Favorite Famous Games

Here's one of my favorite rook endgames, by Capablanca. It made a deep impression on me when I was learning how to play the endgame. And yes, it's listed in the thread that Shirazi mentioned. Several of my favorite games are included in that list.

One of the reasons that I am a fan of Smyslov's chess is that he was a truly universal player. His endgame technique was the standard for about 20 years, but he also knew how to attack with the best of them, and play subtle positional ideas that confounded even the likes of Petrosian. 

Here's one game, played almost two decades after he competed for the world title. It was against one of the best positional players of all time, and yet Smyslov made it look easy. 

I particularly like this game because it's an extreme example of the power of the Isolated Queen Pawn. It actually promotes on d8 in the middle game and is immediately decisive!

Here's one of my favorite games by Fischer. His exchange of the good N for the Bad B shows an incredible understanding of the position!

Polugaevsky vs Torre, Moscow 1981.

 This one was legendary, the rook placement was ingenious

@blueemu and @SmyslovFan:  If either of you has a favorite OTB game you've played, feel free to post it. That goes for everyone. I might even post one of mine.

Hard to narrow it down to one... I've played several games that seemed exciting to me.

Here's a last-round must-win game from one of my OTB tournaments in the Canadian Maritimes. It is reminiscent of a duel with rapiers at the edge of a cliff.

DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DITTO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!