Do You Know the Best Chess Move?

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Please let me know,

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Well, there are several contenders:

11. Qxh7+ (Ed. Lasker v. Thomas)

47...Bh3 (Topalov v. Shirov; this one is typically ranked No. 1 on most "greatest chess moves" lists, although nowadays some players think it's overrated and most GMs would see it quite easily.)

23...Qg3 (Levitsky v. Marshall; the Gold Coins Game)

11...Na4 & 17...Be6 (D. Byrne v. Fischer; the Game of the Century)

31. Kh2 (Short v. Timman; it's not a "brilliant" move by any stretch of the imagination, but the idea of the move itself certainly is.)

22...Rxc3 (Rotlewi v. Rubenstein)

Those were all the ones I could think of immediately. I'm sure other people have more.

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Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:

Well, there are several contenders:

11. Qxh7+ (Ed. Lasker v. Thomas)

47...Bh3 (Topalov v. Shirov; this one is typically ranked No. 1 on most "greatest chess moves" lists, although nowadays some players think it's overrated and most GMs would see it quite easily.)

23...Qg3 (Levitsky v. Marshall; the Gold Coins Game)

11...Na4 & 17...Be6 (D. Byrne v. Fischer; the Game of the Century)

31. Kh2 (Short v. Timman; it's not a "brilliant" move by any stretch of the imagination, but the idea of the move itself certainly is.)

22...Rxc3 (Rotlewi v. Rubenstein)

Those were all the ones I could think of immediately. I'm sure other people have more.

Thank you so much!