Steinitz pieces still Rock on...
Steinitz vs Rock, 1863  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
Falkbeer's second gift to the chess history for posterity...!
J Matschego vs Falkbeer, 1853  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 0-1
Massacre in Warsaw (100 years before Worl War II)...
F A Hoffmann vs A Petrov, 1844  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 20 moves, 0-1
Bareev: the "last romantic"...
Topalov vs Bareev, 1994  (C11) French, 23 moves, 0-1
The "Clock-work hunter"...
Deep Fritz vs Deep Junior, 2001  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 69 moves, 0-1
Francisco Vallejo-Pawns!
F Vallejo Pons vs A Romero Holmes, 2002  (A52) Budapest Gambit, 28 moves, 1-0
Hunting the World Champion to his death...
Topalov vs F Vallejo Pons, 2006  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 56 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's king trapped in a king hunt? Yates!
Alekhine vs Yates, 1923  (E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 50 moves, 0-1
43.Ka5 Qa3++ or 43.Kc5 Qxf2+ winning
Tartakower vs Euwe, 1948  (C53) Giuoco Piano, 42 moves, 0-1
Euwe, the great hunter, does it again...!
Szabo vs Euwe, 1946  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 42 moves, 0-1
22.Rxe6+!! and the rest is a long walk to the tomb...
Yanofsky vs A Ismodes Dulanto, 1939  (C11) French, 28 moves, 1-0
Who is forcing the black king to run so far...?
Botvinnik vs Gligoric, 1956  (A37) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1-0
Be A-Ware from your king to be hunted so far...
P Ware vs M Weiss, 1882  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
The Immortal of Immortal King Hunts...
Ed. Lasker vs G A Thomas, 1912  (A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Dracula? Frankenstein? Nunn of them! A king hunt!
J Ost-Hansen vs Nunn, 1974  (C27) Vienna Game, 38 moves, 0-1
The king that dominates the great diagonal...
G Janny vs I Gudju, 1920  (C51) Evans Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Crossing the ford
Blackburne vs F Ford, 1877  (C01) French, Exchange, 27 moves, 1-0
30...Qxh3+!!
Averbakh vs Kotov, 1953  (A55) Old Indian, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1
King's Lang walk until its death...
Steinitz vs Lang, 1860  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 1-0
A long walk not so "Good"
Lasker vs A M Gooding, 1908  (C16) French, Winawer, 31 moves, 1-0
Ladies' knight!
Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936  (A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1
Tarrasch outplays brilliantly Nimzowitsch
Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 0-1
19.Qxf6+!! and 21.Bg7!!
Petrosian vs Pachman, 1961  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 21 moves, 1-0
4...Qh4+!
H Bosscher vs L Smit, 1980  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 9 moves, 0-1
9...Nxg3! and 10...Bf2+!!
Mackenzie vs F Hollins, 1893  (C29) Vienna Gambit, 13 moves, 0-1
Fuster Fluster...
G Fuster vs Szabo, 1934  (D18) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch, 29 moves, 0-1
23...Rxh4!!
A Schneider vs M Dvoretzky, 1983  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 27 moves, 0-1
31.Kh3 Be6+ 32.Qg4 hxg4+ 33.Kg2 Bd5+ 34.Nf3 Bxf3++
Nenarokov vs V Sozin, 1925  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 0-1
Isaacrifice and hunt the king...
Boleslavsky vs Dzindzichashvili, 1967  (D27) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0
beware of those powerful black Torres...
E Torre vs J Kinlay, 1977  (B67) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7, 58 moves, 0-1
29...Bxc2+!!
R Plunkett vs S Fink, 2003  (B86) Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack, 32 moves, 0-1
Salvador Dally
S del Rio de Angelis vs T Rendle, 2005  (C18) French, Winawer, 47 moves, 0-1
this is really Lawrence's great Day...
L Day vs S Gravel, 1996  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 32 moves, 1-0
40.Bd5!! and 41.Qxg7+!!
H Rossetto vs R Cardoso, 1958  (A34) English, Symmetrical, 47 moves, 1-0
22...Rxf2!
V Datsvich vs B Fairsbury, 1997  (A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 35 moves, 0-1
22.b4+! (blocking b4), 23.Bb6+! (blocking b6)
Blackburne vs NN, 1863  (C21) Center Game, 24 moves, 1-0
28.Qxc6+!! Devastating!
D Norwood vs S Marsh, 1992  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 36 moves, 1-0
16...0-0! and 20...Rxf3!!
D Coleman vs Chandler, 1977  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 26 moves, 0-1
Let's Chekhover this king hunt again...
Botvinnik vs Chekhover, 1935  (A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0
9.Nxe5!!, 12.Rxf6+!, 15.Bf7+! and 16.c3!!
Zukertort vs NN, 1877  (C28) Vienna Game, 16 moves, 1-0
Bonaparte, the great conqueror
Napoleon Bonaparte vs Madame De Remusat, 1804  (C41) Philidor Defense, 14 moves, 1-0
15...Qxh3+!!
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1
the great Anderssen hunts the great hunter
Anderssen vs Falkbeer, 1851  (C58) Two Knights, 41 moves, 1-0
26.Bd2+!
Morphy vs T Lichtenhein, 1857  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
15.Bxf4!, 19.f8=Q+!, 21.Rd8+!!
Staunton vs NN, 1840  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Dance Two-knight!
J H Blake vs G A Hooke, 1891  (C41) Philidor Defense, 12 moves, 1-0
It's has Bihn a nice game....
S Urusov vs Bihn, 1851  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
Of Kurz its mate!
B Kurz vs K Treybal, 1904  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1
odds game, poor Cochcrane...
Cochrane vs A Deschapelles, 1821  (000) Chess variants, 27 moves, 0-1
10.Nc3!!, 14.Rxe5+!
Morphy vs NN, 1858  (C55) Two Knights Defense, 23 moves, 1-0
19.Rxg7+!! and 21.Rxg7+!!......:-O
A Ostapenko vs Yartsev, 1969  (B89) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
35.Rxg7+!!
Tal vs Simagin, 1956  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
17.Qh6+!!
Mackenzie vs J Mason, 1878  (C11) French, 22 moves, 1-0
24...Ke1 25.Rd1++ or 24...Kf1 25.Rh1+ Ke2 26.Rh2+ Ke1 27.Rd1++
Lilienthal vs A Zamikhovsky, 1942  (B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 24 moves, 1-0
25...Ba4+!!
NN vs W Lewis, 1825  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 0-1
The queen, all bishops.....and all knights!
NN vs Lasker / Maroczy, 1900  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 12 moves, 0-1
11.Qh5!!
Prince Dadian vs Boutourlin, 1883  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 1-0
Louis, Mahe king...!
La Bourdonnais vs Jouantho, 1837  (000) Chess variants, 23 moves, 1-0
20.d5!!
Steinitz vs Lang, 1860  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 1-0
20...Rxg2+!! and 21...Qh3+!!
M Hewitt vs Steinitz, 1866  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 26 moves, 0-1
The Dadai of Mingrelia
Smitten vs Prince Dadian, 1896  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1
16...Qxc4+!!
Seirawan vs Browne, 1979  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 18 moves, 0-1
23...Bf3!! initiates a long combination for a king hunt
Kaidanov vs S Erenburg, 2005  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 0-1
A king that escaped from the war with a 'tregua'
B Tagmann vs Benko, 1947  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2
19.Nh5! and the attack begins
Torre vs R Smirka, 1924  (C45) Scotch Game, 37 moves, 1-0
29.Rxh7+!!
Torre vs Yates, 1925  (A48) King's Indian, 32 moves, 1-0
17.Rxf6!!
Capablanca vs H Steiner, 1933  (C49) Four Knights, 25 moves, 1-0
20...Bg4+! and 21...Ne5+!
Glucksberg vs Najdorf, 1929  (A85) Dutch, with c4 & Nc3, 22 moves, 0-1
A very Short and amazing attack to the king
S J Hooker vs Short, 1975  (C18) French, Winawer, 25 moves, 0-1
13.Nxd5! and 15.Qa3+!
Greco vs NN, 1620  (C57) Two Knights, 17 moves, 1-0
When white's attack's out of gas, its time to counterattack...!
NN vs Steinitz, 1873  (A83) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 18 moves, 0-1
A masterpiece of the Cuban GM, in honor of Capablanca
L Bruzon Batista vs A Ramirez Alvarez, 2004  (D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 33 moves, 1-0
24.Rxh7+!!
Steinitz vs Chigorin, 1892  (C65) Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense, 28 moves, 1-0
Some king hunt "compositions"
Fitzgerald vs Loyd, 1877  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1
D Byrne vs Fischer, 1956  (D92) Grunfeld, 5.Bf4, 41 moves, 0-1
Who said that the World Champion can't be a great hunter?
Kasparov vs Portisch, 1983  (E12) Queen's Indian, 35 moves, 1-0
Kasparov's Immortal
Kasparov vs Topalov, 1999  (B07) Pirc, 44 moves, 1-0
24...Rxf4!! Nezhmetdinov's Immortal!
Polugaevsky vs R Nezhmetdinov, 1958  (A54) Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3, 33 moves, 0-1
33.Kc2 Qe2+ 34.Kb3 Qb2+; 35.Kc4 Qb5#
Bagirov vs Gufeld, 1973  (E84) King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line, 32 moves, 0-1
60.Rd4+!! Qxd4 (60...g4 61.Rxg4++) 61.g3++
Lagno vs M Etmans, 2004  (B32) Sicilian, 61 moves, 1-0
31...Qe3+!! leads to 35...Re5! (36...Rh5++ and 36...Bf8++)
Cifuentes Parada vs Zvjaginsev, 1995  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 35 moves, 0-1
A young boy on the hunt...
Kasparov vs B Kantsler, 1975  (A07) King's Indian Attack, 32 moves, 1-0
It's a great Day for going to hunt some kings, right Lawrence?
L Prins vs L Day, 1968  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 28 moves, 0-1
a double thunderbolt 18..Ra3!! and 26...Rxa3!! and a great hunt
Pillsbury vs Lasker, 1896  (D50) Queen's Gambit Declined, 30 moves, 0-1
18...Rg8! and 24...Rg6! Two quiet moves
Desloges vs Kieseritzky, 1841  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 0-1
Pin and Teller
A Teller vs Tartakower, 1927  (A33) English, Symmetrical, 24 moves, 0-1
17...Kxc1 18.0-0++ (17..Kb1 18.0-0 threatening 19.Be3+ winning)
Morphy vs A Morphy, 1850  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
The black king ran as far as the Sune...
Carlsen vs G Tallaksen Ostmoe, 2005  (E15) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0
35...Kd5 36.Qxc5+ Kf4 37.Qf5++
Tal vs Golombek, 1958  (B12) Caro-Kann Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
First time ever two renowned composers 'composed' a king hunt
Chekhover vs Kasparian, 1936  (E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1
Lasker vs F J Lee, 1899  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0
E Sobernheim vs S A Langleben, 1895  (C13) French, 25 moves, 0-1
J Bai vs Ding Liren, 2017  (E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 32 moves, 0-1
I A Kopylov vs S Korolev, 1981  (B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 36 moves, 1-0
M Rohde vs S Polgar, 1992  (A27) English, Three Knights System, 30 moves, 1-0
Richter played his whole moves on one breath!
K Richter vs Willi Kretzschmar, 1925  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 36 moves, 1-0
Teg of war
T Enkhbat vs Shulman, 2002  (E92) King's Indian, 44 moves, 1-0
Searching for Josh Waitzkin
Waitzkin vs E Frumkin, 1987  (B45) Sicilian, Taimanov, 31 moves, 1-0
O Chajes vs Tartakower, 1911  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 1-0
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