What is your favorite master or grandmaster game?

Karjakin made many serious mistaken with the white pieces playing the Sicilian as white  

Agreed but its still a great game nonetheless

the greatness comes from Anand taking advantage of those mistakes

as Fischer did in the Game of the Century

Thanks again, fischeriii.

For those who have not seen this game, go to Post #11 and play through it; you won't be sorry.

Thanks, dedalus1.  Since this game has not been seen on this thread before, here it is courtesy of Chessgames.com

in playing out this game, I see the massive errors of Larsen to make that possible

Fischer was only 13 years old when he played the Game of the Century

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361

Immortal Zugzwang

Kashdan's Immortal

Thank you for your post, Britishlightning from Canada.  It's interesting that both of your favorites are wins by Black.

So that others can learn about these games, I'll make them available for play right here.  First is The Immortal Zugzwang game played in 1923 in Copenhagen, Denmark between Friedrich Sämisch and the one and only Aron Nimzowitsch of My System fame.  It will be shown from Black's point of view.

This is one of my favorites too for its subtlety and unexpected conclusion.  From Wikipedia: "Raymond Keene wrote in his biography of Nimzowitsch, 'This is the so-called Immortal Zugzwang Game. I prefer to see it as an example of total paralysis of the opposition; the ultimate express of prophylaxis, where the opponent's possibilities are reduced to that degree above zero required to avoid stalemate.' "

Now we proceed to the the other end of the spectrum with a slashing attack.

Though I'm familiar with the sobriquet "der Kleine Capablanca" (German for "The little Capablanca") and the player to which it applies, namely Isaac Kashdan, I'm sorry to say I had never seen his Immortal until now.  It was played in 1948 in New York between Mr. Kashdan and the little known Boris Siff.   I think this game needs to be more well known, so here it is in all its glory.  It will also be shown from Black's point of view.

Devastating and very attractive, two words that don't often go together!  I particularly like the semi-smothered mate with two knights.