Tal comes up with unusual k-side attack.
Tal vs R Forbis, 1988  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 30 moves, 1-0
Tal wins simul-ex game,but it was a doozy!
Tal vs J Miller, 1988  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
early botvinnik-pure genius
Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935  (A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0
Petrosian wins "Goode" game
R Goode vs Petrosian, 1954  (E70) King's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
an absolute Spassky gem
Spassky vs Bronstein, 1960  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
even a queening with check can't stop Keres
Keres vs D Byrne, 1972  (D94) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1-0
a rare queen chase and "mate"
Bobotsov vs Petrosian, 1968  (D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 41 moves, 0-1
horse drawn-knight gives perpetual in fourteen moves
I A Zaitsev vs Karpov, 1966  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
Karpov wins a nice one.
Karpov vs E Gik, 1968  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Tal dominated by white pieces at e5
A Bannik vs Tal, 1958  (C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 52 moves, 1-0
PetRock ha great queenside finish!
E Terpugov vs Petrosian, 1957  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi's complaint
Vaganian vs Korchnoi, 1975  (A17) English, 40 moves, 1-0
A brilliant one by Keres.
Keres vs W Winter, 1935  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 19 moves, 1-0
Smyslov makes the rook dance like Barishnokov
K Gerasimov vs Smyslov, 1935  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 22 moves, 0-1
Tal cuffs Speelman,starting with a sac-what else is new?
Tal vs Speelman, 1988  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 34 moves, 1-0
Tal gives up queen-to get a new one!
Lavrinenko vs Tal, 1950  (B59) Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3, 38 moves, 0-1
Petrosian gets Keres with brilliant sac!
Keres vs Petrosian, 1959  (B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 51 moves, 0-1
Tal starts combination with two sacs.
Tal vs K Klaman, 1957  (B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 34 moves, 1-0
Spassky loses this odd one-with trapped queen
Uhlmann vs Spassky, 1967  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 22 moves, 0-1
Tal gives up rook to mate with lone horse
Tal vs Benko, 1959  (B27) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Tal sets lethal trap on move 69!
Tal vs O Averkin, 1973  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 70 moves, 1-0
Karpov def Kasparov with a white square dance
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1985  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 63 moves, 1-0
Karpov koffs one up
Andersson vs Karpov, 1995  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 18 moves, 1-0
in the Botvinnik of time.
Flohr vs Botvinnik, 1933  (A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 30 moves, 0-1
Tal sacs queen to win! Wow,I want to be like Mike!!
Tal vs Suetin, 1969  (B42) Sicilian, Kan, 21 moves, 1-0
Smyslov gets forked to death! lol
Smyslov vs Gufeld, 1967  (A15) English, 35 moves, 0-1
Tal's sacs lead black to the scaffold.
Tal vs Y Rantanen, 1979  (B30) Sicilian, 30 moves, 1-0
Tal loans his queen in a pseudo-sacrifice.
Tal vs Lutikov, 1964  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 31 moves, 1-0
A final blow by a lowly pawn!
Spassky vs Petrosian, 1967  (C11) French, 37 moves, 1-0
another masterful finish by Tal
Tal vs Z Szymczak, 1974  (A15) English, 38 moves, 1-0
the fork,the skewer,the mate
Larsen vs Spassky, 1981  (A26) English, 44 moves, 0-1
a rare Capablanca loss
Botvinnik vs Capablanca, 1938  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 41 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik dunks Denker
Denker vs Botvinnik, 1945  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 25 moves, 0-1
Keres opens opponent's position like a can opener
Keres vs Gligoric, 1959  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
a neat sac leads to a Tal win,ho hum!
Tal vs A Vooremaa, 1971  (B48) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 29 moves, 1-0
Keres throws massive force-queen and bishop-to win
L Blumenoff vs Keres, 1933  (A06) Reti Opening, 30 moves, 0-1
Tal gives up rook-forces more in return
Tal vs D Keller, 1959  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0
brilliant queen sac by Petrosian
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik bests Tal when latter takes a wrong turn
Botvinnik vs Tal, 1960  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 41 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik-passed pawns-if the right one won't get ya...
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1954  (D22) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 61 moves, 1-0
a brilliant finish by Spassky
Larsen vs Spassky, 1970  (A01) Nimzovich-Larsen Attack, 17 moves, 0-1
Botvinnik FLOHRS opponent
Botvinnik vs Flohr, 1936  (B05) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 57 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik dominates Tartakower with strong attack
Botvinnik vs Tartakower, 1936  (A15) English, 30 moves, 1-0
an Be-liav-able win by Spassky along the h-file
Spassky vs A Beliavsky, 1988  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0
Kaspy as a kid-wins with trips on black
L Christiansen vs Kasparov, 1982  (E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 40 moves, 0-1
Korchnoi bests Spassky in a real donnybrook
Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1977  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 1-0
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