Alan O'Brien wrote:

"Eric HIcks" wrote in message
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The Immortal Game

The Evergreen Game

The Opera House Game

The Game of the Century

SOmetimes games become so famous they have titles. I am trying to put
together a list of the most famous games ever played. Strange
phenomenon.

Here is the list so far:
http://www.academicchess.com/play/in...ousgames.shtml

Does anyone have any ideas on some famous games I can add to this list?
Does anyone know of any games with titles that stuck?

It's strange how games go in and out of fashion. Irving Chernev's favourite
was Alekhine v Bogoljuboff (Hastings 1922??). But the whole combination was
found to be a waste of time and the game is no longer mentioned.

Well, before the combination the game is a strategic masterpiece by
Alekhine.

Alekhine himself considered the game against R. Reti (Baden-Baden 1925)
his best combination.

My favorite is the Alekhine-Saemisch (the queen sacrifice on move 20).

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