Fischer, New York 1956Īt the age of 13, Bobby Fischer alerted the world to his presence, winning one of the finest games of all time against IM Donald Byrne with the black pieces. He demonstrates such bold play with Black with so much at stake." - 5: Byrne vs. Then he establishes the monster knight on d3. "I love the way Garry refuses to take the d5-pawn and makes Karpov play around it. This game from their world championship match in 1985 demonstrates Kasparov at his very best, offering a pawn sac in the opening, establishing a tremendous knight on d3, clamping down with 21.g5!! and always performing crisp calculation and and picked this as their top game of all time. There is no greater rivalry in chess history than that between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. The brilliant games they have contested could fill a substantial book. Kasparov, World Championship 1985, game 16 Anand himself considers it one of his best games ever." - 4: Karpov vs. "Despite being relatively short, this modern beauty played at the absolute top level contains multiple counterintuitive tactics. Played in advance of his coming 2013 world championship match against Magnus Carlsen (though Carlsen would not qualify for several months), Anand showed in this game the attacking skill that makes him such a beloved player particularly 16.Nde5!! sticks in the memory as Black's pieces burst forth and cannot be contained. Where Jose Capablanca's intuition served him best in the endgame, Anand's serves him best in the middlegame. Undisputed world champion from 2007 to 2013, Viswanathan Anand is one of the most fluid and intuitive players in chess history. It proved to me that the game was worth studying, because if I did, someday I might be able to play a game like that too." - 3: Aronian vs. The Opera Game, which I learned about when I started chess, was a promise. There’d be no purpose to studying chess if learning its secrets didn’t give one the ability to astound or crush an opponent. "I really think it’s the game we all wish we could play-giving up pieces one after another, reaching a crescendo with a queen sacrifice before ending it all. Morphy won this game in the midst of his European Tour where he easily defeated the other great players of his day before virtually retiring from chess to pursue law in New Orleans. What chess player can fail to smile at 10.Nxb5!, 13.Rxd7!, and 16.Qb8+!!? It illustrates the value of development, centralization, and king safety, but most important, it is the perfectly concise game to illustrate the beauty of chess. Often called the "Opera Game," Paul Morphy's informal masterpiece played against the Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard is the first complete game shown to many beginning and intermediate players. The variations that stayed behind the scenes are just as vibrant as the game itself." - 2: Morphy vs. Bf1! all inspire, and these are only the moves that appeared on the board. "This game dazzles me from beginning to end. Topalov is everything a chess game should be, a ferocious fight with brilliance from both players, numerous tactical themes, and a king hunt that drives the king all the way from one side of the board to the other! It's difficult to imagine any other game atop this list, but we eagerly await new contenders in the coming and all selected this as their favorite chess game of all time. Kasparov has a long list of brilliancies to his credit, but this game is his virtually undisputed masterpiece. Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999ĭespite losing a historic match to the computer engine Deep Blue two years earlier, Garry Kasparov was at the height of his powers in 1999, winning tournaments by big margins and recording the highest Elo rating ever at that time (2851). Ding Liren, Chinese League 2017ġ: Kasparov vs.
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Here's our top 10, and check out our full list at the end of the article! We asked staff and contributors to give us their top 10 lists, and then we ordered each list, awarding 10 points to their top game and one point to their 10th game. Which games are the very best ever played? No one can answer that conclusively, but we are going to give you 's opinion. On alone, over 2,000,000,000 games have been played! Chess is a rich game, dating back over a millennia.