ICP's Favorite Games
In this section, we list some of our favorite games of all time. These are games that you can print out, and feel free to show your friends. Thanks.
Nimzovich vs. Alapin
St. Petersburg, Russia, 1913
1. e2-e4 e7-e6 2. d2-d4 d7-d5 3. Nb1-c3 Ng8-f6 4. e4xd5 Nf6xd5 5. Ng1-f3 c7-c5 6. Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 7. Bc1-e3 c5xd4 8. Nf3xd4 a7-a6 9. Bf1-e2 Qd5xg2 10. Be2-f3 Qg2-g6 11. Qd1-d2 e6-e5 12. O-O-O e5xd4 13. Be3xd4 Nb8-c6 14. Bd4-f6 Qg6xf6 15. Rh1-e1+ Bf8-e7 16. Bf3xc6+ Ke8-f8 17. Qd2-d8+ Be7xd8 18. Re1-e8++
Captain Smith vs. Philidor
London, 1790
1. e2-e4 e7-e5
2. Bf1-c4 Ng8-f6
3. d2-d3 c7-c6
4. Bc1-g5 h7-h6
5. Bg5xf6 Qd8xf6
6. Nb1-c3 b7-b5
7. Bc4-b3 a7-a5
8. a2-a3 Bf8-c5
9. Ng1-f3 d7-d6
10. Qd1-d2 Bc8-e6
11. Bb3xe6 f7xe6
12. O-O g7-g5
13. h2-h3 Nb8-d7
14. Nf3-h2 h6-h5
15. g2-g3 Ke8-e7
16. Kg1-g2 d6-d5
17. f2-f3 Nd7-f8
18. Nc3-e2 Nf8-g6
19. c2-c3 Ra8-g8
20. d3-d4 Bc5-b6
21. d4xe5 Qf6xe5
22. Ne2-d4 Ke7-d7
23. Ra1-e1 h5-h4
24. Qd2-f2 Bb6-c7
25. Nd4-e2 h4xg3
26. Qf2xg3 Qe5xg3+
27. Ne2xg3 Ng6-f4+
28. Kg2-h1 Rh8xh3
29. Rf1-g1 Rh3xh2+
30. Kh1xh2 Rg8-h8+
31. Ng3-h5 Rh8xh5+
32. Kh2-g3 Nf4-h3+
33. Kg3-g4 Rh5-h4++
D. Byrne vs. Fischer (game of the Century)
New York, 1956
1. Ng1-f3 Ng8-f6 2. c2-c4 g7-g6 3. Nb1-c3 Bf8-g7 4. d2-d4 0-0 5. Bc1-f4 d7-d5 6. Qd1-b3 d5xc4 7. Qb3xc4 c7-c6 8. e2-e4 Nb8-d7 9. Ra1-d1 Nd7-b6 10. Qc4-c5 Bc8-g4 11. Bf4-g5 Nb6-a4 12. Qc5-a3 Na4xc3 13. B2xc3 Nf6xe4 14. Bg5xe7 Qd8-b6 15. Bf1-c4 Ne4xc3 16. Be7-c5 Rf8-e8+ 17. Ke1-f1 Bg4-e6 18. Bc5xb6 Be6xc4+ 19. Kf1-g1 Nc3-e2+ 20. Kg1-f1 Ne2xd4+ 21. Kf1-g1 Nd4-e2+ 22. Kg1-f1 Ne2-c3+ 23. Kf1-g1 a7xb6 24. Qa3-b4 Ra8-a4 25. Qb4xb6 Nc3xd1 26. H2-h3 Ra4xa2 27. Kg1-h2 Nd1xf2 28. Rh1-e1 Re8xe1 29. Qb6-d8+ Bg7-f8 30. Nf3xe1 Bc4-d5 31. Ne1-f3 Nf2-e4 32. Qd8-b8 b7-b5 33. h3-h4 h7-h5 34. Nf3-e5 Kg8-g7 35. Kh2-g1 Bf8-c5+ 36. Kg1-f1 Ne4-g3+ 37. Kf1-e1 Bc5-b4+ 38. Ke1-d1 Bd5-b3+ 39. Kd1-c1 Ng3-e2+ 40. Kc1-b1 Ne2-c3+ 41. Kb1-c1 Ra2-c2++
J Simons -webmaster of ICP vs. "jiggery"Internet, 1999
1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7
4. e4 d6
5. Nf3 O-O
6. Be2 b6
7. O-O Bb7
8. Qc2 c5
9. d5 Re8
10. Bf4 Na6
11. Qd2 e5
12. Bg5 Nc7
13. Rad1 a6
14. Na4 b5
15. Nb6 Rb8
16. cxb5 axb5
17. Qa5 Ba6
18. a3 Na8
19. Qxa6 Rxb6
20. Qa5 Qd7
21. Ra1 Nxe4
22. a4 Nxg5
23. Nxg5 Bf6
24. Bxb5 Qf5
25. Bxe8 Bxg5
26. Qxa8 Kg7
27. a5 Rxb2
28. a6 Rxf2
29. Rxf2 Be3
30. Rf1 Bxf2+
31. Rxf2 Qb1+
32. Rf1 Qe4
33. Qb7 c4
34. Qxf7+ Kh6
35. Qf8+ Kg5
36. Qe7+ Kh6
37. Kh1 c3
38. a7 Qxd5
39. Qf8+ Kg5
40. Bxg6 hxg6
41. a8=Q Qd2
42. Qad8+ Kh5
43. Qh8+ Kg4
44. Qd7+ Kg5
45. Qf6+ Kh6
46. Q7g7+ Kh5
47. Qxg6++
McDonnell vs. La Bourdonnais
62nd Match Game, 1834
1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. d2-d4 c5xd4 4. Nf3xd4 e7-e5 5. Nd4xc6 b7xc6 6. Bf1-c4 Ng8-f6 7. Bc1-g5 Bf8-e7 8. Qd1-e2 d7-d5 9. Bg5xf6 Be7xf6 10. Bc4-b3 0-0 11. 0-0 a7-a5 12. e4xd5 c6xd5 13. Rf1-d1 d5-d4 14. c2-c4 Qd8-b6 15. Bb3-c2 Bc8-b7 16. Nb1-d2 Ra8-e8 17. Nd2-e4 Bf6-d8 18. c4-c5 Qb6-c6 19. f2-f3 Bd8-e7 20. Ra1-c1 f7-f5 21. Qe2-c4+ Kg8-h8 22. Bc2-a4 Qc6-h6 23. Ba4xe8 f5xe4 24. c5-c6 e4xf3 25. Rc1-c2 Qh6-e3+ 26. Kg1-h1 Bb7-c8 27. Be8-d7 f3-f2 28. Rd1-f1 d4-d3 29. Rc2-c3 Bc8xd7 30. c6xd7 e5-e4 31. Qc4-c8 Be7-d8 32. Qc8-c4 Qe3-e1 33. Rc3-c1 d3-d2 34. Qc4-c5 Rf8-g8 35. Rc1-d1 e4-e3 36. Qc5-c3 Qe1xd1 37. Rf1-d1 e3-e2 *White resigned
Morphy vs. Count Isouard
Paris, 1858
1. e2-e4 e7-e5
2. Ng1-f3 d7-d6
3. d2-d4 Bc8-g4
4. d4xe5 Bg4xf3
5. Qd1xf3 d6xe5
6. Bf1-c4 Ng8-f6
7. Qf3-b3 Qd8-e7
8. Nb1-c3 c7-c6
9. Bc1-g5 b7-b5
10. Nc3xb5 c6xb5
11. Bc4xb5+ Nb8-d7
12. O-O-O Ra8-d8
13. Rd1xd7 Rd8xd7
14. Rh1-d1 Qe7-e6
15. Bb5xd7+ Nf6xd7
16. Qb3-b8+ Nd7xb8
17. Rd1-d8++
Deep Blue vs. Kasparov
Philadelphia, 1996
1. e2-e4 c7-c5
2. c2-c3 d7-d5
3. e4xd5 Qd8xd5
4. d2-d4 Ng8-f6
5. Ng1-f3 Bc8-g4
6. Bf1-e2 e7-e6
7. h2-h3 Bg4-h5
8. O-O Nb8-c6
9. Bc1-e3 c5xd4
10. c3xd4 Bf8-b4
11. a2-a3 Bb4-a5
12. Nb1-c3 Qd5-d6
13. Nc3-b5 Qd6-e7
14. Nf3-e5 Bh5xe2
15. Qd1xe2 O-O
16. Ra1-c1 Ra8-c8
17. Be3-g5 Ba5-b6
18. Bg5xf6 g7xf6
19. Ne5-c4 Rf8-d8
20. Nc4xb6 a7xb6
21. Rf1-d1 f6-f5
22. Qe2-e3 Qe7-f6
23. d4-d5 Rd8xd5
24. Rd1xd5 e6xd5
25. b2-b3 Kg8-h8
26. Qe3xb6 Rc8-g8
27. Qb6-c5 d5-d4
28. Nb5-d6 f5-f4
29. Nd6xb7 Nc6-e5
30. Qc5-d5 f4-f3
31. g2-g3 Ne5-d3
32. Rc1-c7 Rg8-e8
33. Nb7-d6 Re8-e1+
34. Kg1-h2 Nd3xf2
35. Nd6xf7+ Kh8-g7
36. Nf7-g5+ Kg7-h6
37. Rc7xh7+ resigns.
Adolf Anderson vs. Lionel Kieseritzky
(The Immortal Game)
1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. f2-f4 e5xf4 3. Bf1-c4 Qd8-h4+ 4. Ke1-f1 b7-b5 5. Bc4xb5 Ng8-f6 6. Ng1-f3 Qh4-h6 7. d2-d3 Nf6-h5 8. Nf3-h4 Qh6-g5 9. Nh4-f5 c7-c6 10. g2-g4 Nh5-f6 11. Rh1-g1 c4xb5 12. h2-h4 Qg5-g6 13. h4-h5 Qg6-g5 14. Qd1-f3 Nf6-g8 15. Bc1xf4 Qg5-f6 16. Nb1-c3 Bf8-c5 17. Nc3-d5 Qf6xb2 18. Bf4-d6 Bc5xg1 19. e4-e5 Qb2xa1+ 20. Kf1-e2 Nb8-a6 21. Nf5xg7+ Ke8-d8 22. Qf3-f6+ Ng8xf6 23. Bd6-e7++
