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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

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