Gufeld's Immortal
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
My first game in the database
D Holmes vs T Brownscombe, 2007  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 35 moves, 0-1
A reverie
K Hamppe vs Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2
31. Qxh7!
Fischer vs Myagmarsuren, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0
Piket vs R Douven, 1988  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 43 moves, 0-1
The Tomb Game
B Harper vs R Zuk, 1971  (E97) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
Beautiful Knight Play
Schlechter vs W John, 1905  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 1-0
Muzio queen sac
Prince Dadian vs Boutourlin, 1883  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
J Pinter vs C Thomson, 1989  (E17) Queen's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
Black cannot exploit his material advantage in the endgame.
A Petrov vs P Journoud, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Two fierce mutual wing attacks
Yanofsky vs J Reeve, 1986 (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 40 moves, 1-0
Nimzowitsch plays the Nimzowitsch
J W te Kolste vs Nimzowitsch, 1925  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 38 moves, 0-1
Fending off the attack
Knaak vs L Christiansen, 1988  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 34 moves, 1-0
Outstanding attacking display from Walter Browne
Browne vs Wojtkiewicz, 2004  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 1-0
Tigran could attack, too.
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
D Byrne vs Browne, 1972 (A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 0-1
Fischer vs Fine, 1963  (C52) Evans Gambit, 17 moves, 1-0
Deflection
S Markeluk vs A Rodriguez Vila, 1991  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 1-0
Ragozin vs P Noskov, 1930  (B40) Sicilian, 21 moves, 1-0
Immortal Simul Game
Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
Queen Sac for a Better Endgame
P Ricardi vs N V Pedersen, 2004  (A13) English, 52 moves, 1-0
Capablanca's Immortal Bind
Capablanca vs K Treybal, 1929  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1-0
What an endgame.
L Bruzon Batista vs Fridman, 2004  (D46) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 121 moves, 1-0
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
H Clemenz vs F Eisenschmidt, 1862  (C51) Evans Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
A late Tal masterpiece
Tal vs Hjartarson, 1987  (C97) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 43 moves, 1-0
Tal vs R Forbis, 1988  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
One of the best sacrificial attacks I've ever seen
Charousek vs K Schneider, 1891  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Janowski vs NN, 1895  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Energetic and creative kingside attack
Oll vs M Ulybin, 1989  (C18) French, Winawer, 34 moves, 1-0
Short vs R J Miles, 1976  (B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
A game from Honza Cervenka
J Cervenka vs NN, 2002  (C42) Petrov Defense, 18 moves, 1-0
A shot from nowhere!
Vidmar vs Euwe, 1929  (A48) King's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
A game that deserves to be more famous
A Skripchenko vs Fressinet, 2002  (B06) Robatsch, 37 moves, 1-0
Michelet vs Kieseritzky, 1845  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Attacking king
Pirc vs T H Tylor, 1939  (A02) Bird's Opening, 32 moves, 1-0
A rare game with no errors
Janosevic vs Geller, 1968  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 0 moves, 1/2-1/2
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1
Zukertort vs Anderssen, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
A cute miniature.
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
B de Jong-Muhren vs M Verot, 2001  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 1-0
U Boensch vs Chekhov, 1987  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1925  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
35...Kc6!
Kasparov vs Petrosian, 1981  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1
G Minchev vs A Turzo, 2004  (C46) Three Knights, 21 moves, 1-0
Pin ball!
Ehlvest vs Kasparov, 1977  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 40 moves, 0-1
Maroczy vs Capablanca, 1926  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 49 moves, 0-1
10.Nxf7!
J O Fries-Nielsen vs C Hansen, 1981  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 31 moves, 1-0
Gorkytown
Gorkytown vs Spassky, 1968  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
Never underestimate your opponent.
P K Wells vs Shirov, 2006  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 13 moves, 1-0
Pawn Power
Tal vs Sviridov, 1969  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
G Neumann vs Paulsen, 1870  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 53 moves, 0-1
W Schmidt vs Y Boidman, 2000  (B40) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0
Nice King March
A Bannik vs S Kotlerman, 1955  (B01) Scandinavian, 54 moves, 1-0
Vintage Brian Wall
M Lee vs B Wall, 2007  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
The king forced to the 8th rank in the middlegame... and lives
G den Broeder vs T de Veij, 1980  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
44...f4!
S Mirza vs J Ye, 1987  (D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 46 moves, 0-1
A bulldozing pawn roller
Kotronias vs Karpov, 1997  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 46 moves, 0-1
A king walk
A Huss vs C Pahud, 2005 (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
K Haznedaroglu vs J Isaev, 2010  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 22 moves, 0-1
E E Book vs V Ingerslev, 1929  (C00) French Defense, 20 moves, 1-0
C Holt vs L Milman, 2011  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 29 moves, 1-0
...that just happened.
Oll vs Y Kruppa, 1987  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 60 moves, 1-0
A cool endgame
de Firmian vs Petursson, 1984  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 57 moves, 0-1
A spectacular d5 pawn sacrifice
Kasparov vs Andersson, 1981  (E12) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 1-0
Nakamura vs J Fang, 1999  (B06) Robatsch, 21 moves, 0-1
Robson vs M Brooks, 2009  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 76 moves, 0-1
J Becerra Rivero vs M Brooks, 2009  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 84 moves, 0-1
Kotov vs Smyslov, 1940  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 51 moves, 0-1
M Giles vs Browne, 1988  (B98) Sicilian, Najdorf, 26 moves, 1-0
Ivkov vs Larsen, 1965  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 27 moves, 0-1
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