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ketchuplover

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Thu Mar 1 2012 1:56PM | MsgID: 15232843

prepare to be dazzled

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1288546

oh and gid=1597594 isn't too shabby either!

Earl of Norfolk

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Wed Feb 29 2012 1:22AM | edited: 1:25:42 | MsgID: 15228684

Here's one I annotated some time ago:

Alexander Alekhine vs. Mikhail Botvinnik, Nottingham 1936

[[1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 O-O 10.g4 d5 11.f5 Bc8 12.exd5 Nb4 13.d6 Qxd6 14.Bc5 Qf4 15.Rf1 Qxh2 16.Bxb4 Nxg4 17.Bxg4 Qg3+ 18.Rf2 Qg1+ 19.Rf1 Qg3+ 20.Rf2 Qg1+]] Draw.

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bnolan

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Wed Feb 29 2012 12:27AM | MsgID: 15228584

Yet another nomination...

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

[[1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5
12. f3 Nf6 13. Nf2 Nd4 14. Nfe4 Nh5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. g3 h6
17. Be3 c5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nbxd6 d3 21. Qxd3 Bd4+
22. Kg2 Nxg3 23. Nxc8 Nxf1 24. Nb6 Qc7 25. Rxf1 Qxb6 26. b4
Qxb4 27. Rb1 Qa5 28. Nxc5 Qxc5 29. Qxg6+ Bg7 30. Rxb7 Qd4
31. Bd3 Rf4 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qg6 1/2-1/2]]

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bnolan

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Thu Feb 23 2012 2:30AM | MsgID: 15210714

Another nomination. I enjoy draws like this where both players are going for the throat, and one side has to force perpetual to avoid checkmate.

[Event "GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee Corus Chess"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "49"]

[[1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be7
12. Kb1 O-O 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. h4 Bxh4 15. g3 Bf6 16. Qf3 Bg5
17. Qh5 h6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Bc4 Rc8 21. c3 Nb5
22. f5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxc3 24. Qg6 Qb6 25. Rxh6 1/2-1/2]]

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Earl of Norfolk

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Wed Feb 22 2012 3:33AM | edited: 3:35:15 | MsgID: 15207758

This would be my pick. One of my favourite games even if you include decisive games. Well annotated in Edward Lasker's book: Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood.

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[Black "Lasker,Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "-"]
[BlackElo "-"]
[MastersGameID "112455"]

[[1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rfc8 15.Re2 Nh5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxh3 18.Nxf7 Be6 19.Ng5 Bc4 20.Bd3 Rd8 21.Rc2 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Qxf4 23.Nh3 Qe5 24.Bxc4+ Nxc4 25.Qe2 Rd4 26.f3 Rad8 27.Rac1 Bc5 28.Kh1 Bb4 29.b3 Nd2 30.Ne3 Ba3 31.Rd1 Bb4 32.a3 Ba5 33.b4 Bc7 34.f4 Nxe4 35.Kh2 Rxd1 36.Nxd1 Qe7 37.Rxc7 Qxc7 38.Qxe4 Qc4 39.Qe7 Qc8 40.Ndf2 h6 41.Qa7 Qe6 42.Qb7 Qd5 43.Qb6 Rd6 44.Qe3 Re6 45.Qc3 Qc4 46.Qf3 Qc6 47.Qd3 Rd6 48.Qb3+ Qd5 49.Qb1 Re6 50.Ng4 Re2 51.Nxh6+ gxh6 52.Qg6+ Kf8 53.Qxh6+ Ke8 54.Qg6+ Kd8 55.Qg3 Re8 56.Qf2 Rg8 57.Qb2 Qd6 58.Qc3 Kd7 59.Qf3 Kc7 60.Qe4 Rg7 61.Qf5 Re7 62.Ng5 Re3 63.Ne4 Qe7 64.Nf6 Kb8 65.g3 Rxa3 66.Kh3 Ra1 67.Nd5 Rh1+ 68.Kg2 Qh7 69.Qxh7 Rxh7 70.Kf3 Kb7 71.g4 Kc6 72.Ke4 Rh8 73.Ne3 Re8+ 74.Kd4 Rd8+ 75.Ke4 a5 76.bxa5 b4 77.a6 Kc5 78.a7 b3 79.Nd1 Ra8 80.g5 Rxa7 81.g6 Rd7 82.Nb2 Rd2 83.Kf3 Rd8 84.Ke4 Rd2 85.Kf3 Rd8 86.Ke4 Kd6 87.Kd4 Rc8 88.g7 Ke6 89.g8=Q+ Rxg8 90.Kc4 Rg3 91.Na4 Kf5 92.Kb4 Kxf4 93.Nb2 Ke4 94.Na4 Kd4 95.Nb2 Rf3 96.Na4 Re3 97.Nb2 Ke4 98.Na4 Kf3 99.Ka3 Ke4 100.Kb4 Kd4 101.Nb2 Rh3 102.Na4 Kd3 103.Kxb3 Kd4+]]

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bnolan

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Wed Feb 22 2012 2:09AM | edited: 2:13:22 | MsgID: 15207633

There were only two drawn games in The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games.

Fischer-Tal, Leipzig 1960
[[1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4
7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxf7
Bxf1 17. Nxd8 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Rxf1 Qxe6
21. Kxg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2]]

Topolov-Kramnik, Dortmond 1996
[[1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5
Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1
19.Qd5 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Bd3 21.Ne4 Bxb1 22.Nd6+ Kc7 23.Bf4 Kb6
24.Nxc4+ Kb5 25.Nd6+ Kb6 26.exd8=B+ Rxd8 27.Nc4+ Kb5 28.Nd6+
Kb6 29.Nc4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2]]

Any other nominations ?

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