user1656: I would like this question to be Community Wiki because I hope to collect several answers.
Can you name famous games where part of the fame comes from the circumstances surrounding the game? I hope it is clear that this is not really a subjective question. Which games are selected will depend on people's preference, but for each answer it will be clear cut whether the game has a famous story or not.
To get the ball rolling, let me mention the following (if this question is liked, I will edit it to list all answers with (if possible) a link to the game:

Tal - Benko, Belgrad 1959: Benko wore sunglasses to "avoid being hypnotized" by Tal.
J. Polgar - W. Browne?: Polgar used to bring a teddy bear to the chess table. In this game, Browne (I think) took a toy cannon, aimed it at the bear, and started the game... which he won.
Steinitz - Bardeleben, Hastings 1895: Steinitz's last move reached a position in which he had a forced mate in 10. Bardeleben left the tournament hall without finishing the game. Legend has it that he did not want to allow Steinitz the pleasure of reaching the mate, but it seems that he left because of noise and did let Steinitz know.


user550: Games 2 and 6 of the Kasparov-Deep Blue rematch in 1997 would be good candidates because of the controversy surrounding those games and the match in general.
Unfortunately, I don't have a good link handy and Wikipedia is rather bare.

user70: Game two of the Fischer-Spassky world championship in 1972 comes to mind. Fischer forfeited it because of the cameras in the main hall.  Due to Fischer's theatrics, Spassky agreed to play the 3rd game away from the audience, and lost.  Then the drama by the Soviets around "devices" allegedly placed in Fischer's chair designed to disrupt Spassky's thinking.
The entire Karpov-Korchnoi world championship match of '78 was wrapped in oddness including a Russian "psychic" whose image graced the cover of (then) Chess Life and Review.  The Soviets sent the "psychic" strictly to unnerve Korchnoi who apparently believes in such things.  Florencio Campomanes, future president of FIDE, allowed the psychic to sit in the first row, even after it was agreed he would not.  Then there was the yogurt scandal, where the Soviet support staff sent the snack to Karpov without Karpov asking, raising protests from Korchnoi's team since the timing and type of yogurt could have been a coded message.  Ah, and also Campomanes allowed Karpov an unscheduled break in the tournament so he could rest.

user1105: Albert Einstein vs Robert Oppenheimer - Einstein won obviously :)
None of them is a professional chess player, but the game is so famous, simply because everyone wants to see Einstein playing chess!

user2020: There's this game by Frank Marshall, about which he claimed his last move excited the spectators in such a way, they showered him with golden coins. However, I've also read the coins were not intended for him, but tossed on the table by those who bet against him, for the winning gamblers to collect. But it was an amazing move though. More info here:
http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/marshall1.html

user606: Bobby Fischer's games in the 1965 Capablanca Memorial gained fame because he was denied a visa to travel to Cuba, and was the only player in the tournament who had to play all of his games from New York by telephone.  It was especially grueling because those games typically lasted 8 hours or more due to the communications lag.

1656: <p>I would like this question to be Community Wiki because I hope to collect several answers.</p>

<p>Can you name famous games where part of the fame comes from the circumstances surrounding the game? I hope it is clear that this is not really a subjective question. Which games are selected will depend on people's preference, but for each answer it will be clear cut whether the game has a famous story or not.</p>

<p>To get the ball rolling, let me mention the following (if this question is liked, I will edit it to list all answers with (if possible) a link to the game:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1139441" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Tal - Benko, Belgrad 1959</a>: Benko wore sunglasses to "avoid being hypnotized" by Tal.</li>
<li>J. Polgar - W. Browne?: Polgar used to bring a teddy bear to the chess table. In this game, Browne (I think) took a toy cannon, aimed it at the bear, and started the game... which he won.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/steinitzvonbardeleben.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Steinitz - Bardeleben, Hastings 1895</a>: Steinitz's last move reached a position in which he had a forced mate in 10. Bardeleben left the tournament hall without finishing the game. Legend has it that he did not want to allow Steinitz the pleasure of reaching the mate, but it seems that he left because of noise and did let Steinitz know.</li>
</ul>
 550: <p>Games 2 and 6 of the Kasparov-Deep Blue rematch in 1997 would be good candidates because of the controversy surrounding those games and the match in general.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I don't have a good link handy and Wikipedia is rather bare.</p>
 70: <p>Game two of the Fischer-Spassky world championship in 1972 comes to mind. Fischer forfeited it because of the cameras in the main hall.  Due to Fischer's theatrics, Spassky agreed to play the 3rd game away from the audience, and lost.  Then the drama by the Soviets around "devices" allegedly placed in Fischer's chair designed to disrupt Spassky's thinking.</p>

<p>The entire Karpov-Korchnoi world championship match of '78 was wrapped in oddness including a Russian "psychic" whose image graced the cover of (then) Chess Life and Review.  The Soviets sent the "psychic" strictly to unnerve Korchnoi who apparently believes in such things.  Florencio Campomanes, future president of FIDE, allowed the psychic to sit in the first row, even after it was agreed he would not.  Then there was the yogurt scandal, where the Soviet support staff sent the snack to Karpov without Karpov asking, raising protests from Korchnoi's team since the timing and type of yogurt could have been a coded message.  Ah, and also Campomanes allowed Karpov an unscheduled break in the tournament so he could rest.</p>
 1105: <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XM9gHWAvX0" rel="noreferrer">Albert Einstein vs Robert Oppenheimer</a> - Einstein won obviously :)</p>

<p>None of them is a professional chess player, but the game is so famous, simply because everyone wants to see Einstein playing chess!</p>
 2020: <p>There's this game by Frank Marshall, about which he claimed his last move excited the spectators in such a way, they showered him with golden coins. However, I've also read the coins were not intended for him, but tossed on the table by those who bet against him, for the winning gamblers to collect. But it was an amazing move though. More info here:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/marshall1.html" rel="noreferrer">http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/marshall1.html</a></p>
 606: <p>Bobby Fischer's games in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capablanca_Memorial#1965_tournament">1965 Capablanca Memorial</a> gained fame because he was denied a visa to travel to Cuba, and was the only player in the tournament who had to play all of his games from New York by telephone.  It was especially grueling because those games typically lasted 8 hours or more due to the communications lag.</p>
