Lucena with the twist Chernin vs M Drasko, 1988  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 71 moves, 1-0 pieces control h-file, but capture black queen at a8! Portisch vs M Damjanovic, 1968  (A56) Benoni Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 chess blindness!!! E Gereben vs H Ardiansyah, 1970   (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2 immortal darw II I Johannesson vs S Bergsson, 2007  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2 while queen ties up rooks-lone pawn comes home Jansa vs A Sokolov, 1990  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 107 moves, 1-0 knight of the cavaliers H Pfleger vs Larsen, 1974  (A10) English, 61 moves, 1-0 avoid the stalemate-retreat to win! Azmaiparashvili vs Chernin, 1990  (D39) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation, 61 moves, 0-1 Rook,Bishop,and a gang of pawns beat queen. Ivanchuk vs N Delgado Ramirez, 2005  (B58) Sicilian, 72 moves, 1-0 black has four pawns for the exchange Suetin vs S Sale, 1988  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 41 moves, 0-1 two bishops plus pawn defeats 5 pawns. J Houska vs A D Harley, 2001  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 1-0 imprisoned "nickeled" bishop sac-ed to force pawn through Hydra vs A Nickel, 2004  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 54 moves, 0-1 white is a bishop ahead,but is condemned to death. D Mayers vs D King, 1978  (A22) English, 40 moves, 0-1 Queen skewered in Q + N vs q ending. G Milos vs Bareev, 2000  (C11) French, 94 moves, 0-1 a glorious diversion-with necesary blocking H Terrie vs E Tate, 2001  (A21) English, 32 moves, 0-1 black gives up bishop to usher in king. J Nikolac vs Timman, 1979  (A04) Reti Opening, 56 moves, 0-1 black gives up bishop to divert pawn and usher his own. O M Hindle vs G Moehring, 1964  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 77 moves, 0-1 bishops dominate limping knights Korchnoi vs Parma, 1971  (E15) Queen's Indian, 70 moves, 1-0 queen sac leads to discovered mate by bishop. Nunn vs Portisch, 1988  (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 33 moves, 1-0 three steamrolling pawns rattle bishop and rook. V Zurakhov vs A Zamikhovsky, 1959  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 1-0 material seems to be immaterial T Halay vs C Zhu, 2005  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 64 moves, 1-0 cowboy rounded up by horses--brilliant mate!! V Malinin vs A Andreev, 1989  (A58) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0 white a pawn up-falls into mate trap. G Borisenko vs Simagin, 1955  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 59 moves, 0-1 a common theme done in an uncommon way- von Gottschall vs Blackburne, 1885  (C14) French, Classical, 13 moves, 0-1 pawns break through like a mighty convoy. A Pomar vs J Cuadras Avellana, 1974  (D83) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit, 50 moves, 0-1 rook put to test and found wanting Sveshnikov vs J Stocek, 2000  (C41) Philidor Defense, 76 moves, 1-0 Chiggy wins with an x-ray defense--and a diversion. Chigorin vs B Yankovich, 1899  (C51) Evans Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0 Lasker chases king-catches king. NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1 white does a catch,release,and catch again on black's queen. Bronstein vs Zarkov, 1992  (E90) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0 Champion vs Royalty-a great draw Euwe vs S Khan, 1932  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2 Zugzwang city! Anand vs Van Wely, 1997  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0 black is movebound Englisch vs J Bauer, 1890  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 53 moves, 1-0 a choice of two crisp endings Azmaiparashvili vs Shirov, 1990  (A16) English, 37 moves, 0-1 black gives up rook and bishop to capture wayward queen. T Fogarasi vs D Breder, 2000  (B63) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 47 moves, 0-1 double check adds fuel to the fork Tseitlin vs E Dizdarevic, 1999  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0 Boden's mate by Boden. R Schulder vs S Boden, 1853  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1 Reti-Tartokower finish for black Schwartz vs C Hartlaub, 1918  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 13 moves, 0-1 queen sac is followed by double check sudden death H Helms vs O Tenner, 1942  (C51) Evans Gambit, 13 moves, 1-0 bishop vs two pawns-resistance is futile Milov vs G Borg, 2003  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 0-1 preventing the interposer. Topalov vs Bareev, 2002  (C11) French, 27 moves, 1-0 queen sac allows knight to mate--or vice versa Krasenkow vs Sveshnikov, 1992  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 23 moves, 1-0 rook sac forces white to open diagonal of doom E M Jackson vs Marshall, 1899  (C24) Bishop's Opening, 30 moves, 0-1 two rooks plus piece vs queen--a 2006 version N Miezis vs R Fontaine, 2006  (A22) English, 49 moves, 1-0 a jiggy quick mate S Lipnowski vs R Jiganchine, 2004  (C82) Ruy Lopez, Open, 38 moves, 0-1 nasty pawns defeat wimpy pieces A Pokorny vs Hromadka, 1926   (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 42 moves, 1-0 direct threat plus hidden one. Bogoljubov vs H Hussong, 1938  (A47) Queen's Indian, 15 moves, 1-0 Will it go round in circles? Janowski vs Gruenfeld, 1925  (A47) Queen's Indian, 66 moves, 1/2-1/2 watch the castles roll! Aronian vs F Vallejo Pons, 2006  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0 a bishop sac holds on to the last pawn Delchev vs B Chatalbashev, 2001  (B27) Sicilian, 58 moves, 0-1 Three pieces vs two rooks---A WILD finish!! Van der Wiel vs Ljubojevic, 1988  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 68 moves, 1-0 Q+N+PP vs Q-but no victory V Akopian vs A Aleksandrov, 2000  (A13) English, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2 two minor pieces end this minature Muller vs Bayer, 1908  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 18 moves, 1-0 the immortal repitititititition gamemememe G Neumann vs Steinitz, 1870  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 124 moves, 0-1 Chase him to corner-then confine him to "death row" Bronstein vs Shamkovich, 1961  (B01) Scandinavian, 40 moves, 1-0 another in the Qd8+ file M Bonch-Osmolovsky vs B Baranov, 1953  (C43) Petrov, Modern Attack, 21 moves, 1-0 bishop and pawn cannot hold back two rooks Quinteros vs Tukmakov, 1973  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 42 moves, 1-0 BxP+ KxB N-N5+ OH DARN!!! :( J Friedman vs Gulko, 1993  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 16 moves, 0-1 long range mate by Mieses (who Mr. Jinks hates to pieces) J Mieses vs Marshall, 1903  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0 a very modified epaulette mate M Mitso vs T Gelashvili, 2000  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 24 moves, 0-1 the trapper trapped M Shereshevsky vs Kupreichik, 1976  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 0-1 white misses an early mate in eight-has to struggle for 80 G Mazzoni vs Bobotsov, 1966  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 80 moves, 1-0 A knight CAN beat a bishop Kholmov vs Sveshnikov, 1999  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 50 moves, 0-1 Najdorf defeats FINEst endgame defense Fine vs Najdorf, 1949  (C90) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 71 moves, 0-1 surprizing mate follows briilliant rook sac at g2 L E Johannessen vs A Vouldis, 2003  (E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 32 moves, 0-1 white,three pawns ahead-saves draw on opponent's blunder Alburt vs T Georgadze, 1971   (B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 51 moves, 1/2-1/2 knight + bishop fails to win I Zakharevich vs A Bratchenko, 2001  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 100 moves, 1/2-1/2 rook plus knight plus bishop vs rook= a brilliant finale C Nanu vs R Molander, 2001  (B20) Sicilian, 63 moves, 1-0 knight blindness A Yusupov vs Anand, 1992  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 70 moves, 1-0 final move dooms king OR bishop to overwork A Kosten vs Adorjan, 1988  (B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 62 moves, 0-1 strange:material up/game lost Topalov vs Sasikiran, 2007  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 59 moves, 1-0 queen attacks from northeast instead of northwest A Baburin vs Adianto, 1993  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1 despote a bishop up,he must battle to the end. Browne vs A Wojtkiewicz, 2004  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 74 moves, 1-0 Euwe loses a stone drawn game! Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 65 moves, 0-1 don't blame Chandler too much! Chandler vs S Polgar, 1987  (B33) Sicilian, 56 moves, 1/2-1/2 a masterful ending of R+P vs R+P!t Jansa vs Geller, 1970  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 83 moves, 1-0 white misses "kamikazi rook" defense-resigns :( F J Perez vs Ivkov, 1962  (E30) Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad, 36 moves, 0-1 white misses chance to save draw at the end:( G Fridstein vs Lutikov, 1954  (E69) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line, 59 moves, 0-1 a textbook zugzwang E E Wright vs H Hatch, 1965  (B56) Sicilian, 48 moves, 1-0 Capa avoids perpetual with a rook sac Capablanca vs R Raubitschek, 1906  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 1-0 artful queen sac sets the way for a promotion. Onischuk vs Carlsen, 2007  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 42 moves, 0-1 simplification-the Godfather way Marshall vs Rubinstein, 1908  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 0-1 white falls into stalemate trap but opponent resigns,instead A Blees vs Plachetka, 1985  (E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 70 moves, 1-0 black queens first,white queens best. Shulman vs S T Ansell, 2002  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 60 moves, 1-0 black sets up a stalemate move with a rook sac V Tomovic vs Vidmar, 1945  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2 a rook conquers four passed pawns V Spasov vs E Dearing, 2004  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 63 moves, 1-0 black opens file-but only for himself-to draw Ribli vs Romanishin, 1982  (D76) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2 white cannot defer mate-only hasten it V Piza vs Miroshnichenko, 1996  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 69 moves, 0-1 a perpetual check out of nowhere Polugaevsky vs Averbakh, 1961  (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2 Corleone-type exchange leaves white a winner Gelfand vs I Manor, 1988  (D25) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 41 moves, 1-0 white won this bout-by leading with his chin... Shulman vs R Hess, 2008  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 44 moves, 1-0 double cavalier promotion V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956  (C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0 open the door! I'm coming in... M Dutreeuw vs O Salmensuu, 2001  (B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 30 moves, 0-1 a perfect (s)mother's day present.. K Bischoff vs K Mueller, 2004  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 36 moves, 1-0 queen and rook are sac-ed to achieve a quick mate. I Gudju vs Bogdanovsky, 1926  (C56) Two Knights, 19 moves, 1-0 black resigns-when a good fight could have held the game Gufeld vs J Fedorowicz, 1999  (B06) Robatsch, 55 moves, 1-0 just seven pieces and yet black sacs a knight! H MacGrillen vs Keene, 1968  (E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 61 moves, 0-1 rook sac sets up pair of epaulette mates K Georgiev vs I Rogers, 1993  (A57) Benko Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1 a strange zugzwang in queen vs rook and pawns endgame J Hector vs J Carstensen, 2003  (B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 75 moves, 1-0 The rook and pawn drawing idea-with a new wrinkle Salov vs J Horvath, 1983  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 58 moves, 1-0 a good primer on rook and pawn endings Gelfand vs K Lerner, 1987  (E12) Queen's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0 sudden mate in three in the ending J Durao vs H Catozzi, 1957  (C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 45 moves, 1-0 BOOC-a big equalizer A Sokolov vs McShane, 2002  (B33) Sicilian, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2 pawn intermezzo avoids stalemate trap Kupchik vs Bogoljubov, 1924  (E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 50 moves, 1-0 a win at Queen vs queen Anand vs P Thipsay, 1987  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 70 moves, 1-0 dull start-fast finish J Diez del Corral vs Ivkov, 1970  (A56) Benoni Defense, 74 moves, 1/2-1/2 NN defeats P-a rare occurrance Znosko-Borovsky vs J A Seitz, 1931  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 96 moves, 0-1 a blockbuster final move leads Euwe to win Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0 bishop and knight mate E Alekseev vs I Cheparinov, 2009  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 89 moves, 1-0 a very quick,fiery finish F Guido vs Brunello, 2007  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 30 moves, 0-1 position looks upside down Uhlmann vs P Enders, 1985  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1 Trap in nightmare mode-Englund gambit... Bayle vs J Martenot, 1981  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 7 moves, 0-1 surprise queen sac complicates this one... Speelman vs Short, 1980  (E40) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, 34 moves, 1-0 Saavedra lite Zappa vs Rybka, 2007  (B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 129 moves, 1-0 rooks dominate-knights execute de Firmian vs E Tate, 2001  (B56) Sicilian, 40 moves, 0-1 I bettered the text with a queen sac!-oops sorry M Abbink vs Y H de Rover, 1997  (B20) Sicilian, 23 moves, 1-0 a great finish on the bias AND on the file. J Zawadzka vs L Schut, 2010  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 34 moves, 1-0 odd ending... H Ree vs S Polgar, 1995  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1 white gives up two rooks-1 by hook 1 by crooked. P Popovic vs D Rajkovic, 1980  (B46) Sicilian, Taimanov Variation, 35 moves, 1-0 back row circus Duras vs H Wolf, 1907  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 the black king is left in a box G Guseinov vs G Sargissian, 2011  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 45 moves, 1-0 two roads-two queen sacs J Polgar vs L B Hansen, 1989  (C16) French, Winawer, 33 moves, 1-0 immortal draw K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872  (C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2 unstoppable pawn is stopped Lasker vs R Loman, 1903  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 0-1 underpromotion to win and to avoid losing P Cramling vs A Galliamova, 1994  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 39 moves, 1-0 skewer wins queen-after great escape. Duras vs E Cohn, 1911  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 48 moves, 1-0 black attacks to the end...his own! McMahon vs T Krystosek, 1978  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0 Kaspys triangulation Alburt vs Kasparov, 1978  (E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 56 moves, 0-1 smothered mate but NOT J Bellon Lopez vs L Popov, 1977  (B43) Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3, 41 moves, 1-0 white stumbles into sudden death J Krzyszton vs Z Necesany, 1972  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 0-1 unique queen sac-rook pinned AND nailed Tarrasch vs Crusius / Ulrich / Wendt, 1907  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 36 moves, 1-0 black sacs queen and rook-with check,but WINS G Bauermann vs R Butze, 1979  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 18 moves, 0-1 choice of Q sac or QQ sac Speelman vs J Durao, 1978  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 25 moves, 1-0 1924 brilliancy prize! fantastic finale! Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924   (A13) English, 25 moves, 1-0 a brilliant end...a draw! J Stopa vs D Kuljasevic, 2007  (A60) Benoni Defense, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2 OOPS! D K Johansen vs I Rogers, 1980  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 0-1 white STEALS this one from the fire! F Rhine vs S Nagle, 1997  (A50) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0 lethal skewer. W Chen vs K McDonald, 2013  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 22 moves, 1-0 Capa queen sac-a classic Capablanca vs B H Villegas, 1914  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 34 moves, 1-0 pieces are sacrificed on both sides! Short vs Morozevich, 2010  (C11) French, 44 moves, 1-0 stalemate trap! Bird vs Englisch, 1883  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2 Kasparov goes down in this circus! Timman vs Kasparov, 1985  (C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 41 moves, 1-0 both sides sac queen then white WINS it! F Destrebecq vs G Drogou, 1982  (A66) Benoni, 25 moves, 1-0 illegal move makes the game! Mason vs Winawer, 1883   (C13) French, 43 moves, 0-1 look at the array of pieces in the NE corner. J Asik vs K Papas, 2001  (B06) Robatsch, 34 moves, 1-0 143 games