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Legends

Fifty mates that made history, from Greco in 1619 to Carlsen at thirteen. The board is yours: find the move the legend found, the other side answers by itself. No wallet, no stake, nothing to sign.

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  1. 1The gold coinsStepan Levitsky vs Frank Marshall, 1912B · #2
  2. 2The Opera gamePaul Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard, 1858W · #2
  3. 3The Immortal GameAdolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritzky, 1851W · #2
  4. 4The Evergreen GameAdolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne, 1852W · #4
  5. 5The Game of the CenturyDonald Byrne vs Bobby Fischer, 1956B · #6
  6. 6Reti's mateRichard Reti vs Savielly Tartakower, 1910W · #3
  7. 7The king walkEdward Lasker vs Sir George Thomas, 1912W · #8
  8. 8Legal's mateKermur de Legal vs Saint Brie, 1750W · #3
  9. 9Boden's mateSchulder vs Samuel Boden, 1853B · #2
  10. 10Greco's smothered mateGioachino Greco vs NN, 1619B · #2
  11. 11A queen for a back rankAron Nimzowitsch vs Semyon Alapin, 1914W · #2
  12. 12Eleven movesAlexander Alekhine vs Vasic, 1931W · #2
  13. 13Blindfold, from a hospital bedAlexander Alekhine vs Feldt, 1916W · #4
  14. 14Petrov's ImmortalHoffmann vs Alexander Petrov, 1844B · #9
  15. 15Three moves to resignBobby Fischer vs Reuben Fine, 1963W · #2
  16. 16The pipeFrank Marshall vs Amos Burn, 1900W · #2
  17. 17The h-fileBobby Fischer vs Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, 1967W · #3
  18. 18The rook that did not matterGioachino Greco vs NN, 1620W · #4
  19. 19The Emperor's mateNapoleon Bonaparte vs Madame de Remusat, 1804W · #2
  20. 20The rook on h1Karl Mayet vs Adolf Anderssen, 1859B · #2
  21. 21The king on h4John Schulten vs Paul Morphy, 1857B · #2
  22. 22Man against machineBobby Fischer vs Greenblatt program, 1977W · #1
  23. 23The mate that was announcedWilhelm Steinitz vs Curt von Bardeleben, 1895W · #14
  24. 24Greco's ItalianGioachino Greco vs NN, 1620W · #2
  25. 25A pawn mates in the centreGioachino Greco vs NN, 1620W · #3
  26. 26Thirteen years oldMagnus Carlsen vs Sipke Ernst, 2004W · #12
  27. 27Six movesPaul Keres vs Edward Arlamowski, 1950W · #1
  28. 28The pawn on g2Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky, 1970B · #7
  29. 29The rook on h7Wilhelm Steinitz vs Augustus Mongredien, 1862W · #14
  30. 30The queen on f1Alexander Fritz vs James Mason, 1883B · #4
  31. 31Living chessJose Raul Capablanca vs Herman Steiner, 1933W · #2
  32. 32The Polish ImmortalGlucksberg vs Miguel Najdorf, 1929B · #14
  33. 33The Peruvian ImmortalEsteban Canal vs NN, 1934W · #4
  34. 34The king on a4Paul Morphy vs Schrufer, 1859W · #6
  35. 35Marshall's echoNicolas Rossolimo vs Paul Reissmann, 1967W · #3
  36. 36The rook on d8Milan Vidmar vs Max Euwe, 1929W · #5
  37. 37The last knight of the gambitRudolf Spielmann vs Baldur Honlinger, 1929W · #4
  38. 38Two sacrifices on h7Adolf Anderssen vs Johannes Zukertort, 1869W · #5
  39. 39A knight on f6Adolf Anderssen vs Samuel Rosenthal, 1873W · #4
  40. 40The queen to h2Ernst Falkbeer vs Adolf Anderssen, 1851B · #4
  41. 41Morphy at eighteenAlexander Meek vs Paul Morphy, 1855B · #4
  42. 42Two queensElkin vs Paul Morphy, 1857B · #5
  43. 43The First American CongressLouis Paulsen vs Paul Morphy, 1857B · #5
  44. 44SunglassesMikhail Tal vs Pal Benko, 1959W · #2
  45. 45The queen on h6Mikhail Tal vs Igor Platonov, 1973W · #4
  46. 46Tal at nineteenE. Chukaev vs Mikhail Tal, 1956B · #4
  47. 47The king on h5Claus Pitschel vs Joseph Blackburne, 1873B · #3
  48. 48Two knightsJoseph Blackburne vs H. Gifford, 1874W · #3
  49. 49Against the championJoseph Blackburne vs Wilhelm Steinitz, 1883W · #3
  50. 50Knights and a queenJoseph Blackburne vs Jackson Showalter, 1889W · #3