Best chess games all time ?

[Sean Evans]

[pgn][Event "Fischer - Spassky"]
[Site "Sveti Stefan & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1992.09.02"]
[EventDate "1992.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. a4 c5
18. d5 c4 19. b4 Nh7 20. Be3 h5 21. Qd2 Rf8 22. Ra3 Ndf6
23. Rea1 Qd7 24. R1a2 Rfc8 25. Qc1 Bf8 26. Qa1 Qe8 27. Nf1 Be7
28. N1d2 Kg7 29. Nb1 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 f5 31. Bc2 Bxd5 32. axb5
axb5 33. Ra7 Kf6 34. Nbd2 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Ra8 36. g4 hxg4
37. hxg4 Rxa7 38. Qxa7 f4 39. Bxf4 exf4 40. Nh4 Bf7 41. Qd4+
Ke6 42. Nf5 Bf8 43. Qxf4 Kd7 44. Nd4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Bd5+ 46. Be4
Bxe4+ 47. Nxe4 Be7 48. Nxb5 Nf8 49. Nbxd6 Ne6 50. Qe5 1-0[/pgn]

Quick analysis using Stockfish 8: No blunders or large mistakes in this game

Interesting video analysis of game by KingKrusher:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWOWjeH ... D&index=62

[gbtami]

If someone never heard about Lilienthal read https://en.chessbase.com/post/grandmast ... dies-at-99
[pgn]
[Event "Hastings (1934/35)"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1935.01.01"]
[EventDate "1934.12.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 b6 6.f3 d5 7.Bg5
h6 8.Bh4 Ba6 9.e4 Bxc4 10.Bxc4 dxc4 11.Qa4+ Qd7 12.Qxc4 Qc6
13.Qd3 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Rd8 15.O-O a5 16.Qc2 Qc4 17.f4 Rc8 18.f5 e5
19.dxe5 Qxe4 20.exf6 Qxc2 21.fxg7 Rg8 22.Nd4 Qe4 23.Rae1 Nc5
24.Rxe4+ Nxe4 25.Re1 Rxg7 26.Rxe4+ Kd7 1-0
[/pgn]

[whereagles]

This one is particularly brilliant

[pgn][Event "USSR vs. Rest of the World"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6
dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 h5
12. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+
17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1
[/pgn]

[S.Taylor]

Don't know if someone would be interested in Top 2000 of best chess games ever played.

Maybe first start with a top 3.

Candidates please ?


Or maybe not start with a top 3. For it would contain well known games only.

That WOULD be interesting.
I would add to that (or include in it), the best frc game ever of each color and each starting position (or the two best).

We would never need more than that.

[S.Taylor]

This one is particularly brilliant

[pgn][Event "USSR vs. Rest of the World"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6
dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 h5
12. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+
17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1
[/pgn]

I'm very glad someone posted THIS game, as it has been one of MY favorites all my life.

[S.Taylor]

Kh1 isn't awful.
I t was considered ungentlemanly not to take the sacrifice back in those days.

Why? Because it was like picking holes in a brilliant idea?
But was it unheard of in those days that a brilliant idea MIGHT be flawed at times? Is there nothing more to chess than mental masturbation?