Vol. I · No. 001 · The Living Archive
Every move that mattered, waiting to be played again.
Theoretical Novelty is a public-domain archive of chess — the immortal attacks, the endgames that rewrote theory, the novelties that shook a generation. Every game as PGN, every move on a board, free forever.
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Game of the Day
Adolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritzky
London 'Immortal Game' · 1851-06-21 · C33
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Immortal & Evergreen
C33 · 1851
Adolf Anderssen vs Lionel Kieseritzky
London 'Immortal Game'
King's Gambit Accepted1-0
C52 · 1852
Adolf Anderssen vs Jean Dufresne
Berlin 'Evergreen Game'
Evans Gambit1-0
C41 · 1858
Paul Morphy vs Duke Karl / Count Isouard
Paris Opera Game
Philidor Defense1-0
C54 · 1895
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Kurt von Bardeleben
Hastings
Italian Game1-0
C68 · 1914
Emanuel Lasker vs Jose Raul Capablanca
St Petersburg final
Ruy Lopez Exchange1-0
D92 · 1956
Donald Byrne vs Robert James Fischer
Third Rosenwald Trophy 'Game of the Century'
Gruenfeld Defense0-1
D59 · 1972
Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
World Championship 28th
Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower1-0
B07 · 1999
Garry Kasparov vs Veselin Topalov
Hoogovens Group A
Pirc Defense1-0
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