What was the greatest chess game ever played?

Many possibilities off my head

Fischer vs. Tal 1959

http://www.chessmaniac.com/Games/MyChessViewer/fis...

Lasker vs Capablanca St. Petersburg 1918

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9YKCywEQtw

Marshall vs Capablanca

Morphy vs. the Count and Duke at the opera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_game

There is a reason that many countries consider chess not only a game but a sport as well. There is a reason that many people consider chess as a sport, science and sports combined. There is a reason why millions of dollars are at stake at world chess championship. There is a reason why millions of people play chess around the world. There is a reason why countless books have been written about chess. There is a reason why chess has rich history and have many colorful stories. There is a reason why many celebrities play chess Chess is the greatest.

In my opinion it would be what was later dubbed as "The Immortal Game".

The Immortal Game was a chess game played on 21 June 1851 by Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky. The very bold sacrifices made by Anderssen to finally secure victory have made it one of the most famous chess games of all time. Anderssen gave up both rooks and a bishop, then his queen, checkmating his opponent with his three remaining minor pieces. It has been called an achievement "perhaps unparalleled in chess literature." Anderssen plays the King's Gambit with the white pieces and Kieseritzky accepts it, making it the King's Gambit Accepted.

The moves are as follows:

1. e4 e5

2. f4 exf4

3. Bc4 Qh4+

4. Kf1 b5

5. Bxb5 Nf6

6. Nf3 Qh6

7. d3 Nh5

8. Nh4 Qg5

9. Nf5 c6

10. g4 Nf6

11. Rg1 cxb5

12. h4 Qg6

13. h5 Qg5

14. Qf3 Ng8

15. Bxf4 Qf6

16. Nc3 Bc5

17. Nd5 Qxb2

18. Bd6 Bxg1

19. e5 Qxa1+

20. Ke2 Na6

21. Nxg7+ Kd8

22. Qf6+ Nxf6

23. Be7++

At the end, Black is ahead in material by a comfortable margin: a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and five pawns. But the material does not help Black. White has been able to use his three remaining minor pieces - a bishop and two knights - to force mate.

Enjoy!

Just a matter of opinion but I think Emmanuel Lasker vs William Napier Cambridge Springs 1904 was one of the best it was so complicated experts talked about and analyzed the game for decades.

I don't know but I played against my Geometry teacher and got a checkmate in 4 moves...

I'm 13 :)