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Classic Chess : View 64 Great Games

Use the About Chess Game Viewer to step through some of the best chess ever played.

Introducing the About Chess Game Viewer, here are 64 great chess games. They are considered by many experts to be among the best chess games ever played. Click on any game to open it in the viewer. You can step through the moves of the game or click Autoplay to watch the game like a movie. Year Venue Players ECO 1834 London McDonnell A. - De La Bourdonnais L. B32 1851 London Anderssen A. - Kieseritzky L. C33 1852 Berlin Anderssen A. - Dufresne J. C52 1857 USA Paulsen L. - Morphy P. C48 1869 Barmen Anderssen A. - Zukertort J. C51 1883 London Zukertort J. - Blackburne J. A13 1886 USA Zukertort J. - Steinitz W. D40 1889 Amsterdam Lasker E. - Bauer I. A03 1892 Havana Steinitz W. - Chigorin M. C65 1895 Hastings Steinitz W. - Von Bardeleben C. C54 1896 St.Petersburg Pillsbury H. - Lasker E. D50 1896 Nuernberg Pillsbury H. - Lasker E. C11 1904 Cambridge Springs Lasker E. - Napier W. B35 1907 Lodz Rotlevi G. - Rubinstein A. D40 1909 Paris Janowski D. - Lasker E. C49 1911 Karlsbad Nimzovitch A. - Salwe G. C02 1911 San Sebastian Capablanca J. - Bernstein O. C65 1912 Breslau Levitzky S. - Marshall F. C10 1914 St.Petersburg Lasker E. - Capablanca J. C68 1914 St.Petersburg Nimzovitch A. - Tarrasch S. D30 1918 New York Capablanca J. - Marshall F. C89 1922 Hastings Bogoljubow J. - Alekhine A. A90 1923 Copenhagen Saemisch F. - Nimzovitch A. E18 1924 New York Reti R. - Lasker E. A12 1925 Baden-Baden Reti R. - Alekhine A. A00 1926 Dresden Johner P. - Nimzovitch A. E48 1927 New York Nimzovitch A. - Capablanca J. B12 1927 Buenos Aires Capablanca J. - Alekhine A. D63 1929 Karlsbad Capablanca J. - Treybal K. D30 1929 The Hague Bogoljubow E. - Alekhine A. C11 1935 Netherlands Euwe M. - Alekhine A. A90 1936 Nottingham Botvinnik M. - Tartakower S. A55 1937 Semmering Reshevsky S. - Keres P. E11 1938 Netherlands Botvinnik M. - Capablanca J. E40 1940 Rotterdam Euwe M. - Keres P. E19 1941 USSR Keres P. - Botvinnik M. E35 1946 Radio Smyslov V. - Reshevsky S. C82 1951 Moscow Botvinnik M. - Bronstein D. D79 1953 Switzerland Averbakh Y. - Kotov A. A55 1954 Moscow Botvinnik M. - Smyslov V. E68 1956 USA Byrne D. - Fischer R. D92 1958 USSR Polugaevsky L. - Neshmetdinov R. A53 1959 Yugoslavia Tal M. - Smyslov V. B10 1959 USSR Cholmov R. - Keres P. B31 1962 Marianske Lazne Gufeld E. - Kavalek L. C64 1962 Varna Spassky B. - Evans L. E80 1963 USA Byrne R. - Fischer R. D79 1965 Riga Keres P. - Spassky B. A68 1965 Bled Tal M. - Larsen B. B82 1968 Monte Carlo Botvinnik M. - Portisch L. A29 1969 Moscow Spassky B. - Petrosian T. B94 1970 Belgrade Larsen B. - Spassky B. A01 1972 Reykjavik Fischer R. - Spassky B. D59 1973 Petropolis Bronstein D. - Ljubojevic L. B03 1974 Moscow Karpov A. - Korchnoi V. B78 1976 USSR Geller E. - Karpov A. C16 1980 Skara Kasparov G. - Pribyl J. D85 1982 London Seirawan Y. - Karpov A. D58 1982 Luzern Korchnoi V. - Kasparov G. A64 1983 Niksic Kasparov G. - Portisch L. E12 1985 Moscow Karpov A. - Kasparov G. B44 1985 Wijk aan Zee Beliavsky A. - Nunn J. E81 1986 Leningrad Kasparov G. - Karpov A. D55 1987 Reykjavik Tal M. - Hjartarson J. C97 Need help with the viewer? See Viewer Help. For more about the viewer software, see The Palview Pages.