What's the most famous chess game ever played?

Question

Or name some of the most noted chess games played

Answer 1

Probably the most famous chess game is Adolf Anderssen's so-called "Immortal Game" against Kieseritsky in London, 1851.  Both masters were strong players, with Anderssen considered the unofficial world champion of the time.  Black's defense wasn't perfect, yet without making any obvious blunders he got mated while being ahead in material by a Bishop, two Rooks and a Queen.  Astonishing.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl (1858) was a famous game that ended with a famous Queen sacrifice:

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Emmanuel Lasker's victory over Jose Capablanca in the final rounds of the 1914 St. Petersburg tournament was one of the greatest wins ever under pressure

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(The 1914 St. Pete tournament was one of the strongest tournaments of all time...just about every great player in the world was there.   It was at this tournament where the Czar of Russia gave birth to the term "Grandmasters of Chess" by awarding that designation to the five tournament finalists:  Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Tarrasch and Marshall).

The most famous MOVE ever played in a chess game was an incredible Queen sacrifice offered by Frank Marshall against Stefan Levitsky in 1912.  Once Levitsky recovered from the shock of Marshall's "23.   ...   Qg3", he resigned.

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Bobby Fischer defeated Donald Byrne in a game which has been designated as "The Game of the Century" (1956)

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Just incredible chess by all of these guys.

Kasparov and Karpov played some incredible chess against each other during the 1980s and early 1990s.

Capablanca and Alekhine played a lot of great games in their 1927 World Championship match (many draws in this one)

Other famous games involved Kasparov defeating Deep Thought (1996) and then losing to Deep Thought's descendant, Deep Blue (1997)