Kasparov vs Karpov, 24th Game of 1985 World Championship Match

This is the twelvth game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Bobby Fischer (White) vs Boris Spassky (Black), 6th Game, Reykjavik 1972 World Championship Match

This is the eleventh game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Boris Spassky vs Bent Larsen, Belgrade 1970

This is the tenth game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Botvinnink vs Capablanca, Avro (Rotterdam) 1938

This is the ninth game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Immortal Zugzuwang Game - Aron Nimzowitsch vs Fritz Samisch, Copenhagen 1923

This is the eighth game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Alexander Alekhine vs Efim Bogoljubov, Hastings 1922

This is the seventh game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Pillsbury vs Lasker, St Petresburg 1896

This is the fifth game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Zukertort vs Blackburne, London 1883

This is the third game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.

Spassky vs Marsalek, Leningrad 1960

Carlsen vs Nakamura, Zurich 2014, Round 3

Carlsen miraculously escaped defeat in Nakamura's hand keeping his undefeated record against Nakamura in classical games.

Here is a video of the same -

Boris Spassky vs David Bronstein, USSR Championship, 1960

David Bronstein's book "200 Open Games" (1973 Dover, 0-486-26857-8) is an excellent book on the King's Gambit, detailing at least 24 'gambit games' from his career. The King's Gambit player is described as none other than a "chess d'Artagnan" in his book.

Here is the classic game between Boris Spassky and David Bronstein (USSR Championship, Leningrad 1960)



"The Mammoth Book of The World's Greatest Chess Games" (ISBN: 978-0-78671-411-7) lists this game as Game #42. This position inspired the scene in the James Bond movie "From Russia With Love" (with 24. Rxf8+ to follow).

Capablanca vs Spielmann, New York 1927, Round 13

Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, New York 1927, Round 15

Janowski vs Marshall, Biarritz 1912

Fischer vs Spassky World Championship Match Game 10, 1972 t Reykjavik

Schulten vs Morphy 1857, New York

Zukertort vs N.N. 1877, Leipzig

MacDonnel vs Boden 1865, London

Blackburne vs N.N. 1863, Kidderminsten

Move Of The Century - Ossip Bernstein vs Jose Raul Capablanca, Moscow 1914

This is the sixth game featured in Raymond Keene's book Duels Of The Mind : The Twelve Best Games of Chess.