Fisher falls to the King's Gambit
Spassky vs Fischer, 1960  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
The Hippo Game!
Tal vs Vasiukov, 1964  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 58 moves, 1-0
tal gets into king's gambit trouble :-(
Tal vs P Trifunovic, 1963  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
another bummer -- Tal gets into falkbeer trouble 2
Bronstein vs Tal, 1968  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 43 moves, 1-0
yea, play the King's Gambit against Spassky. GOOD IDEA
W Hartston vs Spassky, 1965  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 28 moves, 0-1
second KG with 4. ... Bg4 5. o-o win for white
M K Zimmermann vs E Schierling, 1994 (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0
Spassky beats Karpov with the King's Gambit!
Spassky vs Karpov, 1982  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 84 moves, 1-0
Spassky 1985 King's Gambit win!
Spassky vs Seirawan, 1985  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 1-0
Kids, can we say "Tactical Slugfest?"
Short vs Shirov, 1999  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
THIS, my duckies, is a KING HUNT!
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 1-0
I love Zukertot... though this game is a bit flawed...
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Knights are made for sacrifice.
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 37 moves, 1-0
There mere IDEA of castling opposite sides against TAL!
Tal vs Koblents, 1957  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 37 moves, 1-0
This is how "bishop sacrifices" became "classic"
Lasker vs J Bauer, 1889  (A03) Bird's Opening, 38 moves, 1-0
"When I want to draw, I draw." Maybe also dark glasses game?
Tal vs Benko, 1959  (B27) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
possibly invented, but still beautiful Alekhine queen sac kill
Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
Gotta love those Greco -NN games.
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0
Alburt reprograms deep thought in the Alekhine
Deep Thought vs Alburt, 1989  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 40 moves, 0-1
this is why I'm thinking of taking up the Alekhine
R Byrne vs Alburt, 1984  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 50 moves, 0-1
endless tactical shadowboxing
Gufeld vs Alburt, 1972  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 59 moves, 0-1
One of several Tal-Larsen Alekhine's defense games.
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 77 moves, 1/2-1/2
Another Tal-Larsen Alekhine's defense game. Tal loses. Bummer
Tal vs Larsen, 1969  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 50 moves, 0-1
Another reason to love Tal
Tal vs Larsen, 1965  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 34 moves, 1-0
Misc. theoretical Alkehine stuff
Tal vs K Jung, 1991  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
tal... spassky... marshall attack...
Tal vs Spassky, 1965  (C89) Ruy Lopez, Marshall, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spassky playing the Fisher Defense to the KG -- oh the irony.
O Popovych vs Spassky, 1986  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 39 moves, 0-1
Zukertort rocks SO HARD
Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883  (A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0
the WORST king's gambit game in the history of chess.
A Hansson vs C Stesser, 1992  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 37 moves, 0-1
Wild. Petrosian sacrifices the queen. PETROSIAN.
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Where's the win?
Tal vs Petrosian, 1974  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0
There are no words to describe this game.
Fischer vs Tal, 1959  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 52 moves, 0-1
Even Fischer played like crap occasionally.
Fischer vs G Thornell, 1964  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
Woa! What a kill! And an interesting KG transposition too.
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921  (C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
Larsen tends to lose the coolest games, especially to my heroes
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
The ROOK can move through squares controlled by...
NN vs G Abrahams, 1929  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 11 moves, 0-1
I feel better about my own play now...
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C58) Two Knights, 30 moves, 0-1
The toughest variation on the KG
Spassky vs Furman, 1959  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
THIS is "swashbuckling"
F J Perez Perez vs Alekhine, 1943  (C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
simplify to a pawn up endgame by way of multiple queen sacs...
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Bond and Bloodshed
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
aaahhh... titans clash.
Spassky vs Tal, 1973  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 38 moves, 0-1
I am Death, Blunderer of Material
Einstein vs Oppenheimer, 1933  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 24 moves, 1-0
Guerilla Warfare! CHE! CHE!
Najdorf vs E Guevara, 1962  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 16 moves, 1/2-1/2
the King's Gambit lives, damnit!
Short vs V Akopian, 1997  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 47 moves, 1-0
Oooooh yea. Ivanchuk plays the maligned king's BISHOP gambit!
Ivanchuk vs P Nikolic, 2004  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
Morozevich plays the KG blindfold
Morozevich vs Z Almasi, 2002  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0
Have I mentioned that I APPROVE of Short? :-)
Short vs Karpov, 2000  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spassky's still at it
Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1999  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
I say again... the KG lives!
Morozevich vs Anand, 1995  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
fischer-spassky match, alekhine's defense by fish 1
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 74 moves, 0-1
fischer-spassky match, alekhine's defense by fish 2 (draw)
Spassky vs Fischer, 1972  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Bronstein -- another KG rebel :-)
Bronstein vs Yusupov, 1981  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 1-0
It's not bussstteeeddd
Fischer vs Evans, 1963  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
The Great Garbage Opening Game
Karpov vs Miles, 1980  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 46 moves, 0-1
the ultimate patzer opening
Alekhine vs NN, 1936  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 17 moves, 1-0
and this would be the WRONG move in the kg.
N Tchinenoff vs R Maillard, 1925  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 4 moves, 0-1
not necessarily historical OR materialistic...
M Marks vs H Meyer, 1867  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
I APPROVE of Morozevich.
Gelfand vs Morozevich, 2004  (D09) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 5.g3, 28 moves, 0-1
Morozevich ROCKS
Morozevich vs Kasparov, 1995  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Morozevich, the coolest super-gm (well, Short too)
Morozevich vs Leko, 2000  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2
More Moroevich KG
Morozevich vs A Aleksandrov, 2000  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 62 moves, 0-1
And again...
Morozevich vs I Sokolov, 2000  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 1-0
Wheeeeeeeee!
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
Even Lasker...
Charousek vs Lasker, 1896  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
Shirov plays the muzio!
Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
cunningham madness by morphy!
Morphy vs Bird, 1859  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 46 moves, 1-0
the worst way to decline the KG?
Alekhine vs Vardonenko, 1931  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Tal plays the Smith-Morra! YEA!!
Tal vs M Neibults, 1991  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 24 moves, 1-0
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