Famous Games
Classics every player should know, with engine-checked key moments.
| White – Black | Year | Event | Result | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Kasparov – Veselin Topalov★ | 1999 | Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee | 1-0 | 44 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Boris Spassky★ | 1972 | World Championship 1972, game 6 | 1-0 | 41 moves |
| Bent Larsen – Robert James Fischer | 1967 | Monte Carlo | 0-1 | 61 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Leonid Stein | 1967 | Sousse Interzonal | 1-0 | 56 moves |
| Lajos Portisch – Robert James Fischer | 1966 | Second Piatigorsky Cup | 0-1 | 35 moves |
| Robert Eugene Byrne – Robert James Fischer | 1963 | US Championship 1963/64 | 0-1 | 21 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Pal Benko | 1963 | US Championship 1963/64 | 1-0 | 21 moves |
| Mikhail Botvinnik – Robert James Fischer | 1962 | Varna ol (Men) fin-A | 1/2-1/2 | 68 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Samuel Reshevsky | 1962 | US Championship | 1-0 | 54 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Viktor Korchnoi | 1962 | Stockholm Interzonal | 1-0 | 44 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – Miguel Najdorf | 1961 | Bled | 1-0 | 49 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Mikhail Tal | 1961 | Bled | 1-0 | 47 moves |
| Mikhail Botvinnik – Mikhail Tal★ | 1960 | World Championship 1960, game 6 | 0-1 | 47 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – Mikhail Botvinnik | 1960 | Botvinnik - Tal World Championship Match | 1-0 | 41 moves |
| Herman Pilnik – Robert James Fischer | 1959 | Mar del Plata | 0-1 | 40 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – David Bronstein | 1959 | USSR Championship | 1-0 | 43 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – Robert James Fischer | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | 1-0 | 41 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – Robert James Fischer | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | 1-0 | 34 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Hector Decio Rossetto | 1959 | Mar del Plata | 1-0 | 37 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Mikhail Tal | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | 0-1 | 52 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Paul Keres | 1959 | Zurich | 1-0 | 81 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Ruben Shocron | 1959 | Mar del Plata | 1-0 | 40 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Wolfgang Unzicker | 1959 | Zurich | 1-0 | 65 moves |
| Vasily Smyslov – Robert James Fischer | 1959 | Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates | 0-1 | 54 moves |
| Boris Spassky – Mikhail Tal | 1958 | USSR Championship | 0-1 | 73 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – Bent Larsen | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | 1-0 | 31 moves |
| Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian – Robert James Fischer | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | 1/2-1/2 | 67 moves |
| Paul Keres – Mikhail Tal | 1957 | USSR Championship | 0-1 | 44 moves |
| Robert James Fischer – James T Sherwin | 1957 | New Jersey Open | 1-0 | 33 moves |
| Donald Byrne – Robert James Fischer★ | 1956 | Rosenwald Memorial Tournament | 0-1 | 41 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush | 1956 | USSR Championship | 1-0 | 31 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – Vladimir Simagin | 1956 | USSR Championship | 1-0 | 45 moves |
| Mikhail Tal – Yuri Averbakh | 1954 | 2nd Soviet Team Cup | 1-0 | 40 moves |
| Vladimir Sergeevich Saigin – Mikhail Tal | 1954 | Match for USSR Master title | 0-1 | 29 moves |
| Isaak Birbrager – Mikhail Tal | 1953 | Team Championship of USSR, juniors | 0-1 | 38 moves |
| Jose Raul Capablanca – Frank Marshall★ | 1918 | Manhattan Chess Club | 1-0 | 36 moves |
| Richard Reti – Savielly Tartakower★ | 1910 | Vienna | 1-0 | 11 moves |
| Wilhelm Steinitz – Curt von Bardeleben★ | 1895 | Hastings | 1-0 | 24 moves |
| Paul Morphy – Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard★ | 1858 | Paris, opera box (casual game) | 1-0 | 17 moves |
| Adolf Anderssen – Jean Dufresne★ | 1852 | Casual game, Berlin | 1-0 | 24 moves |
| Adolf Anderssen – Lionel Kieseritzky★ | 1851 | London (casual game) | 1-0 | 23 moves |