My favorite game so far. Queen sac and fantastic mate
Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893  (000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0
Neat checkmate with minor pieces
Vitacek vs Duras, 1900  (C22) Center Game, 26 moves, 0-1
Great queen sac
T Gelashvili vs M Gagunashvili, 2001  (B20) Sicilian, 29 moves, 1-0
Great rapid game from Tal
Tal vs Karpov, 1987  (B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0
That pesky rook
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1914  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 27 moves, 0-1
Nice. White has a queen left, but can't move it in fear of mate
A Lastin vs Bareev, 2004  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 31 moves, 0-1
Rook and two bishops create nice checkmate after queen sac
R Cifuentes vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
Cool queen sac
Mecking vs A C Rocha, 1969  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 24 moves, 1-0
wow. bishop and rook sac
Bogoljubov vs J Mieses, 1925  (A90) Dutch, 35 moves, 1-0
Benjamin vs Z Kozul, 1997  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 38 moves, 0-1
Straightforward, but I couldn't see it
W Adams vs A Simonson, 1940  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 22 moves, 0-1
Nice queen sac
M Ashley vs S Weeramantry, 1991  (B06) Robatsch, 30 moves, 1-0
V Haralambof vs M Rippstein, 1964  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 48 moves, 1-0
Keene vs M Basman, 1967  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 34 moves, 1-0
Tal vs Keene, 1964  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 30 moves, 0-1
A Schneider vs Dolmatov, 1983  (A15) English, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
can't avoid stalemate
Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2
nice puzzle for endgame learning
A Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1911  (C45) Scotch Game, 39 moves, 0-1
Harikrishna vs A Volokitin, 2006  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 26 moves, 1-0
Short vs R J Miles, 1976  (B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 1-0
E Najer vs Nepomniachtchi, 2006  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 55 moves, 0-1
Barcza vs Bronstein, 1949  (A20) English, 36 moves, 0-1
King and rook tied up
Bronstein vs Kotov, 1949  (D41) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 24 moves, 1-0
C de Ronde vs H Kamstra, 1938  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 50 moves, 1-0
M Lange vs C Mayet, 1853  (C51) Evans Gambit, 18 moves, 1-0
Torre vs N Banks, 1924  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 30 moves, 1-0
Tal vs NN, 1958  (B75) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 18 moves, 1-0
Efimov vs Bronstein, 1941  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 12 moves, 0-1
Pachman vs Bronstein, 1946  (E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 31 moves, 0-1
B Kreiman vs W Paschall, 2003  (B89) Sicilian, 22 moves, 1-0
Rubinstein vs D Marotti, 1922  (B32) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0
Kramnik vs Kamsky, 1994  (A17) English, 38 moves, 0-1
Adams vs Topalov, 2006  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 42 moves, 1-0
A Nimzowitsch vs W Hilse, 1904  (C27) Vienna Game, 65 moves, 1-0
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
Fedorov vs N Miezis, 2000  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 33 moves, 0-1
C Hoi vs Gulko, 1988  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
Negi vs W Spoelman, 2007  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 27 moves, 1-0
Vladimirov vs G Agzamov, 1977  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 33 moves, 1-0
A Ostapenko vs S Kurkin, 1970  (B82) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 1-0
Uhlmann vs Smyslov, 1971  (E17) Queen's Indian, 30 moves, 0-1
J Pinter vs E Ungureanu, 1976  (B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 34 moves, 1-0
rapid - queen sac
Kramnik vs Anand, 2007  (A15) English, 21 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Anand, 2007  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 48 moves, 1-0
nice queen sac
Kramnik vs Anand, 1996  (A14) English, 41 moves, 1-0
rook sac
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Karjakin, 2008  (B87) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5, 49 moves, 1-0
Aronian vs Shirov, 2007  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0
Topalov vs Kramnik, 2008  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 45 moves, 1-0
Krasenkow vs Nakamura, 2007  (A14) English, 28 moves, 0-1
Kramnik vs Kasparov, 1994  (E92) King's Indian, 39 moves, 0-1
S Levitsky vs Marshall, 1912  (B23) Sicilian, Closed, 23 moves, 0-1
Lilienthal vs Capablanca, 1935  (E24) Nimzo-Indian, Samisch, 26 moves, 1-0
Ivanchuk vs Shirov, 1996  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
Psakhis vs A Kochyev, 1990  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 31 moves, 1-0
R Nezhmetdinov vs Tal, 1961  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 29 moves, 1-0
Kamsky vs Kramnik, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
R Fontaine vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2007  (A89) Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6, 39 moves, 0-1
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