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These are my Chess.com Bookmarks pointing to articles, blogs, lessons, videos, news, forum posts... which contain Famous Games. I will continue to update this list in the future...

  

by @batgirl:

Chess Brilliancies

Combinations by the Dozen

Napier's Caviar

More Caviar (1948)

  

by @CHESScom:

The Best Chess Games Of All Time

  

by @Ginger_GM:

Kasparov Attacks: The Immortal Game

  

by @Gserper:

The Greatest Genius In Chess History‎

Do You Know Classic Chess Games Better Than Magnus Carlsen?‎

  

by @jpaul_lyons:

An Interesting Episode

  

by @kahns:

7 Games That Transformed Chess

  

by @kamalakanta:

Anderssen Outplayed by G. Neumann

  

by @Kings_Logics:

Chigorin ... A classic game

  

by @michechess89:

MOST Famous Chess Game Ever Played (+ Videoss)

  

by @NathanielGreen:

The 5 Worst World Chess Championship Games Of All Time‎

4 Surprising World Chess Championship Upsets

The 10 Greatest Games Ever Played In The World Chess Championship

The Best World Chess Championship Matches In History

The 10 Greatest Blitz Chess Games Of All Time

The 10 Most Brilliant Candidates Games

  

by @SamCopeland:

the 2010s

#10 Alireza Firouzja's Immortal Chess Game?! - Top 10 of the 2010s - Firouzja vs. Zarkovic, 2019

#9 Magnus Carlsen's Most Spectacular Defeat - Top 10 of the 2010s - Aronian vs. Carlsen, 2017

#8 Ding Liren's Immortal Game - Top 10 of the 2010s - Bai Jinshi vs. Ding Liren, 2017

#7 Most Ridiculous Castling Move Ever?! - Top 10 of the 2010s - Dubov vs. Giri, 2019

#6 Hikaru Nakamura's Best King's Indian Victory? - Top 10 Of The 2010s - Gelfand vs. Nakamura, 2010 - T

#5 Magnus Carlsen's Perfect Chess Grind - Top 10 of the 2010s - Carlsen vs. Karjakin, 2013

#4 Vladimir Kramnik's No Castling Chess Attack - Top 10 of the 2010s - Aronian vs. Kramnik, 2018

#3 A New Kind Of Chess! - Top 10 of the 2010s - AlphaZero vs. Stockfish, 2017

#2 Wei Yi's Quiet Move Immortal - Top 10 of the 2010s - Wei Yi vs. Bruzon, 2015

#1 Aronian vs. Anand, 2013

The Top 10 Chess Games of the 2010s! (And 50+ Honorable Mentions)

the 2000s

#10 The Immortal Bullet Chess Game - Top 10 of the 2000s - Schmaltz vs. Har-Zvi, 2001

#9 Magnus Carlsen's Game Of The Century - Top 10 of the 2000s - Carlsen vs. Ernst, 2004

#8 Immortal Space Invaders Game II - Top 10 of the 2000s - Timofeev vs. Khismatullin, 2009

#7 Nakamura Shocks GM With Queen Sacrifice - Top 10 of the 2000s - Krasenkow vs. Nakamura, 2007

#6 Sutovsky's Nf5 Dominates The Game - Top 10 of the 2000s - Sutovsky vs. Smirin, 2002

#5 Vachier-Lagrave Sacs Exchange, Queen For King Hunt - Top 10 of the 2000s - Fontaine vs. MVL, 2007

#4 Hikaru Nakamura Crushes Computer In Blitz Chess - Top 10 of the 2000s - Rybka vs. Nakamura, 2008

#3 Karjakin vs. Anand, 2006

#2 MVL's Zombie Rook Wins The Game - Top 10 of the 2000s - Morozevich vs. Vachier-Lagrave, 2009

#1 Topalov vs. Aronian, 2006

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 2000s! (And 70+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1990s (blogs - videos)

#10 11-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Wins Brilliancy - Top 10 of the 1990s - Passov vs. Sammour-Hasbun, 1991

#9 Shirov's Miraculous Chess Swindle - Top 10 Of The 1990s - Kramnik vs. Shirov, 1994

#8 Kramnik Crushes Kasparov - Top 10 Of The 1990s - Kasparov vs. Kramnik, 1996

#7 The Perfect f2 Assault - Top 10 Of The 1990s - Nunn Vs. Nataf, 1999

#6 Top 10 Games Of The 1990s: Anand's Positional Chess Masterpiece!–Ivanchuk vs. Anand, 1992

#5 A Human AlphaZero - Top 10 Of The 1990s - Isaev vs. Timoshenko, 1991

#4 Ivanchuk's Golden Queen Sacrifice - Top 10 Of The 1990s - Ivanchuk vs. Shirov, 1996

#3 Yusupov Goes All In For Checkmate! - Top 10 Of The 1990s - Ivanchuk vs. Yusupov, 1991

#2 Short's Immortal King Walk - Every Chess Move Explained - Short vs. Timman, 1991

#1 Top 10 Games Of The 1990s: The Greatest Chess Game Of All Time Explained - Kasparov vs. Topalov 1999

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1990s (And 100+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1980s

#10 Never Put All Your Pawns On One Color - Best Of The 1980s - Beliavsky vs. Nunn, 1985

#9 Petrosian's King March "Staggers" Kasparov - Best Of The 1980s - Kasparov vs. Petrosian, 1981

#8 Beliavsky's Immortal King Hunt - Best Of The 1980s - Smirin vs. Beliavsky, 1989

#7 Karpov Teaches Isolated Pawn Strategy! - Best Of The 1980s - Korchnoi vs. Karpov, 1981

#6 The Most Stunning Chess Novelty Ever! - Best Of The 1980s - van de Loo vs. Hesseling, 1983

#5 Mikhail Tal's Incredible Knightmare Game! - Best Of The 1980s - Tal vs. Hjartarson, 1987

#4 King Tries To Give Checkmate Himself! - Best Of The 1980s - Portisch vs. Pinter, 1984

#3 Polugaevsky Explains Incredible Chess Novelty - Best of the 1980s - Polgaevsky vs. Torre, 1981

#2 Can White Checkmate Black's King On a1? - Best of the 1980s - Kopylov vs. Korelov, 1983

#1 Karpov vs. Kasparov, 1985 (game 16)

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1980s (And 90+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1970s:

#10 Is This The Most Crushing Isolated Pawn Attack Ever? - Best Of The 70s - Keene vs. Miles, 1976

#9 A Chess Masterpiece But The Players Are 1500! - Best Of The 70s - Catig vs. Mills, 1974

#8 The Greatest French Defense Ever Played - Best Of The 70s - Reshevsky vs. Vaganian, 1976

#7 An INSANE Chess Move! - Best of the 70s - Diemer vs. Trommsdorf, 1973

#6 Karpov's 1st Loss As World Champion! - Best Of The 70's - Karpov vs. Andersson, 1975

#5 Anatoly Karpov Explains The Sicilian Dragon - Best Of The 70s - Karpov vs. Korchnoi

#4 Kasparov's Trainer Smashes Keres Attack! - Best Of The 70's - Pocojowczyk vs. Timoschenko, 1979

#3 The Chess Game Known As "Mona Lisa" - Best Of The 70s - Bagirov vs. Gufeld, 1973

#2 Boris Spassky's Magic Miniature: Every Move Explained

#1 Bobby Fischer Breaks Boris Spassky's Ego - Best Of The 70s - Fischer vs. Spassky, 1972 G6

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1970s (And 110+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1960s:

#10 Korchnoi Invents The Korchnoi Gambit - Best Of The 60s - Korchnoi vs. Udovcic, 1967

#9 These Pawns Can't Be Stopped! - Best Of The 60's - Gufeld vs. Kavalek, 1962

#8 Boris Spassky's Dazzling King's Gambit - Best Of The 60s - Spassky vs. Bronstein, 1960

#7 Bronstein's Bishop Battery Baffles Veresov! - Best Of The 60s - Veresov vs. Bronstein, 1960

#6 Petrosian's World Championship Immortal! - Best Of The 60s - Petrosian vs. Spassky, 1966

#5 Polugaevsky Explains Tal's Worst Chess Defeat - Best Of The 60's - Polugaevsky vs. Tal, 1960

#4 The Greatest Correspondence Chess Game Ever? - Best Of The 60s - Estrin vs. Berliner, 1965

#3 Nezhmetdinov's Immortal Queen Sacrifice - Best Of The 60s - Nezhmetdinov vs. Chernikov, 1962

#2 Bobby Fischer's Perfect US Championship Game - Best Of The 60s - Byrne vs. Fischer, 1963

#1 Mikhail Tal's Greatest Game! - Best of the 60s - Botvinnik vs. Tal, 1960

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1960s (And 150+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1950s:

#10 Moran's Once-In-A-Lifetime Masterpiece! - Best Of The 50s - Moran vs. Franco, 1955

#9 Keres vs Szabo, 1955

#8 How To Punish A Chess Opening Error! - Best Of The 50s - Beylin vs. Lipnitsky, 1950

#7 A World Championship Queen Sacrifice! - Best Of The 50s - Botvinnik Vs. Smyslov, 1954

#6 A Glorious Queen Sacrifice! - Best Of The 50s - Stoltz vs. Steiner, 1952

#5 How To Win A Chess Game With Just Pawns - Best Of The 50s - Bronstein vs. Rojahn, 1956

#4 This 72-year-old Chess Masters' Best Game? - Best Of The 50s - Bernstein vs. Najdorf

#3 The Greatest Defensive Chess Move Of All Time - Best Of The 50s - Geller vs. Euwe

#2 Byrne vs. Fischer, 1956

#1 Nezhmetdinov's "Most Beautiful" Chess Game? - Best Of The 50s - Polugaevsky vs. Nezhmetdinov

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1950s (And 80+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1940s:

#10 How Kashdan Checkmated With Only Two Knights - Best Of The 1940s - Siff vs. Kashdan, 1948

#9 Bronstein Invents Modern Chess! - Best of the 40s - Zita vs. Bronstein, 1946

#8 Botvinnik's Iconic Positional Exchange Sacrifice - Best Of The 40s - Liublinsky vs. Botvinnik

#7 Euwe vs. Keres, 1940

#6 Reshevsky's Most Brilliant Attack! - Best of the 40s - Reshevsky vs. Vasconcelos, 1948

#5 Wood's Creative Correspondence Assault - Best Of The 40s - Wood vs. Wallis, 1945

#4 How To Crush The Sicilian Defense! - Best Of The 40s - Ravinsky vs. Panov, 1943

#3 Terrible Chess Opening, BRILLIANT Game - Best Of The 40s - Tartakower vs. Euwe

#2 The Spectacular Winning Queen Sacrifice Chess Computers Don't Understand - Gusev vs. Auerbach, 1946

#1 "The Uruguayan Immortal" - Best Of The 40s - Molinari vs. Roux Cabral, 1943

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1940s (And 70+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1930s:

#10 The Chess Game Immortalized In Tapestry - Best Of The 30s - Parr vs. Wheatcroft, 1938

#9 65-Year-Old Lasker Defeats World-Champion-To-Be Euwe - Best Of The 30s - Euwe Vs. Lasker, 1934

#8 Alekhine Wins A Brilliancy Vs. Lasker! - Best Of The 30s - Alekhine vs. Lasker, 1934

#7 Flohr's Bishop Pair Masterpiece - Best Of The 30s - Botvinnik vs. Flohr, 1933

#6 Lilienthal's Immortal Queen Sacrifice - Best of the 30s - Lilienthal vs. Capablanca, 1935

#5 The Ukrainian Immortal! - Best of the 30s - Korchmar vs. Poliak, 1937

#4 Keres Plays 1500 Correspendence Games?! - Best of the 30s - Keres vs. Dyckhoff, 1935

#3 Botvinnik Explains His Greatest Masterpiece - Best of the 30s - Botvinnik vs. Capablanca, 1938

#2 Euwe's Most Brilliant Victory Over Alekhine - Best of the 30s - Euwe vs. Alekhine, 1935

#1 The Perfect Chess Combination? - Best of the 30s - Tylkowski vs. Wojchiehowski, 1931

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1930s (And 80+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1920s

#10 Carlos Torre's Spectacular Queen Sacrifice! - Best of the 20s - Torres vs. Banks, 1924

#9 Reti Perfects The Double Rook Sacrifice! - Best of the 20s - Reti vs. Euwe, 1920

#8 15-Year-Old Denker Crushes Dutch Defense - Best of the 20s - Denker vs. Feit, 1929

#7 Lasker's Greatest Tournament Victory?! - Best of the 20s - Reti vs. Lasker, 1924

#6 A Fantastic Correspondence King Hunt! - Best of the 20s - Imbaud vs. Strumilo, 1922

#5 Nimzowitsch Explains The Game HE Considers His Best - Nimzowitsch vs. Rubinstein, 1926

#4 Najdorf Outdoes His Own Immortal?! - Best of the 1920s - Najdorf vs. Gliksberg

#3 Capablanca Wins Greatest Chess Endgame Ever? - Best of the 20s - Capablanca vs. Tartakower

#2 Tartakower Sacs Rook, Gets Scolded By Brilliancy Committee - Maroczy vs. Tartakower, 1922

#1 Alekhine Explains His Greatest Positional Masterpiece - Best Of The 20s - Alekhine vs. Yates, 1922

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1920s (And 120+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1910s

#10 The Greatest Chess Simul Victory Ever? - Nimzowitsch vs. Baron Ungern-Sternberg

#9 A Brilliant Budapest Gambit - Best Of The 1910s - Rubinstein vs. Vidmar

#8 A Crushing King's Gambit - Best Of The 1910s - Reti vs. Flamberg

#7 Spielmann Sacrifices For Gorgeous Zugzwang - Best Of The 1910s - Spielmann vs. Rubinstein, 1911

#6 Janowski's Classic Bishop Sacrifice - Best Of The 1910s - Janowski vs. Chajes, 1916

#5 Capablanca's Favorite Rubinstein Masterpiece? - Best Of The 1910s - Rubinstein vs. Schlechter, 1912

#4 Capablanca Explains Refuting The 1st Marshall Gambit - Best of the 1910s

#3 Tarrasch Settles A Grudge - Best Of The 1910s - Nimzowitsch vs. Tarrasch, 1914

#2 Lasker vs. Thomas, 1912

#1 Lasker's Strategic Masterpiece Vs. Capablanca - Best of the 1910s - Lasker vs. Capablanca, 1914

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1910s (And 110+ Honorable Mentions)

the 1900s

#10 Chigorin's King Leads The Attack - Best of the 1900s - Chigorin vs. Mortimer, 1900

#9 An Unforgettable Chess Move! - Best of the 1900s - Krejcik vs. Krobst, 1908

#8 Janowski Trashes Tarrasch - Best of the 1900s - Janowski vs. Tarrasch, 1908

#7 Capablanca Explains His "Most Accurate" Game - Best of the 1900s - Marshall vs. Capablanca, 1909

#6 You've Never Seen This Brilliant Chess Game - Best of the 1900s - Toupalik vs. Ort, 1907

#5 The World's Worst Chess Author Wins A Brilliancy - Best of the 1900s - Daly vs. Young, 1907

#4 Chess Amateur Plays Four Brilliant Moves - Best of the 1900s - Halprin vs. Pillsbury, 1900

#3 A Dominant World Chess Championship Match - Best of the 1900s - Marshall vs. Lasker, 1907

#2 An Immortal Evan's Gambit - Best of the 1900s - Caldas vs. Silvestre, 1900

#1 Rotlewi vs. Rubinstein, 1907

The Top 10 Chess Games Of The 1900s (And 80+ Honorable Mentions)

pre-1900s

#15 The 1st Candidates Brilliancy - Best Of The pre-1900s - Weiss vs. Pollock, 1889

#14 A Postal Brilliancy By Lasker's Feared Foe - Best of the pre-1900s - Konyovits vs. Charousek, 1893

#13 Schlechter Wins An Immortal vs. 1.b4 - Best of the pre-1900s - Fleissig vs. Schlechter, 1893

#12 Evans Gambit Brilliancy In World Championship - Best of the pre-1900s - Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1892

#11 The 1st Positional Chess Masterpiece - Best Of The pre-1900s - St. Amant vs Staunton, 1843

#10 Evan's Gambit Finishes With Amazing Queen Sacrifice - Best Of The pre-1900s - Urusov vs. NN, 1887

#9 Pillsbury Destroys Lasker's French Defense - Best Of The pre-1900s - Pillsbury vs. Lasker, 1896

#8 Mason Sacrifices Two Rooks In Unforgettable Finish - Best Of The pre-1900s - Mason vs. Winawer, 1882

#7 Steinitz vs. Von Bardeleben, 1895

#6 Brilliant Chess Move Electrifies Onlookers - Best Of The pre-1900s - Zukertort vs. Blackburne, 1883

#5 Pillsbury vs. Lasker, 1896

#4 The Most Amazing Chess Draw Ever Played - Best Of The pre-1900s - Hamppe vs. Meitner, 1872

#3 The First Chess Masterpiece - Best of the pre-1900s - McDonnell vs. La Bourdonnais, 1834

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The Top 15 Chess Games From Before 1900 (And 130+ Honorable Mentions)

  

by @simaginfan:

Two Works Of Chess Art And Some Notes By Alekhine

McDonnell - La Bourdonnais. Two Theoretical Disputes And A Bit Of History

McDonnell And Walker. Some Odds And Ends.

  

by @Spektrowski:

Quickest Classical Losses by World Champions

  

by @ThummimS:

5 Best Games of Vasily Smyslov

5 Best Games of Magnus Carlsen

Savielly Tartakower's Best Games