http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067175
Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1011478
Fischer-Spassky, Reykjavik 1972 (Game 6, for its beguiling simplicity and clean style)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044366
Spassky-Bronstein, Leningrad 1960 (Blue Bird game)
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1034110
Bogoljubov–Alekhine, Hastings 1922
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012099
What do you think are the top five best games ever?
Here is the scoring system:
First or tie for first: 5 points
Second or tie for second: 4 points
Third or tie for third: 3 points
... and so on.
You do not have to have five games, you can simply have one or anything in between. And, as always, cast serious votes!
Current poll results as of 8/18/2011 1:36 PM PST:
Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999- 14 points
Fischer-Spassky WCC 1972 Round 6- 8 points
Evergreen Game- 5 points
Morphy's Opera game- 5 points
Kasparov-Karpov, World Championship 1985 Round 16- 5 points
Spassky-Fischer WCC R1- 5 points
Topalov-Shirov 1998 It (cat.21)
Capablanca-Marshall 1918- 4 points
Glucksberg-Najdorf 1929- 3 points
Deep Fritz-Kramnik (the one with the huge blunder)
Byrne-Fischer 1956- 2 points
Spassky-Bronstein, Leningrad 1960- 2 points
Geller-Euwe 1953- 2 points
Bogoljubov–Alekhine, Hastings 1922- 1 point
Averbakh-Kotov Zurich 1953- 1 point
Kasparov-Kramnik 1994, Novgorod- 1 point
I copied and pasted the PGN of these games from chessgames.com without adding or deleting any annotations or variations. The only setting I changed was adding the coordinates and making the board gray.