1895: Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Isidor Gunsberg, Hastings.The peculiar circumstance of the conclusion of this game has been subject of scrutiny. This game is famous for its ten-move mating combination in the final position, which Steinitz demonstrated after the game. 1895: Steinitz–von Bardeleben, Hastings.Harry Nelson Pillsbury's kingside attack breaks through by a single tempo against Black's queenside play, against Siegbert Tarrasch, then one of the strongest players of the world. 1895: Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Siegbert Tarrasch, Hastings.This game between Emanuel Lasker and Johann Hermann Bauer was the first famous example of the double bishop sacrifice. 1889: Emanuel Lasker vs Johann Hermann Bauer, Amsterdam.1883: Johannes Zukertort vs Joseph Henry Blackburne, London.White's premature castling on the king side combined with an ineffective pin allows Mikhail Chigorin to strike back with a violent counterattack culminating in a brilliant queen sacrifice and subsequent checkmate. 1874: Victor Knorre vs Mikhail Chigorin, St.The " Immortal Draw" between Carl Hamppe and Philipp Meitner, involving a queen sacrifice. 1872: Carl Hamppe vs Philipp Meitner, Vienna.Wilhelm Steinitz won the tournament's brilliancy prize for this game. "The Opera Game" Morphy shows the virtue of quick development and wins by sacrificing much material, mating on the 17th move with his last two pieces. 1858: Paul Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick & Count Isouard, Paris.
Paul Morphy gains an advantage in development and transforms it into a powerful kingside attack with a queen sacrifice. 1857: Louis Paulsen vs Paul Morphy, New York.Adolf Anderssen mates with what Savielly Tartakower termed " combination second to none in the literature of the game." 1852: Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne, Berlin."The Immortal Game" Lionel Kieseritzky neglects his development and Adolf Anderssen sacrifices his queen and both rooks for a win. 1851: Adolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritzky, London.Alexander Petrov wins with a queen sacrifice and a king hunt, in a game known as "Petrov's Immortal", against Alexander Hoffmann. 1844: Alexander Hoffmann vs Alexander Petrov, Warsaw.Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant resigns in this unofficial world championship match game with Howard Staunton, in which Staunton remarked, "The latter portion of this game is conducted with remarkable skill by both parties." 1843: Pierre de Saint Amant vs Howard Staunton, 5th Match Game, Paris.Perhaps the most famous win of the match (considered an unofficial world championship), Louis La Bourdonnais shows how a rolling pawn mass can overwhelm all of his opponent's major pieces, winning thereby against Alexander McDonnell. 1834: La Bourdonnais–McDonnell, 62nd Match Game, London.Alexander McDonnell sacrifices his queen for two minor pieces. Reuben Fine in The World's Great Chess Games describes it as the first great immortal game of chess. 1834: Louis Charles Mahe De La Bourdonnais vs Alexander McDonnell, 50th Match Game, London.François-André Danican Philidor, who was quoted as saying "Pawns are the soul of chess", demonstrates the power of a superior pawn formation. 1790: Andrew Smith vs François André Philidor, London.Thomas Bowdler offers the first example of a famous double rook sacrifice. 1788: Thomas Bowdler vs Henry Seymour Conway, London.Gioachino Greco mates on the eighth move with a queen sacrifice. The first documented chess game played with the modern queen and bishop moves the moves were described in the poem Scachs d'amor.
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