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A
good player is always lucky. - Capablanca
Here are some games that I
find brilliant for various reasons; perhaps because of the people
playing it, or the circumstances in which the game was played, or
due to a brilliant move or combination or even a gross blunder.
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- The King
March The Black King is forced to march down the board to
his demise.
- Karpov's
Retreat Karpov's pieces retreat home.
- Karpov
vs The World Karpov plays against the World.
- Legal's
Mate Did he really make a mistake?
- A Short
Game One of the shortest recorded game!
- Paul
Morphy vs Count Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick A night
at the opera!
- Napoleon
I vs General Bertrand A chess battle!
- Fischer
vs Geller A lesson in neglecting development and King safety.
- Anderssen
vs Kieseritzky The Immortal Game.
- Adams
vs Torre An amateur wins?
- Napoleon
I vs The Automaton Napoleon battles with the first chess playing
machine.
- P. Morphy
vs E. Morphy Paul Morphy plays blindfolded at the age of twelve.
- Alexander
McDonnell - Louis Charles de Labourdonnai The power of pawns.
- Adolf
Anderssen - Jean Dufresne The Evergreen Game.
- Wilhelm
Steinitz - Curt Von Bardeleben Disappearing act.
- Robert
Fischer - Boris Spassky An opening surprise.
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