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wow!!
Compiled by ice lemon tea
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list of games that i would say "wow!!"

McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834 
(B32) Sicilian, 37 moves, 0-1

Dreev vs Rozentalis, 1988 
(E12) Queen's Indian, 34 moves, 1-0

blatant queen sac that lead to kinghunt.
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953 
(A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch vs Ph Gutmann / Hahn / Kuerschner / R, 1895 
(C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 0-1

D King vs D Howell, 2003 
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 25 moves, 1-0

Gufeld vs B Ivanovic, 1979 
(B33) Sicilian, 34 moves, 1-0

Polugaevsky vs I Bilek, 1969 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 32 moves, 1-0

pieces exchange for winning more material and mate.
Maroczy vs Schiffers, 1898 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 32 moves, 1-0

Khalifman vs E Ermenkov, 1994 
(A43) Old Benoni, 32 moves, 1-0

Larsen vs Ljubojevic, 1975 
(A77) Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2, 27 moves, 0-1

M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866 
(C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1

the quiet mate
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936 
(A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1

Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893 
(000) Chess variants, 21 moves, 1-0

J Matschego vs Falkbeer, 1853 
(C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 0-1

Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958 
(A53) Old Indian, 33 moves, 0-1

double queen sac
S Loyd vs S Rosenthal, 1867 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 36 moves, 1-0

polish immortal
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1930 
(A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1

Zukertort vs Blackburne, 1883 
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0

Y Zimmerman vs Z Erdelyi, 2001 
(E76) King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, 21 moves, 1-0

The Immortal Draw
K Hamppe vs P Meitner, 1872 
(C25) Vienna, 18 moves, 1/2-1/2

Anderssen vs Dufresne, 1852 
(C52) Evans Gambit, 20 moves, 1-0

Fischer vs Panno, 1970 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0

this is crazy.....
R Byrne vs Fischer, 1963  
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 21 moves, 0-1

Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990 
(C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0

Pair of Queens Beats a Full House
Shirov vs A Hauchard, 1990 
(A57) Benko Gambit, 32 moves, 1-0

interesting double underpromotion
V Zurakhov vs Koblents, 1956 
(C11) French, 80 moves, 1-0

Anand vs Morozevich, 2007 
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 56 moves, 1-0

cool tactics
A Wojtkiewicz vs S Skembris, 1990 
(A13) English, 33 moves, 1-0

A Yurgis vs Botvinnik, 1931 
(A15) English, 37 moves, 0-1

super pawn finishing
M Ortueta Esteban vs J Sanz Aguado, 1933 
(C00) French Defense, 35 moves, 0-1

Tylkowski vs A Wojciechowski, 1931 
(A03) Bird's Opening, 40 moves, 0-1

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