's Pawn Game (A40) • 31 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Immortal Sacrifice Exchange (6 Sacs)

Serper vs I Nikolaidis (1993) • King's Indian (E70) • 48 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Best Game of 1972 Match

Fischer vs Spassky (1972) • Queen's Gambit Declined Tartakower (D59) • 41 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Kasparov's Favorite Gem

Karpov vs Kasparov (1985) • Sicilian Defense (B44) • 40 moves
0-1 Black Win Replay ↗

Jaw-Dropping Queen Sacrifice

Nezhmetdinov vs O Chernikov (1962) • Sicilian Accelerated Fianchetto (B35) • 33 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗

Mighty Ruy Lopez — Kasparov Style

Kasparov vs Karpov (1986) • Ruy Lopez Closed (C92) • 41 moves
1-0 White Win Replay ↗
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