19...Rac8+!! A Moiseenko vs Potkin, 2003  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 0-1 27...Rxc3!! J Shahade vs P Wang, 2002  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 27 moves, 0-1 31. Rd2+! V Green vs Steinitz, 1863  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 31 moves, 0-1 26. Qg7! Rublevsky vs Dreev, 2005  (B30) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0 25...f5! G Sigurjonsson vs Timman, 1980  (B07) Pirc, 25 moves, 0-1 16. Qxd5! T Oral vs M Kantorik, 2000  (C45) Scotch Game, 16 moves, 1-0 20...Rxe5! A Niedermayer vs P Haba, 1996  (A13) English, 20 moves, 0-1 52. Be4+! is a simple deflection missed by Karpov Karpov vs Shirov, 2003  (D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 59 moves, 1-0 44. Qb7+! Adams vs Ivanchuk, 2006  (B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 44 moves, 1-0 28. Qxf4+! R Cardoso vs Ivkov, 1973  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 0-1 28...cxd6 29. Rxe6! +- forces a quick mate. Polugaevsky vs Gulko, 1975  (A17) English, 28 moves, 1-0 39. Rxd6! Unzicker vs Robatsch, 1961  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 39 moves, 1-0 34...Bxe4! enables a quick mate G Michelakis vs Kotronias, 1996  (E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 38 moves, 0-1 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxf8+! A Burtasova vs N Straub, 2005  (C02) French, Advance, 23 moves, 1-0 39. Rd8! D Ionescu vs T Luther, 2005  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 39 moves, 1-0 35...Rd2! Ivanchuk vs Kasparov, 1990  (B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 46 moves, 0-1 10. Qxg4! wins and (failing to find that) 11. Qxg4! also wins Messinger vs M Rack, 1989  (C42) Petrov Defense, 11 moves, 1-0 41. Bxg5! J Polgar vs S Polgar, 1993  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 51 moves, 1-0 17. Qe8+! Kg7 18. Bxf8+! P K Wells vs Speelman, 2006  (B06) Robatsch, 20 moves, 1-0 11...Nc6! was set up by 9...Bb4+! and 13...Bd7! should follow H Grob vs R Bucher, 1966  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 22 moves, 0-1 29. Rb7+! Tal vs D Keller, 1959  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 34 moves, 1-0 31. f5! J Grefe vs Najdorf, 1976  (C41) Philidor Defense, 40 moves, 1-0 25. Bh3! Shulman vs I Schneider, 2006  (D31) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0 21. Rxe8+! Khalifman vs Seirawan, 1991  (B15) Caro-Kann, 23 moves, 1-0 6. exf6! J Henningsen vs R Borik, 1979  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 7 moves, 1-0 47. Bf7+! Ke7 48. Bb4+ Ivanchuk vs Radjabov, 2007  (E92) King's Indian, 48 moves, 1-0 24...Qd5!! L Didier vs Marshall, 1900  (C42) Petrov Defense, 26 moves, 0-1 37. d6! Dreev vs D Berkovich, 1992  (A81) Dutch, 39 moves, 1-0 22. Rxb6!! Chiburdanidze vs V Malaniuk, 1982  (D85) Grunfeld, 26 moves, 1-0 10. Qxc6+! R Schwarz vs Labau, 1948  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0 22. Re8!! sets up 23. Rxc8! +- Lputian vs Balashov, 1986  (D68) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 23 moves, 1-0 26...g4! sets up 29...Bh3 to win a decisive pawn Vaganian vs Nakamura, 2007  (E97) King's Indian, 45 moves, 0-1 32. Rg3! Teichmann vs Allies, 1905  (C56) Two Knights, 35 moves, 1-0 60. a8 =Q!! Kramnik vs Leko, 2007  (E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 62 moves, 1-0 34. Qh4! Rd6 35. Qe6 Qh6 (35...Rh6 36. Qf8+ +-) 36. Bxg7+ +- Motylev vs B Savchenko, 2007  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 39 moves, 1-0 20. Rxf8+!, 22. Nb5+!!, and 24. Re7+! are a pretty trio Bronstein vs V Mikenas, 1941  (C40) King's Knight Opening, 25 moves, 1-0 12. Bxe4 +- I Cheparinov vs L Lang, 1995  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 12 moves, 1-0 25...Rxd1+! Jakovenko vs Shirov, 2007  (A20) English, 32 moves, 0-1 33. Qxf3! sets up mate-in-three S F Loyd vs S Rosenthal, 1867  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 1-0 33. Rxd6+! Z Almasi vs Navara, 2008  (C92) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0 9...Bxc3+! Trattner vs P C Gibbs, 1955  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 10 moves, 0-1 25. Be3!! Uhlmann vs T Paehtz Sr, 1974  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 34 moves, 1-0 45...Ka3!! forces 46. Rb1 and allows 46...Ra2+! (solution) A Acevedo Milan vs Fischer, 1970  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 48 moves, 0-1 32...Rc1+! removes the Rook's guard and wins the Queen B Franciskovic vs R Svaljek, 2001  (A12) English with b3, 32 moves, 0-1 35. Qd6! Karpov vs Piskunov, 1962  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 35 moves, 1-0 28. Nxd5!? worked only because Black missed 28...Ke8!! V Pina vs D Duarte, 2001  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 32 moves, 1-0 39...Bd4! G Laco vs Yermolinsky, 1989  (E81) King's Indian, Samisch, 40 moves, 0-1 9...Nd4! A Hansen vs S Jensen, 1945  (E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 9 moves, 0-1 If 31. Rb2??, then 31...Rxd5! -+ wins for Black I Bilek vs A Ornstein, 1976  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 57 moves, 1-0 20...Nxc4! removes the Queen's guard ffor Black's attack Alekhine vs O Rocas, 1939  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1 26. Nf6+! sets up a double attack to deflect the Queen Botvinnik vs P Sharov, 1929  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 29 moves, 1-0 25...Re8! K Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1925  (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1 26. Qxd5! D Rombaldoni vs Iturrizaga Bonelli, 2008  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 26 moves, 1-0 28. Rxd5! wins two pieces for a Rook and the game Karpov vs Gulko, 1996  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 1-0 37. Rxg5!? hxg5 38. Qd8+! Dolmatov vs A Guseinov, 1988  (B32) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0 28...Re1+! S Maus vs Tal, 1990  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 28 moves, 0-1 23. Bxc5!! Tal vs Averbakh, 1961   (C98) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 32 moves, 1-0 30...Rbxd1! R Rubenchik vs M Ashley, 2000  (A30) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 0-1 33. Bxf7+!! A Naumann vs W Teerapabpaisit, 2008  (E60) King's Indian Defense, 35 moves, 1-0 33. Qf5+! I Nemet vs J Polgar, 1987  (A57) Benko Gambit, 34 moves, 1-0 9. Qxd4! sets up mate-in-two after 9...Nxd4 G Minchev vs D Miraschiev, 1986  (C46) Three Knights, 11 moves, 1-0 29. Re8+! Timman vs A Yusupov, 1987  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 29 moves, 1-0 17. Rxd7!! removes the guard to enable a winning attack Bologan vs Movsesian, 2005  (D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 25 moves, 1-0 21. Re7+! Kf6 22. hxg5+ -+ O K Lie vs Olsen, 1985  (C70) Ruy Lopez, 21 moves, 1-0 12...Nb6! attacks the Bishop so as to trap and win the Knight Dominguez Perez vs Radjabov, 2004  (B30) Sicilian, 45 moves, 1-0 30...Bb5! sets up 31...Re1+ -+ A Misetane Burjan vs K Albert, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 0-1 31. Rg1! D Stets vs M Oleksienko, 2009  (B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 30 moves, 1-0 23. h4! Shabalov vs R Elseth, 1991  (C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 27 moves, 1-0 21. Bxc5! sets up to win a piece J Gluckie vs M Moran-Venegas, 2009  (D70) Neo-Grunfeld Defense, 27 moves, 1-0 7. Bxf7+! D Zardus vs A Steventon, 1986  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 7 moves, 1-0 19. Bb2! (decoy) sets up 20. Rd8+! to win the Queen K Lerner vs F Sideifzade, 1979  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 22 moves, 1-0 6...Bxf2+ NN vs R Vassilev, 2009  (D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 6 moves, 0-1 32. Rxb7!! sets up 33. Rxd6! +- L Bruzon Batista vs E Perelshteyn, 2000  (B27) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0 38...Ra7! G Fuster vs P Rethy, 1941  (D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 43 moves, 1/2-1/2 25. Qe4! and 35. Bxe5! are unusual examples of (RtG) Dreev vs G Fish, 2009  (D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 35 moves, 1-0 25...Qxf4! and if 26. PXQ, then 26...Nh3#. J Ragan vs Benko, 1974  (A22) English, 25 moves, 0-1 37...exd4! is the winning follow-up on 34...Qxg4+! -+ P Peelen vs J Fedorowicz, 1990  (A05) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 0-1 52...Ra2+! was a missed winning move D Howell vs Carlsen, 2009  (B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 79 moves, 1/2-1/2 32...Nxe6!! 33. Qxc7 Qd3! -+ removes Queen's guard of e3 Spassky vs Korchnoi, 2009  (C49) Four Knights, 35 moves, 0-1 24. b4! sets up 24...axb4 25. Nd3! +- C Lutz vs J Balcerak, 2000  (B84) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 26 moves, 1-0 37...Rc2! Nakamura vs Karjakin, 2010  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 48 moves, 0-1 35...Bb7! uses a discovered attack to remove the Queen's guard Carlsen vs Kramnik, 2010  (E04) Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1 51...d2! -+ but 21...Bxh3! -+ would have won quicker Adams vs Lputian, 1995  (C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 52 moves, 0-1 19...Rxg2+! triggers an avalanche of dangerous Black pawns Uhlmann vs P Enders, 1985  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1 31...Ne1! Gavrikov vs Gelfand, 1995  (E63) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation, 32 moves, 0-1 36...Ng3! J Bednarski vs M Podgaets, 1972  (B06) Robatsch, 41 moves, 0-1 43...Rxb4! V Palermo vs H Rossetto, 1965  (B08) Pirc, Classical, 43 moves, 0-1 38...f5+! L A Tan vs Mecking, 1976  (B77) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 38 moves, 0-1 23...h5! M Madeira de Ley vs Bolbochan, 1952  (A48) King's Indian, 31 moves, 0-1 23. Be6! solves a Wednesday puzzle M Illescas vs J Bellon Lopez, 1992  (B30) Sicilian, 25 moves, 1-0 19. a4! T Hillarp Persson vs F Peralta, 2010  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1-0 12...g5! wins a piece Kramnik vs Nakamura, 2010  (A17) English, 54 moves, 0-1 30. Qf6+! Suttles vs P Ostojic, 1969  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 34 moves, 1-0 46...Rf3! solves a Tuesday puzzle Klovans vs Timoshenko, 2000  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 46 moves, 0-1 17. Rd8+ actually begins with 16. Bxf7+! Z Andriasian vs M Litwiniec, 2010  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 17 moves, 1-0 23. Rc8+! wins the Queen Koneru vs Granda Zuniga, 2008  (E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 22 moves, 1-0 48. Qe1+! Stahlberg vs A Becker, 1944  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 48 moves, 1-0 66...Kc2! completes a long King march with a winning deflection J Hawkins vs Short, 2011  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 66 moves, 0-1 20. Rc5! solves a Friday puzzle I Balinov vs M Cebalo, 1996  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 29 moves, 1-0 34. Qxh7+! solves a Monday puzzle Reti vs K Havasi, 1926  (A09) Reti Opening, 35 moves, 1-0 33. Rxf6! solves the Monday Feb 6, 2012 puzzle Adams vs N Zhukova, 2012  (B07) Pirc, 33 moves, 1-0 19. Rxf4! sets up 21. Rxf5! +- with two pieces for the Rook Rublevsky vs K Asrian, 2004  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 34 moves, 1-0 31...h3+! solves Friday 03/01/2013 Nyback vs M Matthiesen, 2003  (E97) King's Indian, 34 moves, 0-1 31. Nxe5! sets up double attack 33. Rxd7 +- Y Yu vs S Li, 2012  (C95) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer, 47 moves, 1-0 27...d3! B Al Qudaimi vs B Amin, 2014  (C45) Scotch Game, 29 moves, 0-1 22...Rd1 solves 05/30/16 Monday Puzzle D Mitran vs M Carbajo Berrocal, 2007  (C64) Ruy Lopez, Classical, 24 moves, 0-1 18...Bxe3 Kramnik vs V Fedoseev, 2017  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 29 moves, 0-1 33. b4! Ponomariov vs Leko, 2017  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 46 moves, 1-0 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 solves Tuesday Oct 23, 2017 B Savchenko vs J van Foreest, 2016  (B40) Sicilian, 24 moves, 1-0 29...Rxf3+ solves Tuesday Jan 16, 2018 Vachier-Lagrave vs Anand, 2016  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 36 moves, 0-1 25. Bc5+! solves Friday Apr 13, 2018 J van Foreest vs L'Ami, 2017  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0 29...f5! solves Tuesday June 19, 2018 J Salomon vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2017  (B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 29 moves, 0-1 33...Rxe1+! K Georgiev vs A Korobov, 2017  (E17) Queen's Indian, 40 moves, 0-1 34...Rxf3+! solves Tuesday Jul 10, 2018 Topalov vs Anand, 2016  (D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 0-1 27...Rxc3 solves Wednesday Feb 6, 2019 A Gulbrandsen vs O'Kelly, 1937  (D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 28 moves, 0-1 22...Qc6+! solves Monday Apr 23, 2019 Vaganian vs A Planinc, 1975  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 22 moves, 0-1 37...Bxh3! solves Tuesday Aug 6, 2019 Spielmann vs Eliskases, 1932  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 37 moves, 1-0 17. Rd8+ Kxd8 18. Nxc6+ +- solves Tuesday Oct 1, 2019 A Beliavsky vs Bacrot, 1999  (D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 20 moves, 1-0 23. b4! solves Wed Nov 27, 2019 C Kottnauer vs Kotov, 1946  (D49) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran, 28 moves, 1-0 26...Rxa4! solves Friday Nov 22, 2019 Khismatullin vs Nepomniachtchi, 2010  (D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 28 moves, 0-1 120 games