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The greatest games in chess history, replayed move by move.

From a candlelit Paris opera house in 1858 to the world championship stage today — every legendary game, with the story of why it mattered and world-class engine analysis of every move. No chess knowledge needed: press play and watch history unfold.

Explore the games Start with the classics
✦ Game of the day
The Game of the Century
Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer · 1956 — replay it →
60,645games
36legendary players
1750–2026every era
1,860engine-analysed

Played on this day in history

½-½ Boris Spassky vs Shaked, Tal 1998 · VAM Hoogeveen 2nd · French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation The Modern Era ½-½ Anatoly Karpov vs Polgar, Judit 1999 · VAM Hoogeveen 3rd · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Keres Defense The Modern Era ½-½ Minasian, Ara vs Levon Aronian 1999 · ARM-ch · English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, Keres Variation The Modern Era 1-0 Oral,T vs Garry Kasparov 2001 · Eurotel Trophy Simul · Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Sokolsky Variation The New Millennium 1-0 Garry Kasparov vs Babula,V 2001 · Eurotel Trophy Simul · Sicilian Defense: Closed, Anti-Sveshnikov Variation, with d6 The New Millennium

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The Romantic Era · 1851 The Immortal Game Adolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritzky 1-0⚙ Analysed
The Romantic Era · 1852 The Evergreen Game Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne 1-0⚙ Analysed
The Romantic Era · 1858 The Opera Game Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard 1-0⚙ Analysed
The Soviet School · 1956 The Game of the Century Donald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer 0-1⚙ Analysed
The Soviet School · 1972 Reykjavik, Game 6 Bobby Fischer vs Boris Spassky 1-0⚙ Analysed
The Modern Era · 1999 Kasparov's Immortal Garry Kasparov vs Veselin Topalov 1-0⚙ Analysed
The Engine Age · 2024 The Youngest Champion Ding Liren vs Gukesh D 0-1⚙ Analysed

Travel through the eras

before 1836 The Pioneers 1 game 1836–1885 The Romantic Era 1,167 games 1886–1947 The Classical Era 7,141 games 1948–1972 The Soviet School 4,695 games 1973–1999 The Modern Era 9,508 games 2000–2012 The New Millennium 7,286 games 2013–today The Engine Age 30,847 games

Curated collections

6 games Immortals & Evergreens The games history itself gave names to — the Immortal, the Evergreen, the Opera Game, the Game of the Century. 10 games Brilliant Sacrifices Queens flung across the board, rooks left hanging for five moves — material given for something greater. 71 games World Championship Classics The decisive game from every World Championship match, Steinitz 1886 to Gukesh today — 71 matches, one defining moment each. 4 games Lightning Strikes: Miniatures Complete masterpieces in 25 moves or fewer — traps, ambushes, and perfect punishment. 1 games Man vs Machine The games where silicon met the world champions — and chess changed forever.

Meet the legends All players →

Paul Morphy United States · 211 games José Raúl Capablanca Cuba · 596 games World Champion 1921–1927 Alexander Alekhine Russia / France · 1,653 games World Champion 1927–1946 Mikhail Tal Soviet Union (Latvia) · 2,430 games World Champion 1960–1961 Bobby Fischer United States · 825 games World Champion 1972–1975 Garry Kasparov Soviet Union / Russia · 2,116 games World Champion 1985–2000 Viswanathan Anand India · 4,252 games World Champion 2007–2013 Magnus Carlsen Norway · 7,822 games World Champion 2013–2023 Gukesh D India · 2,406 games World Champion 2024–present

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