White misses 30. Rd7+! J Stanke vs R Storm, 1990  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 0-1 34. Rf7+! Anand vs Ponomariov, 2005  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 62 moves, 1-0 32. Qh7+! E Paehtz vs I Vasilevich, 2005  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 35 moves, 1-0 21. Nxf6+! Kholmov vs W Golz, 1956  (D68) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 30 moves, 1-0 If 38...Rfxc8, then 39. Nxf6+! wins with the intermezzo Razuvaev vs Z Mestrovic, 1981  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0 29. Qxh6! Unzicker vs Tal, 1975  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 32 moves, 1-0 24. Nd6! and 26...Qxf7 27. Qc1+! +- E Torre vs Petursson, 1985  (E41) Nimzo-Indian, 26 moves, 1-0 41. Bb6+! Tiviakov vs Stellwagen, 2006  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 41 moves, 1-0 36. Rxe4! sets up 42. Qd7+ +- D Stamenkovic vs R Molina, 2007  (A81) Dutch, 42 moves, 1-0 19. Nh6+! Chiburdanidze vs G Sachs, 1990  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 29 moves, 1-0 22...Bc4! sets up discovered attack to win a whole Rook Ivanchuk vs Nisipeanu, 2007  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 22 moves, 0-1 21. Ne5! G Feher vs E Bricard, 1995  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0 28...Rxe1+! is not absolutely essential but wins quicker Winawer vs Chigorin, 1882  (C51) Evans Gambit, 28 moves, 0-1 32...b3!! Lputian vs B Alterman, 1994  (A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2 29. Bc4+! removes the defender before capturing the Queen X Zhao vs Shen Yang, 2009  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0 31. Bd6+! forces a quick mate V Nenarokov vs A Smorodsky, 1924  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0 19. Qg3+! Benko vs Suttles, 1964  (B06) Robatsch, 35 moves, 1-0 30. Bb5+! Kf8 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Qxh7 Qxh7 33. Rxh7 +/- G Kuzmin vs B Alterman, 1989  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 37 moves, 1-0 23. Be6! Gelfand vs Svidler, 1996  (E73) King's Indian, 24 moves, 1-0 14...Ne3+! is an essential follow-up to 13...Nxd5!! La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell, 1834  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1 31... Rc3!! 32. Nxc3 Qxb3+! -+ Naiditsch vs T Dao, 2008  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 0-1 64. Bh7+ wins a piece and the game A Istratescu vs B Amin, 2008  (A97) Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky, 85 moves, 1-0 38. Rxg6+! wins a decisive pawn Carlsen vs Nakamura, 2010  (A10) English, 59 moves, 1-0 29. Qd5+! improves on the game continuation Eliskases vs C Bielicki, 1962  (A04) Reti Opening, 41 moves, 1-0 20. Rxh5! gxh5 21. Ne4!! or 21. Nd4!! +- is a winning attack D Kontic vs G M Todorovic, 1992  (B35) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4, 32 moves, 1-0 If 25...bxc4 then 26. Rd5! + G Grigore vs F Holzke, 1993  (D93) Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3, 31 moves, 1-0 28. Nxe5! fxe5 29. Bxe4! +- Panno vs Spassky, 1955  (A04) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 1-0 25. Qxh5!! gxh5 26. Bxf4+!! is stronger than 25. Bxf4 first Speelman vs Azmaiparashvili, 1994  (B07) Pirc, 42 moves, 1-0 28. Qxg7+ Qxg7 29. Re8+ Qf8 30. Nf7+! is also a knight fork G Bagaturov vs V Cugini, 2007  (B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 29 moves, 1-0 61. Kg3! and the two moves that follow give Nak a won end game Nakamura vs Nisipeanu, 2011  (C96) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 78 moves, 1-0 18. Nb5! Bxb5 19. Bxb7+! Romanishin vs Ivanchuk, 1986  (C02) French, Advance, 19 moves, 1-0 24. Nxe7+ prepares 25. Bd2!! Qb6 26. Rxf1 Qxd4 27. Rfc1! +- D Khamrakulov vs S Abu Sufian, 2010  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0 18. Qc3! makes 16. cxb4! work Miles vs Plaskett, 1983  (A22) English, 19 moves, 1-0 21. b3!! R Nezhmetdinov vs E Paoli, 1954  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 27 moves, 1-0 31...Bc2! Short vs D Harika, 2016  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 0-1 20...Bd4+! M Hoogland vs P Papp, 2016  (D85) Grunfeld, 51 moves, 0-1 12. Nd5! Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1948  (B71) Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation, 12 moves, 1-0 28...Qb5! Kotov vs Kholmov, 1971  (E14) Queen's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0 25.Qe4+ c6 26. Rb8+! +- Tartakower vs E Steiner, 1921  (C56) Two Knights, 26 moves, 1-0 26. Re3! solves Thursday Aug 31, 2017 Chigorin vs Alapin, 1880  (C01) French, Exchange, 33 moves, 1-0 23. Rg5+! A Blees vs F Vallejo Pons, 1997  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0 33...dxe5! C F Morris vs D Garcia Ilundain, 1997  (A22) English, 43 moves, 0-1 14. Nd5! Robson vs E Perelshteyn, 2010  (C51) Evans Gambit, 14 moves, 1-0 43 games