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As a result of our researches into chess literature, we have linked many World Championship games from our highlights pages to our bibliography page, each link marked with a star. A number of games have received three or more stars, which is an indication of their popularity, importance, or interest to the chess world. These games are referenced on this page.

The links to the right of each game are to the corresponding reference in the highlights page for the event. This places the game in its historical context.

The links to the left of each game marked with a View game are to a page on Chessgames.com, dedicated to the game, where you can view the game using your browser.

View Players Event Reference
View game Labourdonnais - McDonnell 1834 Match Game 17
View game Labourdonnais - McDonnell 1834 Match Game 50
View game Zukertort - Steinitz 1886 Title Match Game 9
View game Steinitz - Chigorin 1892 Title Match Game 4
View game Lasker - Steinitz 1894 Title Match Game 7
View game Steinitz - Lasker 1896 Title Match Game 3
View game Marshall - Lasker 1907 Title Match Game 1
View game Lasker - Tarrasch 1908 Title Match Game 5
View game Janowski - Lasker 1909 Title Match Game 2
View game Lasker - Capablanca 1921 Title Match Game 10
View game Capablanca - Alekhine 1927 Title Match Game 21
View game Alekhine - Capablanca 1927 Title Match Game 32
View game Alekhine - Capablanca 1927 Title Match Game 34
View game Euwe - Alekhine 1935 Title Match Game 26
View game Euwe - Alekhine 1937 Title Match Game 5
View game Smyslov - Euwe 1948 Title Tournament Round 19
View game Botvinnik - Bronstein 1951 Title Match Game 23
View game Averbakh - Kotov 1953 Zurich Candidates Tournament Round 14
View game Boleslavsky - Keres 1953 Zurich Candidates Tournament Round 21
View game Botvinnik - Smyslov 1954 Title Match Game 14
View game Tal - Panno 1958 Portoroz Interzonal Tournament Round 17
View game Tal - Smyslov 1959 Yugoslavia Candidates Tournament Round 8
View game Fischer - Benko 1959 Yugoslavia Candidates Tournament Round 10
View game Fischer - Tal 1959 Yugoslavia Candidates Tournament Round 27
View game Botvinnik - Tal 1960 Title Match Game 6
View game Botvinnik - Tal 1961 Title Match Game 7
View game Stein - Portisch 1962 Stockholm Interzonal Round 12
View game Tal - Keres 1962 Curacao Candidates Tournament Round 16
View game Petrosian - Botvinnik 1963 Title Match Game 5
View game Geller - Smyslov 1965 Candidates Quarterfinal Match Game 5
View game Keres - Spassky 1965 Candidates Quarterfinal Match Game 10
View game Tal - Larsen 1965 Candidates Semifinal Match Game 10
View game Spassky - Petrosian 1966 Title Match Game 7
View game Petrosian - Spassky 1966 Title Match Game 10
View game Fischer - Miagmasuren 1967 Sousse Interzonal Tournament Round 3
View game Fischer - Stein 1967 Sousse Interzonal Tournament Round 7
View game Spassky - Geller 1968 Candidates Quarterfinal Match Game 6
View game Spassky - Korchnoi 1968 Candidates Final Match Game 7
View game Spassky - Petrosian 1969 Title Match Game 5
View game Spassky - Petrosian 1969 Title Match Game 19
View game Fischer - Larsen 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal Tournament Round 9
View game Fischer - Taimanov 1971 Candidates Quarterfinal Match Game 4
View game Fischer - Larsen 1971 Candidates Semifinal Match Game 1
View game Fischer - Petrosian 1971 Candidates Final Match Game 7
View game Fischer - Spassky 1972 Title Match Game 6
View game Fischer - Spassky 1972 Title Match Game 10
View game Bronstein - Ljubojevic 1973 Petropolis Interzonal Tournament Round 11
View game Karpov - Spassky 1974 Candidates Semifinal Match Game 9
View game Korchnoi - Petrosian 1974 Candidates Semifinal Match Game 1
View game Karpov - Korchnoi 1974 Candidates Final Match Game 2
View game Korchnoi - Karpov 1981 Title Match Game 9
View game Karpov - Kasparov 1984 Title Match Game 27
View game Karpov - Kasparov 1985 Title Match Game 16
View game Karpov - Kasparov 1986 Title Match Game 19
View game Kasparov - Karpov 1986 Title Match Game 22
View game Ivanchuk - Yusupov 1991 Candidates Quarterfinal Match Game 9
View game Kasparov - Anand 1995 PCA Title Match Game 10

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