Best chess games all time ?

[Henk]

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.

[AdminX]

[d]4r1k1/3nbppp/bqr2B2/p7/2p5/6P1/P2N1PBP/1R1QR1K1 b - - 0 21

Nakamura's Queen Sac

[pgn]
[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2007.10.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 c6 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Nd2 c5 {Nakamura plays very active chess. It is
only natural that he stirs up trouble before White has managed to develop his
dark-squared bishop.} 12. exd5 (12. dxc5 d4 13. Nb5 Bxc5 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Bxa8
Qxa8 $15) 12... cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 (13... Bxb5 14. dxe6 $1 (14. cxb5 $2 Nxd5 $17
) 14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qxd4 $14) 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Re1 b5
16. Bb2 {This seems to be the first independent move in a situation, when both
sides are firing at the centre with most of their forces. Black is balancing
the active location of the white knight on d4 with the unpleasant pressure
against the c4 pawn.} (16. Qf5 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rxc4 19. Bb2 Bb4 20.
Red1 Re8 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb6 23. Qh5 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Truskavetsky,A (2284)
-Grabinsky,V (2258)/Alushta 2002 (34)}) 16... Re8 (16... bxc4 17. bxc4 Nb6 18.
Nf5 Bc5 19. Bh3 $13) 17. Qd1 $2 {Krasenkow is becoming nervous and retreats
his queen to its initial location. Objectively speaking, it can not be the
best move, even though the refutation is spectacular.} (17. Nf5 Bc5 18. h3 Re6
$15) 17... bxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 $1 (18... Bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Nf5 Bc5 $15) (
18... dxc4 $2 19. Nc6 Qb6 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21. Rxe7 Qxb2 22. Ne4 $16) 19. Rb1
dxc4 $1 {It becomes clear, that White needs a good trick to reverse the
unfavourable development of the game.} (19... Bc5 20. Ba3 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 $13)
20. Nc6 $2 (20. Bc3 Qc5 21. Qc2 $17) 20... Rxc6 21. Bxf6 (21. Bxc6 Qxc6 $19)
21... Qxf2+ $3 {A beautiful combination in the style of the old masters. The
fact that queen is unprotected and seemingly unsupported makes the shot truly
spectacular.} 22. Kxf2 (22. Kh1 Qxf6 $19) 22... Bc5+ 23. Kf3 (23. Kf1 c3+ $1 (
23... Rxf6+ $4 24. Bf3 c3+ 25. Kg2 $18) 24. Re2 c2 $19) (23. Bd4 Bxd4+ 24. Kf3
Rf6+ 25. Kg4 Ne5+ 26. Kg5 Bc8 $19) 23... Rxf6+ 24. Kg4 Ne5+ $1 {The finale of
the game is cat and mouse play. The naked white king has no chance to survive
among the pack of wild black pieces.} 25. Kg5 (25. Rxe5 Bc8+ $1 26. Rf5 Bxf5+
27. Kh4 Rh6+ 28. Kg5 Bc8 $19) 25... Rg6+ 26. Kh5 f6 (26... Bc8 27. Ne4 Be7 $19)
27. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kh4 Bc8 $1 (28... Bc8 $1 29. g4 Bf2+ 30. Kh3 Rh6# (30...
Rh5#)) 0-1

[/pgn]

[Henk]

[pgn]
[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St. Petersburg RUS"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. Here is a brilliant win by
Tarrasch. } d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O
Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 {11
Qe2!? } 11...exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 {'The guardian
of the king's field leaves his post for a moment, assuming
wrongly that 19 Qc3 is a major threat' -- Tartakower. If 18
Qxd2 d4 19 exd4 Bxf3 20 gxf3 Qh4 } 18...d4 {!} 19. exd4 {19
Rfe1! } Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 {!} 22. f3 {22 Kxg2
Qg4+ 23 Kh2 Rd5-+ } 22...Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5
{25 Rxf1 Qh2+ or 25 Nf6+ Kf8 26 Nxe8 Qg2+ } 25...f5 26. Qc3
Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ {28...Qg3+! } 29. Kxf4 Rf8+
30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1
[/pgn]

[Henk]

[pgn]
[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.11.25"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2
d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bc1 Nd5 15. Ng5 b5 16. Na3 b4
17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. b4
Qf5 22. Rg3 h6 23. Nc4 Qd5 24. Ne3 Qb5 25. Bf6 Qxh5 26. Rxg7+
Kh8 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kh8
31. Rg5+ Kh7 32. Rxh5 Kg6 33. Rh3 Kxf6 34. Rxh6+ Kg5 35. Rh3
Reb8 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rf3+ Kg6 38. a3 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40. Nc4
Rd5 41. Rf4 Nd7 42. Rxe6+ Kg5 43. g3 1-0
[/pgn]

[Sean Evans]

[pgn][Event "Fischer - Spassky World Championship Match"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1972.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6
12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra7
17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Qe7
22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf5
27. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7
32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8
37. Qe4 Nf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4 1-0[/pgn]

[Henk]

[pgn]
[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Louis Paulsen"]
[Black "John Owen"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 b6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.Nc3 f5 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.d3 Bb4 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.Nxc3 fxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qe5 O-O 12.dxe4 Nc6
13.Qc3 e5 14.Bh6 Rf7 15.f4 Ba6 16.fxe5 Bxf1 17.Rxf1 Qe7
18.Rxf7 Qxf7 19.e6 Qe7 20.exd7 Ne5 21.Bh3 g5 22.Qxc7 g4
23.d8=Q+ Qxd8 24.Qg7# 1-0
[/pgn]

[Sean Evans]

[pgn][Event "Hoogovens A Tournament"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5
7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe7
12. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb6
17. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d4
22. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb6
26. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7
Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd2
35. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8
Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0[/pgn]

[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]

[Henk]

[pgn]
[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1851.06.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6
7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg6
13.h5 Qg5 14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Bd6
Bxg1 {It is from this move that Black's defeat stems. Wilhelm
Steinitz suggested in 1879 that a better move would be
18... Qxa1+; likely moves to follow are 19. Ke2 Qb2 20. Kd2
Bxg1.} 19. e5 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Na6 21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6
23.Be7# 1-0
[/pgn]

[According to Stockfish 8: 18 Bd6?? Bxg1??]

[Dann Corbit]

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscol ... id=1000589

And any of the Adolf Anderssen vs Louis Eichborn games