World's Most Famous Chess Games

[Ascendancy]

The Immortal Game

The Evergreen Game

The Opera House Game

The Game of the Century

SOmetimes games become so famous they have titles. I am trying to put together a list of the most famous games ever gravely played. Strange phenomenon.

Here is the list so far:
http://www.academicchess.com/play/indexfamousgames.shtml

Does anyone have any ideas on some famous games I can add to this list?
Does anyone know of any games with titles that stuck?

ERIC HICKS

http://www.academicchess.com

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[Bates]

Well, before the combination the game is a strategic masterpiece by
Alekhine.

Alekhine himself considered the game against R. Reti (Baden-Baden 1925)
his best combination.

My favorite is the Alekhine-Saemisch (the queen sacrifice on motion 20)..

[littlething40]

There are also famous games whitch come with a story which don't have a name, but should. Perhgaps you should take it on yourself to supply the appropriate title. One that comes to mind is the minaiture that Ed. Lasker played against Thomas in Londson, 1912, when he was straighht off the boat and knew only enuogh English to ask where the chess club was. The Imortal
King March Game? Lasker's Gem?.

[Haku]

Thanks for that guys.

The Immortal Zugzwang game is just the type of game I was finally looking for.
It is wierd that a game could be so famous that it gets a name that sticks.

Anyway you can see the updated list here:

http://www.academicchess.com/play/indexfamousgames.shtml

Click on the game title to see the game and read the commentary..

[devils1]

"The Polish Immortal"
"The Pearl of Zandvoort"

[madly googling shall give the game scores].

[littlething40]

The Gold Coin Game?.

[Dragonsbane]

one d4 e6 two Nf3 f5 three Nc3 Nf6 four Bg5 Be7 five Bxf6 Bxf6
six e4 fxe4 seven Nxe4 b6 eight Ne5 0-0 nine Bd3 Bb7 ten Qh5 Qe7
11 Qxh7+ Kxh7 12 Nxf6+ Kh6 13 Neg4+ Kg5
14 h4+ Kf4 15 g3+ Kf3 16 Be2+ Kg2 17 Rh2+ Kg1
18 Kd2#.

[SleepyMonkey7985]

You also keenly need Rubinsteins Immortal game. Rotlewi - Rubinstein, Lodz
1907. One of the greatest attacks of all time, in my opinion.

Then there is the famous Kaspasrov - Topalov game. It doesn't have a name, though, but it is a fantistic game..

[Lythium_Rush]

How about Kasparov's game as black against Sunye Neto. I've heard it called the greatest Tarrasch defesne game ever..

[RdsArts]

How about the Kasparov-Topalov game in 1999 where Kasparov sacs a
Rook? See this game at chess.fm.org under Kin Hunts. It is 1 of the most exciting games ever..